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US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Intel must give the government an equity stake in the company in return for CHIPS Act funds; INTC closes up 7% (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/19/lutnick-intel-stock-chips-trump.html

Lutnick says Intel has to give government equity in return for CHIPS Act funds
The potential deal would convert the CHIPS ACT grants into equity, but wouldn't come with governance rights in Intel, Lutnick said.

No Encrypting and compressing files does not always work and especially not if the data is minimal or has compression integrated in the data format – not new but always funny in your own projects.
```tracing
2025-07-19T08:01:20.550231Z INFO myproject: 🔏 file encrypt in 210 bytes
2025-07-19T08:01:20.550610Z INFO myproject: 🗜️ -770.00% file compressed
```
#code

Steam unterscheidet bei Nutzer-Reviews nach Sprache
Nutzer-Scores werden bei Steam nun abhängig von der Sprache erstellt. Damit sollen auch kulturelle Unterschiede gefiltert werden.
https://www.

Our Xogot Game Jam just started.
Our theme was a bit predictable :-)
https://itch.io/jam/xogot-jam-2

Xogot Jam 2: A Godot on iPhone and iPad Game Jam
A game jam from 2025-09-19 to 2025-10-13 hosted by Xogot. Xogot Jam 2: A Godot on iPad and iPhone Game Jam Build a game with Godot on Your iPad or iPhone! Join us for our second-ever Xogot Jam! Create, experi...

Exposure to "AI Assistance" lowers doctors' ability to diagnose cancer just after a few weeks.
"AI"s main effect on people is skill decay.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langas/article/PIIS2468-1253(25)00133-5/abstract

同人誌が書けないなら、Mastodonに書いたらいいじゃない

#AI is a marketing term; before we discuss "AI is fake" vs "AI is real" we need to unfold what we *mean* by AI.
For example, "artificial general intelligence" is fake and can't hurt you. Layoffs excused by "AI efficiency" are real and can hurt you.
Linkedin discourse is fake - but it CAN hurt you.

Bye bye, Disney

Part of the problem of selling a show or movie to CBS or Paramount or Skydance, or booking an acting role on a project of theirs is purely business.
If potus decides he doesn’t like a project, CEOs George Cheeks, Brian Robbins & David Ellison will kill the project regardless of how well it does. They did just now to Colbert & The Late Show (number 1 in its time slot).
Why start business w/them that hurts others & will hurt you the moment they feel like it.

Free Software is inherently political. It always has been.
https://peakd.com/programming/@crell/free-software-is-political

Software Engineer Will Larson unpacks a lot in this July 2025 post. Key takeaway use cases of agentic AI include:
1. Using an LLM to evaluate a context window and get a result.
2. Using an LLM to suggest tools relevant to the context window, then enrich it with the tool’s response.
3. Managing flow control for tool usage.
4. Doing anything software can do to build better context windows to pass on to LLMs.
"What can agents actually do?"

OK, alten Tröt gelöscht. Das mit den 17 Sekunden stimmte so nicht.
Im Jahr 2015 verletzte #Russland mehrere Male den Luftraum in der #Türkei. Irgendwann wurde es denen zuviel und sie haben die klare Ansage gemacht, dass eine erneute Verletzung Konsequenzen haben wird.
Als es dann eine weiter…

'You Owe Him An Apology!': Social Media Crushes Megyn Kelly for Her Rant on Kimmel That Fell Apart the Second Receipts Showed She Twisted His Words
https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/09/18/megyn-kelly-slammed/

"A software update rolling out to Samsung’s Family Hub refrigerators in the US is putting ads on the fridges for the first time."
https://www.theverge.com/news/780757/samsung-brings-ads-to-us-fridges
🤦

Samsung brings ads to US fridges
Samsung’s ‘screens everywhere’ initiative is morphing into ads everywhere.

Coal is linked to cancer
#CoalKills https://cleantechnica.com/2025/08/18/coal-is-linked-to-cancer-not-to-wind-power/

There's a new book out on Wikipedia: Sandrin, Michel, and Victor Lefebvre. 2025. La face cachée de Wikipédia: Enquête sur les dérives de l’encyclopédie libre. CERF.
Not entirely sure what to make of it. Analysis and criticism are not really new, although it is a bit strange (at least for someone more familiar with German Wikipedia) to see Wikipedia framed as left-leaning and 'woke'. 🤷

Nach jahrelanger Kritik und ohne Nutzungsperspektive wird der umstrittene Tiefbrunnen von #CocaCola in #Gellersen bei #Lüneburg zurückgebaut.
Die Untere

Grundwasser bleibt – Brunnen geht: Landkreis Lüneburg ordnet Rückbau des Brunnens von Coca-Cola an
Die als Mineralwasser-Brunnen geplante Grundwasser-Entnahmestelle in der Samtgemeinde Gellersen wird zurückgebaut. Am morgigen Freitag (24. November 2023) lässt das Unternehmen Coca-Cola bzw. die Apollinaris Brands GmbH als Eigentümerin der Bohrung...

