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Three-dimensional and clap-and-fling effects on a pair of flapping wings used for thrust generation
Antoine Papillon, Mathieu Olivier
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07873

Three-dimensional and clap-and-fling effects on a pair of flapping wings used for thrust generation
This research investigates the three-dimensional effects of flow around a pair of flapping wings undergoing clap-and-fling interactions through harmonic in-plane motions combining pitching, heaving, and deviation. Both wings mirror each other in their movements. Baseline parameters were selected based on efficient configurations from a previous two-dimensional study. Simulations at a Reynolds number of 800 were conducted on wings in a thrust configuration utilizing the clap-and-fling mechanism.…

Back in 2010 I made the "Twitter Monkey" partly in thanks in to the work of @… for code and ideas.
Maybe we should build a new version that is Fediverse-powered.
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Twitter Monkey
Behold... the Arduino Powered Twitter Monkey! The Twitter Monkey is powered by an Arduino and two servo motors. He patiently monitors Twitter for a specified keyword, and when he sees that keyword, he goes bananas, flapping his arms up and down like a maniac. (For his debut at Web414, the keyword is web414.) Twitter Monkey [...]

Gwyneth Paltrow är kvinnornas Joe Rogan.
Susanne Ljung: Kaffelavemang är inte vackert https://www.dn.se/kultur/susanne-ljung-kaffelavemang-ar-inte-vackert/

Susanne Ljung: Kaffelavemang är inte vackert
Det mesta går att sälja in med sval elegans och känslan av lyx. Även kaffelavemang. Gwyneth Paltrow är kvacksalveriets okrönta drottning.

FilBench: Can LLMs Understand and Generate Filipino?
Lester James V. Miranda, Elyanah Aco, Conner Manuel, Jan Christian Blaise Cruz, Joseph Marvin Imperial
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03523

FilBench: Can LLMs Understand and Generate Filipino?
Despite the impressive performance of LLMs on English-based tasks, little is known about their capabilities in specific languages such as Filipino. In this work, we address this gap by introducing FilBench, a Filipino-centric benchmark designed to evaluate LLMs across a diverse set of tasks and capabilities in Filipino, Tagalog, and Cebuano. We carefully curate the tasks in FilBench to reflect the priorities and trends of NLP research in the Philippines such as Cultural Knowledge, Classical NLP…

He rocks in the treetops all day long, hoppin' and a-boppin' and singing his song All the little birds on Jaybird Street love to hear the robin go tweet-tweet-twee
Rockin' robin, Rock-rock-rockin' robin'
Go rockin' robin 'cause we're really gonna rock tonight
Every little swallow, every chick-a-dee, every little bird in the tall oak tree The wise old owl, the big black crow flappin' their wings singin' "go bird, go"
Ro…

Study of Robust Features in Formulating Guidance for Heuristic Algorithms for Solving the Vehicle Routing Problem
Bachtiar Herdianto, Romain Billot, Flavien Lucas, Marc Sevaux
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06129

Study of Robust Features in Formulating Guidance for Heuristic Algorithms for Solving the Vehicle Routing Problem
The Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) is a complex optimization problem with numerous real-world applications, mostly solved using metaheuristic algorithms due to its $\mathcal{NP}$-Hard nature. Traditionally, these metaheuristics rely on human-crafted designs developed through empirical studies. However, recent research shows that machine learning methods can be used the structural characteristics of solutions in combinatorial optimization, thereby aiding in designing more efficient algorithms, pa…

Lense-Thirring precessing magnetar engine drives a superluminous supernova
Joseph R. Farah, Logan J. Prust, D. Andrew Howell, Yuan Qi Ni, Curtis McCully, Moira Andrews, Harsh Kumar, Daichi Hiramatsu, Sebastian Gomez Kathryn Wynn, Alexei V. Filippenko, K. Azalee Bostroem, Edo Berger, Peter Blanchard
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08051

Lense-Thirring precessing magnetar engine drives a superluminous supernova
Type I superluminous supernovae (SLSNe-I) are at least an order of magnitude brighter than standard supernovae, with the internal power source for their luminosity still unknown. The central engines of SLSNe-I are hypothesized to be magnetars, but the majority of SLSNe-I light curves have multiple bumps or peaks that are unexplained by the standard magnetar model. Existing explanations for the bumps either modulate the central engine luminosity or invoke interactions with material in the circum…

Industrial Viewpoints on RAN Technologies for 6G
Mansoor Shafi, Erik G. Larsson, Xingqin Lin, Dorin Panaitopol, Stefan Parkvall, Flavien Ronteix-Jacquet, Antti Toskala
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08225 …

Industrial Viewpoints on RAN Technologies for 6G
6G standardization is to start imminently, with commercial deployments expected before 2030. Its technical components and performance requirements are the focus of this article. Our emphasis is on the 6G radio access, especially MIMO, AI, waveforms, coding, signal constellations and integration with non-terrestrial networks. Whilst standardization has not yet formally started, the scope of the 6G study items has been defined. Our predictions in this paper are speculative as there are no results…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Continent
Burna Boy:
🎵 Dem Dey
#BurnaBoy
https://open.spotify.com/track/4FHlbOMdOcPnOYmfH8dl1Z

Been playing this game I dig on the Android tablet called Dungeon Raid. It's a card flipping dungeon crawler (the dev calls it an 'adventure card roguelike') that's fairly easy to figure out-- lots of strategy and replayability. At first, you can start out playing as either a knight or a vampire, delving down, trying not to die of hunger.
If a relic in a game you can choose is a fried egg, you can probably assume it's a game for me.
There's also Linux, M…