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Decentralized Relaxed Smooth Optimization with Gradient Descent Methods
Zhanhong Jiang, Aditya Balu, Soumik Sarkar
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08413 https://

Decentralized Relaxed Smooth Optimization with Gradient Descent Methods
$L_0$-smoothness, which has been pivotal to advancing decentralized optimization theory, is often fairly restrictive for modern tasks like deep learning. The recent advent of relaxed $(L_0,L_1)$-smoothness condition enables improved convergence rates for gradient methods. Despite centralized advances, its decentralized extension remains unexplored and challenging. In this work, we propose the first general framework for decentralized gradient descent (DGD) under $(L_0,L_1)$-smoothness by introd…

Apple discontinues Clips, a video editing app it launched in 2017, removing it from the App Store for new users, and says Clips will no longer be updated (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/11/apples-clips-app-discontinued/

Apple's Clips App Discontinued
Apple has essentially discontinued Clips, its video-editing app designed to allow users to combine video clips, images, and photos with voice-based...

DeSantis tears up Miami Pride crosswalk with bulldozers & sledgehammers - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/desantis-tears-up-miami-pride-crosswalk-with-bulldozers-sledgehammers/

»Mastodon is bringing quote posts to the fediverse:
The decentralized network will offer full control over who can quote your posts.«
I am curious to see how this affects the behavior of the @… users. I cannot classify this as good or bad and have no opinion in this regard. What is yours?
:mastodon:

Mastodon is bringing quote posts to the fediverse
Mastodon is rolling out quote posts, allowing you to repost someone else’s content and add extra context. The decentralized network will offer full control over who can quote your posts.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SeekAndDestroy
Degraved:
🎵 Inept Descent
#Degraved
https://degraved.bandcamp.com/track/inept-descent

Enhancing Privacy in Decentralized Min-Max Optimization: A Differentially Private Approach
Yueyang Quan, Chang Wang, Shengjie Zhai, Minghong Fang, Zhuqing Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07505

Enhancing Privacy in Decentralized Min-Max Optimization: A Differentially Private Approach
Decentralized min-max optimization allows multi-agent systems to collaboratively solve global min-max optimization problems by facilitating the exchange of model updates among neighboring agents, eliminating the need for a central server. However, sharing model updates in such systems carry a risk of exposing sensitive data to inference attacks, raising significant privacy concerns. To mitigate these privacy risks, differential privacy (DP) has become a widely adopted technique for safeguarding…

A simple fantasy football strategy that works: Last season's points per game https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6549061/2025/08/12/fantasy-football-strategy-2025-adp-discounts-nfl-scoop-city/

Hola @ticketmastercl@x.com, compré pase 3 días para #LollaCL2026 y no me apareció el descuento del Banco de Chile, pero ahora estš disponible. ¿Hay algún método de compensación para quienes compramos antes y no se nos activó el descuento?
@lollapaloozacl@x.com

Saudi Arabia: Executions Surge in bid to Crush Dissent (HRW)
https://www.juancole.com/2025/08/arabia-executions-dissent.html

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Cat Stevens:
🎵 Was Dog a Doughnut?
#CatStevens
https://djherbie.bandcamp.com/track/cat-stevens-was-dog-a-doughnut-dj-herbie-edit-100bpm
https://open.spotify.com/track/3b2LZsSNbPKDBNiuCXOivE