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The Strange Memory Leak in .Net 8 - #dotNet
https://improveandrepeat.com/2025/04/the-strange-memory-leak-in-net-8/

The Strange Memory Leak in .Net 8 - Improve & Repeat
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After stabilizing around 2000-2005, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gas methane started to rise again, accelerating until a few years ago.
At least the increase seems to be slowing down since 2021.
From the @NOAA ESRL site, now threatened by the Trump regime.
#emissions #methane

today i cycled along a dried up stream. found a couple pools of water remaining. loadsa white butterflies drinking from the bank. and a gret fat dragonfly that kept fucking off every time i pointed my camera at it. i was there for ages but could not get a shot. i could just imagine - "NO PICTURES you scrawny ol' bastard, fuck off" so i rode around for a hour or so, came back and finally got this shot. ha ha
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If we get stuck in that self-blame state, we can end up making no progress at all https://www.overcomecompulsivehoarding.co.uk/podcast-ep-190-self-compassion-shame-hoarding/

Raspberry Pi or Lenovo ThinkCentre M910q? (just saw a used Lenovo for a good price). The Lenovo is ways more powerful but maybe a bit of hazle to install Linux 🤔
Or just none of them and spend the time reading & outside?

#bloomscrolling am #klexenhaus, Shades of Hortensia (ich hätte sogar noch in weiteren Farben...)

Little #SQLServer Tricks: How to Fix Misaligned Log IOs
https://improveandrepeat.com/2025/05/little-sql-server-tricks-how-to-fix-misaligned-log-ios…

Little SQL Server Tricks: How to Fix Misaligned Log IOs - Improve & Repeat
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Can't even watch Black Mirror now it's just a documentary

Trump droht mit Strafzöllen
US-Präsident Donald Trump will Moskau mit Strafzöllen zu einer Übereinkunft über ein Ende des russischen Krieges gegen die Ukraine bewegen. "Wir werden sehr strenge Zölle erheben, wenn wir nicht innerhalb von 50 Tagen eine Einigung erzielen", sagte er bei einem Treffen mit NATO-Generalsekretär Mark Rutte im Weißen Haus. Er drohte Russlands Verbündeten wie China und Indien…
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Trump setzt Russland 50-Tage-Frist und droht mit Zöllen
US-Präsident Trump hat Russlands Handelspartnern mit Strafzöllen von bis zu 100 Prozent gedroht. Diese würden erhoben, wenn es bei den Bemühungen um ein Ende des Krieges binnen 50 Tagen keine Einigung gebe.

From July 1 if a new maintainer isn't found then tcpflow will be archived. From the GitHub page:
> tcpflow is a program that captures data transmitted as part of TCP connections (flows), and stores the data in a way that is convenient for protocol analysis and debugging.
https://github.com/simsong/tc…

In den USA rührt sich was
#nokingsday

#Python Friday #283: Play Audio Files in Python
https://pythonfriday.dev/2025/06/283-play-audio-files-in-python/

#283: Play Audio Files in Python - Python Friday
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#Cerebras, #Groq, and whatever else they’re called always act like cranking out thousands of tokens per second is the greatest thing on earth.
I just tried Qwen-3-235B-A22B - HOLY SHIT,
that thing is pure garbage! 🙄 🤮
Here’s the deal: I’d rather have 60 tokens per second of KI…

Less than 500€ and less than a day for #peertube fund raising to goal 3 of 4
Goal 3 is live streaming from the app! Please, let's make it happen.
[Update: Goal 3/4 achieved! ❤️]
https://support.joinpeertube.org/en/

Support PeerTube
Let's popularize videos shared by the people, for the people!

