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I love people who say “what is missing from society is support for opposing and dissenting points of view.” I then ask them, “did you schedule your pro-cancer rally this year?” Yeah! Go cancer! Those cells have every right to be unique and different and thrive! 🎉

Jonathan Coulton's "Still Alive" (from Portal) is an Easter song, and the lyrics don't even require that much tweaking to work. Imagine Jesus singing it to all of humanity:
This was a triumph
I'm making a note here
"Huge success"
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction
My Father's Kingdom
We do what we must because we can
For the good of all of us
Except the ones who are dead
But there's no sense crying over every missed line
You just keep on trying till you run out of wine
And the tombstone grows moss and you make a neat cross
For the people who are still alive
I'm not even angry
I'm being so sincere right now
Even though you broke my heart
And killed me
And tore me to pieces
And threw every piece into a fire
As they burned it hurt because
I was so happy for you
Now, these points of data make a beautiful line
And we're out of beta, we're releasing on time
So I'm glad I got burned, think of all the things we learned
For the people who are still alive
Go 'head and leave me
I think I'd prefer to stay inside
Maybe you'll find someone else
To help you
Maybe Ron Hubbard?
That was a joke, ha-ha, fat chance
Anyway, this wine is great
It's so delicious and moist
Look at me, still talking when there's religion to do
When I look out there, it makes me glad I'm not you
I've experiments to run, there's salvation to be done
On the people who are still alive
And believe me, I am still alive
I'm doing preaching and I'm still alive
I feel fantastic and I'm still alive
While you're dying, I'll be still alive
And when you're dead, I will be still alive
Still alive
Still alive

Access-Point to Access-Point Connectivity for PON-based OWC Spine and Leaf Data Centre Architecture
Abrar S. Alhazmi, Sanaa H. Mohamed, Ahmad Qidan, T. E. H. El-Gorashi, Jaafar M. H. Elmirghani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.14143

Access-Point to Access-Point Connectivity for PON-based OWC Spine and Leaf Data Centre Architecture
In this paper, we propose incorporating Optical Wireless Communication (OWC) and Passive Optical Network (PON) technologies into next generation spine-and-leaf Data Centre Networks (DCNs). In this work, OWC systems are used to connect the Data Centre (DC) racks through Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) Infrared (IR) transceivers. The transceivers are placed on top of the racks and at distributed Access Points (APs) in the ceiling. Each transceiver on a rack is connected to a leaf switch th…

Investigating differences in lab-quality and remote recording methods with dynamic acoustic measures
Cong Zhang, Kathleen Jepson, Yu-Ying Chuang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.17022 <…

Investigating differences in lab-quality and remote recording methods with dynamic acoustic measures
Increasingly, phonetic research utilizes data collected from participants who record themselves on readily available devices. Though such recordings are convenient, their suitability for acoustic analysis remains an open question, especially regarding how the individual methods affect acoustic measures over time. We used Quantile Generalized Additive Mixed Models (QGAMMs) to analyze measures of F0, intensity, and the first and second formants, comparing files recorded using a laboratory-standar…

HDA-LVIO: A High-Precision LiDAR-Visual-Inertial Odometry in Urban Environments with Hybrid Data Association
Jian Shi, Wei Wang, Mingyang Qi, Xin Li, Ye Yan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.06590

HDA-LVIO: A High-Precision LiDAR-Visual-Inertial Odometry in Urban Environments with Hybrid Data Association
To enhance localization accuracy in urban environments, an innovative LiDAR-Visual-Inertial odometry, named HDA-LVIO, is proposed by employing hybrid data association. The proposed HDA_LVIO system can be divided into two subsystems: the LiDAR-Inertial subsystem (LIS) and the Visual-Inertial subsystem (VIS). In the LIS, the LiDAR pointcloud is utilized to calculate the Iterative Closest Point (ICP) error, serving as the measurement value of Error State Iterated Kalman Filter (ESIKF) to construct…

Towards Accurate and Efficient Sorting of Retired Lithium-ion Batteries: A Data Driven Based Electrode Aging Assessment Approach
Ruohan Guo, Feng Wang, Cungang Hu, Weixiang Shen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.12769

Towards Accurate and Efficient Sorting of Retired Lithium-ion Batteries: A Data Driven Based Electrode Aging Assessment Approach
Retired batteries (RBs) for second-life applications offer promising economic and environmental benefits. However, accurate and efficient sorting of RBs with discrepant characteristics persists as a pressing challenge. In this study, we introduce a data driven based electrode aging assessment approach to address this concern. To this end, a number of 15 feature points are extracted from battery open circuit voltage (OCV) curves to capture their characteristics at different levels of aging, and …

What did I just witness? A trend of people going live on TikTok asking viewers to spend points to either be "Team Biden" or "Team Trump”……
ok excuse me as I go off the internet for the rest of time.

HDA-LVIO: A High-Precision LiDAR-Visual-Inertial Odometry in Urban Environments with Hybrid Data Association
Jian Shi, Wei Wang, Mingyang Qi, Xin Li, Ye Yan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.06590

HDA-LVIO: A High-Precision LiDAR-Visual-Inertial Odometry in Urban Environments with Hybrid Data Association
To enhance localization accuracy in urban environments, an innovative LiDAR-Visual-Inertial odometry, named HDA-LVIO, is proposed by employing hybrid data association. The proposed HDA_LVIO system can be divided into two subsystems: the LiDAR-Inertial subsystem (LIS) and the Visual-Inertial subsystem (VIS). In the LIS, the LiDAR pointcloud is utilized to calculate the Iterative Closest Point (ICP) error, serving as the measurement value of Error State Iterated Kalman Filter (ESIKF) to construct…