Trump v. Truth - Television documentary
#television

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Environ un quart des Israéliens (24 %) affirment que le changement climatique n'est pas une menace, ce qui représente la plus grande proportion Š adopter cette position dans l'ensemble des pays étudiés.
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/08

One of the comments lodged in my mind from 50-some years ago was that the toxicology studies we were basing product approvals on failed to consider interactions between multiple substances - and apparently not much has been done in that area
https://www.

Apparently Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones of Led Zepplin played in the recording session of Shirley Besseys James Bond song "Goldfinger"

das habe ich bisher auch noch nicht erlebt: ein Auto fährt mitten im Stuttgarter Schlossgarten vor mir auf der Hauptradroute 1.
Ich überlege immer noch, wie das Fahrzeug da überhaupt hin gekommen ist und was es dort wohl wollte?
#HRR1

It is silly of #WaPo to focus on the 1st part of Trump's quote and present four pics he has supposedly drawn. And their tabloid-y headline doesn't make it any better:
"Trump said he ‘never wrote a picture in my life.’ Here are four."
#uspol #Epstein

I've got to get up early tomorrow so I might be posting a little bit less than usual. Here's some Joe Pye weed
#photo #photography #bloomscrolling

216gCO2/kWh National Grid CO2 intensity is HIGH wrt last 24h so don't run anything that can wait! #CO2

GB Grid Intensity Status - Earth Notes
Live marginal carbon intensity of the grid in Great Britain.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Johannes Brahms, SŸlve Sigerland, Ellen Margrete FlesjŸ, Stavanger Symfoniorkester & Per Kristian Skalstad:
🎵 Double Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello (Op.102)
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Av4RcQUUitKvfC16IPodc

After doing some digging on the CMPTR 25-pin interface, I think I'm gonna change the design of the CMPTR adapter. The IBM Luma pin and HSync pins kinda scream CGA (e.g. IBM 5151) so I'm gonna rip out two of the BNC connectors and run RGB CSync on one side via 2x2 connectors. Beside those will be a DB9 connector running RGB, IBM Luma, H/VSync which makes a lot more sense.
#electronics

Die Human Library in Hamburg https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/kulturjournal/die-human-library-in-hamburg,kulturjournal-104.html
Ggf. auch interessant

I salute Remco for giving his water bottle to the little fan before abandoning…
...He knew he was abandoning but took a second to think of a little fan.
#Remco #Evenepoel #TDF2025

Milan-based Jet HR, which provides all-in-one payroll and HR services to SMBs, raised €25M led by Base10 Partners, bringing its total funding to about €42M (Ryan Lawler/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2025/06/17/base10-25-million-…

Exclusive: Base10 leads €25M round for Italian HR startup Jet HR
The new funds will serve to digitize Italy's costly, complex payroll maze.

#Scheuer angeklagt für seine #Maut - Lügen.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Loaded Honey:
🎵 In Your Arms
#LoadedHoney
https://open.spotify.com/track/4EiJuX78yEpJNb3HZ3uvaS

"25 Jahre united-domains: Die 25 beliebtesten Top und die exotischsten #TLDs" https://www.united-domains.de/blog/25-jahre-united-domains-25-top-und-flop-tlds/…

Guten Morgen,
ich habe heute freu :-) Schlürf meinen Kaffee und les mich hier durch.
Beim Schreiben purzeln die Buchstaben noch nicht in die richtige Reihenfolge und ich muß mich immer wieder korrigieren.
Heute das Regal aufhängen, das schon drei Mon im Keller steht und bei dem der Ebayhändler aus China zwei Anläufe für die Regalhalterungen gebraucht hat.
Wird das Wohnzimmer wieder ein wenig drücken über dem TV. Ich mags spartanischer und ohne Ginkerl-Gankerl Deko. …

Replaced article(s) found for cs.LG. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.LG/new
[1/4]:
- Enabling Differentially Private Federated Learning for Speech Recognition: Benchmarks, Adaptive O...
Pelikan, Azam, Feldman, Silovsky, Talwar, Brinton, Likhomanenko

By ousting Jimmy Kimmel and taking over CBS, the Right has irreparably lost their message that “Main Stream Media” is against them. They are now the MSM. This may prove fatal.

