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bitcoin_alpha: Bitcoin Alpha trust network (2017)
A network of who-trusts-whom relationships among users of the Bitcoin Alpha platform. Each directed edge (i,j,w) represents the rating of user j by user i, in which i assigns j a weight w on a scale of -10 (total distrust) to 10 (total trust) in steps of 1.
This network has 3783 nodes and 24186 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Weighted, Signed, Timestamps

bitcoin_alpha: Bitcoin Alpha trust network (2017)
A network of who-trusts-whom relationships among users of the Bitcoin Alpha platform. Each directed edge (i,j,w) represents the rating of user j by user i, in which i assigns j a weight w on a scale of -10 (total distrust) to 10 (total trust) in steps of 1.
This network has 3783 nodes and 24186 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Weighted, Signed, Timestamps

got my #11tyConf merch pack right as I landed #eleventeen 9.2.13-alpha.10 updates!
https://git…

Release v9.2.13-alpha.10 · rdela/eleventeen
Changes do not show latestPostsCount on index if it is 1 by @rdela in #27 If the blog/archive collection only has one post, the index page now says “Latest Post” instead of “Latest 1 Post” Great ...

🔊 Auf radioeins läuft...
Air:
🎵 Alpha Beta Gaga
#NowPlaying #Air
https://open.spotify.com/track/2sNGaLOMBIkyVFPsQqPQdW
https://airfrenchband.bandcamp.com/album/alpha-beta-gaga

Watching Nature Videos Promotes Physiological Restoration: Evidence From the Modulation of Alpha Waves in Electroencephalography - PMC
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9210930/
Now (1am edt) playing on https://radio.teledyn.com
Source Vibrations - 2 Hour Alpha Wave Restoration
just for fun 😅

Singleboard: Alpha is a Very Stylish Computer on a Single PCB
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-203552b8-bcd1bac6e17947be
Singleboard: Alpha is a Very Stylish Computer on a Single PCB When we think single-board computers, we normally envision t…

OK, then, new GitHub repository, simulated-genetics, looking at the problem of generating thousands of character models for games, while ensuring that characters who are supposed to be related to one another have similar appearance.
This is very, very pre-alpha, but far enough along to be interesting.
#GameDev

Lovely Mastodontists! I have prepared #eleventeen v9.2.3-alpha.5 with mono option to disable rainbow mode features in eleventeen! you cannot stop the rainbow. but sometimes you need to pause it. Check out how it looks at https://mono.eleventeen…

#Blakes7 Series A, Episode 03 - Cygnus Alpha
BLAKE: Some sort of storage space.
AVON: Possibly.
https://blake.torpidity.net/s/103/22 B7B1

"If possible, support small game makers. Just like you would ensure your vegetables are sourced locally, organically, and ethically, make sure your games are developed with respect for the souls behind the machine.
The most significant source of violence in our society was not video games per se, but the companies exploiting the workers making them."

Insert Coin
Even if you are not a hardcore gamer, it is hard to deny the influence of gaming in our modern culture. From Generation X (the one to which the author of these lines belongs) to Millenials, Generation Z, and now to the youngest (at the time of this writing) Generation Alpha, we have all grown using, watching, enjoying, and some, even writing games. This period coincides precisely with the rise of computers, first as a mass product and later as a mass media. Gaming grew to become one of the most…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.12213 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_mat…

Alpha shapes in kernel density estimation
For every Gaussian kernel density estimator $f(x)=\sum_i a_i \exp(-\lVert x-x_i\rVert^2/2h^2)$ associated to a point cloud $\mathcal{D}=\{x_1,...,x_N\}\subset \mathbb{R}^d$, we define a nested family of closed subspaces $\mathcal{S}(a)\subset\mathbb{R}^d$, which we interpret as a continuous version of an alpha shape. Using arguments based on Fenchel duality, we prove that $\mathcal{S}(a)$ is homotopy equivalent to the superlevel set $\mathcal{L}(a)=f^{-1}[e^{-a},\infty)$, and that $\mathcal{L}(…

