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2023 retro-link! https://www.itu.int/hub/publication/s-gen-news-2023-2/ - ITU News Magazine: The future of Coordinated Universal Time.

Good morning friends 🙋
One more photo from last year's hike.
I took this right after the last photo. After the path bent around the rocks, it went rather even with a very light incline along this side of the ridge.
This great view ahead, I just went on to see how far I could go in reasonable time.
I knew it would become chill quickly with the sun going down

A Mid-November Sunday Adventure
A spontaneous Sunday unfolded into a picturesque adventure of biking and hiking. The crisp mid-November air led me to a summit, a hidden meadow bathed in sunshine and tranquility. It felt like a moment frozen in time, urging me to extend the journey and embrace the unexpected beauty of the day.

If you are eligible to vote and haven't already, remember to vote in the #EuropeanParliamentElection for a party committed to #ClimateAction

A lot is at stake. Much of what you care about - be it access to he…

Ukraine kauft französisches Flugabwehrsystem
Der französische Rüstungskonzern Thales verkauft ein zweites Luftabwehrsystem an die Ukraine. Nach der Lieferung eines ersten Luftabwehrsystems an die Ukraine im Jahr 2023 erwerbe das ukrainische Verteidigungsministerium ein zweites System, teilte das Unternehmen mit, ohne einen Kaufpreis zu nennen.
Die Unterzeichnung des Vertrags wurde am Rande eines Besuchs des ukrainischen Präs…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Ukraine kauft französisches Flugabwehrsystem ++
Der französische Rüstungskonzern Thales verkauft ein weiteres Luftabwehrsystem an die Ukraine. Russische Besatzer sprechen von zahlreichen Toten nach einem ukrainischen Angriff. Die Entwicklungen im Liveblog.

https://lukegeeson.com/blog/2023-10-17-A-Proposal-For-Relaxed-Atomics/ - A proposed fix for C/C relaxed atomics in practice.

Asklé B&B Corner
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods

Asklé B&B Corner | Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory
Podcast: Asklé B&B Corner Host: Will Slater and Stephanie Slater Category: Health & Fitness Sub-Category: Entrepreneurship, Parenting & Pregnancy & Families First Episode: 2023 Welcome to Asklé B&

Back in the 70s and 80s people used to say "Kids are growing up so much faster these days"
I have no idea if it was true back then.
but people just keep saying it, despite the fact that in 2023 it's plain as day that the opposite is true.

Asklé B&B Corner
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods

Asklé B&B Corner | Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory
Podcast: Asklé B&B Corner Host: Will Slater and Stephanie Slater Category: Health & Fitness Sub-Category: Entrepreneurship, Parenting & Pregnancy & Families First Episode: 2023 Welcome to Asklé B&

Heart Power Podcast
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods

Heart Power | Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory
Podcast: Heart Power Podcast Host: Saskia Düsselberg Category: Arts Sub-Category: Self-Improvement & Advice, Spirituality First Episode: 2023 Heart-based teachings with host Saskia Düsselberg…

TechInsights: Nvidia shipped ~3.76M data center GPUs in 2023, up from 2.64M in 2022; the total data center GPU market was 3.85M in 2023, up from ~2.67M in 2022 (Agam Shah/HPCwire)
https://www.hpcwire.com/2024/06/10/nvidia-

Nvidia Shipped 3.76 Million Data-center GPUs in 2023, According to Study
Nvidia had an explosive 2023 in data-center GPU shipments, which totaled roughly 3.76 million units, according to a study conducted by semiconductor analyst firm TechInsights. Nvidia’s GPU shipments in 2023 […]

Zsolt Szabo, beoogd staatssecretaris Koninkrijksrelaties en Digitalisering, in ieder geval iemand met affiniteit en ervaring mbt digitalisering !
https://www.kabinetsformatie2023.nl/kabinetsformaties…

Hey folks, this is an important #security update for #JetBrains users. Please update as soon as possible if you use #GitHub and the integration in the

Updates for security issue affecting IntelliJ-based IDEs 2023.1+ and GitHub Plugin | The Security Blog
A new security issue was discovered that affects the JetBrains GitHub plugin on the IntelliJ platform, which could lead to disclosure of access tokens to third-party sites. The issue affects all IntelliJ-based IDEs as of 2023.1 onwards that have the JetBrains GitHub plugin enabled and configured/in-use. 

