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A judge sentences Frank founder Charlie Javice to 85 months in prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase by overstating how many customers the fintech company had (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/29/jpmorgan-chase-frank-charlie-javice-sentencing.html

Startup founder Charlie Javice sentenced to 7 years in prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase
Charlie Javice, founder of college financial aid platform Frank, was arrested in 2023 on charges she defrauded JPMorgan Chase in the sale of the fintech firm.

Aufschrieb zu meiner (nicht nur) SF-Lektüre im August.
https://blog.till-westermayer.de/index.php/2025/08/29/science-fiction-und-fantasy-im-august-2025/

Science Fiction und Fantasy im August 2025
Ich fange mit einem Buch an, das eigentlich eher ein Sachbuch ist - Mark McCaughreans "Reiseführer" 111 places in space that you must not miss (2023). Der Titel beschreibt eigentlich auch schon ganz gut, was es mit diesem Buch auf sich hat, das wohl tatsächlich in einer Reihe erschienen ist, die auc

First Snow
#OrchestralMusic #NowPlaying
https://muz4now.com/2023/first-snow-nowpl…

First Snow #NowPlaying
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

“Belgium to recognize Palestine, sanction Israel”
https://www.politico.eu/article/belgium-to-recognize-palestine-sanction-israel/
But still “only … if Hamas releases all remaining Israeli hostages kidnapped in the Oct. 7, 2023 attack and the m…

Belgium to recognize Palestine, sanction Israel
Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot said the move would happen only after Hamas releases all Israeli hostages and no longer manages Palestine.

My favorite part of this is when ChatGPT tells the Lurie staffer about Mayor Lurie's budget instructions to city departments on December 13, 2023. Lurie entered office in January 2025.
https://sfanonymous.substack.com/p/read-how-top-mayor-daniel-lur…

Read how top Mayor Daniel Lurie Official used ChatGPT to figure out how President Trump could convert Alcatraz to a prison and how to prepare for "tough questions" on Family Zoning
In response to a records request, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s team responded on September 23, 2025 with several ChatGPT logs.

TIL how to spell check in vim
#vim

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.08.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
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Some cool stuff coming here: https://athletechnews.com/apple-watchos-26-public-beta-fitness-upgrades/?utm_source=Athletech Media Group LLC&utm_campaign=929c7ecf86-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_09_01_11_00_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-717047a094-604853391

Comment on "Strong lensing and shadow of Ayon-Beato-Garcia (ABG) nonsingular black hole"
M. Fahmi Fauzi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24777 https://…

Comment on "Strong lensing and shadow of Ayon-Beato-Garcia (ABG) nonsingular black hole"
It was suggested by Ramadhan et al. (Eur Phys J C 83:465, 2023) that the Sagittarius A* black hole cannot be modeled by an Ayón-Beato-Garcìa regular black hole due to the incompatible shadow radius. However, they overlooked the distant-observer limit of the correction term in the effective geometry, which renders their calculation invalid. When evaluated correctly, the result reverses the conclusion of the paper. This comment highlights the flaw and demonstrates how to properly compute the sh…

Efficient Sketching and Nearest Neighbor Search Algorithms for Sparse Vector Sets
Sebastian Bruch, Franco Maria Nardini, Cosimo Rulli, Rossano Venturini
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24815

Efficient Sketching and Nearest Neighbor Search Algorithms for Sparse Vector Sets
Sparse embeddings of data form an attractive class due to their inherent interpretability: Every dimension is tied to a term in some vocabulary, making it easy to visually decipher the latent space. Sparsity, however, poses unique challenges for Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search (ANNS) which finds, from a collection of vectors, the k vectors closest to a query. To encourage research on this underexplored topic, sparse ANNS featured prominently in a BigANN Challenge at NeurIPS 2023, where appr…

A second security breach at Tea exposes more than 1.1M user messages, dating from early 2023 to as recently as last week, many containing sensitive information (404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/a-second-tea-breach-reveals-users-dms-about-abortion…

A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating
The more than one million messages obtained by 404 Media are as recent as last week, discuss incredibly sensitive topics, and make it trivial to unmask some anonymous Tea users.

The Piano In The Dining Room
- these pieces were improvised on the actual piano in our actual dining room -
- #PianoImprov #NowPlaying -

The Piano In The Dining Room - #PianoImprov #NowPlaying
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Working on the #perl 5.42 update for #nixpkgs - unfortunately perl-cross hasn't been released for 5.42 yet which is a bit of a blocker. In general it feels like the declining interest in maintaining #CPAN packages are going to be a problem over time. For instance EV hasn't had a release since 2023 and needed a patch to work with 5.42

#vereinfachteSprache
Im Jahr 2023 waren die Ozeane so warm wie nie zuvor. Das hat große Folgen für die ganze Welt. Warme Meere bringen mehr Regen und #Stürme nach Europa, und in Amerika gibt es stärke

Was die Erwärmung der Ozeane für die Welt bedeutet (vereinfachte Sprache)
Erkunde die dramatischen Auswirkungen der Ozeanerwärmung und wie sie den Planeten verändert. Erfahre mehr über die Rekord-Meerestemperaturen und ihre Folgen.

The orbital period and inclination of the neutron star X-ray transient MAXI J1807 132
E. A. Saavedra, T. Mu\~noz-Darias, M. A. P. Torres, I. V. Yanes-Rizo, M. Armas Padilla, A. \'Alvarez-Hern\'andez, J. Casares, D. Mata S\'anchez, S. K. Rout, S. Navarro
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20178 …

The orbital period and inclination of the neutron star X-ray transient MAXI J1807+132
The neutron star X-ray transient MAXI J1807+132 has undergone outbursts in 2017, 2019, and 2023. We conducted an $R$-band time series photometry campaign using the Isaac Newton Telescope during the 2022 quiescent state. We detected a periodic variation in the light curve, consistent with ellipsoidal modulation, which allowed us to determine an orbital period of $P_{\rm orb} = 4.258 \pm 0.008$ hr. By modelling the light curve, we obtained a binary inclination of $ i = 72\pm5 \, °$ and a mass ra…

Assessing the Sensitivities of Input-Output Methods for Natural Hazard-Induced Power Outage Macroeconomic Impacts
Matthew Sprintson, Edward Oughton
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19989

Assessing the Sensitivities of Input-Output Methods for Natural Hazard-Induced Power Outage Macroeconomic Impacts
It is estimated that over one-fourth of US households experienced a power outage in 2023, costing on average US $\$150$ Bn annually, with $87\%$ of outages caused by natural hazards. Indeed, numerous studies have examined the macroeconomic impact of power network interruptions, employing a wide variety of modeling methods and data parameterization techniques, which warrants further investigation. In this paper, we quantify the macroeconomic effects of three significant natural hazard-induced US…

Meditation Suite 2 – Beyond Silence #composer #contemplation #inspiration #music

Meditation Suite 2 - Beyond Silence
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

When You Fall – a #poem with photos of the #waterfall that #inspired it #inspiration

When You Fall - a #poem with photos of the #waterfall that #inspired it
Stan Stewart - @muz4now