#MinorThreat Bassist Gives Update Amid Stage 4 #Kidney Transplant Battle
https://www.ya…

Legendary Punk Bassist Gives Update Amid Stage 4 Kidney Disease Battle
After falling out of step, you can help him back on his feet.

Greedy McBreaks-the-law
bot by @…
This is satire, not sedition: rescind the warrant.
#satire #potus45

Not ordering an appetizer is a crime in Italy that I can get behind. It helps that when paired with a 1st course, the price and portion comes out reasonable.

I certainly remember learning that standing under a tree is the thing *not* to do in a thunderstorm. Are children no longer getting that lesson?
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/person-struck-by-lightning-central-park-nyc/

#Nature photos from my trip to #Michigan
🐻 🔥 🌳 🏖️ 🌼 🦋 🐦 🐦‍⬛ 🦦 🦆 🌙 🍫
https://www.flickr.com/photos/coffm…

Just pay the damn paper boy. Trust me.
#1980sMoviesTaughtMe
#HashTagGames
#2$

Spotify hat mir 3 Faschosongs in den Release Radar gespült. Ich glaube es wird Zeit, das Abo zu beenden.
#spotify

Enorme Eslovenia ❤️
@… https://mastodon.social/@lamarea/114873546521017359

Anybody here heard of 'FlexOS'? Apparently it's 'free and lightweight'... https://www.education.govt.nz/bulletins/digital-download/30-07-25 It's what the Min of Ed is recommending for school devices that can't be upgraded to Windows 11 when …

ICE arrests chiropractor outside his kid’s Beaverton preschool
The man is married to a U.S. citizen
and has completed his green card application.
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/07/16/ice-imm…

ICE arrests chiropractor outside his kid’s Beaverton preschool
Federal immigration officers arrested a 38-year old Iranian man outside his child’s preschool in Beaverton on Tuesday, according to school and law enforcement officials. The man is married to a U.S. citizen and completed his green card application.

Simplified scheme for continuous-variable entanglement distillation: multicopy distillation of Gaussian entanglement without heralding Gaussian measurements
Jarom\'ir Fiur\'a\v{s}ek
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15065

Simplified scheme for continuous-variable entanglement distillation: multicopy distillation of Gaussian entanglement without heralding Gaussian measurements
Entanglement of continuous-variable Gaussian states can be distilled by combination of de-Gaussifying operation such as single-photon subtraction and iterative heralded Gaussification. Here we present and analyze a simplified equivalent version of such entanglement distillation protocol, where the Gaussian measurements utilized in heralded Gaussification are eliminated and are absorbed into the preparation of suitable input Gaussian states of the simplified protocol. The simplified scheme conta…

@… to make the docs button look bigger

I have been watching the TV show Blindspot on streaming, and really liking it. Just checked and so glad it was on NBC and not cbs (given cbs’ bad behavior) so I can still watch the rest of it without supporting cbs.
#USpol #tv

Période : Š partir de 21h45 Dates : du mardi 15 au vendredi 25 juillet, sauf les samedis et dimanches. Le trafic est interrompu entre Paris Saint-Lazare <> La Défense. Les clients souhaitant se rendre dans les gares de Pont Cardinet Š Bécon les Bruyères sont invités Š emprunter la ligne L, axe Paris Saint-Lazare <> Nanterre Université.
Entre Bécon les Bruyères <> La Défense, nous vous conseillons d’emprunter les lignes régulières des bus 178 et 275.
Les dernier…

pbhstat: A Python package for calculating the primordial black hole abundance
Philippa S. Cole, Jacopo Fumagalli
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14326 https://a…

pbhstat: A Python package for calculating the primordial black hole abundance
We present pbhstat, a publicly available Python package designed to compute the mass function and total abundance of primordial black holes (PBHs) from a given primordial power spectrum. The package offers a modular framework using multiple statistical approaches, including Press-Schechter theory, peaks theory, and formalisms based on the non-linear compaction function. Currently, the implementation is limited to scenarios with nearly Gaussian initial conditions.