WBD plans to shut down its linear multiplex channels HBO Family, ThrillerMax, MovieMax, and OuterMax on August 15, 2025; HBO Family launched in December 1996 (Luke Bouma/Cord Cutters News)
https://cordcuttersnews.com/hbo-is-shutting-do…

HBO Is Shutting Down Multiple Channels Including HBO Family & More | Cord Cutters News
In a significant shakeup for the television industry, HBO, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery, has confirmed plans to shut down several of its linear channels, including HBO Family, ThrillerMax, MovieMax, and OuterMax. The announcement, verified by Spectrum on August 15, 2025, marks a strategic pivot for the premium network as it continues to adapt […]

Replaced article(s) found for astro-ph.SR. https://arxiv.org/list/astro-ph.SR/new
[1/1]:
- Cataclysmic Variables in Triples: Formation Models and New Discoveries
Cheyanne Shariat, Kareem El-Badry, Smadar Naoz, Antonio C. Rodriguez, Jan van Roestel

Vibrotactile speech cues are associated with enhanced auditory processing in middle and superior temporal gyri #metamodal

Vibrotactile speech cues are associated with enhanced auditory processing in middle and superior temporal gyri - Scientific Reports
Combined auditory and tactile stimuli have been found to enhance speech-in-noise perception both in individuals with normal hearing and in those with hearing loss. While behavioral benefits of audio-tactile enhancements in speech understanding have been repeatedly demonstrated, the impact of vibrotactile cues on cortical auditory speech processing remains unknown. Using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) with a dense montage setup, we first identified a region-of-interest highly sens…

I have been trialling Substack as a supplement to my blog. Substack has a large community of people interested in local and social history, so it's a good fit for me. I'm not planning to stop blogging, and some posts may appear in both places, but it allows me scope to write on a wider range of topics. https://

Newspapers and Research
The Norwood Review and Sir Archur Conan Doyle

My random PR of the day https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/114673699086891556
"Auto/light/dark mode" for jointhefediverse.net …

Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
Attached: 1 image Huge thanks to @cheeaun@mastodon.social for his amazing work on adding automatic dark/light mode to https://jointhefediverse.net!! #fediverse #JoinTheFediverse

VideoConviction: A Multimodal Benchmark for Human Conviction and Stock Market Recommendations
Michael Galarnyk, Veer Kejriwal, Agam Shah, Yash Bhardwaj, Nicholas Meyer, Anand Krishnan, Sudheer Chava
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08104

VideoConviction: A Multimodal Benchmark for Human Conviction and Stock Market Recommendations
Social media has amplified the reach of financial influencers known as "finfluencers," who share stock recommendations on platforms like YouTube. Understanding their influence requires analyzing multimodal signals like tone, delivery style, and facial expressions, which extend beyond text-based financial analysis. We introduce VideoConviction, a multimodal dataset with 6,000+ expert annotations, produced through 457 hours of human effort, to benchmark multimodal large language models (MLLMs) an…

"Like two young children fighting like crazy in the park."
"Sometimes you're better off letting them fight for a while..."
#trump #musk

Meine paar Follower werden es wohl nicht reißen.
Aber lasst im Fediverse
#nokingsday trenden.

Is a small Alpaca called Alpacino? 🤔
Just wondered when we saw some on our cycling loop.

I put together this bumblebee made out of mini blocks a couple weekends ago. VERY tough with my big dumb hands. These bricks are TINY - see 3rd photo with quarter. Maybe the toughest thing I've ever built. Didn't give up! But if the flowers are that small, HOW HUGE IS THAT BEE?!? 😂
#toys #miniblocks

A composition-informed search for large-scale anisotropy with the Pierre Auger Observatory
G. Golup (for the Pierre Auger Collaboration)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08564

A composition-informed search for large-scale anisotropy with the Pierre Auger Observatory
The large-scale dipolar structure in the arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with energies above $8\,$EeV observed by the Pierre Auger Collaboration is a well-established anisotropy measurement. This anisotropy is understood to be of extragalactic origin, as the maximum of the dipolar component is located ${\sim}115^\circ$ away from the Galactic Center. Cosmic rays interact with background radiation and magnetized regions on their path from their sources to Earth. These interact…

I did something for #PrideMonth this year!
See more on the NG post: https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/jamestdg/ng-pride-2025

NG Pride 2025

#Agile Development was invented in the Soviet Union.