Nonlinear scalarization of Schwarzschild black holes in Einstein-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity
Chao-Ming Zhang, Zhen-Hao Yang, Meng-Yun Lai, Yun Soo Myung, De-Cheng Zou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19521 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.19521
arXiv:2404.19521v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In this paper, we propose a fully nonlinear mechanism for obtaining scalarized black holes in Einstein-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet (EsGB) gravity which is beyond the spontaneous scalarization. Introducing three coupling functions $f(\varphi)$ satisfying $f''(0) = 0$, we find that Schwarzschild black hole is linearly stable against scalar perturbation, whereas it is unstable against nonlinear scalar perturbation if the coupling function includes term higher than $\varphi^6$. For a specific choice of coupling function $f(\varphi)=\alpha(\varphi^4-\beta\varphi^6)$, we obtain new black holes with scalar hair in the EsGB gravity. In this case, the coupling parameter $\alpha$ plays a major role in making different nonlinear scalarized black holes, while the other parameter $\beta$ plays a supplementary role. Furthermore, we study thermodynamic aspects of these scalarized black holes and prove the first-law of thermodynamics.

Robust Semi-supervised Learning via $f$-Divergence and $\alpha$-R\'enyi Divergence
Gholamali Aminian, Amirhossien Bagheri, Mahyar JafariNodeh, Radmehr Karimian, Mohammad-Hossein Yassaee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00454

Robust Semi-supervised Learning via $f$-Divergence and $α$-Rényi Divergence
This paper investigates a range of empirical risk functions and regularization methods suitable for self-training methods in semi-supervised learning. These approaches draw inspiration from various divergence measures, such as $f$-divergences and $α$-Rényi divergences. Inspired by the theoretical foundations rooted in divergences, i.e., $f$-divergences and $α$-Rényi divergence, we also provide valuable insights to enhance the understanding of our empirical risk functions and regularization …

“The adverse cognitive impact was worst with the original (ancestral) virus and the Alpha variant, compared with subsequent Delta and Omicron variants, and there was some protective effect of vaccination.” @…
Cognition and Memory after Covid-19 in a Large Community Sample | NEJM

At the same age, metallicity, and alpha-enhancement, sodium is a more effective tracer of the young and old sequences of the Milky Way disc
Evans K. Owusu, Sven Buder, Ashley J. Ruiter, Ivo R. Seitenzahl, Nicol\'as Rodr\'iguez-Segovia
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00315

At the same age, metallicity, and alpha-enhancement, sodium is a more effective tracer of the young and old sequences of the Milky Way disc
Trends in the enrichment of elements with stellar ages are a powerful avenue to identify unexplained origins of the elements. We investigate the stellar abundance trends of low to intermediate-mass stars using the GALAH DR3 high-resolution spectroscopic dataset of 6234 solar-type stars. Our study explores the elemental abundance [X/Fe] of sodium (Na) with age. We find a pronounced enrichment in [Na/Fe] at super solar metallicity (i.e., [Fe/H] above 0) in the old sequence of Milky Way disc stars…

@… @… Not shutter angle, but some other cool gestures are finally available

W Sealcode pracujemy nad nowym CMS-em. Jestem dumny z rezultatów i całego naszego zespołu <3
Dopiero wczesna alpha, ale już dużymi krokami zbliżamy się do release'a

$\alpha$-leakage by R\'{e}nyi Divergence and Sibson Mutual Information
Ni Ding
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00423 https://arxiv.org…

$α$-leakage by Rényi Divergence and Sibson Mutual Information
For $\tilde{f}(t) = \exp(\frac{α-1}αt)$, this paper proposes a $\tilde{f}$-mean information gain measure. Rényi divergence is shown to be the maximum $\tilde{f}$-mean information gain incurred at each elementary event $y$ of channel output $Y$ and Sibson mutual information is the $\tilde{f}$-mean of this $Y$-elementary information gain. Both are proposed as $α$-leakage measures, indicating the most information an adversary can obtain on sensitive data. It is shown that the existing $α$-lea…

Contrasting Irradiation Behavior of Dual Phases in Ti-6Al-4V Alloy at Low-Temperature Due to Omega-phase Precursors in Beta-phase Matrix
Taku Ishida, Sho Kano, Eiichi Wakai, Tamaki Shibayama, Shunsuke Makimura, Hiroaki Abe
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00517