BEHOLD @… VICTORIOUS https://cabel.com/2023/03/27/apple-passwords-deserve-an-app/

Apple Passwords Deserve An App
First, let’s consider three random tweets: They already have. They definitely should. They seemingly won’t… but why? We all know that Apple has nice built-in password management in macO…

I am very excited by this article on Local Govt funding models because I have been working on the wonkiest Gist ever about this topic for weeks and now I know the public is just thirsting to know more.
https://dublininquirer.com/2023/05/10/dublin-city-councillors-call-for-radical-changes-to-the-local-property-tax/

Current and former staff at Boston public media outlet GBH criticize top salaries after 31 people were laid off; nine execs earned $300K in base pay in 2023 (Aidan Ryan/The Boston Globe)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/06/10/bus…

After GBH layoffs, employees question executives' pay
The untouched, high salaries have prompted criticism among current and former employees about the organization’s choices in confronting a budget shortfall of $7 million for its core business.

Teaching the Difficult Past of Statistics to Improve the Future
https://doi.org/10.1080/26939169.2023.2224407
"..it is a crucial time for students to understand not just statistical
methods, but their role in society."

L’#UNIL vient de publier son rapport annuel 2023.
https://wp.unil.ch/rapport-annuel/

In about 30 minutes, at 10:00am US Eastern, I'll join with some colleagues on rapidly refreshing the web page for the US Supreme Court: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinion/23
They issue decisions on Thursdays, and they currently have 27 pending ca…

L’#UNIL vient de publier son rapport annuel 2023.
https://wp.unil.ch/rapport-annuel/

#Tippingrisk of the #Atlantic Ocean's overturning circulation, #AMOC. Keynote by Prof. Rahmstorf

L’#UNIL vient de publier son rapport annuel 2023.
https://wp.unil.ch/rapport-annuel/

Seit 10 Monaten sinkt die Anzahl der monatlich aktiven #Mastodon-Nutzer. Ich war hoffnungsfroh, dass wir es schaffen, das erste unkommerzielle Social Network zu etablieren. Stattdessen scheint es nun wieder in der Bedeutungslosigkeit zu versinken.

Celebrity spies, from Harry Houdini to Cary Grant to Julia Child - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/10/22/celebrity-spies-houdini-fleming-baker/

A surprising number of celebrities have worked as spies
Harry Houdini, Cary Grant, Julia Child and Ian Fleming are among the many celebrities who were involved in espionage in the 20th century.

TIL. Florida's SB 264 bars Chinese nationals living in the US but are NOT permanent residents of the US from purchasing real estate.
Apparently this law has been in effect since July 1, 2023. 😲
https://us.cnn.com/2024/06/17/homes/fl

2023 NFL team captain surprisingly decides to retire, but leaves door slightly open for possible return

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2023-nf<…

2023 NFL team captain surprisingly decides to retire, but leaves door slightly open for possible return
This was an unexpected retirement

Runway unveils Gen-3 Alpha, a model to generate high-quality, detailed, highly realistic video clips of 10 seconds in length, after releasing Gen-2 in June 2023 (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/runway-unve

Runway unveils new hyper realistic AI video model Gen-3 Alpha, capable of 10-second-long clips
Gen-3 Alpha allows users to generate high-quality, detailed, highly realistic video clips of 10 seconds in length.

The GÉANT Annual Report 2023 is published today, at the start of #TNC24 week.
GÉANT CEO Erik Huizer @… : “These are just some of the highlights from our busy year and you will find a lot more information in this Annual Report.”

"Argentiniens Präsident als Heilsbringer der Marktradikalen und Rechten"
Veranstaltung am Donnerstag, 20. Juni um 19.00 Uhr an der Uni Hamburg.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C8EdQVAM-IS/?img_index=1

Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Hamburg on Instagram: "Seit seinem Amtsantritt im Dezember 2023 versucht der argentinische Präsident Javier Milei in rasender Geschwindigkeit, Argentinien in einen Staat umzubauen, der einzig den Gesetzen des Kapitalmarktes folgt. In wenigen Monaten hat er tausende Staatsbeamte entlassen, Gelder für öffentliche Bildungseinrichtungen reduziert, die Preisdeckelung bei der Medikamentenversorgung für Rentner*innen und die staatlichen Lebensmittellieferungen an Suppenküchen gestrichen oder gekürzt. Er hat den öffentlichen Rundfunk geschlossen und das öffentliche Fernsehen unter Aufsicht gestellt. Auf seiner Rede beim Weltwirtschaftsforum in Davos im Januar dieses Jahres diffamierte Milei den Sozialismus als den größten Feind von Wohlstand und Gerechtigkeit. Als Gegenentwurf propagiert er einen entfesselten Kapitalismus, der auf Antiegalitarismus und Leistungsideologie setzt. Sein extrem libertäres Wirtschaftsmodell verbindet Milei mit einer aggressiven Rhetorik sowie einer reaktionären Kultur-, Bildungs- und Familienpolitik. Systematisch knüpft er Kontakte zu Rechtsaußen-Regierungen und Parteien, aber auch zu wirtschaftsliberalen und rechtskonservativen Eliten. Marktradikale auf der ganzen Welt feiern ihn für seinen «Anarchokapitalismus». So auch in Hamburg: Die Hayek-Gesellschaft, eine neoliberale Vereinigung zur Förderung von marktradikalen Ideen mit Anbindung an die AfD, verleiht ihm am 22. Juni die «Hayek-Medaille». Gemeinsam mit unseren Gästen wollen wir aufzeigen, welche fatalen Folgen der von Milei propagierte «Anarchokapitalismus» für die argentinische Gesellschaft hat. Welche alternativen Modelle gibt es, um Argentiniens Wirtschaft anzukurbeln und das Land aus der immensen Verschuldung beim Internationalen Währungsfonds (IWF) zu lösen? Wir beleuchten außerdem die ideologische Ausrichtung der Hayek-Gesellschaft und sprechen über die gefährliche Nähe von neoliberalen Ökonomen und Politikern sowie rechtsextremen Parteien und Netzwerken in Europa. Eine Kooperationsveranstaltung mit der Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung und dem Arbeitskreis Plurale Ökonomik der UHH. #rlshh #rosaluxemburgstiftunghamburg #rosaluxhh #javiermilei #hayekgesellschaft #hamburg #anarchokapitalismus #argentinien"
123 likes, 1 comments - rosaluxhh on June 11, 2024: "Seit seinem Amtsantritt im Dezember 2023 versucht der argentinische Präsident Javier Milei in rasender Geschwindigkeit, Argentinien in...".

