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Statistical analysis of multivariate planar curves and applications to X-ray classification
Moindji\'e Issam-Ali, Descary Marie-H\'el\`ene, Beaulac C\'edric
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11780

Statistical analysis of multivariate planar curves and applications to X-ray classification
Recent developments in computer vision have enabled the availability of segmented images across various domains, such as medicine, where segmented radiography images play an important role in diagnosis-making. As prediction problems are common in medical image analysis, this work explores the use of segmented images (through the associated contours they highlight) as predictors in a supervised classification context. Consequently, we develop a new approach for image analysis that takes into acc…

I'm dead. 🤣💀
▶️ Conan and Timothy Olyphant acting like siblings for 10 minutes straight
#comedy

Extension Monads: Some Structure Theorems
Danielle Bowerman, Matt Insall
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.05828 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.05828

Extension Monads: Some Structure Theorems
We investigate the behavior of extension monads, introduced in the 1990s by the second author, in terms of structure results for infinitely many finitary operations and common constructions in varieties or categories of algebras. Specifically, we see that for finite collections of algebras of the same signature there the extension monad operation commutes with the direct product operation, and that the only retractions from an enlargement or extension monad are trivial.

Isogeometric multi-patch shell analysis using the Geometry Simulation Modules
Hugo M. Verhelst, Angelos Mantzaflaris, Matthias M\"oller
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10648 h…

Isogeometric multi-patch shell analysis using the Geometry + Simulation Modules
Isogeometric Analysis (IGA) bridges Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) by employing splines as a common basis for geometry and analysis. One of the advantages of IGA is in the realm of thin shell analysis: due to the arbitrary continuity of the spline basis, Kirchhoff-Love shells can be modeled without the need to introduce unknowns for the mid-plane rotations, leading to a reduction in the number of unknowns. In this paper, we provide the background of an implementat…

GFW Report: on August 20, China's Great Firewall blocked all TCP port 443 traffic, used for HTTPS, for 74 minutes, an unusual move; the cause may be accidental (Nathaniel Mott/Tom's Hardware)
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China's Great Firewall blocked all traffic to a common HTTPS port for over an hour — with no hint as to its intention
The cause of the incident could be intentional or accidental

100 People Dead in Texas—Just 2 Months After Former National Weather Service Chiefs Warned of 'Nightmare' Scenario | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/texas-flood

I spent a few minutes this morning reading articles published in Canadian newspapers in the days immediately after the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They have a few things in common - they rely on US military sources, are optimistic about the effects on the war, and include very little on the horrors the bombs wrought. It took a few days for articles reporting the cities' utter annihilation to appear, based largely on Japanese accounts and only after the US bombed Na…

> The House speaker, Mike Johnson, told reporters in the Capitol a few minutes ago: “Political violence has become all too common in American society. This is not who we are. It violates the core principles of our country.”
lol. lmao even.

As Flood Deaths Rise, Texas Officials Blast Faulty Forecast by DOGE-Gutted National Weather Service
https://flip.it/BJQ-oD

As Flood Deaths Rise, Texas Officials Blast Faulty Forecast by DOGE-Gutted National Weather Service | Common Dreams
"Experts warned for months that drastic and sudden cuts at the National Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability and endanger lives during the storm season," said one critic.

Hrm… it turns out that the just-released #SpamAssassin 4.0.2’s more aggressive CNAME chasing is causing some people problems with slowness, apparently related to slow DNS and/or specific pathological names.
I didn’t see any issues myself despite having run “trunk” for months. I am tempted to blame reporters’ crappy DNS, but maybe I misunderstand. In any case, if you see trouble you may w…