Contrasting Irradiation Behavior of Dual Phases in Ti-6Al-4V Alloy at Low-Temperature Due to Omega-phase Precursors in Beta-phase Matrix
Aiming to simulate the radiation damage effect on a dual alpha+beta phase Ti-6Al-4V alloy utilized as high-intensity accelerator beam window material, a series of irradiation experiments were conducted with a 2.8 MeV-Fe^2+ ion beam in several dpa regions at room temperature. The nano-indentation hardness increased steeply at 1 dpa and unchanged up to 10 dpa, due to the saturation of defect clusters and tangled dislocations in the dominant alpha-phase matrix with a size of 2~3 nm and a density o…

Das nennt sich mal timing das ich #TheElectricState morgen leiten werde und Free League jetzt nach der Alpha Fassung die v0.9 mit dem doppelten Umfang liefert 😅 #pnpde

It’s amazing how concerned these alpha males are about what kids in the ice cream parlor think of them

💥 tonight we’re gonna party like it’s #eleventeen v9.2.9-alpha.9 https://github.com/rdela/eleventeen/releases/tag/v9.2.9-alpha.9
🥧 piping hot features an…

Release v9.2.9-alpha.9 · rdela/eleventeen
What's Changed theme-color activation, typographic + docs revamp by @rdela in #21 fix: correct logic in theme-color activation sequence repairs regression in v9.2.8-alpha.9 that broke theme-col...

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Anonymous, Bolette Roed & Alpha:
🎵 Middle Ages Suite
#Anonymous #BoletteRoed #Alpha

Intergalactic Lyman-$\alpha$ haloes before reionization are detectable with JWST
Hamsa Padmanabhan (Geneva), Abraham Loeb (Harvard)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.18998

Intergalactic Lyman-$α$ haloes before reionization are detectable with JWST
The $James \ Webb \ Space \ Telescope \ (JWST)$ recently reported a large population of UV luminous galaxies at high redshifts, $ z > 10$, as well as Lyman-$α$ emitting (LAE) galaxies out to $z \sim 11$. We use the observed UV luminosities along with a data-driven approach at lower redshifts to place constraints on the observability of the intergalactic Lyman-$α$ intensity, scattered in the form of Loeb-Rybicki haloes, during the pre-reionization and reionization epochs ($z \sim 9-16$). We fo…

My definition of a #1 #Alpha #Male is
- Someone who doesn't cheat on their partner
- They respect others and value differing opinions
- They can handle valid criticism as a means to improve themselves, while easily ignoring trolling criticism
- They easily admit when the…

Multiplicity results for fully nonlinear elliptic equations with natural gradient growth
Mohan Mallick, Ram Baran Verma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19042 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.19042
arXiv:2404.19042v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In this paper, we prove a theorem concerning the existence of three solutions for the following boundary value problem: \begin{equation*} -\mathcal{M}_{\lambda,\Lambda}^ (D^2u)-\Gamma|Du|^2=f(u)~~~\text{in}\ \Omega, u=0~~~\text{on}\ \partial\Omega, \end{equation*} where $f:[0,\infty]\to[0,\infty]$ is a $C^{\alpha}$ function and $\Omega$ denotes a bounded, smooth domain in $\mathbb{R}^N$. By constructing two ordered pairs of sub and supersolutions for a specific class of $f$ exhibiting sublinear growth, we further establish the existence of three positive solutions to the aforementioned boundary value problem.

$1/f^{\alpha}$ noise in the Robin Hood model
Abha Singh, Rahul Chhimpa, Avinash Chand Yadav
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00443 https://…

$1/f^α$ noise in the Robin Hood model
We consider the Robin Hood dynamics, a one-dimensional extremal self-organized critical model that describes the evolution of low-temperature creep. One of the key quantities is the time evolution of the state variable (force noise). To understand the temporal correlations, we compute the power spectra of the local force fluctuations and apply finite-size scaling to get scaling functions and critical exponents. We find a signature of the $1/f^α$ noise for the local force with a nontrivial valu…

bitcoin_alpha: Bitcoin Alpha trust network (2017)
A network of who-trusts-whom relationships among users of the Bitcoin Alpha platform. Each directed edge (i,j,w) represents the rating of user j by user i, in which i assigns j a weight w on a scale of -10 (total distrust) to 10 (total trust) in steps of 1.
This network has 3783 nodes and 24186 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Weighted, Signed, Timestamps