Maryland to issue over 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/marijuana-pardons-gov-wes-moore-003a11d2435eabaa060d2d26da63ce42

175,000 pardons are set to be issued for for marijuana convictions in Maryland
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is scheduled to sign an executive order to issue 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions. The Washington Post reports the order to be unveiled Monday will forgive low-level marijuana possession charges for an estimated 100,000 people. The newspaper reports the Democratic governer says he sees the order as an opportunity "to right a lot of historical wrongs." Recreational cannabis was legalized in Maryland in 2023 after voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2022…

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.

Dasha Rush offering a beatless summoning/meditation of both the melancholia and the hope for a betterment of humankind... Somehow fitting after yesterday's abysmal & irresponsible election result and the massive show of small time thinking, selfishness, chauvinism & general lack of empathy with fellow members of society...
Dasha Rush — Trumpets of Andromeda (2023)

The General Synod is now reading the names of all ministers who have passed away in 2023.
#RCASynod #RCA #GS2024

Supercon 2023: Reverse Engineering Commercial Coffee Machines
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-365812c3-d5949865dc9a8882
Supercon 2023: Reverse Engineering Commercial Coffee Machines There was a time when a coffee vending machine was a relativ…

#Covid #Influenza
The 2023/2024 "flu season" according to CH-SUR, surveying 6 hospitals:
Twice as many Covid hospitalisations (3'483) as compared to influenza.
Inacceptably high rates of nosocomial infections (33%).
7.1% mortality. Half of deaths reported as causally…

HVV: Wie der Erfolg des 49-Euro-Tickets die Hamburger Hochbahn belastet
Eine Million Deutschlandtickets – doch das hat seinen Preis. Was die Bilanz belastet und was sich für Fahrgäste ändert.
https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/polit…

Trotz Fahrgastrekord: Hochbahn macht 295 Millionen Verlust
Fahrgastrekord und Millionen-Verluste: Die Hamburger Hochbahn stellte am Donnerstag die Jahreszahlen für 2023 vor.

If anyone needs a cozy and warm article for today: "Spirited Away to Miyazaki Land"
by Sam Anderson https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/magazine/hayao-miyazaki-ghibli-park.html
I thought what adjectives to use to describe the ar…

A Visit to Ghibli Park, a Miyazaki Theme Park
What happens when the surreal imagination of the world’s greatest living animator, Hayao Miyazaki, is turned into a theme park?

Uncovering a Critical Vulnerability in Authentik's PKCE Implementation (CVE-2023-48228) | Offensity https://www.offensity.com/en/blog/uncovering-a-critical-vulnerability-in-authentiks-pkce-implementation-cve-2023-48228/

Guess this is what it sounds like when you test your equipment https://open.spotify.com/track/1fnhNMhynPM4zEV8VLE8jB?si=QoiB7RHATAWWTn6wyTLJjQ&context=spotify:album:3TOqth4BResSHzsrnREbbh…

The Swamp Song - Remastered
Oasis · Song · 2023

@…: Wieso zeigt https://wahlen.zdf.de/ zuoberst Ergebnisse von Landtagswahlen im Oktober 2023? 🤨

Wahlen im ZDF
Informationen zu den wichtigsten Wahlen.

