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London Heathrow T2 yesterday, United still checking bags by hand for all passengers in one long line (all classes together) due to the ARINC/Collins/RTX cyber failure @… has been documenting.

"This paper presents a comprehensive scientometric analysis of the long-term impact of [event] on the nation scientific development."
*oh, interesting!*
"Using Scopus-indexed data..."
*closes tab*

NFL overreaction Monday: Fishy betting lines and early picks for Week 9 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6754430/2025/10/27/nfl-overreaction-monday-week-9/

"Le Monde – En France, une transition climatique laissée pour compte"
https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2025/10/27/en-france-une-transition-climatique-laissee-pour-compte_6649812_3232.html

En France, une transition climatique laissée pour compte
Avec une planification écologique à l’arrêt depuis 2023, le personnel politique accrédite l’idée qu’il est incapable de penser le long terme, même sur des enjeux aussi importants que ceux du changement climatique et de l’effondrement de la biodiversité.

FreeBSD-Saigon-River
Another notch on the guitar. If you'd ever wanted to run the River window manager I've got you covered.
River’s window management style on Wayland is quite similar to dwm, xmonad, and other classic dynamic tiling X11 window managers. Windows are automatically arranged in a tiled layout and shifted around as windows are opened/closed.
Dots and setup are available on codeberg.org/thesaigoneer!

That's sad: what was far and away my favorite restaurant during last year's visit to Portland (Ore.) closed. Brunch-serving vegan diners are a particular type of place I love that seems to be an endangered species these days, cf Beach'N in SF, also closed this year.

One of Portland’s oldest vegan-friendly restaurants has closed
“We can no long sustain operations and have served the final plate,” the restaurant announces.

Series A, Episode 11 - Bounty
JENNA: It could be an injured pilot.
AVON: It could be a trap.
GAN: It's not a very good one, then. We're suspicious of it already.
AVON: The test is not whether you are suspicious but whether you are caught.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/111/65

CON-QA: Privacy-Preserving QA using cloud LLMs in Contract Domain
Ajeet Kumar Singh, Rajsabi Surya, Anurag Tripathi, Santanu Choudhury, Sudhir Bisane
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19925

CON-QA: Privacy-Preserving QA using cloud LLMs in Contract Domain
As enterprises increasingly integrate cloud-based large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and Gemini into their legal document workflows, protecting sensitive contractual information - including Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and commercially sensitive clauses - has emerged as a critical challenge. In this work, we propose CON-QA, a hybrid privacy-preserving framework designed specifically for secure question answering over enterprise contracts, effectively combining local and c…

Series C, Episode 13 - Terminal
TARRANT: Avon, where is the ship headed?
AVON: To tell you the truth, I haven't the faintest idea.
[Flight deck. Tarrant, Vila, Dayna, Cally enter.]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/313/94 B7B2

NFL stats and records, Week 12: RB Jahmyr Gibbs closes in on Lions legend https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-stats-and-records-week-12-rb-jahmyr-gibbs-closes-in-on-lions-legend