Ach ne, das kann doch nicht sein… oder oder… oder doch?! Marketing #Propaganda ist ja nicht neu:
»Ist Reasoning ein #Marketing-Trick? Apple-Forscher zeigen gravierende Probleme von #KI-Modellen:

Ist Reasoning ein Marketing-Trick? Apple-Forscher zeigen gravierende Probleme von KI-Modellen - t3n – digital pioneers
Apple-Forscher:innen haben ein neues Paper veröffentlicht, das die Fertigkeiten von Reasoning-Modellen infrage stellt. Demnach sollen aktuelle Modelle von OpenAI, Google und Anthropic nur in Benchmarks zuverlässig funktionieren, aber an echten Aufgaben grandios scheitern. Immer mehr KI-Unternehmen setzen ihren Fokus auf Reasoning-Modelle, die in der Lage sein sollen, komplexe Gedankengänge zu haben. Doch selbst OpenAI musste […]

När det gäller energipolitik så pratas det mest om kärn- vs vindkraft. Det pratas mindre om att biobränslen står för en stor del av energitillförseln i Sverige. Det räknas som en förnybar energikälla men är den hållbar? Ja, under vissa förutsättningar säger Naturvårdsverket. https://www.

Energitillförsel
Energi kan inte förstöras utan enbart omvandlas. Använd mängd energi måste därför alltid motsvaras av tillförd mängd energi.

A quick "hello" from our cycling loop before it's getting too hot. Now, relax and maybe doing photos and videos later...
Enjoy your Sunday!
#cycling #mountainbiking #mtb

Time to set the DVR.
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k5nskatzhyxersjilvtnz4lh/post/3lr252pbj4k2a

Recent Advances in Understanding R-Process Nucleosynthesis in Metal-Poor Stars and Stellar Systems
Avrajit Bandyopadhyay, Timothy C. Beers
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08760

Recent Advances in Understanding R-Process Nucleosynthesis in Metal-Poor Stars and Stellar Systems
The rapid neutron-capture process (r-process) is responsible for the creation of roughly half of the elements heavier than iron, including precious metals like silver, gold, and platinum, as well as radioactive elements such as thorium and uranium. Despite its importance, the nature of the astrophysical sites where the r-process occurs, and the detailed mechanisms of its formation, remain elusive. The key to resolving these mysteries lies in the study of chemical signatures preserved in ancient…

Switzerland currently has hazard warnings for
- heavy rain
- flash floods
- strong wind
- droughts
- forest fires
and *drumroll*
- avalanches
The only thing missing is an earthquake.
But it would probably feel to much like Iceland then 😄
#climatechange #meteoswiss

My bike&hike yesterday 🙂
This is when I talk about mountainbiking: not fierce downhills - but uphills 😄 Including an evil ramp of 23% incline (regarding my cycling computer - and my legs) on gravel that I didn't expect.
(especially as I was carrying a backpack including camera and tele-lens)
Still working on the photos from the day before. Today is a rest-day for me.
My legs still feel a bit sore. My back is fine already

Efficient Implementation of a Quantum Algorithm with a Trapped Ion Qudit
Xiaoyang Shi, Jasmine Sinanan-Singh, Timothy J. Burke, John Chiaverini, Isaac L. Chuang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09371

Efficient Implementation of a Quantum Algorithm with a Trapped Ion Qudit
Demonstration of quantum advantage remains challenging due to the increased overhead of controlling large quantum systems. While significant effort has been devoted to qubit-based devices, qudits ($d$-level systems) offer potential advantages in both hardware efficiency and algorithmic performance. In this paper, we demonstrate multi-tone control of a single trapped ion qudit of up to eight levels, as well as the first implementation of Grover's search algorithm on a qudit with dimension five a…

Reading #RSS and #Atom Feeds in #dotNet
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Reading RSS and Atom Feeds in .Net - Improve & Repeat
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Raiders Urged to Trade for 115-Tackle Linebacker https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/las-vegas-raiders-urged-to-trade-for-115-tackle-linebacker/?adt_ei=[email]

I may well have aphantasia to a degree in waking life as I cannot visualize voluntarily.
https://aethermug.com/posts/i-do-not-remember-my-life-and-it-s-fine

The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity - Apple Machine Learning Research
https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/illusion-of-thinking

