Tootfinder

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Public Enemy:
🎵 Power to the People
#PublicEnemy
https://the7777project5.bandcamp.com/track/power-to-the-people-2021-featuring-public-enemy

The UK Electoral Commission says it took three years and over £250K to recover from an August 2021 hack that exposed private data of 40M voters to Chinese spies (Joe Tidy/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80gl8yvj9go

Elections watchdog admits 'painful lessons learned' after Chinese hack
In the first interview about the hack, the commission's new boss admits that huge mistakes were made, but says the organisation is now secure.

Ravens trade Odafe Oweh to Chargers in exchange for safety Alohi Gilman: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6698102/2025/10/07/ravens-chargers-trade-odafe-oweh-alohi-gilman/

from my link log —
How to handle secrets on the command line.
https://smallstep.com/blog/command-line-secrets/
saved 2021-06-13 https://

How to Handle Secrets on the Command Line
How to keep secret credentials safe on the command line.

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 04.10.2025.
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People acquires Feedfeed, a food publisher and creator network with ~1,000 influencer partners, its first acquisition since the 2021 Dotdash/Meredith merger (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/01/people-inc-acquires-feedfeed

People Inc. acquires Feedfeed
The deal will increase People Inc.'s exposure to the vast world of creator partnerships.

I'm surprised that many people just seem to realize that the golden cage by #Apple is actually a golden cage! 🤷
What have you thought when you decided for that (overpriced) #lockin situation?
Of course, an #iOS

VBS hat für einen Typenentscheid F-35 vorgespurt und den Bundesrat entmachtet: Es gab ein Gutachten, das das VBS im Juni 2021 ausgerechnet vor der Bundesratsdebatte über den Typenentscheid beim Bundesamt für Justiz in Auftrag gegeben hatte. Das Gutachten hielt fest, dass der Bundesrat verpflichtet sei, sich für den Sieger der Evaluation zu entscheiden – sofern es bei Preis und Fähigkeiten keine weitgehende Gleichwertigkeit gebe. Genauso hat Amherd dann argumentiert.
https://www.woz.ch/2541/neues-vom-f-35/ich-sage-nur-top-gun/!NK1QK1H80V9T

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 04.10.2025.
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Stockholm-based driverless truck startup Einride raised about $100M, a source says at a $1B valuation, up from a valuation of €400M in a 2021 funding round (Rafaela Lindeberg/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Einride Valuation Tops $1 Billion as Truck Startup Raises Funds
Einride AB raised about $100 million in funds in a round that values the Swedish driverless truck startup at more than $1 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity discussing private information.

BTW - that CBC article used a lot of numbers from this report, which because it's all numbers is awesome. Some tidbits:
- The number of farms over 3,500 acres has nearly doubled in 20 years.
- 41.3% of Canadian farmland is rented.
- From 1971 to 2021, the farm population declined by 62.2%, from 1 in 14 Canadians to 1 in 61.
- Farm debt has more than doubled in the last 20 years, from $43B in 2002 to $138.8B in 2022. That is currently 10x the size of net farm income.
- In 2021, 96,043 tonnes of pesticides were sold for agricultural use – more than three times the amount sold in 1991.
#Statistics #Farming
https://www.nfu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Canadian-Ag-by-the-Numbers-2024.pdf

from my link log —
Performance improvement on front-end generated by rustdoc.
https://blog.guillaume-gomez.fr/articles/2021-01-22 Performance improvement on front-end generated by rustdoc
saved 2021-01-28

Performance improvement on front-end generated by rustdoc
Blog of Guillaume Gomez (Performance improvement on front-end generated by rustdoc)

Optimally building spanning graphs in semirandom graph processes
Michael Anastos, Maur\'icio Collares, Joshua Erde, Mihyun Kang, Dominik Schmid, Gregory B. Sorkin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26028

Optimally building spanning graphs in semirandom graph processes
The semirandom graph process constructs a graph $G$ in a series of rounds, starting with the empty graph on $n$ vertices. In each round, a player is offered a vertex $v$ chosen uniformly at random, and chooses an edge on $v$ to add to $G$. The player's aim is to make $G$ satisfy some property as quickly as possible. Our interest is in the property that $G$ contain a given $n$-vertex graph $H$ with maximum degree $Δ$. In 2021, Ben-Eliezer, Gishboliner, Hefetz and Krivelevich showed that there i…

