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Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt win the Nobel Prize in Economics for their work on how innovation and technological progress helps economic growth (Eshe Nelson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/business/nobel-prize-economics.html…

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt Share Nobel in Economics
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the prize for showing how “society must keep an eye on the factors that generate and sustain economic growth,” an award committee member said.

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.

An Asynchronous Many-Task Algorithm for Unstructured $S_{N}$ Transport on Shared Memory Systems
Alex Elwood, Tom Deakin, Justin Lovegrove, Chris Nelson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11513

An Asynchronous Many-Task Algorithm for Unstructured $S_{N}$ Transport on Shared Memory Systems
Discrete ordinates $S_N$ transport solvers on unstructured meshes pose a challenge to scale due to complex data dependencies, memory access patterns and a high-dimensional domain. In this paper, we review the performance bottlenecks within the shared memory parallelization scheme of an existing transport solver on modern many-core architectures with high core counts. With this analysis, we then survey the performance of this solver across a variety of compute hardware. We then present a new Asy…

Towards systematic search for white dwarf binaries with multiband photometry
Alice Perego, Astrid Lamberts, Mathias Schultheis, Nelson Christensen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09348

Towards systematic search for white dwarf binaries with multiband photometry
Ultra-compact double white dwarfs (DWDs) represent key targets for multi-messenger astrophysics, as they may be observed both through gravitational waves and the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum. The future Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will detect thousands of these systems, and they are predicted to be the most numerous science targets of the mission. We develop a strategy to identify LISA source candidates in multiband photometric surveys. We constructed a synthetic EM catalogue of …

#Nihilism #ExistentialNihilism

Mahasosotra be ilay montage vidéo nataon’ny TVM mamintina ny fivoriana tamin’ny Asabotsy.
Nesoriny tanteraka ny zavatra notsindriana voalohany indrindra :
- tsy mety ny fomba « fitandroana filaminana » amin’izao fotoana izao, tafahoatra ny herisetra ataon’ny « mpitandro filaminana »
- mitongilana ny fanomezana fahafahana mivory sy maneho hevitra.
Tsy hisy ady hevitra hitombona raha tsy miova ireo.

An Efficient Intrusion Detection System for Safeguarding Radiation Detection Systems
Nathanael Coolidge, Jaime Gonz\'alez Sanz, Li Yang, Khalil El Khatib, Glenn Harvel, Nelson Agbemava, I Putu Susila, Mehmet Yavuz Yagci
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01599

An Efficient Intrusion Detection System for Safeguarding Radiation Detection Systems
Radiation Detection Systems (RDSs) are used to measure and detect abnormal levels of radioactive material in the environment. These systems are used in many applications to mitigate threats posed by high levels of radioactive material. However, these systems lack protection against malicious external attacks to modify the data. The novelty of applying Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) in RDSs is a crucial element in safeguarding these critical infrastructures. While IDSs are widely used in netw…

It is refreshing to recognize that the universe has no inherent meaning, and that I am free to create my own meaning on this blank page, one that ultimately burns away when I die.
This realization makes it so much easier for me to let go of my social media accounts, and honestly, that is a relief.
#Nihilism

I’ve realized that life has no built-in meaning or higher purpose. Ideas like morality and truth are things humans create to make sense of the void. The universe doesn’t care, it just exists, silent and empty, and I’ve stopped pretending it hides some secret reason for being.
Some people seem upset that I’ve turned toward existential nihilism, as if I’ve surrendered to hopelessness, yet facing the emptiness has brought me greater clarity. When you accept that no meaning has been writte…

I see the universe as an endless ocean of indifference. It does not care about my existence, nor will it ever. This void frees me. In knowing that life has no inherent meaning, I am no longer bound by others’ expectations or empty promises. My words, my actions, even my name will vanish in time, and that liberates me to live solely for the moments I choose.
Existential nihilism handed me a blank page. Life’s meaning is not given; it is mine to write. This truth healed my old anxieties …