The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity
Recent generations of frontier language models have introduced Large Reasoning Models (LRMs) that generate detailed thinking processes…

⚠️ Stadt #osnabruck finanziell am Abgrund
Hat die Stadt #osnabruck kurz vor dem Abgrund tatsächlich noch eine Brücke zu ca 70 Mio € gefunden, nämlich das Stadion "Bremer Brücke", oder was?
Fragt sich nur mit welchem mathematischen Vorzeichen 🤔

@… Just posted about the start of the "CELTMAN! Extreme Scottish Triathlon".
I never heard about it before but Woah!! The members must be beasts!
https://cxtri.com/

CELTMAN! Extreme Scottish Triathlon

Getting close to running my first @… service with #OTEL traces. Write the first PoC instrumentation for Bunny and #ReactPHP's

Så er Pinseudstillingen på Lerchenborg klar! Kom glad ❤️
#kunst #udstilling #artmoneyart

“Können nur das Geld ausgeben, das wir haben”, zitiert die SZ #Merz von einem Banken-Meetup. Auf dem Foto wurde genau die richtige Pose eingefangen.

First images of Antares photosphere from spectropolarimetry
Quentin Pilate, Eric Josselin, Agn\`es L\`ebre, Arturo L\'opez Ariste, Philippe Mathias, Alexis Lavail
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08614

First images of Antares photosphere from spectropolarimetry
Antares is the closest red supergiant (RSG) to Earth. The discovery of linear polarization in the atomic lines of the star opens the path to produce direct images of the photosphere, hence probing the dynamics at the surface. We analyze this linear polarization signals following the same scheme as has been previously done for the RSG Betelgeuse, and find that they are comparable in all its details. This allows us to use the same models for the analysis of these polarization signals in both star…

Good morning!
This will be a rest day today.

Overheard in Cork this morning:
--He's a very holy and devoted man.
--He is. And did you know, his wife is a first cousin of Freddie Mercury.

Ion acceleration in Fermi-LAT behind-the-limb solar flares: the role of coronal shock waves
Alexander Warmuth, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Nicola Omodei, Song Tan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08452

Ion acceleration in Fermi-LAT behind-the-limb solar flares: the role of coronal shock waves
We investigate the relationship between the gamma-ray emission measured with Fermi-LAT and radio signatures of coronal shock waves in four behind-the-limb (BTL) solar flares. All events were associated with metric type II radio burst. Both start and end times of the radio bursts were synchronized with the gamma-ray emission. The type II bursts associated with the BTL gamma-ray flares had higher speeds and lower formation heights than those of an average sample. These findings support the notion…

Was denkt ihr, wie viel Prozent überzeugter Trumpisten gibt es in Deutschland?

5 Helpful Extensions for #VisualStudio 2022 - #dotNet
https://improveandrepeat.com/2025/0…

5 Helpful Extensions for Visual Studio 2022 - Improve & Repeat
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Plasma instability in the front of ejected energetic electrons and Type III solar radiobursts
Vladimir Krasnoselskikh, Immanuel Christopher Jebaraj, Tom Robert Franck Cooper, Andrii Voschepynets, Thierry Dudok de Wit, Marc Pulupa, Forrest Mozer, Oleksiy Agapitov, Michael Balikhin, Stuart D. Bale
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08437

Plasma instability in the front of ejected energetic electrons and Type III solar radiobursts
Type III radio bursts are a signature of the flux of near-relativistic electrons ejected during solar flares. These bursts are frequently observed by spacecraft such as the Parker Solar Probe. It is traditionally believed that these electron beams generate Langmuir waves through the two-stream instability, which are then converted into electromagnetic waves. In this study, we revise that model by examining how the electron distribution becomes truncated due to the "time-of-flight" effect as the…

Are you watching a #MAGA TV/radio station in California? If it's owned by Sinclair Broadcasting, you are.
https://copilot.microsoft.com/shares/Q5n5WBdo1noR3bxuHg7Eu

