Tootfinder

A few more details here:
Static price of 32.97 cent / kWh. Feed-in is rewarded at a slightly higher (but unknown) price. It's not a 'dynamic electricity' as previously communicated, but rather a 'managed smart' tariff.
Also no V2H: user cannot control discharging. Unclear if this works with solar.

Fascinating, balanced piece on civilization collapse-- how it can obviously bring increased violence and suffering, but how the average person may not have even noticed in the past, and how the reality of it is even more complicated https://aeon.co/essays/the-great-myth-of-empire-collapse…

The great myth of empire collapse | Aeon Essays
Societal downfalls loom large in history and popular culture but, for the 99 per cent, collapse often had its upsides

How B.C.'s property tax system delivers big benefits to multimillionaires, and why some say it needs to change
Anyone in B.C. who pays provincial income tax or sales taxes — including lower-income renters — helps cover the costs of this subsidy, which benefits some high-income homeowners in mansions
But many of those with the greatest need for the program do not even know about it, ...only an estimated 16 per cent of seniors defer their taxes.

How B.C.'s property tax system delivers big benefits to multimillionaires, and why some say it needs to change
B.C.'s property tax system is uniquely generous for wealthy homeowners. Some people think that should change. Find out more.

Lohnplus im Visier - Die Sparpläne bei den Pensionisten und Beamten #News #Nachrichten

Good Morning #Canada
Did you know that a Dodecahedron is a 12-letter name for any 12-sided shape. And did you also know that on this day in 1962, the Canadian Government decreed that our dodecahedron nickel was decadent and that round was right. Pre-1962 nickels are now pretty worth a nickel, but a coin in "mint condition" has been known to fetch a few pennies more.
Have you noticed there are more coin buying events in your neighbourhoods over the past few years? Some of that activity is driven by buyers taking advantage of people wanting to sell old jewelry, collectibles, or jars of coins that are sitting in the back of drawers or closets. But the rise of digital transactions, particularly increased during COVID when no one wanted to touch your infected money, has increased the collectible value of coins and, in some cases, the actual metal value exceeds the face value.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Numismatist
http://canadiancoinnews.com/otd-12-sided-five-cent-coin-becomes-round/

Für KI-Training: US-App zahlt Geld für abgehörte Telefonate
15 bis 30 Cent pro Minute zahlt die Neon App dafür, dass sie Telefongespräche mitschneidet. Die Aufnahmen sollen für KI-Training weiterverkauft werden.

Inzwischen ist Audible bei seinem "Komm zurück"-Angebot bei 99 Cent für 3 Monate angekommen.
Nice try.
Sollte Amazon den Faschismus ebenso radikal reduzieren, können wir drüber reden.

In non-defence sectors, domestic output has slumped: throughout the first half of 2025, production of televisions and washing machines fell by 30 per cent, footwear by 29 per cent and refrigerators by 12 per cent
https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/russias-reckoning-is-coming/…

Russia's reckoning is coming
Beyond the bluster of his meeting with President Trump, Vladimir Putin is in trouble. Isolated, outmanoeuvred, and stalled on the battlefield, Russia is tottering financially and militarily, while Zelensky's Ukraine continues to hold the upper hand.

Still way too many
@… - The number of large companies paying no tax in Australia has declined, says ATO https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10…

The number of large companies paying no tax in Australia has declined, says ATO
The proportion of large companies in Australia that paid no tax in the most recent income year has declined from 36 per cent to 28 per cent over the past 11 years.

22 Garagen.
17 Eigentümer.
2½ Jahre Bürokratie.
Dann kamen Christian – der Organisator –
und Jürgen – der Elektroingenieur mit Nerven wie Kupferkabel.
Heute: 25 Cent pro kWh beim Laden im Garagenhof.
#60Sekunden #Ladelust

From Translink
Stadium–Chinatown SkyTrain Station elevator replacement begins
Alternative travel plans needed for customers requiring use of station elevator
TransLink is replacing the 40-year-old elevator at Stadium–Chinatown SkyTrain Station with a higher-capacity one. The new elevator will have 20 per cent more room — roughly equal to three standing adults or two extra manual wheelchairs.
#Vancouver

Filing: Shanghai-based self-driving company Banma aims to spin off from Alibaba via a Hong Kong IPO, reducing Alibaba's stake from the current 44.72% to 30% (Aileen Chuang/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/business/ban…

Alibaba to spin off Banma self-driving business via Hong Kong IPO
Alibaba’s stake in Banma will drop to 30 per cent from the current 44.72 per cent after the IPO, the tech behemoth says.

