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Donald Knuth is quite enthusiastic about his recent experiences with generative AI: #Knuth

Sehr empfehlenswert für alle, die sich realpolitisch engagieren und selbst zur Zivilgesellschaft gehören: Rahel Becker und @… mit
Power Cycles statt Burnout – Wie Einflussnahme nicht verpufft

Farmers focus on what will sell, leaving new options unexplored
This thread will highlight plants with higher Optimal Growing Temperature,
and that don’t depend on seasonal cycles or flower in late season.
#climatechange #foodsecurity

Knuth on Claude:
https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/papers/claude-cycles.pdf

Endless cycles of greed-based wars and endless cycles of greed-based “AI” and endless cycles of greed-based fascism rising

On the Zanussi ZWF01483W washing machine: Review (2020) - Cold washes, 10kg capacity, quick and intensive cycles. - https://m.earth.org.uk/note-on-Zanussi-ZWF01483W-freestanding-washing-machine-REVIEW.html

On the Zanussi ZWF01483W washing machine: Review (2020)
Cold washes, 10kg capacity, quick and intensive cycles.

Welcome to #TextModeTuesday! For the next few weeks I'll be posting some projects & experiments related to this just spontaneously made up hashtag. If you've got something related to interesting text-based art/experiments, patterns, ASCII-art, ANSI-art etc. please share — the more, the merrier...
To start with, here's an experiment from a few years ago to demonstrat…

"Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Allexa Nava:
🎵 Cycles/Circles
#AllexaNava
https://open.spotify.com/track/1iWaIX9pdYz8cEsUDI4SPf
Please 🔁 BOOST to share what you like
- your followers don't see if you ⭐ favourite a post

> Companies invested millions in CASE tool suites. Conferences were held. Methodologies were developed. The promise was that software engineering would finally become real engineering, with predictable outcomes, repeatable processes, and automatic generation of code from specifications.
Made me chuckle
https…

#Vancouver #cycles
Users of the 29th Avenue & Valley Drive bike routes will be pleased to know that (after much delay) the section of Nanton Avenue between Arbutus and Valley has this afternoon been blacktopped. There are now directional, segregated bike lanes with a narrow street for vehicles leaving no …

@… I’m conflicted.
Today my wife took our son out skiing, they’ll be away overnight. Since I’m alone at home, I took a day off work to have my first real “me day” in years.
At first glance, not a bad day to relive! Low stress, no outwards commitments, awesome!
After a few cycles though, I think I would be sad that my family leaves me every morning at 6 AM…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Kennebec:
🎵 Cycles
#Kennebec
https://kennebec1.bandcamp.com/track/cycles
https://open.spotify.com/track/79bXbXGaBKmzq8t6isHWVC

Mission accomplished. 25 Engelstunden. #39c3

＂A thoughtful walk through … FreeBSD 15.0—its design, discipline, and why composable systems still matter.
FreeBSD 15.0 quietly advances security, adapts to change with finesse, and reflects solid, intentional engineering. It powers some of the most flexible firewalls in use today and enables forward-looking filesystem design. It does not claim perfection, yet it consistently moves toward it. FreeBSD does not chase trends, influencers, or corporate fashion cycles. It focuses on doing …

"Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

Donald Knuth discovers vibe-mathing:
"What a joy it is to learn not only that my conjecture has a nice solution but also to celebrate this dramatic advance in automatic deduction and creative problem solving. I’ll try to tell the story briefly in this note."
https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/papers/claude-cycles.pdf

🌱 Fast-growing trees are taking over the forests of the future and putting biodiversity, climate resilience under pressure
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-fast-trees-forests-future-biodiversity.html

Fast-growing trees are taking over the forests of the future and putting biodiversity, climate resilience under pressure
Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils, regulate water cycles, and supply resources that humans rely on—from timber and food to recreation and shade on a hot day.

A few pictures from yesterday night at the #39C3
(License: CC BY-SA 4.0)

On the Zanussi ZWF01483W washing machine: Review (2020) - Cold washes, 10kg capacity, quick and intensive cycles. - https://m.earth.org.uk/note-on-Zanussi-ZWF01483W-freestanding-washing-machine-REVIEW.html

On the Zanussi ZWF01483W washing machine: Review (2020)
Cold washes, 10kg capacity, quick and intensive cycles.

Itämeri on edelleen pilaantunut vuosikymmenten ravinteiden valumien ja niitä estävien tekojen takia, muttamiksi?
Why the Baltic Sea still chokes after decades of nutrient controls https://phys.org/news/2026-02-baltic-sea-decades-nutrient.html

Why the Baltic Sea still chokes after decades of nutrient controls
The Baltic Sea has been under pressure for decades: Although phosphorus and nitrogen river loads, the main cause for its eutrophication, have been significantly reduced, adverse effects such as algal blooms and oxygen depletion still massively occur, leading to further ecological problems. Scientists at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) have now published a comprehensive review showing how nutrient pollution, internal matter cycles and global warming interact, ther…