Dimitri is very curious about you for #caturday

The Rosetta Stone Project. I. A suite of radiative magnetohydrodynamics simulations of high-mass star-forming clumps
Ugo Lebreuilly, Alessio Traficante, Alice Nucara, Ngo-Duy Tung, Patrick Hennebelle, Sergio Molinari, Ralf S. Klessen, Leonardo Testi, Veli-Matti Pelkonen, Milena Benedettini, Alessandro Coletta, Davide Elia, Chiara Mininni, Stefania Pezzuto, Juan D. Soler, Paolo Suin, Claudia Toci

The Rosetta Stone Project. I. A suite of radiative magnetohydrodynamics simulations of high-mass star-forming clumps
Context. Star formation and, in particular, high-mass star formation are key astrophysical processes that are far from being fully understood. Unfortunately, progress in these fields is slow because observations are hard to interpret as they cannot be directly compared to numerical simulations. Synthetic observations are therefore necessary to better constrain the models. Aims. With the Rosetta Stone project, we aim to develop an end-to-end pipeline to compare star formation simulations with ob…

#Russia #violence #torture
https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/114422327380316710

Farewell, My Little Workflow Engine - #dotNet
https://improveandrepeat.com/2025/05/farewell-my-little-workflow-engine/

Farewell, My Little Workflow Engine - Improve & Repeat
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Spectroscopic Observations of Four Candidates for Blue Large-Amplitude Pulsators. No BLAPs at High Galactic Latitudes
P. Pietrukowicz, M. Latour, F. Di Mille, M. Dorsch, U. Heber, J. Borowicz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08372

Spectroscopic Observations of Four Candidates for Blue Large-Amplitude Pulsators. No BLAPs at High Galactic Latitudes
We have obtained spectroscopic observations for four short-period variable objects detected in ZTF, Gaia, and Pan-STARRS (ZGP) data and classified as Blue Large-Amplitude Pulsators (BLAPs) in McWhirter and Lam (2022): ZGP-BLAP-03, ZGP-BLAP-04, ZGP-BLAP-10, and ZGP-BLAP-15. The variables have periods between 46 and 56 min, full amplitudes of 0.13-0.22 mag in the $r$ band, and light curve shapes typical for radially pulsating stars. Three of them were found at high galactic latitudes (|$b$&#…

This was a very nice loop between #ohlstadt and #garmischpartenkirchen!
Beautiful views to the #mountains, an excellent way, almost no major roads and we also escaped a little rain…

#Python Friday #282: Working With Temporary Files
https://pythonfriday.dev/2025/06/282-working-with-temporary-files/

#282: Working With Temporary Files - Python Friday
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Evaluating the Limits of Rotation Period Recovery through Gyrochronology Criteria
Mariel Lares-Martiz, Terry D. Oswalt, Derek L. Buzasi, Kylie R. Boyer, Luca Guida, Ryan J. Reynolds
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08266

Evaluating the Limits of Rotation Period Recovery through Gyrochronology Criteria
Contamination from nearby sources often compromises stellar rotation periods derived from photometric light curves, particularly in data with large pixel scales such as TESS. This problem is compounded when both the target and contaminant are intrinsically variable, a scenario that challenges deblending algorithms, which often assume constant contaminants. We assess the reliability of rotation period detections using wide binary systems, whose components share a common age and rotational histor…

Washed all my gear - bike (especially chain) comes tomorrow.

Dynamo Confinement of a Radiatively Spreading Solar Tachocline Revealed by Self-consistent Global Simulations
Loren I. Matilsky, Lydia Korre, Nicholas H. Brummell
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08256

Dynamo Confinement of a Radiatively Spreading Solar Tachocline Revealed by Self-consistent Global Simulations
The helioseismically observed solar tachocline is a thin internal boundary layer of shear that separates the rigidly-rotating solar radiative zone from the differentially-rotating convective zone and is believed to play a central role in the 22-year solar dynamo cycle. The observed thinness of the tachocline has long been a mystery, given the expected tendency of such shear to undergo radiative spreading. Radiative spreading is the process by which the meridional circulation and angular velocit…

Just a quick snap from today's bike and hike.
I'm a bit done now. Photos and video will come later.
#photography #naturephotography #landscapephotography