Ich fordere: Der Forderungsjournalismus muss sterben! | @…
Alleine in dem politisch relativ ruhigen Zeitraum zwischen Mitte Dezember 2023 und Mitte Januar 2024 schaffte es Jens Spahn mit acht (!) verschiedenen Forderungen in die Schlagzeilen überregionaler, reichweitenstarker Medien: ... Und das alles in weniger als einem Monat und trotz Weihnachten…

Ich fordere: Der Forderungsjournalismus muss sterben! | Übermedien
Jens Spahn von der CDU stellt Forderungen, und Medien melden das, oft ohne Einordnung. Dabei ist das in der Regel erst mal keine Nachricht.

In 2023 Haalde PVV en GL-PvdA 25% vs 17% van de beschikbare zetels, respectievelijk
In 2024 is dat 19% vs 26%.
Natuurlijk is de één gedaald en de ander gestegen, maar in percentage zetels is de overwinning van GL-PvdA in deze verkiezing groter dan die van de PVV in de vorige verkiezing.

What is Different About Raiders 2023 First-Round Pick Tyree Wilson This Offseason https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/news/what-is-different-about-raiders-2023-first-round-pick-tyree-wilson-this-offseason-01j0…

What is different about Las Vegas Raiders' Tyree Wilson this offseason
Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Tyree Wilson is learning from the best. He is ready to show out in Year 2, now that he is healthy and ready to play.

Sources: Shein recorded $32.2B in sales in 2023, up 40% YoY, compared with 37% YoY growth in 2022, and doubled its net profit to $1.6B, for a 5% profit margin (Jing Yang/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/sh

Shein’s 40% Revenue Growth and Profit Boost in 2023 Could Help Lure IPO Investors
China-founded fast fashion giant Shein lifted its net profit margin even as it posted slightly faster revenue growth in 2023, two people with direct knowledge of its finances said. That performance should help Shein lure investors for a highly anticipated initial public offering—if it can ...

Effect of Rotation on Wave Mixing in Intermediate Mass Stars
A. Varghese, R. P. Ratnasingam, R. Vanon, P. V. F. Edelmann, S. Mathis, T. M. Rogers
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.04403 …

Effect of Rotation on Wave Mixing in Intermediate Mass Stars
Internal gravity waves (IGWs) are likely to cause mixing in stellar interiors. Studies show that the mixing by these waves changes drastically across age and mass (Varghese et al. 2023, arXiv:2211.06432). Here, we study the effect of rotation on this wave mixing by considering a 7 M$_{\odot}$ model at ZAMS and midMS. We compare the mixing profiles at a range of rotation rates ($1\times 10^{-5}$, $2\times 10^{-5}$, $3\times 10^{-5}$, $4\times 10^{-5}$ and $1\times 10^{-4}$ rad.s$^{-1}$) and obse…

Challenging the Machine: Contestability in Government AI Systems
Susan Landau, James X. Dempsey, Ece Kamar, Steven M. Bellovin, Robert Pool
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.10430

Challenging the Machine: Contestability in Government AI Systems
In an October 2023 executive order (EO), President Biden issued a detailed but largely aspirational road map for the safe and responsible development and use of artificial intelligence (AI). The challenge for the January 24-25, 2024 workshop was to transform those aspirations regarding one specific but crucial issue -- the ability of individuals to challenge government decisions made about themselves -- into actionable guidance enabling agencies to develop, procure, and use genuinely contestabl…

The two Cowboys Micah Parsons expects to take All-Pro jumps in the 2024 NFL season https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/the_two_cowboys_micah_parsons_expects_to_take_all_pro_jumps_in_the_2024…

The two Cowboys Micah Parsons expects to take All-Pro jumps in the 2024 NFL season
When discussing the Dallas Cowboys' free agency approach in 2024, superstar edge rusher Micah Parsons didn't hesitate to throw the company line to media members, claiming he understood with the big contracts coming up for the franchise made things financially complicated for the front office. Instead, he pointed toward the mindset of the team having enough talent, emphasizing the team had multiple All-Pros in 2023. The Cowboys had nine including the second-team. Additionally, Parsons believes t…

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Extreme value methods for estimating rare events in Utopia
To capture the extremal behaviour of complex environmental phenomena in practice, flexi\-ble techniques for modelling tail behaviour are required. In this paper, we introduce a variety of such methods, which were used by the Lancopula Utopiversity team to tackle the EVA (2023) Conference Data Challenge. This data challenge was split into four challenges, labelled C1-C4. Challenges C1 and C2 comprise univariate problems, where the goal is to estimate extreme quantiles for a non-stationary time s…

Staatsanwaltschaft: Ukrainer zu 15 Jahren Haft wegen Hochverrats verurteilt
Wegen der Weitergabe von Militärinformationen an die russischen Truppen hat ein ukrainisches Gericht einen Ukrainer zu 15 Jahren verurteilt. Dies teilte die Staatsanwaltschaft in der ostukrainischen Region Donezk mit. Der Bewohner der Stadt Kostjantyniwka nahe der Frontlinie habe im Mai 2023 über den Onlinedienst Telegram Standorte ukrainischer Truppe…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Moskau plant Änderung seiner Atomdoktrin ++
Vor dem Hintergrund seines Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine plant Russland eine Änderung seiner Atomdoktrin. Die Ukraine reklamiert einen Drohnenangriff auf eine Ölanlage in der Region Rostow für sich. Die Entwicklungen vom Dienstag zum Nachlesen.

