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Sprinten, Kämpfen, Siegen: Startschuss der World Humanoid Robot Games in China
In Peking beweisen humanoide Roboter ihr Können im Laufen, Kampfsport und anderen Disziplinen. Dabei liegen Staunen und Schmunzeln manchmal nah beieinander.

Microsoft Azure/Cloud/AD considered harmful (twice, again)...
Context: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/115220941705031025 and

#PhantastikPrompts 17.07:
Wörter aus anderes Sprachen: Wie machst du sie kenntlich?
Die kommen überwiegend indirekt vor.
Situation in Band 1: Fenia wird geschubst und sammelt unter heftigem nicht näher benanntem Gefluche auf Syrlain ihre Sachen ein, ehe ihr gesagt wird, dass ihre Sprache in Erytan ziemlich gut verstanden wird. Ups!
Bis auf wenige Ausnahmen (Lady, …

Oh hey, I know that guy….
In July 2017 I was abruptly fired. I still do not know exactly why.
In March 2019 I was called by the owner of the company and begged to come back. The CTO who had canned me had ghosted the company after all the junior sysadmins found other gigs. I’ve never heard the full story.
Apparently the fact that I had tickets for all the work I had been doing slipped the notice of my then cow-orkers. The pile of tech debt was impressive.

Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social)
Attached: 1 image Can't wait for all the orgs to fire everybody after buying generative AI tools and discovering about glue people the hard way.

Kurzplenum des Landtags BW - neben einem Antrag der FDP zu Fördermitteln und der turnusgemäß von der AfD benannten Aktuellen Debatte (Kulturkampf mit Kindern) steht auch die Verabschiedung von drei Gesetzen an (Landesarchivgesetz, digitale Gemeinderatssitzungen; Modernisierung Landeshaushaltsordnung). Beginn um 9.00 Uhr, Stream auf landtag-bw.de
#ltbw

1. Ben & Jerry to Unilever: This is not the Ben & Jerry’s that we founded.
2. Unilever to Ben & Jerry: This is not the Ben & Jerry's that you own.
I made up the second one, but you know someone at Unilever said that.
#BenAndJerrys #Unilever #business

Quantum vs Classical Thermal Transport at Low Temperatures
Zhixing Zou, Jiangbin Gong, Jiao Wang, Giulio Casati, Giuliano Benenti
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14027 https://

Quantum vs Classical Thermal Transport at Low Temperatures
This work aims to understand how quantum mechanics affects heat transport at low temperatures. In the classical setting, by considering a simple paradigmatic model, our simulations reveal the emergence of Negative Differential Thermal Resistance (NDTR): paradoxically, increasing the temperature bias by lowering the cold bath temperature reduces the steady-state heat current. In sharp contrast, the quantum version of the model, treated via a Lindblad master equation, exhibits no NDTR: the heat c…

A Biomimetic Way for Coral-Reef-Inspired Swarm Intelligence for Carbon-Neutral Wastewater Treatment
Antonis Messinis
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.10563 https…

A Biomimetic Way for Coral-Reef-Inspired Swarm Intelligence for Carbon-Neutral Wastewater Treatment
With increasing wastewater rates, achieving energy-neutral purification is challenging. We introduce a coral-reef-inspired Swarm Interaction Network for carbon-neutral wastewater treatment, combining morphogenetic abstraction with multi-task carbon awareness. Scalability stems from linear token complexity, mitigating the energy-removal problem. Compared with seven baselines, our approach achieves 96.7\% removal efficiency, 0.31~kWh~m$^{-3}$ energy consumption, and 14.2~g~m$^{-3}$ CO$_2$ emissio…

Functional Emotion Modeling in Biomimetic Reinforcement Learning
Louis Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11027 https://arxiv.org/pdf/25…

Functional Emotion Modeling in Biomimetic Reinforcement Learning
We explore a functionalist approach to emotion by employing an ansatz -- an initial set of assumptions -- that a hypothetical concept generation model incorporates unproven but biologically plausible traits. From these traits, we mathematically construct a theoretical reinforcement learning framework grounded in functionalist principles and examine how the resulting utility function aligns with emotional valence in biological systems. Our focus is on structuring the functionalist perspective th…

Der Preisunterschied zwischen #Elektroautos und #Verbrennern ist auf rund 3.000 Euro gesunken.
Vor allem größere Modelle liegen preislich näher beieinander. Sinkende Kosten treiben den #Absatz

E-Autos und Verbrenner fast gleich teuer: Preisabstände sinken
Der Preisabstand zwischen Elektroautos und Verbrennern schrumpft. Damit wackelt auch das Argument, dass E-Autos zu teuer sind.