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 04.10.2025.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1149038 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

Source: HR software company Gusto paid ~$600M to acquire Guideline, which offers 401(k) plans to SMBs; Guideline raised $340M and had a $1.15B valuation in 2021 (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/01/sources-g…

Sources: Gusto paid $600M to acquire Guideline, plans to divest customers linked to rivals | TechCrunch
While the HR tech Guideline was last valued at $1.15 billion, the sale will likely yield a profit for most investors.

lifeXplore at the Lifelog Search Challenge 2021
Andreas Leibetseder, Klaus Schoeffmann
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03692 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.03692

lifeXplore at the Lifelog Search Challenge 2021
Since its first iteration in 2018, the Lifelog Search Challenge (LSC) continues to rise in popularity as an interactive lifelog data retrieval competition, co-located at the ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR). The goal of this annual live event is to search a large corpus of lifelogging data for specifically announced memories using a purposefully developed tool within a limited amount of time. As long-standing participants, we present our improved lifeXplore - a retrie…

Excited for a The Mitchells vs. the Machines sequel!
#movies

"Rich-Get-Richer"? Analyzing Content Creator Earnings Across Large Social Media Platforms
Ilan Strauss, Jangho Yang, Mariana Mazzucato
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26523

"Rich-Get-Richer"? Analyzing Content Creator Earnings Across Large Social Media Platforms
This paper examines whether monthly content creator earnings follow a power law distribution, driven by compounding 'rich-get-richer' dynamics (Barabasi and Albert 1999). Patreon creator earnings data for 2018, 2021, and 2024 for Instagram, Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Patreon exhibit a power law exponent around $α= 2$. This suggests that algorithmic systems generate unequalizing returns closer to highly concentrated capital income and wealth, rather than labor income. Platforms gov…

Search for UHE neutrinos from GRBs with the Pierre Auger Observatory
Yago Lema-Capeans (for the Pierre Auger Collaboration)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25962 https://

Search for UHE neutrinos from GRBs with the Pierre Auger Observatory
We report on the search for ultra-high-energy neutrinos from the prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) using Surface Detector (SD) data from Phase I of the Pierre Auger Observatory (2004-2021). A total of 570 GRBs occur within the most neutrino-sensitive field of view of the SD, considering both Earth-skimming and downward-going detection channels. For this purpose, GRB neutrino emission has been modeled using the numerical software NeuCosmA, incorporating gamma-ray measurements and inferr…

Kumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 04.10.2025.
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A transmission hologram for slitless spectrophotometry on a convergent telescope beam. Optimisation and characterization
Sylvie Dagoret-Campagne, Marc Moniez, Jeremy Neveu, Aurelien Blot, Pierre Antilogus, Claire Juramy, Leurent Le Guillou, Philippe Repain, Eduardo Sepulveda, Christophe Michel, Francois Colas
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.255…

A transmission hologram for slitless spectrophotometry on a convergent telescope beam. Optimisation and characterization
This article details the optimisation and the characterisation of the hologram described in a companion paper published in 2021, which showed the superiority of a holographic optical element over a periodic grating as a disperser installed in the path of a converging beam on an on-axis detector (unbent spectrograph) for slitless spectroscopy. In this article, we describe in detail the development and optimisation of the final optical holographic element installed on the spectrograph of the auxi…

Bi-Lipschitz embedding properties of lamplighter graphs on weighted and unweighted trees
Charlotte Melby, Beata Randrianantoanina
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25421 https://

Bi-Lipschitz embedding properties of lamplighter graphs on weighted and unweighted trees
In 2021 Baudier, Motakis, Schlumprecht, and Zsák proved that if a sequence of graphs $(G_k)_{k\in{\mathbb{N}}}$ contains the sequence of complete graphs with uniformly bounded distortion, then the sequence of lamplighter graphs on $G_k$'s contains Hamming cubes with uniformly bounded distortion and asked whether the converse holds. They suggested that a sequence of trees with edges replaced by paths of ``moderately growing'' lengths may be a counterexample. We prove that indeed this is the…

Quaking in Soft Granular Particles with Speed-dependent Friction: Effect of Inertia
Wei-Chang Lo, Jih-Chiang Tsai
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25932 https://…