Audrey Watters writes about how the #AI 'tsunami' in #edtech follows the same trajectory as all the previous technological hype cycles:
"There will be no “AI” tutor revolution just as there was no MOOC revolution just as there was no personalized learning revolution just as there was no computer-assisted instruction revolution just as there was no teaching machine revolution."
https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/the-broken-record/

On Time
Across four conversations journalist Rachael Hocking engages with leading thinkers to examine how time governs our world by measuring moments, defining cycles and shaping our deepest sense of self...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/on-tim

Why the Baltic Sea still chokes after decades of nutrient controls #BalticSea

Why the Baltic Sea still chokes after decades of nutrient controls
The Baltic Sea has been under pressure for decades: Although phosphorus and nitrogen river loads, the main cause for its eutrophication, have been significantly reduced, adverse effects such as algal blooms and oxygen depletion still massively occur, leading to further ecological problems. Scientists at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) have now published a comprehensive review showing how nutrient pollution, internal matter cycles and global warming interact, ther…

If REM sleep cycles are ~90mins, hth did anyone think that an 8hour sleep aim would work?

This was too good to be checked…
But it’s bullshit.
She never said that.
(plonk) @… https://mastodon.scot/@BlytheCycles/11604739239…

The Dependence of Earth #Milankovitch Cycles on Martian Mass: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/ae2800 -> Tiny Mars’ big impact on Earth’s climate: https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/01/12/tiny-mars-big-impact-earths-climate - study shows how red planet’s pull shapes ice ages.

NFL coaching carousel winners and losers: Giants nail Harbaugh hire, Bills stumble through McDermott exit

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-coaching-carousel-winners-and-losers-20…

Un texte pédagogique qui vaut quelques minutes :
Simon Tremblay-Pepin, « Savoir lire en sciences humaines »
https://crits.ustpaul.ca/crits/blogue/savoir-lire-en-sciences-humaines?

Savoir lire en sciences humaines — École d'innovation sociale Élisabeth Bruyère
En janvier 2026, ça fera dix ans que j’enseigne à l’École d’innovation sociale Élisabeth-Bruyère de l’Université Saint-Paul. Cette expérience m’a amené à participer à la création de programmes à tous les niveaux universitaires, à y enseigner et à superviser des recherches d’étudiant·e·s aux deuxième et troisième cycles. Les étudiant·e·s de notre école ont des parcours...

Acoustic Signatures of Pinch-Off Cavities During Water-Entry
Zirui Liu, Tongtong Ding, Mingyue Kuang, Zimeng Li, Junyi Zhao, A-Man Zhang, Shuai Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.22761 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.22761 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.22761
arXiv:2602.22761v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This study experimentally, numerically, and theoretically investigates the cavity/bubble dynamics and radiated acoustics during the water entry of a centimeter-scale cylindrical projectile with a conical nose. Experiments were conducted in a laboratory tank, employing synchronized high-speed imaging and hydrophone measurements to characterize the cavity closure modes and their resultant acoustic signatures across a range of Froude numbers. The acoustic signal features a weak radiated signal upon impact, followed by significant pressure oscillations spanning more than 20 cycles in the flow field after cavity elongation and pinch-off. A numerical model based on the Finite Volume Method (FVM) successfully captures these physical processes. Subsequently, a semi-theoretical model that incorporates the projectile's boundary effect is developed from potential flow theory. The model not only yields a dominant cavity oscillation frequency that agrees well with experimental data, but also reveals that the boundary effect leads to a cavity oscillation frequency markedly higher than the Minnaert frequency of an equivalent-volume ellipsoidal bubble containing an internal rigid core. The dominant cavity frequency falls nearly linearly with Fr, governed by nose geometry and projectile inertia. This study clarifies the underlying physics connecting cavity dynamics during water entry to underwater acoustic radiation.
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I'm extending my promise to donate all my book royalties and adding a charity (the Salt Cure Fund). I'm overestimating my 2025 royalties to be $75. I do not have the spare cycles to figure out the accounting for physical book sales. Ebook royalties came out to 56.75.
https://buttondown.com/megancar…

Extending a promise
sign at Alex Pretti’s memorial Just over a month since we last talked and the Twin Cities is holding its breath. We are waiting to see if Operation Metro...

There is no shortage of information that needs to be preserved for very long periods of time.
But there is a problem:
current long-term storage of digital media
– including in datacentres that underpin the cloud
– relies on magnetic tape and hard disks, both of which have limited lifespans.
That means repeated cycles of copying on to new tapes and disks are required.
Now experts at Microsoft in Cambridge say they have refined a method for long-term data st…

Stop Paying Rent on Your Own Words!
Stop paying rent on your own words. For decades, writers were taught that “real” authors have representation, an agent, sometimes even a manager, as if legitimacy were a credential issued by an industry gatekeeper. That belief was formed in an older media economy: fewer publishers, fewer channels, slower production cycles, and a cultural aura around scarcity. In 2026, the belief is not merely old fashioned.

