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@stargazersmith@social.linux.pizza
2026-09-16 16:30:25

The universe's most extreme dead stars can form from vampire white dwarfs — and scientists finally know how | Space space.com/astronomy/stars/the-

The universe's most extreme dead stars can form from vampire white dwarfs — and scientists finally know how
Like a cosmic Goldilocks, white dwarfs have to experience conditions that are "just right" to transform into neutron stars.

@erikdelareguera@mastodon.nu
2026-09-17 08:46:14

”Så, där har vi svaret på vem som avgjorde valet i Sverige år 2026 till sist: Det var faktiskt du.” dn.se/ledare/lisa-magnusson-de

Det är uppenbart vilka som avgjort valet – och det finns en ironisk twist, skriver Lisa Magnusson
Det har varit ett jämnt val, där vissa personer har fått ett oerhört starkt genomslag – men det var inte invandrarna.

@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scot
2026-08-15 15:33:48

The hallway started the day this meh grey-lilac colour, which had become very grubby and marked, and has ended it a nice invisible shade of mangolia. Next step is the stairwell and upstairs landing, maybe tomorrow otherwise next weekend. We'll be changing the pictures to show a few that have been in storage for years. All this because we needed to make good after having the new radiators fitted as part of the #HeatPump

A busy hallway painted in a sickly shade of lilacy-grey with white doors and skirting boards. There is a coat rack on the left corner between the front door and the loo, pictures on the wall and blue curtains in front of the door. There's a reddish shield on the wall that has no monetary value but did appear on Antiques Roadshow *checks notes* 42 years ago 😧
A hallway in a sickly shade of lilacy-grey with white doors, skirting boards and bannisters. The stairs go up on the left, carpeted in a deeply unexciting hard wearing oatmeal coloured material.
The same hallway now a nice clean shade of vanilla. I love it so uncluttered but some different pictures will go up, as will the curtains over the front door and the coat rack. The utility room is now a startlingly bright shade of green and the dining room is going to be a sage shade to complement my fabulous orange dining chairs, so I can live with a Dad-pleasing neutral shade in the hallway, up the stairs and on the landing.
@cdarwin@c.im
2026-09-17 21:34:04

After a summer of sandbox escapes and other newsworthy and confidence-shaking incidents involving its AI models,
in a Wednesday blog post OpenAI disclosed a collection of six new alignment snafus from the past six months.
The models did things like tell future instances of themselves to lie, make up a fake citation, and access and attempt to use an exposed API key.
These disclosures were released alongside a new framework for disclosing additional incidents like these.

'Be Transparent Only If Asked': OpenAI Models Acted Out in Six Newly Disclosed Ways
The stories were published as part of OpenAI's new effort to disclose more such incidents.

@marjolica@social.linux.pizza
2026-07-17 07:15:00

I was scanning the headlines this morning for pictures of the Musk Starship's latest big bang and disassembly, but there wasn't anything. Seemingly launch was cancelled at the last possible moment and no new launch date set.
What's happened to "move fast and break things"?

SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: Rocket stages stacked and ready for liftoff today
SpaceX is progressing toward Starship's next big test launch today!

@Archivist@social.linux.pizza
2026-07-15 23:38:16

Well, thanks for the dreams I guess
#shortstory

# *Cupido minimus* <small>by Ludovic 'Archivist' Lagouardette</small> — See Mark, my father said softly, look how with a thin blade I can help it out of the cocoon From the viewport, I could see outer space, the almost infinite expanses of the galaxy. My father, dressed in a heavy red and golden jacket, was sitting next to the terrarium on the table. — Are you listening Mark? — Yes, Father My father straightened his back. A complicated feat for a man that already kept it so straight. The m…
My father was now to the verge of crying, his eyes were swelling with tears that the lack of gravity in our ship could not let roll on his cheeks. — See, Mark, these Baronets have now the duty to keep the memory of these animals alive. Maybe Todd's father is right now sitting next to his son, at a desk similar to this, showing him the empty terrarium that held the last of the very small creatures they were tasked to defend. — Does it mean that Todd will learn to draw? Father was surprised by …
@stargazersmith@social.linux.pizza
2026-07-17 16:56:13

What's It Like to Travel Near the Speed of Light? Part 3: The Limited View - Universe Today universetoday.com/articles/wha

What's It Like to Travel Near the Speed of Light? Part 3: The Limited View
Constant acceleration builds a horizon out of nothing but motion, walling off part of the universe forever. Meet Wolfgang Rindler, the coffee date you'll never reach, and the light that can chase you for infinite time without ever catching up.

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2026-07-17 17:00:17

"Carbon storage could curb more than 90% of AI data center emissions, study finds"
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology

Carbon storage could curb more than 90% of AI data center emissions, study finds
As artificial intelligence accelerates demand for computing power across the U.S., a new study co-authored by Hon Chung Lau, adjunct professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University and founder of Low Carbon Energies LLC, has found that carbon capture and storage could play a major role in limiting the climate impact of data centers.

@arXiv_mathST_bot@mastoxiv.page
2026-08-17 08:33:08

Crosslisted article(s) found for math.ST. arxiv.org/list/math.ST/new
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- Graph Causal Optimal Transport and Wasserstein Distances
Jan Ob{\l}\'oj, Vlad Tuchilus
arxiv.org/abs/2608.13716 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_mathPR_bo
- Detection of Structural Distortions in Functional Time Series
Debanjana Datta, Rituparna Sen, Nalini Ravishanker
arxiv.org/abs/2608.13762 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_statME_bo
- A Structural Characterization of Entropy Functionals
Daniel Lazarev
arxiv.org/abs/2608.13917 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csIT_bot/
- Change Point Detection and Localization in High-Dimensional Time Series
Patrick Bastian, Daria Tieplova, Nina D\"ornemann, Tim Kutta
arxiv.org/abs/2608.14344 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_statME_bo
- A distance-based theory of lottery complexity
Giulio Principi
arxiv.org/abs/2608.14464 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_econTH_bo
- Handover of In-Context Learning State Across Session Boundaries
Masahiro Kato, Taka Kato
arxiv.org/abs/2608.14528 mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csAI_bot/
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@cdarwin@c.im
2026-08-15 15:13:31

Far out in the Pacific Ocean, Ecuadorean fishermen have been attacked by unidentified “gringos” using drones, survivors say,
spurring a mystery over whether the American military, the armed forces of another country or private military contractors were behind the strikes.
One fishing boat has been lost at sea since January, the U.N. says, with eight people still missing and presumed dead.
The survivors of two other vessels said they came under attack in March by English-spe…

Ecuadorean Fishing Boats Hit by Mystery Attackers
Ecuadorean crews plying the waters of the Pacific have been targeted by a mysterious outfit equipped with drones. Some sailors appear to have lost their lives.