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Following yesterday's interest rate announcement, it's worth a reminder that our collective fixation on inflation only reflects one aspect of the Bank's remit under the Bank of Canada Act (1985).
The BoC is tasked with mitigating "fluctuations in the general level of production, trade, prices and employment" - that is, using interest rates not only to influence inflation, but employment, etc. The obsession with 2% came later and isn't reflected in the law.

SUPPLY: Sustainable multi-UAV Performance-aware Placement Algorithm for Flying Networks
Pedro Ribeiro, Andr\'e Coelho, Rui Campos
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.06197

SUPPLY: Sustainable multi-UAV Performance-aware Placement Algorithm for Flying Networks
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are used for a wide range of applications. Due to characteristics such as the ability to hover and carry cargo on-board, rotary-wing UAVs have been considered suitable platforms for carrying communications nodes, including Wi-Fi Access Points and cellular Base Stations. This gave rise to the concept of Flying Networks (FNs), now making part of the so-called Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs) defined in 3GPP. In scenarios where the deployment of terrestrial networks …

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Excerpts from Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Infrastructure’
Should I be scared? the boy asked. To go on the roads? And to go on planes?

Just some planes, the man said. You can still go on planes mostly.

I’m glad, the boy said. Otherwise, how would they feed toddlers.

What, said the man.

The boy flew a piece of food toward his mouth. He made an airplane sound.

Oh, the man said.

It was a joke, the boy said.

Of course, the man said. Jokes. Yes.
As…

Excerpts from Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Infrastructure’
Roads crumbling into the sea and ash falling from the sky. Lots of ash.

“…the problem, for viewers, isn’t wokeness run amok; it’s the incoherence of the world we are watching. We see an African man solving crimes in a rural English village of the 1950s, as the sun sets on the empire — yet his race is barely mentioned or considered and never makes any material difference in his experience.”

Hollywood’s New Fantasy: A Magical, Colorblind Past
Films and TV shows keep reimagining history as a multiracial dream world. Is that really a step forward?

Well, this certainly put a smile on my face. #ShufflesTheClown

Donald Trump’s Cash Crunch Just Got Much, Much Worse
New federal campaign finance filings reveal that Trump is burning through donors’ funds as he struggles to fund his legal defense and his 2024 campaign.

Why FLAMINGO is the perfect name for an array of Cherenkov telescopes
P. Flock, A. Laguna-Salina, F. James, G. Blossom, B. Carotene, C. Sparks, D. Tarek, A. Ahashia, J. Donald
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.19993

Why FLAMINGO is the perfect name for an array of Cherenkov telescopes
This paper argues why FLAMINGO (Fast Light Atmospheric Monitoring and Imaging Novel Gamma-ray Observatory) is the perfect name for an array of very-high-energy Cherenkov telescopes. Studies which indicate pink is the most suitable pigment for the structures of Cherenkov telescopes have passed with flying colors. Pink optimizes the absorption and reflectivity properties of the telescopes with respect to the characteristic blue color of the Cherenkov radiation emitted by high-energy particles in …

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.11395 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@a…

Stable and low loss oxide layer on α-Ta (110) film for superconducting qubits
The presence of amorphous oxide layers can significantly affect the coherent time of superconducting qubits due to their high dielectric loss. Typically, the surface oxides of superconductor films exhibit lossy and unstable behavior when exposed to air. To increase the coherence time, it is essential for qubits to have stable and low dielectric loss oxides, either as barrier or passivation layers. In this study, we highlight the robust and stable nature of an amorphous tantalum oxide layer form…

Before you head out for the weekend, don't miss today's Metacurity for the most important infosec developments you should know, including
--FBI's Wray ramps up rhetoric on Chinese hackers, says they're poised to deal a 'devastating blow'
--Frontier Communications forced to shut down some systems following cyberattack,
--Akira gang has earned $42M,
--Jury finds Mango Markets exploiter guilty,
--Hacker claims theft from financial crime database,
--LastPass users targeted by CryptoChameleon,
--FIN7 targeted US carmaker,
--Ransomware attack threatens US and European blood supply,
--Cybersec pros ask Congress to solve NVD problems,
--much more
https://www.metacurity.com/p/fbis-wray-ramps-rhetoric-chinese-hackers-says-theyre-poised-deal-devastating-blow

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.11395 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@a…

Stable and low loss oxide layer on α-Ta (110) film for superconducting qubits
The presence of amorphous oxide layers can significantly affect the coherent time of superconducting qubits due to their high dielectric loss. Typically, the surface oxides of superconductor films exhibit lossy and unstable behavior when exposed to air. To increase the coherence time, it is essential for qubits to have stable and low dielectric loss oxides, either as barrier or passivation layers. In this study, we highlight the robust and stable nature of an amorphous tantalum oxide layer form…