Robust Semi-supervised Learning via $f$-Divergence and $\alpha$-R\'enyi Divergence
Gholamali Aminian, Amirhossien Bagheri, Mahyar JafariNodeh, Radmehr Karimian, Mohammad-Hossein Yassaee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00454

Robust Semi-supervised Learning via $f$-Divergence and $α$-Rényi Divergence
This paper investigates a range of empirical risk functions and regularization methods suitable for self-training methods in semi-supervised learning. These approaches draw inspiration from various divergence measures, such as $f$-divergences and $α$-Rényi divergences. Inspired by the theoretical foundations rooted in divergences, i.e., $f$-divergences and $α$-Rényi divergence, we also provide valuable insights to enhance the understanding of our empirical risk functions and regularization …

The enigmatic abundance of atomic hydrogen in #Saturn's upper atmosphere: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.14191 -> Saturn’s Lyman-alpha Tutu: https://astrobites.org/2024/04/29/saturns-tutu/

💥 tonight we’re gonna party like it’s #eleventeen v9.2.9-alpha.9 https://github.com/rdela/eleventeen/releases/tag/v9.2.9-alpha.9
🥧 piping hot features an…

Release v9.2.9-alpha.9 · rdela/eleventeen
What's Changed theme-color activation, typographic + docs revamp by @rdela in #21 fix: correct logic in theme-color activation sequence repairs regression in v9.2.8-alpha.9 that broke theme-col...

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.07080 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_qfi…

RiskMiner: Discovering Formulaic Alphas via Risk Seeking Monte Carlo Tree Search
The formulaic alphas are mathematical formulas that transform raw stock data into indicated signals. In the industry, a collection of formulaic alphas is combined to enhance modeling accuracy. Existing alpha mining only employs the neural network agent, unable to utilize the structural information of the solution space. Moreover, they didn't consider the correlation between alphas in the collection, which limits the synergistic performance. To address these problems, we propose a novel alpha mi…

“William C. Robinson, a pastor working for Chi Alpha Campus Ministries in Corpus Christi, received 10 years probation after sexually abusing an underage family member [for years].”
Probation? Sounds about white… He molested his own relative and the court ordered him to take parenting classes! Unreal.

PASTOR PLEA DEAL: Pastor who sexually abused child for nearly 7 years receives probation
As part of the deal, William C. Robinson was given 10 years deferred adjudication, avoiding jail time.

This slipped my mind, but there's something that crossed my mind after Main Story III.2 about Kamlanage. #clae_ae
- In almost similar manner to how Professor Chronos implanted Alpha Geo to original Eden, Hollow Chronos apparently has his own plans too regarding Kamlanage (except that while Madoka consented to Eden amd Feinne being implanted Alpha Geo and Geo, Hollow Madoka strongly resisted it to the point of asking Ashtear to escape Hollow Time Layer with Kamlanage.

@… @… Not shutter angle, but some other cool gestures are finally available

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.12737 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

Alpha-NML Universal Predictors
Inspired by the connection between classical regret measures employed in universal prediction and Rényi divergence, we introduce a new class of universal predictors that depend on a real parameter $α\geq 1$. This class interpolates two well-known predictors, the mixture estimators, that include the Laplace and the Krichevsky-Trofimov predictors, and the Normalized Maximum Likelihood (NML) estimator. We point out some advantages of this new class of predictors and study its benefits from two c…

Series A, Episode 03 - Cygnus Alpha
[Cygnus Alpha. Interior. Cell.]
BLAKE: They're coming. Ready?
https://blake.torpidity.net/s/103/508 📺 B7B8

Good news from the Dutch Ministry of Energy and Climate!
Both parts of the IJmuiden Ver (2 times 2 GW) offshore wind tender - which closed today - have received multiple bids, despite the challenging market circumstances.
https://www.

