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Netflix used genAI for the first time in one of its TV shows, for a VFX sequence; Ted Sarandos says the VFX costs would have been too high otherwise (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jul/18/netflix-u…

Nice!
One of the better #litrpg webnovels I've read, Worth the Candle by Alexander Wales, is being made into a #manhwa / #manga!
Already enjoying the story! 😄

Worth the Candle
Juniper was always the Dungeon Master, never the player. He was always a creator of worlds rather than the one who walked within them…until now. Somehow, the tables have turned in the most dramatic way possible. Juniper finds himself in a world filled with the wildest fantasies a mind could come up with, and his fingerprints are all over it. Throughout this world, echoes of his own ideas and plots leave him feeling like he’s always one step behind. He finds bits and pieces of ancient infl…

Harnessing the "Reactive Falling Effect" for rehabilitation and performance boosting
Paul-Emmanuel Sornette, Didier Sornette
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13959

Harnessing the "Reactive Falling Effect" for rehabilitation and performance boosting
We present Logic Workout, a novel training method based on radical dynamic instability combining rolling, deformation and spring instability on small fitballs. By exploiting the "reactive falling effect", it re-engages innate balance mechanisms and forces real-time motor corrections, leading to better joint control, coordination, and movement precision. Preliminary results from a cohort of 18 participants show complete resolution of chronic pain, enhanced functional mobility, and surprising imp…

@… Ah, I know the feeling.
Out of curiosity, does the source matter? My partner is Romanian and deals much better with sheep/goat cheese, or very fresh cheese such as mozzarella.

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(She needs academic survey participants)
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Research Study on Data Privacy and Collective Redress
A researcher at University College Dublin wants to conduct anonymous interviews to learn about why you would or would not participate in a legal action to rectify a data protection violation. This information can be used to help nonprofit organizations better represent you when organizations violate your data protection rights. Provide your email to receive more information. All personally identifiable information will be deleted following completion of the study.

Unify, which offers AI-powered tools to boost revenue pipelines, raised a $40M Series B led by Battery Ventures, valuing it at $260M, following a $12M Series A (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)
https://www.upstartsmedia.com/p/unify-ai-gtm-pipeline-40-million-raise

Unify, AI Startup Boosting Sales At Cursor And Perplexity, Raises $40 Million
Unify's Series B funding round values it at $260 million as revenue grows 17% month over month past $5 million. But a clash with GTM darling Clay may be coming up.

Scholastic status of congenitally blind children following sight surgery https://internationalsped.com/ijse/article/view/386 "a compelling case for more rigorous assessments and better educational interventions for visually impaired/sight restored children"

Commanders CB Lattimore feeling 'way better' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45495089/commanders-cb-marshon-lattimore-feeling-healthy-explosive

Interesting that some who replied to my post on tax and GDP growth yesterday missed the point.
The point isn't to debate whether tax -> growth (it might, with a tail wind).
The point is that
1) Growth won't happen like it used to.
2) That is good because GDP growth is ecologically and socially lethal.
3) So our leaders (sic) had better adapt to the new reality and use taxation and other measures to build a better, fairer future.
More here:

Getting Real about the Crises Facing the UK | Stop the Damage! Build a Better Future!
Britain and the rest of the world face a set of almost intractable challenges, ecological (including climate), economic and social. Yet political leaders with few exceptions are failing to propose the actions and policies that could address the scale of this pancrisis. Here though is an alternative initiative, a kind of alternative manifesto with a portfolio of illustrative policies...

Jets CB Michael Carter II 'in a lot better place' after adverse 2024, eager to play for Aaron Glenn https://www.nfl.com/news/jets-cb-michael-carter-ii-in-a-lot-better-place-after-adverse-2024-eager-to-play-for-aaron-…