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Convergence of discrete conformal mappings on surfaces
David Glickenstein, Lee Sidbury
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17037 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.17037

Convergence of discrete conformal mappings on surfaces
Discrete conformal mappings based on circle packing, vertex scaling, and related structures has had significant activity since Thurston proposed circle packing as a way to approximate conformal maps in the 1980s. The first convergence result of Rodin-Sullivan (1987) proved that circle packing maps do indeed converge to conformal maps to the disk. Recent results have shown convergence of maps of other discrete conformal structures to conformal maps as well. We give a general theorem of convergen…

The ACT government provides a wide range of grants, funding and other support to individuals, groups, and organisations that benefit Canberrans and the Canberra community.
https://www.act.gov.au/money-and-tax/grants-funding-and-incentives

CompLeak: Deep Learning Model Compression Exacerbates Privacy Leakage
Na Li, Yansong Gao, Hongsheng Hu, Boyu Kuang, Anmin Fu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.16872 https://

CompLeak: Deep Learning Model Compression Exacerbates Privacy Leakage
Model compression is crucial for minimizing memory storage and accelerating inference in deep learning (DL) models, including recent foundation models like large language models (LLMs). Users can access different compressed model versions according to their resources and budget. However, while existing compression operations primarily focus on optimizing the trade-off between resource efficiency and model performance, the privacy risks introduced by compression remain overlooked and insufficien…

Andy Beshear's conversion therapy battle, explained - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/take-a-deeper-look-into-andy-beshears-battle-against-conversion-therapy/

Exclusive: U.S. confirms nation's first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/us-confirms-nations-first-travel-associated-human-screwworm-case-connected-2025-08-25/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250825/p61#a250825p61

I believe this is the first coverage to acknowledge that Lurie’s budget seems to treat a “temporary” new jail as permanent
“representatives from the People’s Budget Coalition lined the second and third floor balconies of City Hall’s rotunda. They held yellow posters reading ‘No new jail! No cuts!’ referring to the continued funding for the jail annex in San Bruno.”

Hundreds protest S.F. budget cuts, packing City Hall chambers
Protesters unfurled banners in the San Francisco City Hall rotunda reading "Stop cuts" that were quickly taken down by sheriff's deputies.

What are the Dallas Cowboys worth in 2025 and how it compares to other NFL teams https://insidethestar.com/what-are-the-dallas-cowboys-worth-in-2025-and-how-it-compares-to-other-nfl-teams

I'm skimming this year's #OSDI's proceedings because operating systems are 🆒.
https://www.usenix.org/conference/osdi25/technical-sessions

OSDI '25 Technical Sessions
OSDI brings together professionals from academic and industrial backgrounds in what has become a premier forum for discussing the design, implementation, and implications of systems software. The symposium emphasizes innovative research as well as quantified or insightful experiences in systems design and implementation.

Convergence of Mean Shift Algorithms for Large Bandwidths and Simultaneous Accurate Clustering
Susovan Pal, Praneeth Vepakomma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.19837

Convergence of Mean Shift Algorithms for Large Bandwidths and Simultaneous Accurate Clustering
The mean shift (MS) is a non-parametric, density-based, iterative algorithm that has prominent usage in clustering and image segmentation. A rigorous proof for its convergence in full generality remains unknown. Two significant steps in this direction were taken in the paper \cite{Gh1}, which proved that for \textit{sufficiently large bandwidth}, the MS algorithm with the Gaussian kernel always converges in any dimension, and also by the same author in \cite{Gh2}, proved that MS always converge…

Angus King Says He Voted to Confirm Josh Divine Because Josh Hawley Asked Nicely (Jay Willis/Balls and Strikes)
https://ballsandstrikes.org/nominations/angus-king-josh-divine-josh-hawley-confirmation/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250723/p153#a250723p153