A Comparison of the Performance of the Molecular Dynamics Simulation Package GROMACS Implemented in the SYCL and CUDA Programming Models
L. Apanasevich, Yogesh Kale, Himanshu Sharma, Ana Marija Sokovic
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.10362

A Comparison of the Performance of the Molecular Dynamics Simulation Package GROMACS Implemented in the SYCL and CUDA Programming Models
For many years, systems running Nvidia-based GPU architectures have dominated the heterogeneous supercomputer landscape. However, recently GPU chipsets manufactured by Intel and AMD have cut into this market and can now be found in some of the worlds fastest supercomputers. The June 2023 edition of the TOP500 list of supercomputers ranks the Frontier supercomputer at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee as the top system in the world. This system features AMD Instinct 250 X GPUs and i…

Perfect Dark reboot looks interesting. I only just remembered that the original took place in the futuristic setting of 2023.

Quelques passages du mot du Conseil de l’UNIL:
« L’année 2023 a vu naître un nouveau dispositif de lutte contre les conflits, le harcèlement et les discriminations, dont le Conseil de l’UNIL attend avec intérêt les premiers résultats. »
#UNIL

Quelques passages du mot du Conseil de l’UNIL:
« L’année 2023 a vu naître un nouveau dispositif de lutte contre les conflits, le harcèlement et les discriminations, dont le Conseil de l’UNIL attend avec intérêt les premiers résultats. »
#UNIL

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Detection of Deepfake Environmental Audio
With the ever-rising quality of deep generative models, it is increasingly important to be able to discern whether the audio data at hand have been recorded or synthesized. Although the detection of fake speech signals has been studied extensively, this is not the case for the detection of fake environmental audio. We propose a simple and efficient pipeline for detecting fake environmental sounds based on the CLAP audio embedding. We evaluate this detector using audio data from the 2023 DCASE…

Google lets advertisers serve targeted ads across Google TV's 125 free channels, and reports 20M US monthly active Google TV and Android TV OS devices in 2023 (Umar Shakir/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/10/24175676/google-fast-ads…

Google is ready to fill free streaming TV channels with ads
Google TV network lets advertisers get spots within free FAST streaming content. Google Ad campaigns can extend to YouTube as well.

Measurement of the integrated luminosity of the data collected at 3.773 GeV by BESIII from 2021 to 2024
BESIII Collaboration, et al.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.05827

Measurement of the integrated luminosity of the data collected at 3.773 GeV by BESIII from 2021 to 2024
We present a measurement of the integrated luminosity of $e^+e^-$ collision data collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider at a center-of-mass energy of $E_{\rm cm} = 3.773$~GeV. The integrated luminosities of the data sets taken from December 2021 to June 2022, from November 2022 to June 2023, and from October 2023 to February 2024 are determined to be $4.995 \pm 0.019$~fb$^{-1}$, $8.157 \pm 0.031$~fb$^{-1}$, and $4.191 \pm 0.016$~fb$^{-1}$, respectively, by analyzing large ang…

Sliding Window 3-Objective Pareto Optimization for Problems with Chance Constraints
Frank Neumann, Carsten Witt
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.04899 https://…

Sliding Window 3-Objective Pareto Optimization for Problems with Chance Constraints
Constrained single-objective problems have been frequently tackled by evolutionary multi-objective algorithms where the constraint is relaxed into an additional objective. Recently, it has been shown that Pareto optimization approaches using bi-objective models can be significantly sped up using sliding windows (Neumann and Witt, ECAI 2023). In this paper, we extend the sliding window approach to $3$-objective formulations for tackling chance constrained problems. On the theoretical side, we sh…

OpenAI says it has expanded its global affairs team from three at the start of 2023 to 35, stationed strategically in locations where AI legislation is advanced (Financial Times)
https://t.co/fdR2M4EtVW

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

GR-Athena : magnetohydrodynamical evolution with dynamical space-time
Boris Daszuta, William Cook
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.05126 https://

GR-Athena++: magnetohydrodynamical evolution with dynamical space-time
We present a self-contained overview of GR-Athena++, a general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (GRMHD) code, that incorporates treatment of dynamical space-time, based on the recent work of (Daszuta+, 2021)[49] and (Cook+, 2023)[45]. General aspects of the Athena++ framework we build upon, such as oct-tree based, adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) and constrained transport, together with our modifications, incorporating the Z4c formulation of numerical relativity, judiciously coupled, enables G…