@… FYI Wasser: https://taz.de/Regenwasserdiebstahl-im-Wert-von-15-Cent/!6102985/

"According to Israel's national broadcaster Kan, only 60 per cent of soldiers are now showing up for reserve duty — roughly half of the 120 per cent recorded in the early days of the war."
As the IDF begins its invasion of Gaza City, tensions with the Netanyahu government are at an all-time high - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-21/israeli-military-netanyahu-government-gaza-tensions/105659574

Logical Consistency Between Disagreeing Experts and Its Role in AI Safety
Andr\'es Corrada-Emmanuel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00821 https://arxiv.org/…

Logical Consistency Between Disagreeing Experts and Its Role in AI Safety
If two experts disagree on a test, we may conclude both cannot be 100 per cent correct. But if they completely agree, no possible evaluation can be excluded. This asymmetry in the utility of agreements versus disagreements is explored here by formalizing a logic of unsupervised evaluation for classifiers. Its core problem is computing the set of group evaluations that are logically consistent with how we observe them agreeing and disagreeing in their decisions. Statistical summaries of their al…

Replaced article(s) found for cs.CV. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.CV/new
[2/5]:
- Oh-A-DINO: Understanding and Enhancing Attribute-Level Information in Self-Supervised Object-Cent...
Stefan Sylvius Wagner, Stefan Harmeling

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #StreetSounds
50 Cent:
🎵 Just A Lil Bit
#50Cent
https://nivedan.bandcamp.com/track/50-cent-just-a-lil-bit-afro-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/4nva9EpKntUTs6CRSGBCn9

Ich habe einer Organisation Geld via Überweisung gespendet.
Heute bekam ich eine 1-Cent-Überweisung retour mit #Spam von denen in den Buchungs-Details ("Lesen Sie, wie Ihre Spende wirkt ...").
Die Methode war neu für mich.
Aber sie hat mich immerhin reicher gemacht.

Amazon.com hofft offenbar, 600.000 US-Mitarbeiter durch Roboter zu ersetzen
Stellenstreichungen könnten bis 2027 zu Kosteneinsparungen von 30 Cent pro verkauftem Produkt führen, besagen interne Dokumente. Amazon.com wiegelt ab.

Começo a não achar graça.
https://flipboard.com/@theipaper/the-latest-o8v1mkrdz/-/a-QfAgM0rFTN6Zzo2Zf_QzuQ:a:2703622235-/0

Covid hospitalisations up by 37% – highest in nearly a year
Covid hospitalisations have jumped by 37 per cent in just a week to the highest level in nearly a year – fuelling concerns that we could be in the …

Deciphering galaxy images using machine vision
Samuel Howie, Ting-Yun Cheng, Carlton M. Baugh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03640 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.0…

Deciphering galaxy images using machine vision
We present a machine vision approach to quantify galaxy structure combining a variational autoencoder (VAE) framework with principal component analysis (PCA). Using mock gri-band images from the EAGLE simulation, the VAE finds that 35 features are needed to describe images. Adding the PCA, we identify an optimal range of 10-12 features needed to capture 99.9 per cent of the variance in galaxy morphology. The exact optimal number varies with galaxy complexity: disk-dominated galaxies require 12 …

Radwegebau - ohne Rücksicht auf Verluste
Leserinnenbrief WAZ

Design and evaluation of a serious game in virtual reality to increase empathy towards students with phonological dyslexia
Jose Manuel Alcalde-Llergo, Andrea Zingoni, Pilar Aparicio-Martinez, Sara Pinzi, Enrique Yeguas-Bolivar
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21283

