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Q&A with Tubi CEO Anjali Sud, who joined from Vimeo in September 2023, on the streaming industry, working within Fox, subscription fatigue, copyright, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/24178580/tubi-ceo-free-tv…

How Tubi CEO Anjali Sud plans to compete with Netflix and TikTok
Tubi is a fast-growing free ad-supported streaming platform with big ambitions to take on TikTok. Here’s how Anjali Sud plans to do it.

2023 retro-link! https://byorgey.wordpress.com/2023/01/01/competitive-programming-in-haskell-better-binary-search/ - Better binary search in Haskell.

“Listening sessions” have become the scourge of Minnesota politics.
Re this from @…: https://c.im/@NewNordicNormal/112633294249579821…

'Scandalous': G7 Nations Spend 62 Times More on Military Than Humanitarian Aid | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/global-military-spending-2023

'Scandalous': G7 Nations Spend 62 Times More on Military Than Humanitarian Aid | Common Dreams
"More must be invested in eradicating poverty and fostering peace and development, not fueling war and destruction," said one campaigner.

Hypocrisie heeft *nog* een naam.
Deze mevrouw komt nu namens #NSC in de Tweede Kamer.
Gezellig samen met o.a. #CasparVeldkamp fijn ‘t eigen land verwonden, haatdragende en discriminerende standpunten wit wassen, de wankele positie van Europa ondergraven.

Nvidia passes Microsoft during intraday trading to become the most valuable public company, with a ~$3.33T market cap; NVDA is up over 9x since January 2023 (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/18/nvidia-passes-…

The Bug Club - “Quality Pints” (2023)
One of my favorite new bands. They’re out of Wales, UK and have an extremely catchy, vibrant, energetic sound.
This single is their first on Sub Pop. Fun song about the importance of beer to a touring band.
#AlternativeRock #IndieRock

Google signs a deal with The Canadian Journalism Collective to distribute the CA$100M the company has promised to Canadian news companies in 2023 (Mickey Djuric/The Canadian Press)
https://www.

Google signs deal with organization to distribute $100M to Canadian news companies
OTTAWA - Google announced which organization it has selected to distribute the $100 million the tech giant has promised to Canadian news companies Friday.

Der Übergang von El Niño zu La Niña könnte 2024 zu noch extremerem Wetter führen. Nach dem heißesten Sommer der letzten 2.000 Jahre im Jahr 2023, mit verheerenden Waldbränden und tödlichen #Hitzewellen, warnen Wissenschaftler vor weiteren Katastrophen. Während El Niño warmes Oberflächenwasser im Pazifik aufheizt, kühlt La Niña das Wasser ab, was jedoch zu heißeren Sommern zwischen den Phasen…

The End of El Niño Might Make the Weather Even More Extreme
The shift from El Niño to La Niña will see temperatures drop, but when one weather system swings to the other, summers tend to be hotter than average—meaning 2024 could be even warmer and wilder than last year.

GemNet: Menu-Based, Strategy-Proof Multi-Bidder Auctions Through Deep Learning
Tonghan Wang, Yanchen Jiang, David C. Parkes
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.07428

GemNet: Menu-Based, Strategy-Proof Multi-Bidder Auctions Through Deep Learning
Differentiable economics uses deep learning for automated mechanism design. Despite strong progress, it has remained an open problem to learn multi-bidder, general, and fully strategy-proof (SP) auctions. We introduce GEneral Menu-based NETwork (GemNet), which significantly extends the menu-based approach of RochetNet [Dütting et al., 2023] to the multi-bidder setting. The challenge in achieving SP is to learn bidder-independent menus that are feasible, so that the optimal menu choices for eac…

Filings: X is still working on Venmo-like payments features, with a 2024 US launch target; X had $1.48B in revenue in first six months of 2023, down ~40% YoY (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-1…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05205 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCY_…

Interoperability of the Metaverse: A Digital Ecosystem Perspective Review
The Metaverse is at the vanguard of the impending digital revolution, with the potential to significantly transform industries and lifestyles. However, in 2023, skepticism surfaced within industrial and academic spheres, raising concerns that excitement may outpace actual technological progress. Interoperability, recognized as a major barrier to the Metaverse's full potential, is central to this debate. CoinMarketCap's report in February 2023 indicated that of over 240 metaverse initiatives, mo…

Jake Ferguson’s breakout season makes him division’s top tight end https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/jake_fergusons_breakout_season_makes_him_divisions_top_tight_end/s1_17100_40492188

Jake Ferguson’s breakout season makes him division’s top tight end
When Dalton Schultz departed Dallas for Houston prior to the 2023 season, many felt the Cowboys were weak at tight end. Instead, they arguably have the best tight end in the NFC East. They could have the best tight end room in the division too. In his second NFL season – and first as the Cowboys' starting tight end – Jake Ferguson had a breakout campaign. Ferguson caught 71 passes for 761 yards and five touchdowns last season. Schultz was quickly forgotten. What remains to be seen in 2024 i…

Pro Bowler David Njoku teases Browns' new offense under Ken Dorsey: 'It is juicy'

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/pro-bowler-d…

Pro Bowler David Njoku teases Browns' new offense under Ken Dorsey: 'It is juicy'
The veteran TE enjoyed career-high production under former OC Alex Van Pelt in 2023

GemNet: Menu-Based, Strategy-Proof Multi-Bidder Auctions Through Deep Learning
Tonghan Wang, Yanchen Jiang, David C. Parkes
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.07428