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The Influencer Next Door: How Misinformation Creators Use GenAI
Advances in generative AI (GenAI) have raised concerns about detecting and discerning AI-generated content from human-generated content. Most existing literature assumes a paradigm where 'expert' organized disinformation creators and flawed AI models deceive 'ordinary' users. Based on longitudinal ethnographic research with misinformation creators and consumers between 2022-2023, we instead find that GenAI supports bricolage work, where non-experts increasingly use GenAI to remix, repackage, an…

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Bioinformatics and Biomedical Informatics with ChatGPT: Year One Review
The year 2023 marked a significant surge in the exploration of applying large language model (LLM) chatbots, notably ChatGPT, across various disciplines. We surveyed the applications of ChatGPT in bioinformatics and biomedical informatics throughout the year, covering omics, genetics, biomedical text mining, drug discovery, biomedical image understanding, bioinformatics programming, and bioinformatics education. Our survey delineates the current strengths and limitations of this chatbot in bioi…

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Note on Min-k-Planar Drawings of Graphs
The k-planar graphs, which are (usually with small values of k such as 1, 2, 3) subject to recent intense research, admit a drawing in which edges are allowed to cross, but each one edge is allowed to carry at most k crossings. In recently introduced [Binucci et al., GD 2023] min-k-planar drawings of graphs, edges may possibly carry more than k crossings, but in any two crossing edges, at least one of the two must have at most k crossings. In both concepts, one may consider general drawings or …

L’#UNIL vient de publier son rapport annuel 2023.
https://wp.unil.ch/rapport-annuel/

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Generalized Yang Poisson Models on Canonical Phase Space
We discuss the generalized Yang Poisson models. We construct generalizations of the Yang Poisson algebra related to $\mathfrak{o}(1,5)$ algebra discussed by Meljanac and Mignemi (2023). The exact realizations of this generalized algebra on canonical phase space are presented and the corresponding differential equations are solved in simple cases. Furthermore, we discuss the Poisson algebras related to $\mathfrak{o}(3,3)$ and $\mathfrak{o}(2,4)$ algebras.

Blueprint for Raiders' Success Lies in 2023 Win Against Chiefs https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/blueprint-for-raiders-success-lies-in-2023-win-against-chiefs-01j0620an9n8

The blueprint for Las Vegas Raiders success in 2024
In last season's second matchup against division-rival Kansas City, the Las Vegas Raiders beat the eventual Super Bowl champions. For success in 2024, the Silver and Black can look at what they did against Patrick Mahomes and Co. on Christmas Day.

Google lets advertisers serve targeted ads across Google TV's 125 free channels, and reports 20M US monthly active Google TV and Android TV OS devices in 2023 (Umar Shakir/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/10/24175676/google-fast-ads…

Google is ready to fill free streaming TV channels with ads
Google TV network lets advertisers get spots within free FAST streaming content. Google Ad campaigns can extend to YouTube as well.

History-enhanced ICT For Sustainability education: Learning together with Business Computing students
Ian Brooks, Laura Harrison, Mark Reeves, Martin Simpson, Rose Wallis
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.10998

History-enhanced ICT For Sustainability education: Learning together with Business Computing students
This research explores the use of History to enhance education in the field of ICT For Sustainability ICT4S in response to a challenge from the ICT4S 2023 conference. No previous studies were found in ICT4S but the literature on History and Education for Sustainable Development is reviewed. An ICT4S lecturer collaborated with History lecturers to add an historic parallel to each weeks teaching on a Sustainable Business and Computing unit for final year undergraduate BSc Business Computing stude…

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'

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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

Quantitative convergence guarantees for the mean-field dispersion process
Fei Cao, Jincheng Yang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.05043 https://

Quantitative convergence guarantees for the mean-field dispersion process
We study the dispersion process on the complete graph introduced in the recent work \cite{de_dispersion_2023} under the mean-field framework. In contrast to the probabilistic approach taken in \cite{de_dispersion_2023} and many other related works, our focus is on the investigation of the large time behavior of solutions of the associated kinetic mean-field system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs). We establish various analytical and quantitative convergence results for the lo…

Ant Group spent a record ~$2.9B on research in 2023, as the Alibaba affiliate develops its BaiLing LLM; Ant and affiliate MYbank served 87M businesses by 2023 (Xinyi Luo/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

In 2023 everybody desperately wants to pretend that teenagers are small children and have no sexuality at all. So podcasters watching a TV show from 1991 are dumbfounded.
https://youtu.be/MCRNWRMB2Aw
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Lindblad dynamics from spatio-temporal correlation functions in nonintegrable spin-1/2 chains with different boundary conditions
We investigate the Lindblad equation in the context of boundary-driven magnetization transport in spin-$1/2$ chains. Our central question is whether the nonequilibrium steady state of the open system, including its buildup in time, can be described on the basis of the dynamics in the closed system. To this end, we rely on a previous work [Phys. Rev. B 108, L201119 (2023)], where a description in terms of spatio-temporal correlation functions has been suggested in the case of weak driving and sm…