Design and evaluation of a serious game in virtual reality to increase empathy towards students with phonological dyslexia
Dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental disorder estimated to strike approximately 5 to 10 per cent of the population. In particular, phonological dyslexia causes problems in connecting the sounds of words with their written forms. Consequently, affected individuals may encounter issues such as slow reading speed, inaccurate reading, and difficulty decoding unfamiliar words. To address these complexities, the use of compensatory tools and strategies is essential to ensure equitable opportunities for d…

Pretty fascinating examination of our assumptions about what happens to societies when empires decline. And an illustration of the fact that history can always be reframed, too.
https://aeon.co/essays/the-great-myth-of-empire-collapse

The great myth of empire collapse | Aeon Essays
Societal downfalls loom large in history and popular culture but, for the 99 per cent, collapse often had its upsides

Crowdfunding gestartet - Für den Olympia-Traum zählt für ÖSV-Ass jeder Cent #News #Nachrichten …

Immer noch jeden Cent der Mitgliedschaft wert.
From: @…
https://23.social/@SchreibeEinfach/115395468339695689

"From ‘endangered’ to ‘least concern’: How green turtles have escaped extinction"
#Turtles #Animals

No longer ‘endangered’: How the green turtle is making a huge comeback
The number of once-endangered green sea turtles has increased by 28 per cent since the 1970s, despite ‘persistent threats’ to their population.

I wonder how many doctors are looking outside the province and then extend their middle finger as they leave.
https://flip.it/nOTy.t

from my link log —
The centenary of the loudspeaker.
https://www.nickhunn.com/today-is-the-centenary-of-the-loudspeaker/
saved 2025-05-15

Got an email notification for this great game because I followed the creator after playing this one from a bundle and loving it:
https://astrosaurus-games.itch.io/central-fugitive
(It's definitely worth the $3 if you like being dizzy)

Logical Consistency Between Disagreeing Experts and Its Role in AI Safety
Andr\'es Corrada-Emmanuel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00821 https://arxiv.org/…

Logical Consistency Between Disagreeing Experts and Its Role in AI Safety
If two experts disagree on a test, we may conclude both cannot be 100 per cent correct. But if they completely agree, no possible evaluation can be excluded. This asymmetry in the utility of agreements versus disagreements is explored here by formalizing a logic of unsupervised evaluation for classifiers. Its core problem is computing the set of group evaluations that are logically consistent with how we observe them agreeing and disagreeing in their decisions. Statistical summaries of their al…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #StreetSounds
50 Cent:
🎵 Just a Lil’ Bit
#50Cent
https://nivedan.bandcamp.com/track/50-cent-just-a-lil-bit-afro-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/4nva9EpKntUTs6CRSGBCn9

US wholesale prices jump 3.3% as Trump tariffs hit economy 
—  The Rise in Producer Price Index in July was the highest since February 
—  US wholesale prices jumped in July, rising 3.3 per cent from a year earlier,
in the clearest sign yet that Donald Trump's tariffs are seeping through to the American economy

US Producer Prices Rise by Most in Three Years on Services
US wholesale inflation accelerated in July by the most in three years, suggesting companies are passing along higher import costs related to tariffs.

"Der Preis des #Deutschlandticket im Nahverkehr soll im kommenden Jahr von derzeit 58 Euro auf 63 Euro im Monat steigen."
"Zum 1.1.2026 wird die #Pendlerpauschale dauerhaft auf 38 Cent ab dem ersten Kilometer erhöht."

Starting the fourth chapter "The Rise of the Web" of #ThisIsForEveryone, I am pleasently surprised to find out a librarian — Louise Addis of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) — played an important, supportive role in the very first days of the web.

