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Cannon Fodder: wayward roofs
I deliberated for far too long there whether the plural was roof or rooves. I have played Cannon Fodder many times before. I think, but I can't actually remember, that I completed it on the Mega Drive; I certainly got pretty far, but without unearthing the cartridge (and the passwords in the manual) from my loft I can't be sure. I have also played it on an Amiga emulator, but my preferred method nowadays is via the GOG copy I bought for…

"The cult of goal-setting thrives in this illusion. It converts uncertainty into an illusion of progress. It demands specificity in exchange for comfort. And it replaces self-trust with the performance of future-planning."
(Original title: Smart People Don't Chase Goals; They Create Limits)

Smart People Don't Chase Goals; They Create Limits
A few years ago, I sat across from a friend at a late dinner. He was telling me about his new promotion, the big title, the bonus, the corner office. I remember watching his face as he described it. He looked like someone describing a story he’d once believed

This👇needs to be remembered. https://substack.com/@johncleese/note/c-125827219?r=e7vv

John Cleese on Substack
Steve Bannon illustrates the key point we made in ‘The Life of Brian’ - that people makes what they like of religious teaching Matthew 26,52 And then Jesus said unto him ‘Put your sword back into its place, for those who take the sword will perish by the sword” Steve Bannon has rewritten this as “Live by the sword, die by the sword” as though it was a command. I prefer Jesus’s warning of the consequences of violence Only a MAGA Christian could believe that Christ was inciti…

This👇needs to be remembered. https://substack.com/@johncleese/note/c-125827219?r=e7vv

John Cleese on Substack
Steve Bannon illustrates the key point we made in ‘The Life of Brian’ - that people makes what they like of religious teaching Matthew 26,52 And then Jesus said unto him ‘Put your sword back into its place, for those who take the sword will perish by the sword” Steve Bannon has rewritten this as “Live by the sword, die by the sword” as though it was a command. I prefer Jesus’s warning of the consequences of violence Only a MAGA Christian could believe that Christ was inciti…

Hrmm, it seems like there aren't many sources on how to put a PiKVM onto a proper VLAN. It seems like it's using `systemd-network` for networking, might have to put together an article on how to do it properly assuming I can remember correctly.
#pikvm #homelab

Zitat des Tages: »Denken sie daran, wie ich schon vor langer Zeit vorausgesagt habe, dass Präsident Obama den Iran angreifen wird, weil er unfähig ist, anständig zu verhandeln und ihm jedes Geschick fehlt!«
Donald Trump am 11. November 2013 beim damaligen Twitter.
https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/sta…

Inverse problem for the abstract diffusion-wave equation with Caputo fractional derivative
D. K. Durdiev, H. H. Turdiev, A. A. Rahmonov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06641 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.06641 https://arxiv.org/html/2507.06641
arXiv:2507.06641v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In this work, we study the inverse problem of determining a potential coefficient in an abstract wave equation that includes a lower-order term. The equation incorporates a time-fractional derivative in the Caputo sense, as well as a fractional power of an abstract operator defined on a Hilbert space. Using the Fourier decomposition method, we analyze the solvability of the direct problem. Leveraging the properties of the solution to the direct problem, we conduct an examination of the inverse problem. By applying the fixed point theorem within a suitable Banach space, we derive results concerning the local existence, uniqueness, and stability of the solution.
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Time series analysis of coupled slow-fast neuron models: From Hurst exponent to Granger causality
Indranil Ghosh, Hammed O. Fatoyinbo, Sishu S. Muni
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13570

Time series analysis of coupled slow-fast neuron models: From Hurst exponent to Granger causality
We perform time series analysis of small networks where every node is the slow-fast version of the denatured Morris--Lecar neuron proposed by Schaeffer and Cain. We choose popular coupling strategies from the literature and provide a detailed account of how varying their strength drives the dynamics of the small networks. Algorithms for time series analysis range from measuring their persistence (ability to remember past values), irregularity, chaos and quasiperiodicity, to synchronization betw…

Duration and properties of the embedded phase of star formation in 37 nearby galaxies from PHANGS-JWST
Lise Ramambason, M\'elanie Chevance, Jaeyeon Kim, Francesco Belfiore, J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Andrea Romanelli, Amirnezam Amiri, M\'ed\'eric Boquien, Ryan Chown, Daniel A. Dale, Simthembile Dlamini, Oleg V. Egorov, Ivan Gerasimov, Simon C. O. Glover, Kathryn Grasha, Hamid Hassani, Hwihyun Kim, Kathryn Kreckel, Hannah Koziol, Adam K. Leroy, Jos\'e Eduardo M\'endez…

Duration and properties of the embedded phase of star formation in 37 nearby galaxies from PHANGS-JWST
Light reprocessed by dust grains emitting in the infrared allows the study of the physics at play in dusty, embedded regions, where ultraviolet and optical wavelengths are attenuated. Infrared telescopes such as JWST have made it possible to study the earliest feedback phases, when stars are shielded by cocoons of gas and dust. This phase is crucial for unravelling the effects of feedback from young stars, leading to their emergence and the dispersal of their host molecular clouds. Here we show…