Meerdere aanvragen voor grootste windparken op de Nederlandse Noordzee
In de grootste tenderronde voor wind op zee in Nederland tot nu toe zijn meerdere aanvragen ingediend. De Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO) heeft meerdere aanvragen gekregen voor beide vergunningen voor windenergiegebied IJmuiden Ver (kavels Alpha en Beta) op de Noordzee. IJmuiden Ver ligt ruim 60 kilometer voor de westkust van Nederland. De twee windparken zullen hernieuwbare elektriciteit produceren en hebben elk een capaciteit van ten minste 2 gigawatt (GW). In totaal wordt in �

Sequential transport maps using SoS density estimation and $\alpha$-divergences
Benjamin Zanger, Tiangang Cui, Martin Schreiber, Olivier Zahm
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.17943

Sequential transport maps using SoS density estimation and $α$-divergences
Transport-based density estimation methods are receiving growing interest because of their ability to efficiently generate samples from the approximated density. We further invertigate the sequential transport maps framework proposed from arXiv:2106.04170 arXiv:2303.02554, which builds on a sequence of composed Knothe-Rosenblatt (KR) maps. Each of those maps are built by first estimating an intermediate density of moderate complexity, and then by computing the exact KR map from a reference dens…

Human Meme Podcast!
Here's the new song from Suno.ai -- in a Version 3 Alpha test of their AI music and song service!
Lyrics by Google Gemini!
#AI #AImusic #Gemini

Kris @… goes into a very important issue here (in German):
Since "AI" has become the thing to do, no cloud platform is neutral anymore (they never fully were, try hosting warez there, but for your own content they mostly were): They all "need" (as in want) to use your work as training data for their neural networks - especially work that's not "…

Kris (@isotopp@chaos.social)
Attached: 1 image In https://ddinstagram.com/sloan_spencer_author/p/C48JN_TrvxO/?img_index=1 heißt es: "Warning to all writers who use Google Docs. In a Discord with other indie authors last night, one romance author explained that all her work was suspended by Google for violating their rules of sharing explicit content with her beta/alpha readers. She has no acces to these files or her other works. Please read the following screenshots and go back up your workj now on a different plattfor…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.10354 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_hept…

A Heterotic Hermitian--Yang--Mills Equivalence
We consider N=1, d=4 vacua of heterotic theories in the large radius limit in which alpha' << 1. We construct a real differential operator $\mathcal{D}= D+\bar{D}$ on an extension bundle $(Q, \mathcal{D})$ with underlying topology $Q=(T^{1,0}X)^* \oplus {\rm End} \, E \oplus T^{1,0} X$ whose curvature is holomorphic and Hermitian-Yang-Mills with respect to the complex structure and metric on the underlying non-Kahler complex 3-fold X if and only if the heterotic supersymmetry equations and Bian…

Inverse Potentials for $\alpha-\alpha$ Scattering using Gaussian Interaction
Anil Khachi, Shikha Awasthi, Lalit Kumar, O. S. K. S Sastri
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.19173

Inverse Potentials for $α-α$ Scattering using Gaussian Interaction
Alpha-alpha scattering phase shifts (SPS) have been determined using phase function method (PFM) with local nuclear interaction between two alpha clusters modeled as double Gaussian potential and Coulomb repulsion in the form of $erf()$ function. The obtained SPS for various $\ell$-channels have been compared with experimental ones with mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) as a measure. The model parameters have been optimised by suitable optimisation technique by looking for minimum value of …

Space is wild (Cone nebula region, Hydrogen alpha wavelengths, stars removed)
#astrophotography

Ultrafast Photocurrent Hysteresis in Photoferroelectric {\alpha}-In2Se3
Zhen Lei, Jiawei Chang, Qiyi Zhao, Jian Zhou, Yuanyuan Huang, Qihua Xiong, Xinlong Xu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00286

Ultrafast Photocurrent Hysteresis in Photoferroelectric α-In2Se3
The photon-electron interactions are generally volatile and the intricate multiphysics details of photoexcited carrier dynamics are not yet distinguished. How to nonvolatile control the physical state through all-optical means and clarify the intricate physical processes has been a long-term goal pursued in polar materials. Photoferroelectric α-In2Se3 holds the great potential for capturing multimodal nonvolatile states due to the spontaneous reversible in-plane and out-of-plane polarizations …