Tomographic reconstruction of free-electron quantum states
Hao Jeng, Claus Ropers
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17594 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.17594

Tomographic reconstruction of free-electron quantum states
We give several algorithms for reconstructing quantum states of swift electrons, using maximum likelihood estimation, Bayesian inversion, and deep learning. We apply these algorithms to data previously recorded for an attosecond electron pulse-train to retrieve the density matrix and to analyse its physical properties. Based on the reconstructed quantum state, we obtain pulse-durations of about 245as and predict a degree of coherence of 36 per cent for radiations and excitations produced by the…

1.8 per cent measurement of $H_0$ from Cepheids alone
Richard Stiskalek, Harry Desmond, Eleni Tsaprazi, Alan Heavens, Guilhem Lavaux, Stuart McAlpine, Jens Jasche
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09665

1.8 per cent measurement of $H_0$ from Cepheids alone
One of the most pressing problems in current cosmology is the cause of the Hubble tension. We revisit a two-rung distance ladder, composed only of Cepheid periods and magnitudes, anchor distances in the Milky Way, Large Magellanic Cloud, NGC 4258, and host galaxy redshifts. We adopt the SH0ES data for the most up-to-date and carefully vetted measurements, where the Cepheid hosts were selected to harbour also Type Ia supernovae. We introduce two important improvements: a rigorous selection model…

Ich fluche hier öfters mal über meine hohen Krankenkassenbeiträge.
Aber als ich im Juli ziemlich überraschend und plötzlich ins Krankenhaus musste und ich dort in der Notaufnahme mit sehr viel Engagement und Know-how und Gewissenhaftigkeit untersucht & behandelt wurde, war ich um jeden Cent froh, den ich bezahlt habe.
Ich wünschte nur, mein Geld würde wirklich in das Gesundheitssystem fließen und nicht in die Taschen der Krankenkassen.

I finally canceled my https://medium.com subscription, after many years.
Before you earn one single cent, you have to work that hard that this becomes your 2nd job, no thank you. Besides that, as on any other platform, more and more idiots are posting stuff without using any links, like all the Twitter idiots 🙄

„Die Tickets in Berlin sind teurer als in Paris“, sagt ein Fahrgast. 4 Euro fürs Einzelticket ist schon eine Ansage. Dass das Sozialticket sich innerhalb eines Jahres im Preis verdreifacht, ist auch Teil der „Sollen sie doch Kuchen … äh, Auto fahren“-Politik der CDU.

rbb24 Abendschau: ÖPNV: VBB beschließt Tariferhöhung - hier anschauen
In Berlin und Brandenburg wird das Bus- und Bahnfahren im Schnitt um sechs Prozent teurer. Der Aufsichtsrat des Verkehrsverbund VBB hat eine Preiserhöhung ab Januar beschlossen. Innerhalb des Berliner Stadtgebiets kostet ein Einzelfahrschein dann 4 Euro und damit 20 Cent mehr als bisher. In den neuen Tarifen wird es einige Tickets nicht mehr geben - wie eine 7-Tage-Karte oder das Senioren-Abo. Außerdem verschwindet die Tarifstufe BC. Beiträge von Laurence Thio und Thomas Rostek

Why it’s important new electricity demand is flexible (e.g. EV smart charging/V2G, flexible heat pumps):
“Stimulating flexible demand by 8.3% benefits solar producers 31 per cent more than if new demand follows traditional patterns by increasing capture price for solar producers by 9.9 per cent”
https://

MeerKAT discovery of 164 compact radio rings toward the Galactic Plane
C. Bordiu, F. Bufano, G. Umana, J. R. Rizzo, C. Spingola, C. Trigilio, S. Loru, M. D. Filipovic, C. Buemi, F. Cavallaro, L. Cerrigone, P. Leto, A. Ingallinera, S. Riggi, A. C. Ruggeri, Z. Smeaton, P. A. Woudt
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20289

MeerKAT discovery of 164 compact radio rings toward the Galactic Plane
We report the discovery of 164 compact (radius < 1 arcmin) radio rings using MeerKAT 1.3 GHz data from the SARAO MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey (l=2-60deg, 252-358deg, |b|<1.5deg) and the Galactic Centre mosaic, from a search aimed at identifying previously uncatalogued radio sources. Within this sample, approximately 19 per cent of the rings contain a central point radio source. A multiwavelength analysis reveals a striking diversity: about 40 per cent of the rings enclose an isolated…