Stop Paying Rent on Your Own Words! | David Boles, Blogs
Stop paying rent on your own words. For decades, writers were taught that “real” authors have representation, an agent, sometimes even a manager, as if legitimacy were a credential issued by an ind…

Playing a little bit of the new B42 Zomboid last night, I came up with a new feature I need...
Change the auto-updater to skip updating if there are players currently logged in.
It'll check Steam, (or whatever the relative source), for an update and apply those changes once an hour. However for fast-changing servers like Zomboid (during development cycles) and ARK (notably when they "fix" something only to break 3 more things), this can be annoying for users alread…

A breakthrough for renewable energy storage: Italian company GES has developed a manganese-hydrogen battery that could reshape the grid.
It costs just €0.02 per kWh per cycle—dramatically undercutting lithium-ion—while lasting 10,000 cycles at 75% efficiency. Commercial rollout expected in 2027.

GES rolls out manganese-hydrogen battery with significant cost edge over lithium-ion
The Italian company said the manganese-hydrogen battery it has developed represents an advanced solution for long-duration energy storage. The technology enables energy to be stored for many hours or even days, overcoming the structural limitations of lithium-ion batteries.

Breaking Cycles of Violence: Psychohistorical Perspectives on Individual and Collective Healing
https://ift.tt/Bdr2kNt
updated: Thursday, December 18, 2025 - 10:55pmfull name / name of organization: International…
via Input 4 RELCFP

On the Zanussi ZWF01483W washing machine: Review (2020) - Cold washes, 10kg capacity, quick and intensive cycles. - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-Zanussi-ZWF01483W-freestanding-washing-machine-REVIEW.html

On the Zanussi ZWF01483W washing machine: Review (2020)
Cold washes, 10kg capacity, quick and intensive cycles.

Experimental Validation of HomHBFEM Simulations of Fast Corrector Magnets for PETRA IV
Jan-Magnus Christmann, Laura Anna Maria D'Angelo, Herbert De Gersem, Sven Pfeiffer, Sajjad Hussain Mirza, Adeel Amjad, Lucas Rousselange, Matthias Thede
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14824 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.14824 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.14824
arXiv:2602.14824v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This paper presents experimental validation of the homogenized harmonic balance finite element method (HomHBFEM), which we have developed as a dedicated simulation technique for magnets with fast excitation cycles, in particular the fast corrector (FC) magnets for PETRA IV at DESY. The HomHBFEM allows efficient three-dimensional nonlinear eddy-current simulations of laminated magnets at elevated frequencies with a relatively coarse finite element (FE) mesh and without computationally expensive time-stepping. This is achieved by combining a frequency-domain-based homogenization technique with the harmonic balance FE method. The simulation results for the magnetic flux density along the axis of the FC magnets as a function of frequency and the resulting integrated transfer function (ITF) are compared to Hall probe and search coil measurements of the first prototype FC magnet for PETRA IV. A good agreement between simulated and measured ITFs is achieved for excitation frequencies from 10 Hz to 10 kHz.
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2023–2024 El Niño triggered record-breaking sea level spike along African coastlines, study finds #Africa

2023–2024 El Niño triggered record-breaking sea level spike along African coastlines, study finds
Africa's coastlines are under growing threat as sea levels climb faster than ever, driven by decades of global warming caused by human activity, natural climate cycles, and warming ocean waters. Between 2009 and 2024, the continent experienced a 73% increase in sea-level rise, according to a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment.

Playing a little bit of the new B42 Zomboid last night, I came up with a new feature I need...
Change the auto-updater to skip updating if there are players currently logged in.
It'll check Steam, (or whatever the relative source), for an update and apply those changes once an hour. However for fast-changing servers like Zomboid (during development cycles) and ARK (notably when they "fix" something only to break 3 more things), this can be annoying for users alread…

Crosslisted article(s) found for cs.DS. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.DS/new
[1/1]:
- Algebraic Reduction to Improve an Optimally Bounded Quantum State Preparation Algorithm
Giacomo Belli, Michele Amoretti
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.06535 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/116040046858615026
- Induced Cycles of Many Lengths
Maria Chudnovsky, Ilya Maier
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.06874 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_mathCO_bot/116039905295882594
- Circuit Diameter of Polyhedra is Strongly Polynomial
Bento Natura
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.06958 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_mathOC_bot/116040016711065918
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In Miami last night,
𝗘𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗼𝗿’𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝟯𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀.
She didn’t just win; she defeated a candidate endorsed by both Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis in a city that has trended heavily Republican in recent cycles.
In Georgia, Democrat 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗚𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝘄𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝟭𝟮 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀.
He didn’t do it in a blue stronghold. He did it in deep red territory that had been purposely gerrymandered to …

I just gave to the Save America Movement!
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China just unveiled a game-changing energy storage breakthrough: the world's first 560°C "Carnot battery" that stores electricity as ultra-high-temperature heat and cold.
SPIC's pilot system has completed seven full cycles at 1 MW/4 MWh, offering a promising alternative to lithium-ion batteries for long-duration storage.

World-first 560 C Carnot battery unveiled as SPIC launches ultra-high-temperature heat storage
Chinese state-owned power group SPIC has launched a 1 MW / 4 MWh pilot, showcasing a long-duration energy storage alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries and compressed air energy storage (CAES).