$1/f^{\alpha}$ noise in the Robin Hood model
Abha Singh, Rahul Chhimpa, Avinash Chand Yadav
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00443 https://…

$1/f^α$ noise in the Robin Hood model
We consider the Robin Hood dynamics, a one-dimensional extremal self-organized critical model that describes the evolution of low-temperature creep. One of the key quantities is the time evolution of the state variable (force noise). To understand the temporal correlations, we compute the power spectra of the local force fluctuations and apply finite-size scaling to get scaling functions and critical exponents. We find a signature of the $1/f^α$ noise for the local force with a nontrivial valu…

KI-Unternehmen zum AI Act: Lobbyismus oder unangebrachtes Eingreifen?
Aleph Alpha und Mistral haben ihre Nähe zu den Regierungen genutzt, um den AI Act mitzugestalten. Lobby Control sieht zu viel Eingreifen.

A Universal Method for Solar Filament Detection from H-alpha Observations using Semi-supervised Deep Learning
Andrea Diercke, Robert Jarolim, Christoph Kuckein, Sergio J. Gonz\'alez Manrique, Marco Ziener, Astrid M. Veronig, Carsten Denker, Werner P\"otzi, Tatiana Podladchikova, Alexei A. Pevtsov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2…

A Universal Method for Solar Filament Detection from H-alpha Observations using Semi-supervised Deep Learning
Filaments are omnipresent features in the solar atmosphere. Their location, properties and time evolution can provide information about changes in solar activity and assist the operational space weather forecast. Therefore, filaments have to be identified in full disk images and their properties extracted from these images. Manual extraction is tedious and takes much time; extraction with morphological image processing tools produces a large number of false-positive detections. Automatic object…

Maximum A Posteriori Ly-alpha Estimator (MAPLE): Band-power and covariance estimation of the 3D Ly-alpha forest power spectrum
Benjamin Horowitz, Roger de Belsunce, Zarija Lukic
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.17294

Maximum A Posteriori Ly-alpha Estimator (MAPLE): Band-power and covariance estimation of the 3D Ly-alpha forest power spectrum
We present a novel maximum a posteriori estimator to jointly estimate band-powers and the covariance of the three-dimensional power spectrum (P3D) of Lyman-alpha forest flux fluctuations, called MAPLE. Our Wiener-filter based algorithm reconstructs a window-deconvolved P3D in the presence of complex survey geometries typical for Lyman-alpha surveys that are sparsely sampled transverse to and densely sampled along the line-of-sight. We demonstrate our method on idealized Gaussian random fields w…

Toughness and A{\alpha}-spectral radius in graphs
Sizhong Zhou, Yuli Zhang, Tao Zhang, Hongxia Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.17421 https://

Toughness and Aα-spectral radius in graphs
Let $α\in[0,1)$, and let $G$ be a connected graph of order $n$ with $n\geq f(α)$, where $f(α)=6$ for $α\in[0,\frac{2}{3}]$ and $f(α)=\frac{4}{1-α}$ for $α\in(\frac{2}{3},1)$. A graph $G$ is said to be $t$-tough if $|S|\geq tc(G-S)$ for each subset $S$ of $V(G)$ with $c(G-S)\geq2$, where $c(G-S)$ is the number of connected components in $G-S$. The $A_α$-spectral radius of $G$ is denoted by $ρ_α(G)$. In this paper, it is verified that $G$ is a 1-tough graph unless $G=K_1\vee(K…

Sometimes "couch philosophers" join in a debate.
Usually, these are the people who don't know shit on the subject at hand. Their knowledge is basically what they just came up with. Their authority is based on the fact that they've read, or heard, something, somewhere, at some point in time. Even if it weren't complete tabloid class bullshit, they've usually only skimmed over it, without true comprehension or understanding the context, forgot most of it, and filled all these blanks with whatever fitted their world view.
They enjoy indifference, since the topic in question doesn't really concern them, and they call it "an open mind". They don't try to understand the emotions of the other person, that is directly troubled by the issue at hand. All they care about is discussing for the sake of it. Sometimes they actually enjoy when the debate turns into a shitstorm, when they manage to trigger an emotional response, and they gloat in their "alpha male" "superiority".
There's no point in talking to these people. You need to recognize the symptoms quickly, and ban them. Every counterargument is giving them satisfaction that they've triggered an answer, that they've got everyone's attention on them. The best you can do is take away the possibility of further participation from them.