"Approximately 80 per cent of all croplands in Gaza had been either damaged or destroyed"
Poisoned water and shattered grid: Gaza left in environmental freefall after war, report says | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/gaza-israel-war-hamas-water-ecosystems-ceasefire-b2847085.html

"New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds"
#NewZealand #Climate #ClimateChange

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #StreetSounds
MANN ft. 50 Cent:
🎵 Buzzin Remix
#MANNft50Cent
https://djcaraby.bandcamp.com/track/buzzin-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/7BmI4hAj6dXIQgA77ZlOzm

Near-Field Gain and Far-Field Control via a Plasmonic Time Crystal Slab
Jaime E. Sustaeta-Osuna, Thomas F. Allard, Francisco J. Garc\'ia-Vidal, Paloma A. Huidobro
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.16153

Near-Field Gain and Far-Field Control via a Plasmonic Time Crystal Slab
Light matter interactions can be substantially altered in the presence of time varying media. We study the interaction between a harmonic electric dipole and a plasmonic time crystal slab. Temporal modulation of the plasma frequency enables near field gain, allowing the dipole to absorb rather than emit energy, suppressing nonradiative losses. At the parametric resonance condition, the slab radiates strongly to the far field, producing hundred per cent oscillations in the radiated power at dist…

Activity in White Dwarf Debris Disks I: Spitzer Legacy Reveals Variability Incompatible with the Canonical Model
Hiba Tu Noor, Jay Farihi, Scott J. Kenyon, Roman R. Rafikov, Mark C. Wyatt, Kate Y. L. Su, Carl Melis, Andrew Swan, Thomas G. Wilson, Boris T. G\"ansicke, Amy Bonsor, Laura K. Rogers, Seth Redfield, Mukremin Kilic
https://a…

Activity in White Dwarf Debris Disks I: Spitzer Legacy Reveals Variability Incompatible with the Canonical Model
This study presents all available, multi-epoch 3.6 and 4.5 $μ$m photometry from Spitzer Space Telescope observations of white dwarf debris disks, including weekly cadence observations of 16 relatively bright systems, and 5 h staring-mode observations for five of these. Significant variability is detected in 85 per cent of disks and across all timescales probed, from minutes to weeks to years, where the largest flux changes correlate with the longest time baselines, and the infrared excesses pe…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheFirstTimeWith
Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh:
🎵 La-Di-Da-Di (Live)
#SlickRick #DougEFresh
https://supermix.bandcamp.com/track/slick-rick-doug-e-fresh-la-di-da-di-mixed-with-50-cent-in-da-club-instrumental

“.. slim laden tot een gemiddeld 70 procent lagere energievraag door e-auto’s tijdens de stroomspits.
[..]
Die korting was tijdens de proefperiode gemiddeld 82 cent, ofwel 7,5 procent op een laadbeurt.
Deze relatief kleine beloning blijkt voldoende om het laadgedrag van e-rijders te veranderen.”
de Volkskrant: Als er een financieel voordeeltje te behalen is, wil de e-automobilist ineens wel ‘slim laden’

Problem mit Behörde - Essen um 3,50 Euro: Traum von Gastronom geplatzt #News #Nachrichten

"From the Peak District to St Austell Bay - how beloved beauty spots are in decline"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment

From the Peak District to St Austell Bay – how beloved beauty spots are in decline
Just six per cent of the UK is currently being protected for nature, with important sites across the country at risk of decline

Thanks Neo-Liberals and Conservatives of the 20th and 21st century!
"Experts say growing inequality is the result of decades of government policy choices and dramatic increases in executive pay.
And the biggest factor has been gains for the highest-earning one per cent of Canadians."
Looking at you: Liberal Party of Canada, Conservative Party ("Progressive" and not) and the neo-Liberal wing of the NDP.
#liberals #canada #canpoli #cdnpoli #cpc #ndp
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/08/25/How-Rich-Canadians-Got-Even-Richer/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Trump: "I stand 100 per cent behind the United Nations."
Me: Well, it's obviously much easier to give someone a good kick in the backside when you're standing behind them...