Heute vor 8 Jahren: Am 20. Juni 2017 meldete EDF, dass die Hilfssysteme der Notdieselgeneratoren in 20 französischen Reaktoren bei Erdbeben versagen könnten. Die ASN forderte eine Verstärkung der Verankerungen. Betroffen waren Standorte wie #Belleville und #Flamanville.

#TimMinchin's Storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U
Amazing animation video for all people who are enlightened by

Team Formation and Applications
Yuval Emek, Shay Kutten, Ido Rafael, Gadi Taubenfeld
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13084 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.13084

Team Formation and Applications
A novel long-lived distributed problem, called Team Formation (TF), is introduced together with a message- and time-efficient randomized algorithm. The problem is defined over the asynchronous model with a complete communication graph, using bounded size messages, where a certain fraction of the nodes may experience a generalized, strictly stronger, version of initial failures. The goal of a TF algorithm is to assemble tokens injected by the environment, in a distributed manner, into teams of s…

As if we needed more proof that "free speech" is dead:
"Disney pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ indefinitely following Kirk comments"
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/17/disney-jimmy-kimmel-live-kirk-00570355

@rude1.blacksky.app@bsky.brid.gy does this bridge to Rudy? Feels like handle change issue.

Ich wollte schon immer mal wissen, wie man Parlamentarier kocht.

At a conference yesterday, one speaker mentioned that he naturalized as a #Singapore citizen for "personal reasons" and gave up his US passport.
Sounded strange, so I looked him up and, of course, those "reasons" were tax evasion.
Wished I could have asked him what he thinks about all the migrant workers in Singapore who, despite paying taxes and building the econo…

Inquiry: Is there a way on the GitHub PR list to see "this issue has commits since you last looked at it"? Or some other indication of "I should look at this issue again"?
Similarly, filter out Draft PRs? Trying to get a list of just "things I should look at."
(Asking for a colleague.)
#GitHub

Recording Strings - recommended mics and positions
#recording #MusicianTips
https://muz4now.c…

Recording Strings - recommended mics and positions
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

🍮 Wissen zum Nachtisch: 🍨
Retröt: #Klimaleugner nutzen gezielte Taktiken, um #Wissenschaft zu diskreditieren und Bürger zu täuschen.
Ihre 5 Vorgehensweisen können mit dem sogenannten #FLICC

Die Tricks der Klimaleugner oder: Techniken der Wissenschaftsleugnung (F-L-I-C-C)
Die 5 Tricks der Wissenschaftsverweigerer. Entdecke die Techniken der Klimaleugner und das F-L-I-C-C-Modell. Was sind die rhetorischen Taktiken in der Klimawandeldebatte?

In Shallow Water Ships Trigger Seafloor Methane Emissions, Study Finds - Slashdot
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/19/1958211/in-shallow-water-ships-trigger-seafloor-methane-emissions-study-finds

The White House launches an official TikTok account, with the aim of communicating President Trump's policies (Steve Holland/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-launches-official-tiktok-account-2025-08-19/

dieser große, illegale Parkplatz vor der Liederhalle in Stuttgart ist übrigens Teil der sog. Hauptradroute 4.
#HRR4 #Liederhalle #RobertBoschPlatz
Ich befürchte, niema…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Doc Cheatham:
🎵 I Guess I'll Get The Papers (and go home)
#DocCheatham
https://open.spotify.com/track/4kWmwroV2hQ3n9PARRgGNq

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Wolf Alice:
🎵 Bloom Baby Bloom
#WolfAlice
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Obgb93iSF4OgKuOCeOCfY

Did you know, President & CEO of CBS, which just bribed potus by settling a case and canceled Stephen Colbert's show, is named, not making this up, George Cheeks?
Sure they were bullied as a kid, but as CEO, George Cheeks laying down for fascists makes me theoretically ('cause violence is not a good answer) want to clap those cheeks (metaphorically slap him).
Stop returning Paramount & subsidiaries' (like CBS) calls. They wither w/no one to work for them. …

Replaced article(s) found for cs.LG. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.LG/new
[4/4]:
- PASS: Probabilistic Agentic Supernet Sampling for Interpretable and Adaptive Chest X-Ray Reasoning
Yushi Feng, Junye Du, Yingying Hong, Qifan Wang, Lequan Yu

This is long, but hits on something that has been bothering me about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, too.
https://reactormag.com/bioessentialism-in-star-trek-strange-new-worlds/

In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Is Biology Destiny? - Reactor
Vulcans are logic machines, Gorn are monsters... or so Strange New Worlds might have us believe.