GemNet: Menu-Based, Strategy-Proof Multi-Bidder Auctions Through Deep Learning
Differentiable economics uses deep learning for automated mechanism design. Despite strong progress, it has remained an open problem to learn multi-bidder, general, and fully strategy-proof (SP) auctions. We introduce GEneral Menu-based NETwork (GemNet), which significantly extends the menu-based approach of RochetNet [Dütting et al., 2023] to the multi-bidder setting. The challenge in achieving SP is to learn bidder-independent menus that are feasible, so that the optimal menu choices for eac…

Predicting Exoplanetary Features with a Residual Model for Uniform and Gaussian Distributions
Andrew Sweet
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.10771 https://…

Predicting Exoplanetary Features with a Residual Model for Uniform and Gaussian Distributions
The advancement of technology has led to rampant growth in data collection across almost every field, including astrophysics, with researchers turning to machine learning to process and analyze this data. One prominent example of this data in astrophysics is the atmospheric retrievals of exoplanets. In order to help bridge the gap between machine learning and astrophysics domain experts, the 2023 Ariel Data Challenge was hosted to predict posterior distributions of 7 exoplanetary features. The …

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05205 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCY_…

Interoperability of the Metaverse: A Digital Ecosystem Perspective Review
The Metaverse is at the vanguard of the impending digital revolution, with the potential to significantly transform industries and lifestyles. However, in 2023, skepticism surfaced within industrial and academic spheres, raising concerns that excitement may outpace actual technological progress. Interoperability, recognized as a major barrier to the Metaverse's full potential, is central to this debate. CoinMarketCap's report in February 2023 indicated that of over 240 metaverse initiatives, mo…

Dallas Cowboys Insider: Management Does Not View Dak Prescott As An Elite Quarterback https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/dallas_cowboys_insider_management_does_not_view_dak_prescott_as_an…

Phantom chain simulations for fracture of star polymer networks with various strand densities
Yuichi Masubuchi, Takato Ishida, Yusuke Koide, Takashi Uneyama
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.09741

Phantom chain simulations for fracture of star polymer networks with various strand densities
Despite many attempts, the relation between fracture and structure of polymer networks is yet to be clarified. For this problem, a recent study for phantom chain simulations [Macromolecules, 56, 9359 (2023)] has demonstrated that the fracture characteristics obtained for polymer networks with various node functionalities and conversion ratios lie on master curves if they are plotted against cycle rank. In this study, we extended the simulation to the effect of prepolymer concentration on the re…

The way-too-premature Cowboys defensive starting lineup projection https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/the_way_too_premature_cowboys_defensive_starting_lineup_projection/s1_17100_40486862

The way-too-premature Cowboys defensive starting lineup projection
As the days on the calendar go by, the Dallas Cowboys get further away from the disappointing end to the 2023 season and closer to the excitement of a new season. The 2024 season will be a prove-it year for the Dallas Cowboys. There are so many players and coaches who are playing and coaching on one-year deals that the 2025 team could look completely different. Offensively, the Cowboys could be looking at two new starters on the offensive line, with a third being a distant probability, but prob…

Predicting Exoplanetary Features with a Residual Model for Uniform and Gaussian Distributions
Andrew Sweet
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.10771 https://…

Predicting Exoplanetary Features with a Residual Model for Uniform and Gaussian Distributions
The advancement of technology has led to rampant growth in data collection across almost every field, including astrophysics, with researchers turning to machine learning to process and analyze this data. One prominent example of this data in astrophysics is the atmospheric retrievals of exoplanets. In order to help bridge the gap between machine learning and astrophysics domain experts, the 2023 Ariel Data Challenge was hosted to predict posterior distributions of 7 exoplanetary features. The …

Pay The Man! What’s The Hold Up? https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/pay_the_man_whats_the_hold_up/s1_17213_40476048

Pay The Man! What’s The Hold Up?
Dak Prescott is playing in the last year of a four-year $160 million contract he signed in 2021. Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys have yet to reach an agreement meaning there is a possibility this could be the Last Dance. It is believed Prescott will get a contract extension but the idea of him flirting with free agency could be a nightmare for the Cowboys. Last season he was the MVP runner-up after an impressive 2023 campaign. He threw for 36 touchdowns, and nine interceptions and had career ca…

Phantom chain simulations for fracture of star polymer networks with various strand densities
Yuichi Masubuchi, Takato Ishida, Yusuke Koide, Takashi Uneyama
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.09741

Phantom chain simulations for fracture of star polymer networks with various strand densities
Despite many attempts, the relation between fracture and structure of polymer networks is yet to be clarified. For this problem, a recent study for phantom chain simulations [Macromolecules, 56, 9359 (2023)] has demonstrated that the fracture characteristics obtained for polymer networks with various node functionalities and conversion ratios lie on master curves if they are plotted against cycle rank. In this study, we extended the simulation to the effect of prepolymer concentration on the re…

Dak Prescott: Pay the man! What's the hold-up! https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/dak_prescott_pay_the_man_whats_the_hold_up/s1_17213_40476048

Dak Prescott: Pay the man! What's the hold-up!
Dak Prescott is playing in the last year of a four-year $160 million contract he signed in 2021. Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys have yet to reach an agreement meaning there is a possibility this could be the Last Dance. It is believed Prescott will get a contract extension but the idea of him flirting with free agency could be a nightmare for the Cowboys. Last season he was the MVP runner-up after an impressive 2023 campaign. He threw for 36 touchdowns, and nine interceptions and had career ca…