Quaking in Soft Granular Particles with Speed-dependent Friction: Effect of Inertia
Our previous numerical simulation [C.-E. Tsai et al., Physical Review Research 6, 023065 (2024)] has shown that, for soft granular particles under quasistatic shearing, incorporating a speed-dependent friction is a necessary condition for reproducing the rate-dependent stick-slip fluctuations that have been found in laboratory experiments [J.-C. Tsai et al., Physical Review Letters 126, 128001 (2021)]. As a continuation, here we employ the simulation at a wide range of driving speeds to examine…

Artificial Intelligence in Management Studies (2021-2025): A Bibliometric Mapping of Themes, Trends, and Global Contributions
Yassine Sekaki, Abdelhafid Khazzar, Hamza Ziane
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21092

Artificial Intelligence in Management Studies (2021-2025): A Bibliometric Mapping of Themes, Trends, and Global Contributions
AI has become one of the most influential research areas over the past decade, with growing applications across multiple disciplines. In management studies, artificial intelligence is increasingly recognized as a driver of innovation, sustainability, and decision-making support. This bibliometric study examines the evolution of AI-related research in management between 2021 and 2025. Data were collected from the Scopus database and analyzed using the Bibliometrix R package, with visualizations …

Imagine buying hardware, which runs faster after 4 years than it did when you bought it. Meanwhile, in Windows land, Benchmarks often show that Windows 10 runs faster than Windows 11.
https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-515-617-performance

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheMorningAfterMix
The Shins:
🎵 The Past and Pending (2021 Remaster)
#TheShins
https://theshins.bandcamp.com/track/the-past-and-pending
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Omfr1OV4e0eaLcPe5JFRa

🦾 Bird-like robot with novel wing system achieves self-takeoff and low-speed flight
#robots

Bird-like robot with novel wing system achieves self-takeoff and low-speed flight
In 2021, a group of scientists from China engineered the RoboFalcon—a bird-inspired flapping-wing robot with a newly engineered mechanism made to drive bat-style morphing wings capable of flight. While this bio-inspired robot performed well at a cruising speed, it was not capable of flying at lower speeds or achieving takeoff without assistance.

Roku beats expectations with Q3 net income of $24.8M, vs. a net loss of $35.8M a year ago, and revenue of $1.21B, up 14% YoY; total streaming hours rose 12% YoY (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/roku-q3-2025-earnin…

Roku Q3 Earnings: Revenue Rises 14%, Operating Income Turns Positive For First Time Since 2021
Roku delivered Q3 2025 financial results that outperformed analyst expectations and marked the streaming company's first quarter with positive operating income since 2021.

Ergodic Properties of Quantum Markov Semigroups
Nicolas Mousset, Nina H. Amini
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20133 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.20133

Ergodic Properties of Quantum Markov Semigroups
In this paper, we study the ergodic theorem for infinite-dimensional quantum Markov semigroups, originally introduced by Frigerio and Verri in 1982, and its latest version developed by Carbone and Girotti in 2021. We provide a sufficient condition that ensures exponential convergence towards the positive recurrent subspace, a well-known result for irreducible quantum Markov semigroups in finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces. Several illustrative examples are presented to demonstrate the applicatio…

Horizon-scale variability of M87* from 2017--2021 EHT observations
The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24593 https://arxiv…

Horizon-scale variability of M87* from 2017--2021 EHT observations
We report three epochs of polarized images of M87* at 230\,GHz using data from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) taken in 2017, 2018, and 2021. The baseline coverage of the 2021 observations is significantly improved through the addition of two new EHT stations: the 12\,m Kitt Peak Telescope and the Northern Extended Millimetre Array (NOEMA). All observations result in images dominated by a bright, asymmetric ring with a persistent diameter of $43.9\pm 0.6\,\muas$, consistent with expectations …

from my link log —
Index 1,600,000,000 keys with finite state automata and Rust.
https://blog.burntsushi.net/transducers/
saved 2021-08-21 https://

Bruce Arians: This is what separates Todd Bowles as a coach and leader https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6717623/2025/10/15/todd-bowles-bucs-leadership-bruce-arians-leadership-coach/

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 26.10.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
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Frequency-Aware Ensemble Learning for BraTS 2025 Pediatric Brain Tumor Segmentation
Yuxiao Yi, Qingyao Zhuang, Zhi-Qin John Xu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19353 https://