Sliding Window 3-Objective Pareto Optimization for Problems with Chance Constraints
Frank Neumann, Carsten Witt
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.04899 https://…

Sliding Window 3-Objective Pareto Optimization for Problems with Chance Constraints
Constrained single-objective problems have been frequently tackled by evolutionary multi-objective algorithms where the constraint is relaxed into an additional objective. Recently, it has been shown that Pareto optimization approaches using bi-objective models can be significantly sped up using sliding windows (Neumann and Witt, ECAI 2023). In this paper, we extend the sliding window approach to $3$-objective formulations for tackling chance constrained problems. On the theoretical side, we sh…

Quelques passages du mot du Conseil de l’UNIL:
« L’année 2023 a vu naître un nouveau dispositif de lutte contre les conflits, le harcèlement et les discriminations, dont le Conseil de l’UNIL attend avec intérêt les premiers résultats. »
#UNIL

Regulators in Canada and the UK launch a joint probe to assess what customer info was exposed in 23andMe's 2023 breach and if proper safeguards were in place (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

Analysis of non-equilibrium fluctuations in a number of COVID-19 cases and deaths based on time-convolutionless projection-operator method
Michio Tokuyama
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.05611

Analysis of non-equilibrium fluctuations in a number of COVID-19 cases and deaths based on time-convolutionless projection-operator method
The non-equilibrium fluctuations observed in a number of COVID-19 cases and deaths are analyzed from a statistical-dynamical point view. By investigating the data observed around the world which were collected from January 15, 2020 to April 28, 2023 at https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/, we first show that the dynamics of the fluctuations is described by a stochastic equation whose stochastic force is a multiplicative type. By employing the time-convolutionless projection-operator method in open syst…

A pessimist's guide to the 2024 Las Vegas Raiders https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/a_pessimists_guide_to_the_2024_las_vegas_raiders/s1_13132_40470754

A pessimist's guide to the 2024 Las Vegas Raiders
In 2023, the Las Vegas Raiders failed to make the playoffs for a second consecutive season. This offseason, the team has failed to address roster holes, so it wouldn't be surprising if it misses the postseason again. Here's why Vegas should be worried about next season. Quarterback situation During the NFL Draft, the Raiders reportedly mulled trading up for Washington Commanders QB Jayden Daniels (pick No. 2) or taking Atlanta Falcons QB Michael Penix Jr. (pick No. 8). Ultimately, both plans fa…

Interconnected Markets: Exploring the Dynamic Relationship Between BRICS Stock Markets and Cryptocurrency
Wei Wang, Haibo Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.07641

Interconnected Markets: Exploring the Dynamic Relationship Between BRICS Stock Markets and Cryptocurrency
This study uses data from the BRICS stock market index, cryptocurrencies, and investor sentiment indicators from January 6, 2015, to June 29, 2023. BRICS nations emerge as pivotal representatives of emerging economies. This study employs a time-varying parameter vector autoregression model to unravel the intricate interdependence between traditional stock assets and the evolving landscape of cryptocurrencies. The analysis investigates spillover effects between BRICS stock markets and cryptocurr…

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Whistler waves in the quasi-parallel and quasi-perpendicular magnetosheath
In the Earth's magnetosheath (MSH), several processes contribute to energy dissipation and plasma heating, one of which is wave-particle interactions between whistler waves and electrons. However, the overall impact of whistlers on electron dynamics in the MSH remains to be quantified. We analyze 18 hours of burst-mode measurements from the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, including data from the unbiased magnetosheath campaign during February-March 2023. We present a statistical study …

"Chart: US sets new record with $71B in clean energy investment"
#US #USA #America #Energy

Chart: US sets new record with $71B in clean energy investment
In the first quarter of this year, private investors poured 40% more money into clean energy and electric vehicles than they did in Q1 2023.

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…

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Uniform descriptions of pseudospin symmetries in bound and resonant states
As a continuation of our previous work on the conservation and breaking of the pseudospin symmetry (PSS) in resonant states [Phys. Lett. B 847, 138320 (2023)}], in this work, the PSS in nuclear single-particle bound and resonant states are investigated uniformly within a relativistic framework by exploring the poles of the Green's function in spherical Woods-Saxon potentials. As the potential depths increase from zero to finite depths, the PS partners evolve from resonant states to bound states…

#MarinCounty only #SFBayArea county to show precipitous #PostCovid 10% drop in percentage of #HighSchool

One Bay Area county is falling behind on preparing high school grads for public university
Search for any public Bay Area high school in the interactive table to see the percentage of graduates who meet UC and CSU requirements.