Evidence of .Ia Supernova Detonations in 3D Hydrodynamical Simulations of Double Degenerate Mergers
Uri Pierre Burmester, Lilia Ferrario, R\"udiger Pakmor, Ivo R. Seitenzahl
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08237

Evidence of .Ia Supernova Detonations in 3D Hydrodynamical Simulations of Double Degenerate Mergers
We report detailed 3D simulations of 1.1 $\mathrm{M_{\odot}}$ Oxygen-Neon (ONe) white dwarfs (WDs) merging with a 0.35 $\mathrm{M_{\odot}}$ helium WD, conducted with the moving-mesh hydrodynamic code AREPO. The simulations utilise self-consistent chemical profiles for the primary WD which were generated by a stellar evolution code incorporating the effects of semi-degenerate carbon burning. We find that a helium detonation is ignited at the base of the helium layer, starting a thermonuclear run…

The Blue Lurker WOCS 14020: A Long-Period Post-Common-Envelope Binary in M67 Originating from a Merger in a Triple System
Emily M. Leiner, Natalie M. Gosnell, Aaron M. Geller, Meng Sun, Robert D. Mathieu, Alison Sills
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08122

The Blue Lurker WOCS 14020: A Long-Period Post-Common-Envelope Binary in M67 Originating from a Merger in a Triple System
We present Hubble Space Telescope far-ultraviolet (FUV) spectra of a blue-lurker$-$white-dwarf (BL-WD) binary system in the 4 Gyr open cluster M67. We fit the FUV spectrum of the WD, determining it is a C/O WD with a mass of $0.72^{+0.05}_{-0.04}$ M$_\odot$ and a cooling age of $\sim400$ Myr. This requires a WD progenitor of $\sim3$ M$_\odot$, significantly larger than the current cluster turnoff mass of 1.3 M$_\odot$. We suggest the WD progenitor star formed several hundred Myr ago via the mer…

My Highlights of #NDCOslo 2025
https://improveandrepeat.com/2025/06/my-highlights-of-ndc-oslo-2025/

My Highlights of NDC Oslo 2025 - Improve & Repeat
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Magnetic properties of orphan penumbrae
J. S. Castellanos Dur\'an, B. L\"optien, A. Korpi-Lagg, S. K. Solanki, M. van Noort
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08117

Magnetic properties of orphan penumbrae
Orphan penumbrae (OPU) are features resembling sunspot penumbrae, but are not connected to an umbra. Here we compare OPUs and sunspot penumbrae, including their filaments. We also identify and describe the main mechanisms for the formation of OPUs and we characterise their decay process. Our study is based on spectropolarimetric inversions of active regions observed with the Hinode spectropolarimeter. We manually identified 80 individual OPUs, allowing us to study them statistically. In additio…

Observation and Modeling of Small Spatial Structures of Solar Radio Noise Storms using the uGMRT
Surajit Mondal, Peijin Zhang, Devojyoti Kansabanik, Divya Oberoi, Gillian Pearce
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08093

Observation and Modeling of Small Spatial Structures of Solar Radio Noise Storms using the uGMRT
One of the most commonly observed solar radio sources in the metric and decametric wavelengths is the solar noise storm. These are generally associated with active regions and are believed to be powered by the plasma emission mechanism. Since plasma emission emits primarily at the fundamental and harmonic of the local plasma frequency, it is significantly affected by density inhomogeneities in the solar corona. The source can become significantly scatter-broadened due to the multi-path propagat…

[2025-07-14 Mon (UTC), 12 new articles found for astro-ph.SR Solar and Stellar Astrophysics]
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#Python Friday #277: Access Local #LLMs Through LM Studio
https://pythonfriday.dev/2025/05/277-a

#277: Access Local LLMs Through LM Studio - Python Friday
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Planned some cycling for tomorrow. We wanted to go hiking, but with close to 30°C I'm more towards cycling

Bergzeit Family Day in den Bergzeit Filialen Outdoor und Alpin.
https://www.bergzeit.de/magazin/bergzeit-family-day-filialen/
19. Juli 2025 Challenge Rallye, Outdoor-Spaß und Aktionen in den Bergzeit Filialen.

