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Verträge lesen, ist auch immer wieder ein Spaß. Aktuelles Beispiel:
Firma X stellt eine Art Kundenmanagementsystem zur Verfügung und schreibt in deren Vertrag:
"Der Vertragsinhalt gilt als Auftragsdatenverarbeitung nach §62 BDSG."
Problem: Das #BDSG ab § 45 gilt für die
"Verhütung, Ermittlung, … oder Ahndung von Straftaten oder Ordnungswidrigkeiten zuständigen öffent…

Bayern-AfD könnte Status als stärkste Oppositionskraft verlieren
Gibt es sie noch, die guten Nachrichten?
Mein Gott - und ich hatte ihm einen Tag vor dem Landesparteitag der AfD seinen Niedergang persönlich vorausgesagt. Daraufhin wurde ich natürlich auf seinem Facebook-Profil gesperrt.
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Bayern-AfD könnte Status als stärkste Oppositionskraft verlieren

An Overview of Potential Medical Applications of Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors
C\'athal McAleer, Gary Donegan, Colm Bracken, Ois\'in Creaner, Mario De Lucia, Tom Ray, Gerhard Ulbricht
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.19918 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.19918 https://arxiv.org/html/2608.19918
arXiv:2608.19918v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) have proven to be a versatile detector technology and are very promising for several applications in medical imaging. Deep imaging into human tissues often requires detectors with low background noise, high detection efficiency, broad wavelength sensitivity or single-pixel energy resolution. MKIDs offer a unique combination of valuable features for medical imaging but have so far not been discussed much for modern medical instrumentation. This represents an exciting opportunity to investigate the potentially powerful advantages MKIDs could offer for clinical studies in several areas. The most promising fields for MKIDs in medical imaging include fluorescence microscopy, near-infrared spectroscopy, energy-resolved medical X-ray imaging and synchrotron X-ray microscopy. We present the respective advantages MKIDs offer for these fields and compare them to current detector state-of-the-art.
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ASML plans to give its ~45K employees globally a €20,000 bonus, issued as a share award vesting in 2030, joining other chip industry companies offering payouts (Sarah Jacob/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Star formation powers optical line emission from the CGM
Huanian Zhang, Lizhi Xie, Zhijie Qu, Dennis Zaritsky, Luis C. Ho, Min Bao, Fabio Fontanot, Michaela Hirschmann, Chenxu Liu, Gabriella De Lucia, Enci Wang, Haoyan Zheng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.18385 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.18385 https://arxiv.org/html/2607.18385
arXiv:2607.18385v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Using integral field spectroscopy, we explore the disk-halo interface, or the inner circumgalactic medium (CGM), of individual galaxies by constructing and analyzing emission-line maps for a large sample (72) of normal, low-redshift galaxies spanning three orders of magnitude in stellar mass and four orders in star formation rate (SFR). We find a steep turnover occurring at $(1-2) R_e$ in the H$\alpha$, [O {\small II}], and [O {\small III}] line emission radial profiles. Beyond this radius, the slope of the line emission radial profiles becomes shallower as the SFR of the central galaxy decreases, which might reflect the strength of the feedback processes. The line emission fluxes at large radius ($(5-10) R_e$ or $\sim (0.1-0.25)r_{\rm vir}$) correlate with the galaxy's SFR, but not with its stellar mass. These findings suggest that ionizing photons escaping from star-forming regions in the central galaxy account for the observed emission line fluxes from the inner CGM, with escape fractions inferred from the [O {\small III}] and [O {\small II}] ratio. Different state-of-the-art theoretical models do not agree on the predicted dependence of cool gas on the SFR of the central galaxies, highlighting the importance of CGM emission line measurements to distinguish between different subgrid models for star formation and feedback processes.
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This is incredibly important.
Computers (writ large) have historically been tools that help humans solve problems which do not intrinsically demand computers but need complex computation (possibly including text transformation!) which humans cannot do as well or as fast.
The fact that we have grown a subculture of people who only really know computers has led to the situation where “computer-people” disregard other issues & the concerns of everyone else.

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@… is one of the most thoughtful, understanding, and pleasant designers I've ever had the privilege of working with.
(In fact, I hope I get to work with him again on something.)
If you're looking for detail-oriented, smart design—that only a real human can bring—I fully recommend reaching out to him at Obvious Things.

Gabriel: Nicht die Brandmauer sei das Problem der #SPD, sondern ein „großes Missverständnis darüber, was ein Sozialstaat ist”.
Richtig: Nicht-Kooperation ist eine Haltung, noch keine Strategie. „Inhaltlich stellen” heißt Parlament, Anträge, Abstimmungsverhalten – nicht Diskussion mit Funktionären, die keine führen wollen.
Falsch: Wer das Bürgergeld zum Verrat an Arbeitnehmern erklärt, bed…

Brandmauer-Debatte: Gabriel kritisiert SPD-Kurs beim Sozialstaat und bei Rente
Wie viel Sozialstaat braucht es? Ex-SPD-Parteivorsitzender Sigmar Gabriel fordert von den Sozialdemokraten einen neuen Ansatz bei der Rente. Was Gabriel außerdem zur Brandmauer sagt.