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W-kernel and essential subspace for frequencist evaluation of Bayesian estimators
The posterior covariance matrix W defined by the log-likelihood of each observation plays important roles both in the sensitivity analysis and frequencist evaluation of the Bayesian estimators. This study is focused on the matrix W and its principal space; we term the latter as an essential subspace. A key tool for treating frequencist properties is the recently proposed Bayesian infinitesimal jackknife approximation (Giordano and Broderick (2023)). The matrix W can be interpreted as a reproduc…

Las Vegas Raiders Star WR Looking to Have a Bounce-Back Year https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/news/las-vegas-raiders-star-wr-looking-to-have-a-bounce-back-year-01j0282gd7s4

Las Vegas Raiders star WR Davante Adams looking to have a bounce-back year
Las Vegas Raiders star receiver Davante Adams is looking to have a bounce-back year after a frustrating 2023 season.

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…

🌍❗️ Populist, Hetzer, Lügner, Klimafeind - Friedrich Merz zeigt sein wahres Gesicht! ❗️🌍
Friedrich Merz (CDU) hat erneut bewiesen, dass er für Stimmen und Zustimmung bereit ist, alles zu tun und jede Position zu ändern. Sein neuester Rückzieher bei der Wärmepumpen-Frage zeigt dies deutlich. Noch letztes Jahr war die CDU unter Merz die lauteste Stimme gegen Habecks Heizungsgesetz. Der Union haben wir das Dauerthema Wärmepumpe im letzten Jahr zu verdanken. Doch jetzt, plötzlich, spricht sich Merz für die Wärmewende aus und fordert den Einbau von mehr Wärmepumpen. 🤔
Merz: "Eigentlich hätten im Jahr 2023 eine viel höhere Zahl von Wärmepumpen eingebaut werden müssen." 🤡 Was für eine Heuchelei! Erst die Ampel-Regierung und insbesondere die Grünen scharf kritisieren und dann selbst für dieselbe Technologie plädieren? Das ist nichts anderes als opportunistisches Geschwätz.
Die Verunsicherung, die die Union verbreitet hat, führte dazu, dass viele Menschen, ohne es zu müssen, eine neue Gastherme oder Ölheizung gekauft haben. Merz spielt mit den Ängsten und Hoffnungen der Menschen, während er gleichzeitig Klimaschutzmaßnahmen behindert. Sein unaufrichtiger Kurswechsel zeigt klar: Es geht ihm nicht um Lösungen, sondern nur um politische Machtspiele. 🚫
Ein wahrer Klimafeind, der lieber hetzt und lügt, anstatt echte Lösungen zu unterstützen. Die CDU unter Merz bleibt ein Bremsklotz im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel.
#Merz #CDU #Populismus #Klimafeind #Wärmepumpe #Heuchelei #Politik #Deutschland #Klimaschutz #Umwelt

Las Vegas Raiders' Rob Ryan gets deep when asked about head coach Antonio Pierce https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/las_vegas_raiders_rob_ryan_gets_deep_when_asked_about_head_coach_antonio…

Raiders’ All-Time Memorable Catches Part 2 (2011-2023) | Raiders | NFL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDepCCxFve4

Raiders DE Tyree Wilson is already showing his improvements before he even gets to hit anyone https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/raiders_de_tyree_wilson_is_already_showing_his_im…

NFL analytics expert projects Las Vegas Raiders 2024 win total https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/nfl_analytics_expert_projects_las_vegas_raiders_2024_win_total/s1_17236_40476583

NFL analytics expert projects Las Vegas Raiders 2024 win total
The Raiders start this season with a newish head coach and a likely new quarterback. But will they be any better, recordwise, than in 2023? Las Vegas finished 8-9 last season and missed the playoffs for the second straight season. It was a crazy fall, with owner Mark Davis canning head coach Josh McDaniels on Halloween. The Raiders promoted linebackers coach Antonio Pierce to run the show, then took the interim tag off his name for this season. Vegas definitely played better under Pierce, with …

Bears sign special teams stud in preparation for new kickoff rule https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/bears_sign_special_teams_stud_in_preparation_for_new_kickoff_rule/s1_14819_40482443

Bears sign special teams stud in preparation for new kickoff rule
DeAndre Carter spent some time with the Bears during the 2020 season. A new coaching staff and front office will invite the veteran wide receiver/return man back for a second go-round. After spending the 2023 season in Las Vegas, Carter is coming back to Chicago, per Bleacher Report’s Jordan Schultz. Carter has spent time with 10 NFL teams and has now completed two reunion agreements, having signed with the Raiders seven years after a short Oakland stop. The Ryan Pace-Matt Nagy regime initi…