Little #SQLServer Tricks: Fix a Database Stuck in Restoring Mode
https://improveandrepeat.com/2025/07/little-sql-server-tricks-fix-a-datab…

Little SQL Server Tricks: Fix a Database Stuck in Restoring Mode - Improve & Repeat
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A relax day just started

With DJI's powerful ebike motors, Bosch is afraid of upcoming regulation.
And I must admit: RIGHT. To me, an MTB with a factor 8x support has nothing to do with mountainbiking any more.
https://www.heise.de/news/Bosch-E-Bike-Che

E-Bike-Chef von Bosch im Interview: "Bewegen uns immer weiter weg vom Fahrrad"
Der Geschäftsleiter von Bosch eBike Systems blickt mit Sorge auf den aktuellen Wettlauf bei der Motorleistung und warnt vor möglichen Maßnahmen der EU.

Packed my stuff for tomorrow - this damn camera weighs a lot!

Parting Thoughts on Performance Testing - #dotNet
https://improveandrepeat.com/2025/04/parting-thoughts-on-performance-testing/

Parting Thoughts on Performance Testing - Improve & Repeat
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Bike & Hike target for tomorrow is set

Okay, I tried not to make it overly complex. Just a very brief cut and some music.
Here's the clip of today's walk 🙂
https://video.franzgraf.de/w/vaEHJN15GYZ7BUtgVaT81m
(powered by my own Peertube instance :))

NDC Oslo 2025 Workshop: Designing APIs
https://improveandrepeat.com/2025/05/ndc-oslo-2025-workshop-designing-apis/

NDC Oslo 2025 Workshop: Designing APIs - Improve & Repeat
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Replaced article(s) found for astro-ph.SR. https://arxiv.org/list/astro-ph.SR/new/
[1/1]:
Four ages of rotating stars in the rotation--activity relationship and gyrochronology

The Nearby Evolved Stars Survey (NESS) V: properties of volume-limited samples of Galactic evolved stars
I. McDonald, S. Srinivasan, P. Scicluna, O. C. Jones, A. A. Zijlstra, S. H. J. Wallstr\"om, T. Danilovich, J. H. He, J. P. Marshall, J. Th. van Loon, R. Wesson, F. Kemper, A. Trejo-Cruz, J. Greaves, T. Dharmawardena, J. Cami, H. Kim, K. E. Kraemer, C. J. R. Clark, H. Shinnaga, C. Haswell, H. Imai, J. G. A. Wouterloot, A. J. P\'erez Vidal, G. Rau, the NESS collaboration

The Nearby Evolved Stars Survey (NESS) V: properties of volume-limited samples of Galactic evolved stars
We provide a meta-study of the statistical and individual properties of two volume-complete sets of evolved stars in the Solar Neighbourhood: (1) 852 stars from the Nearby Evolved Stars Survey (NESS), and (2) a partially overlapping set of 507 evolved stars within 300 pc. We also investigate distance determinations to these stars, their luminosity functions and their spatial distribution. Gaia APSIS GSP-Phot AENEAS temperatures of bright giant stars often appear to be underestimated. Existing l…

✅ Afterwork cycling

Little #Git Tricks: Fix Unexpected Disconnect on Sideband Packet
https://improveandrepeat.com/2025/06/little-git-tricks-fix-unexpected-disconnect…

Little Git Tricks: Fix Unexpected Disconnect on Sideband Packet - Improve & Repeat
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Probing Non-Thermal Processes in Stellar Flares on AU Mic
Adalyn Gibson, Adam F. Kowalski, Adina D. Feinstein
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10201 https://

Probing Non-Thermal Processes in Stellar Flares on AU Mic
The role of non-thermal proton energy transportation during solar and stellar flares is largely unknown; a better understanding of this physical process will allow us to rectify longstanding deficiencies in flare models. One way to detect the presence of non-thermal protons during flares is through the Orrall-Zirker (OZ) effect whereby an enhanced red wing appears in hydrogen emission lines (e.g., Lyman-$α$ at 1215.67 Angstrom). We analyze archival Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectro…

