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I found this story heartwarming: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/boisterous-sea-lions-back-visiting-west-vancouver-9.7047711
The story omits that the California variety bark ALL FREAKING NIGHT and that the…

Big, barking, bellowing sea lions back in B.C.'s Howe Sound | CBC News
"It's almost like a biker gang convention. They just arrive out of nowhere, they cause havoc, they’re barking and belching,” said UBC fisheries professor Andrew Trites.

Boots.com is using a service that's blocking my ISPs (CGNAT) IP - it's got a phone call to contact their customer care centre and asks you to quote the 38 digit incident ID.
Like that's going to work to a customer service person by phone.

The FBI arrests the son of a federal contractor who managed critical services and charges him with stealing ~$46M in crypto from the US Marshals Service (Sander Lutz/Decrypt)
https://decrypt.co/360120/federal-contractors-so…

Federal Contractor’s Son Arrested, Charged With Stealing $46 Million From US Crypto Stockpile
John Daghita was publicly accused of the crime by blockchain sleuth ZachXBT in January.

Em dias como hoje, eu tenho saudades de quando tinha uma conta exclusiva para assuntos sérios e esta daqui era só pra relaxar, sem seguir nenhuma conta de notícias e bloqueando hashtags indicando temas complicados. Eu cheguei cansado do trabalho e jš estou me sentindo mal de ver tantas coisas pesadas na tootline. Hš momentos em que isto nos faz mal.

Development and characterization of hybrid MCP-PMT with embedded Timepix4 ASIC used as pixelated anode
Riccardo Bolzonella, Jerome Alozy, Rafael Ballabriga, Nicol\`o Vladi Biesuz, Michael Campbell, Viola Cavallini, Angelo Cotta Ramusino, Massimiliano Fiorini, Edoardo Franzoso, Marco Guarise, Xavi Llopart Cudie, Gabriele Romolini, Alessandro Saputi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.01886 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.01886 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.01886
arXiv:2602.01886v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We present a novel single-photon detector based on a vacuum tube incorporating a photocathode, a microchannel plate (MCP), and a Timepix4 CMOS ASIC functioning as a pixelated anode. Designed to handle photon rates up to 1 billion per second across a 7 cm$^2$ active area, the detector achieves outstanding spatial and temporal resolutions of 5-10 $\mu$m and below 50 ps r.m.s., respectively.
The Timepix4 ASIC comprises approximately 230,000 pixels, each integrating analog and digital front-end electronics. This enables data-driven acquisition and supports data transmission rates up to 160 Gb/s. External FPGA-based electronics manage both configuration and readout.
In order to test the timing performance of the Timepix4 ASIC we performed preliminary characterization of an assembly bonded to a 100 $\mu$m thick n-on-p silicon sensor using a pulsed infrared laser, which demonstrated a per-pixel timing resolution of 110 ps, with cluster-based averaging methods improving to below 50 ps.
Six prototype detectors incorporating different MCP stack configurations and end-spoiling depths were produced by Hamamatsu Photonics. We report on their characterization, including dark count rates, gain, and spatial and timing resolutions, assessed both in laboratory conditions and during a test-beam campaign at CERN's SPS facility.
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