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PCIe update: I'm now able to parse incoming InitFC1-* DLLPs and store away the credit counts in a register (which I don't actually use for anything yet), and emit a singular InitFC1-P DLLP of my own
Next step will be writing the rest of the setup logic so I can actually fully bring up VC0, then start sending UpdateFC idle DLLPs at regular intervals to keep the link alive when I'm not sending traffic.

Iceland has joined Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands in saying it will boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest.
Four of these countries have formerly been a colony.
Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwy9n

Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision
Iceland joins Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands in saying it will boycott the 2026 contest.

8 vezes em que cientistas morreram por seus experimentos
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Attached: 1 image 8 Times Scientists and Inventors Tragically Died for Their Experiments Innovation can be deadly. By Gayoung Lee https://gizmodo.com/8-times-scientists-and-inventors-tragically-died-for-their-experiments-2000684271 Science at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/51 #books #literature

Science ouverte et collaborative pour l'\'elaboration d'un banc automatis\'e de caract\'erisation de pertes en commutation par opposition
Nicolas Rouger, Luiz Villa, Matthieu Masson, Pauline Kergus, Joseph Kemdeg, Lorenzo Leijnen, Jean Alinei, Adrien Colomb, Ayoub Farah-Hassan, Arnauld Biganzoli
https://arxiv.org/abs/25…

Science ouverte et collaborative pour l'élaboration d'un banc automatisé de caractérisation de pertes en commutation par opposition
The switching losses of power transistors are generally measured using the so-called double pulse method. Measuring the opposition of two switching cells is a complementary method that is more accurate but indirect. However, implementing this method can be more complex and requires calibration steps and comprehensive control, with the added issue of thermal management. In this context, we proposed to address this topic through open and collaborative science, first in the form of a two-day hacka…

US Mint in Philadelphia to press final penny | AP News https://apnews.com/article/us-mint-treasury-department-penny-end-production-86139df5644ef0885a9baf98e9677380

US Mint in Philadelphia presses final pennies
The U.S. Mint has ended production of the penny, a change made to save money and in recognition of the growing irrelevance of the 1-cent coin. The last pennies were struck Wednesday at the mint in Philadelphia, where the country’s smallest denomination coins have been produced since 1793, a year after Congress passed the Coinage Act. President Donald Trump ordered the penny's demise as costs climbed to nearly 4 cents per penny and the 1-cent valuation became somewhat obsolete. Billions of pen…

Just finished "The Word for World is Forest" by Ursula K. Le Guin. Can't believe I didn't read this one earlier, and this strengthens my resolve to finish off the rest of her stuff I have yet to read sooner. I think it benefits somewhat from having read it after "Four Ways to Forgiveness" which gives more of the Hainish context. Certainly none of the blurbs I had read about it did it any measure of justice, which is one reason I hadn't prioritized it. More than being about colonization, it's about a solution to the paradox of tolerance, and both the price and imperfections of that solution. As usual with Le Guin's science fiction, it's a rich companion to anarchist thought.
I think the typical objection to seeing it as an answer to the warlord question would be that it serendipitously positions the indigenous population with more power and a less ruthless opponent than in the imagined scenario, and it uses the League of Worlds as a sort of deus ex machina to foreclose further retribution. Ultimately that's why I think it's more about the paradox of tolerance than anything else, but I also think in regards to the warlord problem that we are too quick to underestimate just how numerous and enthusiastic the opponents of a warlord might be, and to overestimate the strength of technological weapons wielded by frail (and psychologically unarmored) humans.
In any case, Le Guin gives this book's alien humans yet another fascinatingly credible capability, and getting to see the introduction of ansible technology with all its implications is pretty cool too. Maybe not

It's always lovely to have the doubters get their asses academically kicked when it comes to Ada Lovelace's actual mathematical capabilities, but at the same time, I am so, so, so tired. Just so very tired. From an open access 2017 Historia Mathematica article debunking the idea that Lovelace was not a competent mathematician.

A drastic rise in the reported death toll came as Iranian authorities intensified their crackdown on the protests, now in their second week.
Rights groups were struggling to reach contacts within Iran due to a complete internet shutdown in the country, and warned that the death toll was likely to climb even further.
The brutal crackdown has raised the likelihood of US intervention, with Trump saying he would “rescue” protesters if the Iranian government killed them.
He rei…

“Best debut indie” is a reqlly good song ird one bc what exactly counts as debut?
#TGA #TheGameAwards

Mapping the Urban Mobility Intelligence Frontier: A Scientometric Analysis of Data-Driven Pedestrian Trajectory Prediction and Simulation
Junhao Xu, Hui Zeng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10327

Mapping the Urban Mobility Intelligence Frontier: A Scientometric Analysis of Data-Driven Pedestrian Trajectory Prediction and Simulation
Understanding and predicting pedestrian dynamics has become essential for shaping safer, more responsive, and human-centered urban environments. This study conducts a comprehensive scientometric analysis of research on data-driven pedestrian trajectory prediction and crowd simulation, mapping its intellectual evolution and interdisciplinary structure. Using bibliometric data from the Web of Science Core Collection, we employ SciExplorer and Bibliometrix to identify major trends, influential con…