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A Large Scale Survey of Motivation in Software Development and Analysis of its Validity
Idan Amit, Dror G. Feitelson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08303 https…

A Large Scale Survey of Motivation in Software Development and Analysis of its Validity
Context: Motivation is known to improve performance. In software development in particular, there has been considerable interest in the motivation of contributors to open source. Objective: We identify 11 motivators from the literature (enjoying programming, ownership of code, learning, self use, etc.), and evaluate their relative effect on motivation. Since motivation is an internal subjective feeling, we also analyze the validity of the answers. Method: We conducted a survey with 66 questions…

Medvechuk's yacht officially transferred to Ukrainian state: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/15/medvechuks-yacht-officially.html

Energy-modified Leverage Sampling for Radio Map Construction via Matrix Completion
Hao Sun, Junting Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08286 https://

Energy-modified Leverage Sampling for Radio Map Construction via Matrix Completion
This paper explores an energy-modified leverage sampling strategy for matrix completion in radio map construction. The main goal is to address potential identifiability issues in matrix completion with sparse observations by using a probabilistic sampling approach. Although conventional leverage sampling is commonly employed for designing sampling patterns, it often assigns high sampling probability to locations with low received signal strength (RSS) values, leading to a low sampling efficienc…

A modified Polak-Ribiere-Polyak type conjugate gradient method with two stepsize strategies for vector optimization
Yushan Bai, Jiawei Chen, Kaiping Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08503

A modified Polak-Ribiere-Polyak type conjugate gradient method with two stepsize strategies for vector optimization
In this paper, in order to find critical points of vector-valued functions with respect to the partial order induced by a closed, convex, and pointed cone with nonempty interior, we propose a nonlinear modified Polak-Ribiere-Polyak type conjugate gradient method with a nonnegative conjugate parameter. We show that the search direction in our method satisfies the sufficient descent condition independent of any line search. Furthermore, under mild assumptions, we obtain the results of global conv…

"There’s nothing technically exceptional about #TruthSocial; in fact, it’s simply a modified social-media-site tool kit called #Mastodon.
The only thing that makes it different from anything else is that Donald #Trump

Analysis | A tech-stock bubble and burst, all within three weeks
The plunging price of shares of Truth Social’s parent company means Donald Trump is no longer among the world’s richest people.

Gary Younge on Labour racism
"when Labour lambasts Sunak for his unprincipled & unconvincing response to Hester’s comments, it does not do so in defence of Abbott: those now in charge of the party hv been complicit in insulting her for years. Nor is it motivated by combating the levels of anti-Black racism in politics: almost a year after his report came out, Forde lamented that no one from the party had even contacted him to discuss his recommendations."
#LabourParty

"Versed in ethics, religiously knowledgeable, and formed in faith, our students emerge from YDS uniquely capable of fostering the positive transformations needed in our communities, country, and world.”
—Nancy Taylor ’80 M.Div. on what motivates her challenge grant to raise funds for YDS scholarships. Learn more here: https://buff.ly/49hL…

Just created a calendar entry to remind me to send pro #CongestionPricing comment to cbdtp.feedback@mtabt.org every week.

Energy-modified Leverage Sampling for Radio Map Construction via Matrix Completion
Hao Sun, Junting Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08286 https://

Energy-modified Leverage Sampling for Radio Map Construction via Matrix Completion
This paper explores an energy-modified leverage sampling strategy for matrix completion in radio map construction. The main goal is to address potential identifiability issues in matrix completion with sparse observations by using a probabilistic sampling approach. Although conventional leverage sampling is commonly employed for designing sampling patterns, it often assigns high sampling probability to locations with low received signal strength (RSS) values, leading to a low sampling efficienc…

A modified Polak-Ribiere-Polyak type conjugate gradient method with two stepsize strategies for vector optimization
Yushan Bai, Jiawei Chen, Kaiping Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08503

A modified Polak-Ribiere-Polyak type conjugate gradient method with two stepsize strategies for vector optimization
In this paper, in order to find critical points of vector-valued functions with respect to the partial order induced by a closed, convex, and pointed cone with nonempty interior, we propose a nonlinear modified Polak-Ribiere-Polyak type conjugate gradient method with a nonnegative conjugate parameter. We show that the search direction in our method satisfies the sufficient descent condition independent of any line search. Furthermore, under mild assumptions, we obtain the results of global conv…