Frequency-Aware Ensemble Learning for BraTS 2025 Pediatric Brain Tumor Segmentation
Pediatric brain tumor segmentation presents unique challenges due to the rarity and heterogeneity of these malignancies, yet remains critical for clinical diagnosis and treatment planning. We propose an ensemble approach integrating nnU-Net, Swin UNETR, and HFF-Net for the BraTS-PED 2025 challenge. Our method incorporates three key extensions: adjustable initialization scales for optimal nnU-Net complexity control, transfer learning from BraTS 2021 pre-trained models to enhance Swin UNETR's gen…

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 26.10.2025.
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@… Als geborener Lindener muss ich sagen: Das mit der SPD ist vorbei und kommt auch nicht wieder:
https://…

Kumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 26.10.2025.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…

Perturbative QCD below charm threshold: theory and tensions with $e^ e^-$ data
Diogo Boito, Marcelle Caram
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12956 https://arxiv.o…

Perturbative QCD below charm threshold: theory and tensions with $e^+e^-$ data
In this paper we carefully assess the theory prediction for $R(s)$ below charm threshold, $R_{uds}$, and address tensions with the existing data, notably with the 2021 BES-III results. We analyze the uncertainty of the perturbative QCD description in the light of renormalons making use of the large-$β_0$ limit and the renormalon-free gluon-condensate scheme. We provide a reliable estimate of the duality violation contributions; we show they are sizable up to $2.5$~GeV and improve the agreement…

from my link log —
The Nokia N900: the future that wasn’t.
https://www.osnews.com/story/133160/the-nokia-n900-the-future-that-wasnt/
saved 2021-03-18

Backing the Chiefs' Rashee Rice among top NFL player prop expert's best bets for Week 7

https://www.cbssports.com/betting/news/backi…

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 10.10.2025.
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Gravitational Recoil and Suppression of Super Massive Black Hole Seeds in the Early Universe
Bisweswar Sen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10564 https://arxiv.o…

Gravitational Recoil and Suppression of Super Massive Black Hole Seeds in the Early Universe
We investigate the impact of gravitational-wave (GW) recoil on the growth of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the early Universe. Forming ~10^9 Msun SMBHs by z ~ 6 is challenging and may require hierarchical mergers of smaller seed black holes. We extend a semi-analytic seed model (Sassano et al. 2021) by explicitly incorporating GW recoil physics. Our model includes: (1) recoil velocity formulae calibrated to numerical relativity for spinning, unequal-mass BH binaries (Campanelli et al. 200…

#Tatort: Was wir erben • #ARD #WDR
#crimi #krimi

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 10.10.2025.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1153689 registrierten Anlagen.
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from my link log —
Route 53 DNS: Amazon’s premier AWS database.
https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/route-53-amazons-premier-database/
saved 2021-02-18

Route 53, Amazon’s Premier Database
I’ve periodically made reference in a bunch of places to Route 53 being my preferred database. But I’ve only really told the story in podcast and tweet

Microsoft releases its first preview of Visual Studio 2026, the first major update since November 2021, with a new look and deeper AI integration (Tim Anderson/The Register)
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/10/visual_studio_2026_previewed_deeper/

Microsoft's first preview of Visual Studio 2026: Deeper AI and a design refresh
: New look for Visual Studio but the core still runs on the old .Net Framework

Jon Gruden vs. NFL lawsuit: Nevada Supreme Court sides with former coach in ongoing battle vs. league

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/jon-gru

Good Morning #Canada
I've been a bachelor since Thursday as my wife is in Toronto helping my daughter with her latest chemo session. She's back late Monday when life, for me, returns to normal. According to #StatsCan, being married at our age (late 60s) is the most prevalent relationship. But Canadians in younger age brackets are more likely these days to be living common-law and getting married later in life, if at all. Canada has one of the highest rates of common-law relationships worldwide and the highest in the G7. Between 1981 and 2021, common-law couples increased 447% while the number of married couples grew by only 26%. Common-law unions are most prevalent in Nunavut (52%), Quebec (43%), and the Northwest Territories (36%). It's no surprise that more than half of Canadians believe that marriage is not necessary, and even less surprising that this opinion is stronger with young men versus young women.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Relationship
https://madeinca.ca/marriage-statistics-canada/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsJukebox
Steam Down:
🎵 Can't Hold Me Back/Shutdown (6 Music Session, 3 Nov 2021)
#SteamDown