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Analysts at the University of Arizona are framing the upcoming United States midterm elections around the concept of 'pendulum politics' — the tendency of voters to swing against the party holding the White House. The discussion highlights key trends shaping voter behaviour, including historical patterns of backlash, shifting turnout and the issues motivating both parties' bases ahead of election day.
- 2Why the Pendulum library built Python's strangest plus operator●Why Pendulum had to write the most cursed "+" operator in all of Python
Developer Arie Bovenberg has published a detailed post explaining why Pendulum, a popular Python date and time library, implements an unusual override of the plus operator. The writeup walks through the technical constraints that forced the library's custom handling of datetime arithmetic, and it has drawn attention from Python developers interested in API design quirks.
- 3A 30-Minute Pendulum Clock Built Entirely From Trash●Show HN: Glashütte Trash Clock – A 30-minute pendulum clock made from trash
Niklas Roy has unveiled the Glashütte Trash Clock, a pendulum clock built from discarded materials that requires winding every 30 minutes. The project page details the design and construction of the timepiece, which deliberately subverts the prestige of German clockmaking by using garbage instead of fine components.
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Reuters markets commentary 'Morning Bid' under the headline 'Le Pendulum' frames the trading day around France's shifting political fortunes and their impact on European assets. Investors are watching how swings in French politics could affect bonds, the euro and broader market sentiment.
- 5Pendulum's unusual Python '+' operator explained●Why Pendulum had to write the most cursed "+" operator in all of Python https://dev.arie.bovenberg.net/blog/pendulum-cur
A new blog post explains why Pendulum, the popular Python library for handling dates and times, implements an unusually complicated '+' operator. The piece walks through the edge cases in datetime arithmetic that forced the library's developers to write code that looks strange at first glance but handles real-world time zone and daylight saving quirks correctly.