Good Morning #Canada
This morning, our old Mazda goes in for new brakes, front and back, and install the snow tires. While sipping my coffee, I was wondering about auto stats in Canada....
- Canada ranks 23rd worldwide in vehicles per 1,000 people. USA ranks 10th.
- COVID put and end to rising car ownership. In 2020 there were 473 vehicles for every 1,000 people. Today, it's estimated to be 408.
- 11% of Canadians own 3 or more vehicles, 2% own 5 or more.
- 9% own an electric vehicle or hybrid.
- 78% of Canadians say it would be impossible for them not to have a car.
- 41% wish they had better transportation options to avoid needing a car altogether.
- Compared to 2024, car ownership costs have increased 9 per cent, rising from $5,025 to $5,497 annually.
Data from Wikipedia, #StatsCan, and Car Ownership Index.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Automobile

Trends in Bestattung - Darum sind wir Österreicher mit dem Tod per Sie #News #Nachrichten

Origins and lifetimes of secular and tidal bars in simulated disc galaxies
Matthew Frosst, Danail Obreschkow, Aaron Ludlow, Amelia Fraser-McKelvie
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14626

Origins and lifetimes of secular and tidal bars in simulated disc galaxies
We investigate the formation of stellar bars in 307 Milky Way-mass disc galaxies in the TNG50 cosmological simulation. Most bars form rapidly in dynamically cold discs shortly after the central stellar mass exceeds that of dark matter. In these cases, bar formation is consistent with secular instabilities driven by the disc's self-gravity, which organises stellar orbits into a coherent bar structure. However, around 25 per cent of barred galaxies are dark matter dominated at the time of bar for…

“The airline's latest offer included a 38 per cent increase in total compensation, including benefits and pensions over four years, that it said "would have made our flight attendants the best compensated in Canada." “
Ya…. Because I am sure WestJet and ultra-budget Flair are so well compensated. 🙄
#racetothebottom
#union #aircanada #workerrights #strike #canpoli

Long post! #immigration #TFW #BC #CanPoli #CdnPoli #BCPoli #University #ForeignWorkers
I’ve been looking for hard numbers on foreign workers/international student workers. This story on cuts at Coast Mountain College in Prince Rupert surprisingly included examples!
As of March 28, 2025 (presumably in Prince Rupert):
McDonald's: 50 of 80 employees on temporary visas
Safeway: 50% of its 78 staff
Save On Foods: 35%
Tim Hortons: 30%
Skeena Taxi: 60%
Chances Casino: 55%
Crest Hotel: 35%
Three other local restaurants were 100% per cent reliant on temporary foreign workers.
— I want to make clear — I am not 'anti-immigrant’ — I am anti-business using cheap, exploitative, labour.
I am also against public universities/colleges (and thus government) relying on exorbitant tuitions to fund domestic programs, also admitted by a former President of CMC here!
"“Pursuing international students was a strategy developed when I chaired the board at Coast Mountain College," Prince Rupert Mayor Herb Pond said. "It wasn't a money grab, but rather a tactic to build out a broader offering of courses for the sake of local students. Pond added that he suspects the restrictions on foreign students will limit what the college is able to offer to Prince Rupert students.””
Governments and public institutions thave gotten drunk on international tuition to pad education budgets just like businesses have got drunk on high profit margins from hiring low-cost TFWs and raising consumer prices!
It's a money grab on both ends and in the middle are exploited immigrants and young Canadians looking for work.
"Many businesses struggle to recruit residents or convince Canadians from other regions…resulting in heavy reliance on international students and temporary foreign workers to pick up the slack."
This is a Business-Industry lie! Try applying for a minimum wage job! It's damn near impossible.
Con/Lib Government did this!
https://www.albernivalleynews.com/news/college-struggles-worker-supply-fades-as-immigration-changes-hammer-bcs-northwest-8247783