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@thomasrenkert@hcommons.social
2025-08-14 14:23:51

The geopolitical #aiarmsrace seems largely unimpressed by people proclaiming #LLMs have plateaued and #AGI is never coming.
Such assessments are only relevant for the market, but not so much for count…

Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek delayed the release of its new model after failing to train it using Huawei’s chips, highlighting the limits of Beijing’s push to replace US technology. DeepSeek was encouraged by authorities to adopt Huawei’s Ascend processor rather than use Nvidia’s systems after releasing its R1 model in January, according to three people familiar with the matter.
@fgraver@hcommons.social
2025-09-13 14:37:53

Political Violence Is Wrong. Charlie Kirk Didn’t Think So. jacobin.com/2025/09/kirk-posob

Political Violence Is Wrong. Charlie Kirk Didn’t Think So.
The murder of Charlie Kirk was a moral travesty. We can recognize that without ignoring that he repeatedly fanned the flames of political violence himself.

@Dragofix@veganism.social
2025-07-11 22:43:15

In some UK woodlands, every young tree has died. What’s going wrong? theguardian.com/environment/20

In some UK woodlands, every young tree has died. What’s going wrong?
With forests under pressure from drought, heat, disease and deer, a study has found fewer trees across a range of species surviving to maturity. But scientists say there is still hope

@scott@carfree.city
2025-09-13 04:41:24

yimbys keep calling it misinformation that #SB79 allows demolition of rent-controlled duplexes and telling others to read the bill. it's right here, plain as day!

(h) A development proposed pursuant to this section shall not be located on either of the following: (1) A site containing more than two units where the development would require the demolition of housing that is subject to any form of rent or price control through a public entity’s valid exercise of its police power that has been occupied by tenants within the past seven years.
@karlauerbach@sfba.social
2025-09-08 19:33:49

I have a question about the following:
Space-X satellites are relatively low orbit - they go around the world, their radio/signal footprint on the ground goes around the world with them.
So how does a single country, the US, issue "license" for radio spectrum that apply outside of the US geographic borders?
"SpaceX buys wireless spectrum from EchoStar in $17 billion deal"

@arXiv_condmatmtrlsci_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-09-10 09:59:41

Dispersed multi-walled carbon nanotubes in polyvinyl butyral matrix for transparent ionic conductive films
Mykola O. Semenenko, Sergii O. Kravchenko, Nadiia V. Siharova, Olha V. Pylypova, Mariya I. Terets, Oleksandr S. Pylypchuk, Mariia V. Voitovych, Tetiana Yu. Obukhova, Taisiia O. Kuzmenko, Andrey Sarikov
arxiv.org/abs/2509.07584…

Dispersed multi-walled carbon nanotubes in polyvinyl butyral matrix for transparent ionic conductive films
In this work, we develop methods for increasing the dispersion degree of agglomerated multiwalled carbon nanotubes with subsequent introduction of them into polyvinyl butyral to create transparent conductive films. The influence of proton and a-proton solvents in combination with potassium triiodide (KI3) as a redox component for oxidation of the multiwalled carbon nanotubes surface, which reduces agglomeration due to electrostatic repulsion, is investigated. It is demonstrated that a-proton so…

@bourgwick@heads.social
2025-07-08 23:44:52

was pretty convinced i was having a psychotic break when i walked into this scene at the world trade center freedom mall, & confirmed that feeling when i subsequently got forcibly shoved out of the way by some wrassler's entourage disembarking from the escalator as i tried to get to the PATH train. #nyc

world trade center freedom mall with inflatable wrestlers and wrestling ring
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz
2025-08-09 18:50:18
Content warning: Anti-proscription protest in London today

Many arrests, as predicted.
I'm curious about this part of the BBC's write-up:
"A Home Office spokesperson said the decision to proscribe the group [i.e. Palestine Action] was based on "strong security advice" following "serious attacks the group had committed, involving violence, significant injuries and extensive criminal damage"."
What is this "violence" and "significant injuries"? I don't remember reading about that. The only thing I've seen reported is damage to property.
#protest #London #PalestineAction

@markhburton@mstdn.social
2025-09-09 08:13:53

"The UK’s actual record in the 1930s is far from good, but no doubt if Nigel Farage had been in power he would have eagerly sent every Jewish refugee fleeing from the Nazis back to Germany."
mainly macro: Key myths on asylum, immigration and how to take on the far right

Key myths on asylum, immigration and how to take on the far right
  There are few subjects where the national debate is so contaminated by disinformation as immigration and asylum. Alan Beattie in the Finan...

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-07-27 16:20:33

Records show China's Starlink rivals have only ~120 satellites in orbit, less than 1% of their goal, vs. SpaceX's ~8,000, underscoring how far behind they are (New York Times)
nytimes.c…

Why Isn't China Catching Up With Elon Musk’s Starlink?
China’s biggest networks have deployed less than 1 percent of their planned satellites, falling far behind SpaceX for dominance in space communications.