Fritz Gessler
"Requiem"
#ambient

ULTRA REAL GLASS BRIDGE TOURNAMENT
#itchio

Thermal stability and phase transformation of $\alpha$-, $\kappa(\epsilon)$-, and $\gamma$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ thin films to $\beta$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ under various ambient conditions
J. Tang, K. Jiang, P. Tseng, R. C. Kurchin, L. M. Porter, R. F. Davis
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00299

Thermal stability and phase transformation of $α$-, $κ(ε)$-, and $γ$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ thin films to $β$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ under various ambient conditions
Phase transitions in metastable $α$-, $κ(ε)$-, and $γ$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ films to thermodynamically stable $β$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ during annealing in air, N$_2$, and vacuum have been systematically investigated via in-situ high-temperature X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. These respective polymorphs exhibited thermal stability to around 471-525$^\circ$C, 773-825$^\circ$C, and 490-575$^\circ$C before transforming into $β$-Ga$_2$O$_3$, across all tested ambient conditions. Particular …

Wolfsong (2016) by T J Klune is a small Oregon town werewolf-pack-vs-malicious-evil coming-of-age and burdens-of-leadership story with a thread of gay romance. The world has silly Alpha magic, but lampshades it with a myth that werewolves gained it when they became more than wolves. It's generally cute and sweet. The villain is sadistic in a dumb way. Awkward lumps of plot are driven by characters refusing to talk to each other. But whatever, it's fun, and yes there's (mostly-hum…

“William C. Robinson, a pastor working for Chi Alpha Campus Ministries in Corpus Christi, received 10 years probation after sexually abusing an underage family member [for years].”
Probation? Sounds about white… He molested his own relative and the court ordered him to take parenting classes! Unreal.

PASTOR PLEA DEAL: Pastor who sexually abused child for nearly 7 years receives probation
As part of the deal, William C. Robinson was given 10 years deferred adjudication, avoiding jail time.

Instead of Millennials, Gen Z and Gen alpha can we just call them Gen Pussies ?

bitcoin_alpha: Bitcoin Alpha trust network (2017)
A network of who-trusts-whom relationships among users of the Bitcoin Alpha platform. Each directed edge (i,j,w) represents the rating of user j by user i, in which i assigns j a weight w on a scale of -10 (total distrust) to 10 (total trust) in steps of 1.
This network has 3783 nodes and 24186 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Weighted, Signed, Timestamps

The deeply silly, extremely serious rise of 'Alpha Male' Nick Adams (Ben Terris/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2024/04/09/nick-adams-alpha-male-trump-campaign-surrogate/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240409/p37#a240409p37

Toll, jetzt haben auch #Wärmepumpen #Sicherheitslücken. Das hätte ja niemand wissen können, dass es Best Practices in #Security gibt.🤦‍♀️
"Hartkodiertes

Hartkodiertes Passwort: Wärmepumpen von Alpha Innotec und Novelan angreifbar
Ein IT-Forscher hat in der Firmware von Alpha Innotec- und Novelan-Wärmepumpen das hartkodierte Root-Passwort gefunden. Updates bieten Abhilfe.

A First Look at Spatially Resolved Star Formation at $4.8<z<6.5$ with JWST FRESCO NIRCam Slitless Spectroscopy
Jasleen Matharu, Erica J. Nelson, Gabriel Brammer, Pascal A. Oesch, Natalie Allen, Irene Shivaei, Rohan P. Naidu, John Chisholm, Alba Covelo-Paz, Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Emma Giovinazzo, Thomas Herard-Demanche, Josephine Kerutt, Ivan Kramarenko, Danilo Marchesini, Romain A. Meyer, Gonzalo Prieto-Lyon, Naveen Reddy, Marko Shuntov, Andrea Weibel, Stijn Wuyts, Mengyuan Xiao

A First Look at Spatially Resolved Star Formation at $4.8
We present the first results on the spatial distribution of star formation in 454 star-forming galaxies at $4.8