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James K:
🎵 Collapse (falling forward blissfully all the time)
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https://jameskmusic.bandcamp.com/track/collapse-falling-forward-blissfully-all-the-time

Reactive Model Predictive Contouring Control for Robot Manipulators
Junheon Yoon, Woo-Jeong Baek, Jaeheung Park
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09502 https://ar…

Reactive Model Predictive Contouring Control for Robot Manipulators
This contribution presents a robot path-following framework via Reactive Model Predictive Contouring Control (RMPCC) that successfully avoids obstacles, singularities and self-collisions in dynamic environments at 100 Hz. Many path-following methods rely on the time parametrization, but struggle to handle collision and singularity avoidance while adhering kinematic limits or other constraints. Specifically, the error between the desired path and the actual position can become large when executi…

I watched "Thief" (1981), directed by Michael Mann. Sort of a heist movie, sort of a mob movie, but aspires to be a Cassavetes movie. An interesting mix, and really well shot. Ryan Coogler said this was the film that made "wet-downs" a thing, and judging by all of the wet streets & sidewalks, I believe it.
Features Willie Nelson in a minor role. Also features a soundtrack by Tangerine Dream.

$gg \to ZH$ : updated predictions at NLO QCD
Benjamin Campillo Aveleira, Long Chen, Joshua Davies, Giuseppe Degrassi, Pier Paolo Giardino, Ramona Gr\"ober, Gudrun Heinrich, Stephen Jones, Matthias Kerner, Johannes Schlenk, Matthias Steinhauser, Marco Vitti
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09905

$gg \to ZH$ : updated predictions at NLO QCD
We present state-of-the-art predictions for the inclusive cross section of gluon-initiated $ZH$ production, following the recommendations of the LHC Higgs Working Group. In particular, we include NLO QCD corrections, where the virtual corrections are obtained from the combination of a forward expansion and a high-energy expansion, and the real corrections are exact. The expanded results for the virtual corrections are compared in detail to full numerical results. The updated predictions show a …

Paxos applies to create a US national trust bank, which would allow it to manage and hold assets for customers, following applications by Circle and Ripple (Hannah Lang/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa

Extended Parameter Shift Rules with Minimal Derivative Variance for Parameterized Quantum Circuits
Zhijian Lai, Jiang Hu, Dong An, Zaiwen Wen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08802 ht…

Extended Parameter Shift Rules with Minimal Derivative Variance for Parameterized Quantum Circuits
Parameter shift rules (PSRs) are useful methods for computing arbitrary-order derivatives of the cost function in parameterized quantum circuits. The basic idea of PSRs is to evaluate the cost function at different parameter shifts, then use specific coefficients to combine them linearly to obtain the exact derivatives. In this work, we propose an extended parameter shift rule (EPSR) which generalizes a broad range of existing PSRs and has the following two advantages. First, EPSR offers an inf…

Today is a day for getting rid of things. Just gave away my old 8" Dobsonian telescope to the local astronomy club. Junk haulers next. Best feeling.

Exploratory Retrieval-Augmented Planning For Continual Embodied Instruction Following
Minjong Yoo, Jinwoo Jang, Wei-jin Park, Honguk Woo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08222 https:/…

Exploratory Retrieval-Augmented Planning For Continual Embodied Instruction Following
This study presents an Exploratory Retrieval-Augmented Planning (ExRAP) framework, designed to tackle continual instruction following tasks of embodied agents in dynamic, non-stationary environments. The framework enhances Large Language Models' (LLMs) embodied reasoning capabilities by efficiently exploring the physical environment and establishing the environmental context memory, thereby effectively grounding the task planning process in time-varying environment contexts. In ExRAP, given mul…

Stephen Jones Reveals True Feelings After Cowboys Week 1 Loss to Eagles https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/stephen-jones-reacts-week-1-loss/?adt_ei=[email]

Jerry Jones makes feelings known on Dak Prescott's showing during Cowboys vs Eagles clash https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-jerry-jones-makes-feelings-known-dak-prescott-s-showing-cowboys-vs-eagles-clash