Vantage Data Centers plans to spend $25B to build a 1.4 GW data center campus in Shackelford County, Texas, the largest in its global portfolio (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/vantage-data-centers-plans-25-billion-…

23andMe's Data Sold to Nonprofit Run by Its Co-Founder - 'And I Still Don't Trust It' - Slashdot
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/07/19/0252236/23andmes-data-sold-to-nonprofit-run-by-its-co-founder---and-i-still-dont-trust-it

@… hi guys! How do you achieve the hierarchical structure of folders-albums and so without the option to create that inside Immich? Nested folders or albums are not an option 😭
https://

Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026

The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out
against the $16 million settlement
paid by CBS News parent Paramount to settle a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/st…

Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026
The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million settlement paid by CBS News parent Paramount to settle a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump.

Datenanalyse: Googles KI-Übersichten bewirken bis zu 25 Prozent Traffic-Rückgang
Verleger-Netzwerk widerspricht Googles Behauptung, Traffic-Einrüche durch die KI-Zusammenfassung blieben aus.

So, in an effort to not be locked into only a few companies, I found via @… alternatives to google translate.
https://www.deepl.com/

DeepL Translate: The world's most accurate translator
Translate texts & full document files instantly. Accurate translations for individuals and Teams. Millions translate with DeepL every day.

von den Standard-Flaschenhaltern passen nicht zwei Stück am mein neues Rad. :-\
Hatte jemand mal das gleiche Problem und evtl. bessere Flaschenhalter gefunden?
#Fahrrad #Werkstatt #Flaschenhalter

Heute vor 63 Jahren: Am 20. Juni 1962 wurde ein Thor-Missile der US-Starfish-Testserie nach einer Minute Flug abgebrochen. Ohne nukleare Explosion fielen kontaminierte Teile auf Johnson Island, wo Personal lebte und arbeitete.

Software developer Heval Hazal Kurt discusses the pros and cons of relational databases, in comparison with their document-based counterparts, in this July 2025 article. Polyglot systems combining both paradigms are discussed as an ideal solution to differing data access needs within a same project.
"When to Choose NoSQL Over SQL"

Sources: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expects stablecoins to drive demand for Treasuries, as talks with Tether and Circle help inform issuance decisions (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/1914c189-b4ed-46dd-adde-106b08a68183

Replaced article(s) found for cs.LG. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.LG/new
[3/4]:
- Automatic brain tumor segmentation in 2D intra-operative ultrasound images using magnetic resonan...
Mathilde Faanes, Ragnhild Holden Helland, Ole Solheim, S\'ebastien Muller, Ingerid Reinertsen

BrightAI, an AI-powered service using custom chips and devices to monitor critical infrastructure, raised a $51M Series A, source says at a $300M valuation (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-…

Por si alguien estš en Lemmy y quiere unirse a la comunidad de #Internxt
https://lemmings.world/c/Internxt
@…

Apropos of nothing, you can always reach ProPublica with anonymous tips, files, and information that you think could hold powerful people and institutions accountable via this link: https://www.propublica.org/tips/

How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica
Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.

Heute vor 41 Jahren: Am 20. Juni 1984 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von #Fusileer die #Atombombe "Duoro". Fusileer war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 83/84 bei der insgesamt 17 unterirdische #Kernwaffentests

Replaced article(s) found for cs.LG. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.LG/new
[2/4]:
- Theory of Decentralized Robust Kernel-Based Learning
Zhan Yu, Zhongjie Shi, Ding-Xuan Zhou

For a moment last week, Donald Trump’s Justice Department appeared to throw a metaphorical life vest to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s public relations team.
As search and rescue operations continued, the Republican governor was under fire for suggesting that
survivors and the media were using the “word choice of losers”
when asking him who was to blame for the state’s handling of the flash flood that claimed at least 134 lives over the July 4 weekend.
Abbott also compared…

Texas Plays Cynical Racial Gerrymandering Game to Save House Majority for Trump
Trump’s Justice Department gave political cover for Gov. Greg Abbott to mingle gerrymandering with disaster relief.

Heute vor 46 Jahren: Am 20.06.1979 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Quicksilver die 10. Atombombe "Chess". Quicksilver war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 1978/79 insgesamt 16 Bomben im Testgebiet in

Sources: Meta hired two key AI researchers from Apple, Mark Lee and Tom Gunter, for its superintelligence lab, after poaching their former boss, Ruoming Pang (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/meta-h…