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U.S. and China Agree to Get Geneva Pact Back on Track (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/u-s-and-china-agree-to-get-geneva-pact-back-on-track-695eb5f5?st=w5GiCS&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250610/p160#a250610p160

I try to be polite and constructive on GitHub but today I couldn't resist some snark. I think Microsoft deserves it.
https://github.com/Azure/azure-service-bus-emulator-installer/issues/17#issuecomment-2790842139

Charge Ordering in out-of-plane Boron Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide
Saikat Sarkar, Rajarshi Roy, Bikram Kumar Das, Suman Chatterjee, Kalyan Kumar Chattopadhyay
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09567

Charge Ordering in out-of-plane Boron Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide
Symmetry-breaking phase transitions analogous to superconductivity (SC), charge ordering (CO) etc. in metal-intercalated graphene are favorable resulting from modified electronic and phonon band structures. Strong carrier-lattice interaction evolved from the out-of-plane soft vibrations with accumulation of charges at the out-of-plane region, can set a favorable environment for CO in graphene system. Here, we employ boron-doped reduced graphene oxide (BG) to acquire charge-ordered state above a…

What. The. Actual. Fuck. https://kolektiva.social/@alissaazar/114656946056668221

Alissa Azar (@alissaazar@kolektiva.social)
Attached: 2 images So yeah. Things started off as they usually do. Couldn’t check in online or at a kiosk. Got to the front desk to check in where I waited over 2 hours for them to get approval from TSA to let me through. Before leaving they asked if I was checking a bag. I said yes, one. They proceeded to charge me for the bag and sent me off with my boarding pass equipped with the SSSS stamp. Before I left they called me back and said TSA told them I had to take my checked bag with me to…

Educators' Perceptions of Large Language Models as Tutors: Comparing Human and AI Tutors in a Blind Text-only Setting
Sankalan Pal Chowdhury, Terry Jingchen Zhang, Donya Rooein, Dirk Hovy, Tanja K\"aser, Mrinmaya Sachan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08702

Educators' Perceptions of Large Language Models as Tutors: Comparing Human and AI Tutors in a Blind Text-only Setting
The rapid development of Large Language Models (LLMs) opens up the possibility of using them as personal tutors. This has led to the development of several intelligent tutoring systems and learning assistants that use LLMs as back-ends with various degrees of engineering. In this study, we seek to compare human tutors with LLM tutors in terms of engagement, empathy, scaffolding, and conciseness. We ask human tutors to annotate and compare the performance of an LLM tutor with that of a human tut…

Vulnerability and Defence: A Case for Stackelberg Game Dynamics
Azhar Iqbal, Ishan Honhaga, Eyoel Teffera, Anthony Perry, Robin Baker, Glenn Pearce, Claudia Szabo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.07316

Vulnerability and Defence: A Case for Stackelberg Game Dynamics
This paper examines the tactical interaction between drones and tanks in modern warfare through game theory, particularly focusing on Stackelberg equilibrium and backward induction. It describes a high-stakes conflict between two teams: one using advanced drones for attack, and the other defending using tanks. The paper conceptualizes this as a sequential game, illustrating the complex strategic dynamics similar to Stackelberg competition, where moves and countermoves are carefully analyzed and…

Jazzaria – Fire and Forget
#byncnd

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.07849 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csSE_…

The Invisible Hand: Unveiling Provider Bias in Large Language Models for Code Generation
Large Language Models (LLMs) have emerged as the new recommendation engines, surpassing traditional methods in both capability and scope, particularly in code generation. In this paper, we reveal a novel provider bias in LLMs: without explicit directives, these models show systematic preferences for services from specific providers in their recommendations (e.g., favoring Google Cloud over Microsoft Azure). To systematically investigate this bias, we develop an automated pipeline to construct t…

Interesting piece on the #Arctic #SeaIce and it's (improving) representation in global climate models by Gavin Schmidt over on @realclimate, I'm not entirely sure all of the improvement is for the right reasons, there are probably compensating biases, it would be interesting to see if the models get the regional signal correct in different parts of the Arctic, but overall I agree with this piece, there have been some big steps forward in global models, the regional level is often not very well represented though.
https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2025/05/predicted-arctic-sea-ice-trends-over-time/

Karine Jean-Pierre walks away from Democratic Party to 'follow my own compass' (Asher Notheis/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3430892/karine-jean-pierre-walks-away-from-democratic-party-follow-own-compass-independent-book/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250605/p65#a250605p65