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Maye (shoulder) 'turned a corner,' threw normally https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47812142/patriots-qb-drake-maye-feeling-good-shoulder-recovery-ahead-super-bowl-lx-vs-seahawks

The sour note: The article bends over backwards to absolve Claude — failing to recognize that one of the primary purposes of gen AI in large, dubious orgs is to obfuscate blame, to act as an accountability sink.
If there’s an LLM in the chain here, that’s •not• an afterthought. It’s central to the failure — even if the bad data didn’t originate with the LLM.
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Proton Energy Dependence of Radiation Induced Low Gain Avalanche Detector Degradation
Veronika Kraus, Marcos Fernandez Garcia, Luca Menzio, Michael Moll
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.01800 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.01800 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.01800
arXiv:2602.01800v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Low Gain Avalanche Detectors (LGADs) are key components for precise timing measurements in high-energy physics experiments, including the High Luminosity upgrades of the current LHC detectors. Their performance is, however, limited by radiation induced degradation of the gain layer, primarily driven by acceptor removal. This study presents a systematic comparison of how the degradation evolves with different incident proton energies, using LGADs from Hamamatsu Photonics (HPK) and The Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM) irradiated with 18 MeV, 24 MeV, 400 MeV and 23 GeV protons and fluences up to 2.5x10^15 p/cm2. Electrical characterization is used to extract the acceptor removal coefficients for different proton energies, whereas IR TCT measurements offer complementary insight into the gain evolution in LGADs after irradiation. Across all devices, lower energy protons induce stronger gain layer degradation, confirming expectations. However, 400 MeV protons consistently appear less damaging than both lower and higher energy protons, an unexpected deviation from a monotonic energy trend. Conversion of proton fluences to 1 MeV neutron-equivalent fluences reduces but does not eliminate these differences, indicating that the standard Non-Ionizing Energy Loss (NIEL) scaling does not fully account for the underlying defect formation mechanisms at different energies and requires revision when considering irradiation fields that contain a broader spectrum of particle types and energies.
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Has somebody else encountered the following TTRPG paradox?
You are in 2 to 4 games. Because of life, stuff and session cancellation, you will play max two sessions a week, most of the time only one, and sometimes you'll have several weeks without any session.
You add one game.
Why? Because of all that white space in your schedule!
Suddenly, you have up to 5–7 sessions a week as the stars align and all your GMs and fellow players manage to get their schedules in ord…

slop consequences 🥹
I have no illusions that there's gonna be any once slop code does harm, tho. After all, companies got away with all kinds for hand-crafted, artisanal negligence for decades.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ars-tech…

Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes
Ars Technica has fired senior AI reporter Benj Edwards following an outrage-sparking controversy involving AI-fabricated quotes.

GCVE-BCP-08 - GCVE GNA Directory File
Following some good pre-discussion at #fosdem - a first draft of the directory file specification has been updated. The goal is clarify some of the fields. Feedback is more than welcome.
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GCVE-BCP-08 - GCVE GNA Directory File (draft)
Following various discussions and the meeting at FOSDEM, we will create the GCVE-BCP-08 describing the directory JSON format. GCVE-BCP-08 - GCVE GNA Directory File Status of This Document This document defines GCVE-BCP-08, which specifies the structure and semantics of the GCVE GNA Directory File. This file gcve.json enumerates known GCVE Numbering Authorities (GNAs) and associated metadata used by the GCVE ecosystem. Scope The GCVE GNA Directory File is a JSON document containing an array…

Toot! Is really winning me over with its whimsy. Fun and practical use of colors, goofy (yet snappy) animations and… an instrument, a flying simulator and a pool game with avatars on the pool balls? I am here for this silliness.

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Last Tuesday, a spokesman of Dutch state-owned Gasunie said that the historical low in gas storage filling (11% of capacity) was no problem. But, he added, 'we wouldn't want a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz'.
Now, Gasunie says that the attack came at an unfortunate moment, and that our gas may become very expensive once more.
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Oorlog in Iran kan energierekening gaan raken nu gasvoorraad erg laag is
Gasvoorraad was nog nooit zo laag als nu. Aanvullen kan door oorlog in Midden-Oosten flink duurder worden.