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

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.

The ugliness of MAGA makes it too hard for many people to go there.
In 2021 Republicans could have chosen a different path than MAGA.
But they chose to double down and run towards MAGA, not away from it.
This decision was a huge electoral mistake --
There was no red wave, and Dems picked up a US Senate seat, 2 governorships, 4 state legislative chambers.
Our unexpected party in power success then carried over to a very blue 2023 across the US. We kept raising lot…

European Right Underperforms Public Polling, Trump's "Strong Leader" Problem, Making June Count
I'm heading to Seattle tomorrow - hope to see folks there!

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

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…

Las Vegas Raiders' underrated defender is the key to unlocking an elite defense in 2024 https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/las_vegas_raiders_underrated_defender_is_the_key_to_unlock…

Las Vegas Raiders' underrated defender is the key to unlocking an elite defense in 2024
The Las Vegas Raiders can have an amazing defense in 2024, just like they did in 2023. Of course, last season started slow, but once that switch was flipped, Patrick Graham was given full reign of the defense, and Antonio Pierce was getting the locker room fired up, they were a top-five defense in the league. That wasn't a fluke, as I think the defense will start off much hotter than they did last season. But, the key to unlocking the unit as a top-five defense in the league is one underrated d…

Raiders' Divine Deablo Hoping to Build on Career-Best Season https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/news/raiders-divine-deablo-hoping-to-build-on-career-best-season-01j0eqg3483b

Las Vegas Raiders' Divine Deablo hoping to build on a career-best season
Las Vegas Raiders linebacker Divine Deablo had the best season of his career in 2023, and now, he will look to improve on it.

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…

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…