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Python GUIs: Build a Desktop Sticky Notes Application with PySide6 �� Create moveable desktop reminders with Python

The article discusses building a virtual sticky notes application using PySide6 in Python, allowing users to create, move, and delete short text notes quickly.
The application uses SQLITE database with SQLAlchemy to store note positions and details for persistence between sessions.
The article outlines the setup of PySide6 library and necessary dependencies, as well as the creation of GUI for the desktop sticky notes.
It covers styling notes, removing window decorations, making notes movable, adding multiple notes, and integrating notes with the system tray.
The tutorial includes step-by-step instructions to build the notes GUI, handle note styling with QSS, manage window decorations, and implement moving and editing functionalities.
It guides through adding notes to the system tray, creating a menu for the tray icon, setting up the notes database using SQLAlchemy, and integrating the data model into the UI.
The article emphasizes restoring the previous note state at startup, enabling notes to be recreated on restart, and handle note creation, deletion, and persistence in the database.
In conclusion, the article provides a comprehensive guide to developing a desktop sticky notes application, encourages extending the functionality by adding features like multicolor notes and show/hide options.

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Much Simpler Alternative to Spring Profile

Spring Profiles provide a way to conditionally load and initialize components based on the current environment.
By associating Spring Components with specific profiles, you can control which components are loaded for each environment.
Switching between vendors at runtime can be achieved by implementing a dynamic approach, such as using a Map of implementations.
Kiponos.io offers real-time configuration management with features like WebSockets, environment organization, and role-based access control.

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Dew Drop – April 3, 2025 (#4396)

Microsoft partners with Anthropic to create official C# SDK for Model Context Protocol.
Celebrating 50 years of Microsoft with the release of Altair BASIC source code by Bill Gates.
.NET Conf Focus on Modernization scheduled for April 22-23.
Web & Cloud Development highlights include Aspire platform, Vonage Video Reference App, and Blazor WebAssembly AOT Compilation.
Updates on Svelte, AzUrlShortener migration, .NET DateTime to JavaScript Date Ticks, and Jetpack Account Protection.
WinUI, .NET MAUI & XAML articles cover WPF Excel XLSX Viewer, CodeRush for Roslyn, and IValueConverter usage.
Visual Studio Hub launched, File Operations in C#, MassTransit v9 announcement, and AutoMapper and MediatR going commercial.
AI-related topics include GitHub Copilot experiment, Azure DeepSeek-R1 app, and Adobe’s Premiere Pro AI video extender.
Design, Methodology & Testing articles focus on Measuring Continuous Delivery, Isolator++ v5.1 release, and Design Systems.
Mobile, IoT & Game Development update on Flutter 2025 roadmap.

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8 Python Pitfalls That Can Trip You Up (And How to Avoid Them)

Mixing up 'is' and '==' in Python can lead to errors.
Using mutable objects as default arguments in functions can cause unexpected behavior.
Inconsistent indentation in Python code can result in errors.
Not specifying the data type of function arguments can lead to issues.

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When we look into space, we look into the past of planets and stars.

When we look into space, we are looking into the past of planets and stars.
If a person were living in one of these stars and observing Earth, they would see the past, including dinosaurs and ancient civilizations like the pharaohs.
In 1996, the Hubble Telescope captured an image of 3,000 previously unseen galaxies, while in 2004 it captured an image of 10,000 galaxies in just one day.
The Hubble Telescope has provided us with detailed views of star formation in regions known as star nurseries.

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AI Learns Like Humans: Easier Tasks First Leads to Better Math and Logic Performance

Research examines staged reinforcement learning approach for enhancing reasoning in LLMs
Uses difficulty-aware training method that progresses from simple to complex problems
Introduces DA-SRL (Difficulty-Aware Staged Reinforcement Learning) to improve reasoning
Shows significant performance gains across multiple reasoning benchmarks

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Small AI Model Matches GPT-4's Performance Using High-Quality Training Data

LeX-Art is a framework for high-quality text generation data synthesis
Creates LeX-10K dataset with 10,208 expert-level responses across 9 domains
Trains LeX-1B model (1.3B parameters) that outperforms much larger models
Achieves GPT-4 level performance on text generation tasks with vastly fewer parameters

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AI Breakthrough: Training Vision Models Without Images Cuts Computing Costs by 37x

Unicorn synthesizes text-only data for training Vision Language Models (VLMs)
Eliminates need for image generation during training
Reduces computational cost by 37x compared to methods using synthetic images
Proves VLMs can learn visual concepts from purely textual data

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AI Now Passes Turing Test: GPT-4 Fools Human Judges in Landmark Study

Large language models (LLMs) including GPT-4 are now indistinguishable from humans in blind Turing tests.
Evaluators correctly identified the source (human vs AI) only 49.9% of the time - no better than random guessing.
GPT-4 was often judged as more human than actual humans.
The "pass" of the Turing test represents a significant milestone in AI development.

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New AI Hack Splits Harmful Prompts to Bypass Safety Filters with 73% Success Rate

Researchers developed a new method to bypass AI safety filters using distributed prompt processing
Their approach splits malicious prompts into pieces that each appear harmless
The system achieved 73.2% success in generating dangerous code across 500 test prompts
Distributed architecture improved success rates by 12% compared to non-distributed approaches

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New AI Breakthrough Makes Language Models 15% Faster and More Accurate with Multi-Token Processing

New AI breakthrough makes language models 15% faster and more accurate with multi-token processing.
Multi-Token Attention improves transformer models by processing multiple tokens together.
Introduces key-query convolution that allows attention heads to look at token context.
Achieves 15% faster processing with improved perplexity on language tasks. Particularly effective for summarization, question answering, and long-context tasks.

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AI Breakthrough: New Learning Method Makes Database Queries 6.5% More Accurate with Step-by-Step Reasoning

Introduces Reasoning-SQL, a novel reinforcement learning approach for text-to-SQL tasks
Employs SQL-specific tailored partial rewards to improve SQL generation quality
Incorporates reasoning steps between natural language questions and SQL queries
Achieves state-of-the-art performance on Spider and Spider-Realistic benchmarks

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MySQL Queries Examples with Laravel Query Builder

IN checks if a value matches any item in a list or group, like a quick way to compare.
Get the IDs of users who are not admins and belong to specific countries.
whereHas filters results based on a related model, while whereNotIn excludes results matching values in a list.
COUNT() counts items in a set, and BETWEEN filters values within a specified range.

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Zombie Software: Alive in Production, Dead in Design

The rise of AI-assisted programming has led to the creation of zombie software.
Zombie software is generated without proper understanding, design, or engineering.
It appears functional and looks good enough, but causes issues and incidents later.
This approach prioritizes instant gratification over engineering and problem-solving.

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[DEALS] Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows: Lifetime License (75% off) & Other Deals Up To 98% Off – Offers End Soon!

Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows: Lifetime License is available at a 75% discount.
Other deals on the Deals store include the All-in-One CompTIA Certification Prep Courses Bundle (90% off), Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 + The Premium Learn to Code Certification Bundle (97% off), and more.
Babbel Language Learning: Lifetime Subscription is discounted by 71%.
Various other deals on software, services, and tech products are available with discounts up to 98% off.

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