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PitchBook: Q4 2023 saw only 12 crypto exits, the lowest number since Q4 2020 and consistent with the "low-level activity seen throughout 2023" (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/14/crypto-exits-remain-low-but-investors-re…

Crypto exits remain low but investors remain unfazed | TechCrunch
New PitchBook data makes it clear that if the larger startup market is suffering from an exit-drought, crypto startups are possibly even more parched.

Don't miss today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know today, including
--Researchers stopped XZ Utils-Type malicious Actors targeting three JavaScript projects
--RansomHub starts leaking Change Healthcare data,
-- Hackers stole some Cisco Duo's customers' VoIP and SMS logs,
--Cryptojacker busted for stealing cloud services,
--Chirp Systems silent on smart lock vulnerability,
--Critics question Microsoft's incentive to improve security,
--FTC slams Cerebral for sharing customers' health info with advertisers,
--Ukraine hackers claim Russian drone developer breach,
--Palo Alto rolls out fixes for zero-day,
--much more
https://www.metacurity.com/p/researchers-stopped-xz-utilstype-malicious-actors-targeting-three-javascript-projects

Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag Valley
• In Ecuador’s Intag Valley, the women’s artisan collective Mujer y Medio Ambiente (Women and the Environment) has developed an innovative way to dye and stitch fibers from the cabuya plant, an agave-like shrub.
• The women use environmentally friendly techniques, such as natural dyes from native plants and insects, and agroecological farming practices to cultivate cabuya as a complementary crop to thei…

Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag Valley
INTAG VALLEY, Ecuador — In Ecuador’s lush tropical Andes, Silvia Vetancourt multitasks, her hands maneuvering crochet needles with swift precision as she navigates the rocky path to the old town of Plaza Gutierrez. “We like this craft because it’s mobile,” she says, holding out a piece of a small coin purse she’s been working on […]

Wyoming passes the Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act, a framework to recognize DAOs as legal entities; a16z crypto supported the law (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/03/08/wyoming-dao-a16z-crypto-cryp…

Wyoming wants to become the Delaware of DAOs with new crypto law for decentralized autonomous organizations
The legislation is the latest blockchain-focused regulation from the Cowboy State.

Fractal Calculus to Derive Fractal Frenet Equations for Fractal Curves
Alireza Khalili Golmankhaneh, Palle E. T. J{\o}rgensen, Dimiter Prodanov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07996

Fractal Calculus to Derive Fractal Frenet Equations for Fractal Curves
This paper introduces the concept of Fractal Frenet equations, a set of differential equations used to describe the behavior of vectors along fractal curves. The study explores the analogue of arc length for fractal curves, providing a measure to quantify their length. It also discusses fundamental mathematical constructs, such as the analogue of the unit tangent vector, which indicates the curve's direction at different points, and the analogue of curvature vector or fractal curvature vector, …

Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag Valley
• In Ecuador’s Intag Valley, the women’s artisan collective Mujer y Medio Ambiente (Women and the Environment) has developed an innovative way to dye and stitch fibers from the cabuya plant, an agave-like shrub.
• The women use environmentally friendly techniques, such as natural dyes from native plants and insects, and agroecological farming practices to cultivate cabuya as a complementary crop to thei…

Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag Valley
INTAG VALLEY, Ecuador — In Ecuador’s lush tropical Andes, Silvia Vetancourt multitasks, her hands maneuvering crochet needles with swift precision as she navigates the rocky path to the old town of Plaza Gutierrez. “We like this craft because it’s mobile,” she says, holding out a piece of a small coin purse she’s been working on […]

Re-Interpreting the Step-Response Probability Curve to Extract Fundamental Physical Parameters of Event-based Vision Sensors
Brian McReynolds, Rui Graca, Lucas Kulesza, Peter McMahon-Crabtree
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07656

Re-Interpreting the Step-Response Probability Curve to Extract Fundamental Physical Parameters of Event-based Vision Sensors
Biologically inspired event-based vision sensors (EVS) are growing in popularity due to performance benefits including ultra-low power consumption, high dynamic range, data sparsity, and fast temporal response. They efficiently encode dynamic information from a visual scene through pixels that respond autonomously and asynchronously when the per-pixel illumination level changes by a user-selectable contrast threshold ratio, $θ$. Due to their unique sensing paradigm and complex analog pixel cir…

Cryptos / Web3 = Vaporware
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Cryptos / Web3 = Vaporware - Didier J. MARY (blog)
Synthèse augmentée d'une interview de Nicholas Weaver, qui dresse une situation à 360° du monde crypto/blockchain/Web3 (vaporware)

Deforming Locally Convex Curves into Curves of Constant $k$-order Width
Laiyuan Gao, Horst Martini, Deyan Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.05267 https://…

Deforming Locally Convex Curves into Curves of Constant $k$-order Width
A nonlocal curvature flow is introduced to evolve locally convex curves in the plane. It is proved that this flow with any initial locally convex curve has a global solution, keeping the local convexity and the elastic energy of the evolving curve, and that, as the time goes to infinity, the curve converges to a smooth, locally convex curve of constant $k$-order width. In particular, the limiting curve is a multiple circle if and only if the initial locally convex curve is $k$-symmetric.

Weird Crap In Australia
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods

Weird Crap In Australia | Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory
Podcast: Weird Crap In Australia Hosts: Matthew Soall and Holly Hunt Soall Category: Society & Culture Sub-Category: History, Paranormal & Cryptids & Aliens, True Crime & Investigations First Episode…