Recently a friend asked me why I don't publish my videos on Youtube. I'd get more views.
So I checked my views - and know what: RIGHT, I don't get a lot of views - but most of the #videos on #Peertube show *more* views than I got on Youtube.
Well, the YT algorithm never love…

Unlocking the mystery of Sr synthesis in the early Galaxy through analysis of barium isotopes in very metal-poor stars
T. M. Sitnova, L. Lombardo, L. I. Mashonkina, F. Rizzuti, G. Cescutti, C. J. Hansen, P. Bonifacio, E. Caffau, A. Koch-Hansen, G. Meynet, R. Fernandes de Melo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10193

Unlocking the mystery of Sr synthesis in the early Galaxy through analysis of barium isotopes in very metal-poor stars
We determine the contributions of the rapid (r) and slow (s) neutron capture processes to the Ba isotope mixture, along with Ba, Eu, and Sr NLTE abundances, in a sample of very metal-poor stars. The selected stars formed before the contribution from the main s-process in low- and intermediate-mass stars became significant. Some of our sample stars are enhanced in Sr, with [Sr/Ba] reaching up to 0.7. These stars gained their high Sr abundance from a poorly understood process, which may appear to…

Back from a #cycling loop around the #ammersee !
Unfortunately I forgot to turn on my cycling computer for the first half hour 🥴 Yeah well, the red frame around the statistics page was quite clear but .. well.
Anyways! It was a nice ~50km loop with excellent weather (prepared with a lo…

V455 Car: an oscillating eclipsing Algol-type binary in triple star system
Zhao-Long Deng, Wen-Ping Liao, Li-Ying Zhu, Xiang-Dong Shi, Nian-Ping Liu, Ping Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10124

V455 Car: an oscillating eclipsing Algol-type binary in triple star system
V455 Car is a southern oscillating eclipsing Algol-type system with an orbital period of 5.132888 days. Our first photometric solutions based on the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite indicate that it is a semi-detached binary with the secondary star is almost filling its Roche lobe. The noticeable O'Connell effect in light curve could be explained by hot spot on the primary component, which may be attributed to the mass transfer from the secondary component to the primary one. The absolute …

Reduce Infrastructure Costs Guided by Performance #Testing - #dotNet
https://imp…

Reduce Infrastructure Costs Guided by Performance Testing - Improve & Repeat
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[2025-06-13 Fri (UTC), 4 new articles found for astro-ph.SR Solar and Stellar Astrophysics]
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My wife just sent me a Reel which shows a couple #cycling and the text (translated):
"Behind every man in comfortable Zone 2, a woman fights for survival in the slipstream"
It's a nice video but I wonder if there is a hidden message here 🤔

Another day,
another 8.5h video calls,
another very short lunch break.
Another #cycling #workout combined with doing little errands for tomorrow's lunch.

Ahh can't find the post any more.
Anyways: if you want to support @… 's video and keep some load off her #peertube server:
Keep the browser open after watching the video. The peer-to-peer system helps to distribute traffic.
I just saw that I d…

📺 Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media
A 4 minute video that aims to introduce the Fediverse to people not familiar with it

I just caught myself opening #Instagram with the intent to see the ads of some outdoor / bike brands. 🤔
And it's okay to me.

Hey friends! We just returned from a longer walk along the #Osterseen near #Iffeldorf.
We try to avoid any elevation to support my wife's recovery from her knee surgery.
The walk was nice, but the weather was awful for photos. Very bright, very hazy. As much as I enjoyed the walk…

Just sharing this reminder of a really glorious day in the #mountains .
I spent quite a bit of time to find exactly THIS spot so that fore and midground blended so well together.
And currently I'm having this as a background image in teams. Sometimes I wonder if this might look unprofessional - and then I think "maybe I don't care".

After 8h video calls with just 30 min break, I was so ready for a little #workout loop on the bike!
#cycling #afterwork

Just back from a nice little walk near the #Staffelsee near #Murnau . I don't expect the photos to be exciting (well, full mid day sun) - but some locations might be really nice earlier or later the day.