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Convergence of discrete conformal mappings on surfaces
David Glickenstein, Lee Sidbury
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17037 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.17037

Convergence of discrete conformal mappings on surfaces
Discrete conformal mappings based on circle packing, vertex scaling, and related structures has had significant activity since Thurston proposed circle packing as a way to approximate conformal maps in the 1980s. The first convergence result of Rodin-Sullivan (1987) proved that circle packing maps do indeed converge to conformal maps to the disk. Recent results have shown convergence of maps of other discrete conformal structures to conformal maps as well. We give a general theorem of convergen…

Urban Comfort Assessment in the Era of Digital Planning: A Multidimensional, Data-driven, and AI-assisted Framework
Sijie Yang, Binyu Lei, Filip Biljecki
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16057

Urban Comfort Assessment in the Era of Digital Planning: A Multidimensional, Data-driven, and AI-assisted Framework
Ensuring liveability and comfort is one of the fundamental objectives of urban planning. Numerous studies have employed computational methods to assess and quantify factors related to urban comfort such as greenery coverage, thermal comfort, and walkability. However, a clear definition of urban comfort and its comprehensive evaluation framework remain elusive. Our research explores the theoretical interpretations and methodologies for assessing urban comfort within digital planning, emphasising…

Scientific studies on conversion therapy show its harms
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/conversion-therapy-studies-on-conversion-therapy-say/

What ingests large quantities of data, applies some math and outputs a much smaller set of data that can still be used to reconstruct what was ingested? Compression algorithms, right?
And some of them compress *so much* that data can only be extracted partially and the rest needs to be "guessed" - like JPEGs.
LLMs ingest TB after TB and compress that into a few miserable GB.
And that's why the info they produce is like a JPEG with a compression factor of 1000 and…

The ACT government provides a wide range of grants, funding and other support to individuals, groups, and organisations that benefit Canberrans and the Canberra community.
https://www.act.gov.au/money-and-tax/grants-funding-and-incentives

The ransomware gang Inc took credit for the attack on the PA Atttorney General's office
https://www.comparitech.com/news/ransomware-gang-says-it-hacked-pennsylvanias-attorney-general/

Ransomware gang says it hacked Pennsylvania’s Attorney General
Ransomware gang Inc over the weekend took credit for an August 2025 data breach at the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office.

CompLeak: Deep Learning Model Compression Exacerbates Privacy Leakage
Na Li, Yansong Gao, Hongsheng Hu, Boyu Kuang, Anmin Fu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.16872 https://

CompLeak: Deep Learning Model Compression Exacerbates Privacy Leakage
Model compression is crucial for minimizing memory storage and accelerating inference in deep learning (DL) models, including recent foundation models like large language models (LLMs). Users can access different compressed model versions according to their resources and budget. However, while existing compression operations primarily focus on optimizing the trade-off between resource efficiency and model performance, the privacy risks introduced by compression remain overlooked and insufficien…

from my link log —
CRLite: fast, private, and comprehensive certificate revocation checking in Firefox.
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2025/08/crlite-fast-private-and-comprehensive-certificate-revocation-checking…

CRLite: Fast, private, and comprehensive certificate revocation checking in Firefox – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
Firefox is now the first and the only browser to deploy fast and comprehensive certificate revocation checking that does not reveal your browsing activity to anyone (not even to Mozilla). ...

Barack Obama to be conferred with freedom of Dublin at ceremony on Thursday – The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2025/09/23/barack-obama-to-be-conferred-with-freedom-of-dublin-at-ceremony-on-thursday/