backon is a modern evolution of backoff — a zero-dependency Python library for retry with exponential backoff. It provides decorator, functional, and context manager APIs for both sync and async code.

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Encryption systems rely on “random” numbers, but conventional computers can’t generate them perfectly. New research shows that quantum physics can. By Alexander Nazaryan Researchers in Switzerland ...

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Even the most modern random number generators do not produce perfectly random numbers, which can be a problem for cryptographic applications. ETH Zurich researchers use entangled superconducting ...

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AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- Four people have been injured across multiple shootings in Austin, Texas, overnight, authorities say, with three suspects now in custody. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said multiple ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police arrested two suspects in connection with multiple, “random” shootings that happened on Saturday as well as Sunday, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and APD Chief Lisa Davis said ...

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