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I like Flatpaks, really, but then…
I had a bunch of Qt apps where the dark theme wasn't working. The solution was to install `org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Breeze-Dark`, which is the default dark theme, but as Flatpak.
Please, allow me to question this:
Why did I have to do this? I shouldn't have to do this. I shouldn't have to even worry about this. Why did I need to install the dark theme a second time? Why isn't that handled automatically?
(Distro: Tuxedo OS / …

"It feels like hard work trying to talk to it": Understanding Older Adults' Experiences of Encountering and Repairing Conversational Breakdowns with AI Systems
Niharika Mathur, Tamara Zubatiy, Agata Rozga, Elizabeth Mynatt
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06690

"It feels like hard work trying to talk to it": Understanding Older Adults' Experiences of Encountering and Repairing Conversational Breakdowns with AI Systems
Designing Conversational AI systems to support older adults requires more than usability and reliability, it also necessitates robustness in handling conversational breakdowns. In this study, we investigate how older adults navigate and repair such breakdowns while interacting with a voice-based AI system deployed in their homes for medication management. Through a 20-week in-home deployment with 7 older adult participant dyads, we analyzed 844 recoded interactions to identify conversational br…

SPATA: Systematic Pattern Analysis for Detailed and Transparent Data Cards
Jo\~ao Vitorino, Eva Maia, Isabel Pra\c{c}a, Carlos Soares
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26640 https://…

SPATA: Systematic Pattern Analysis for Detailed and Transparent Data Cards
Due to the susceptibility of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to data perturbations and adversarial examples, it is crucial to perform a thorough robustness evaluation before any Machine Learning (ML) model is deployed. However, examining a model's decision boundaries and identifying potential vulnerabilities typically requires access to the training and testing datasets, which may pose risks to data privacy and confidentiality. To improve transparency in organizations that handle confidential data…

VitaBench: Benchmarking LLM Agents with Versatile Interactive Tasks in Real-world Applications
Wei He, Yueqing Sun, Hongyan Hao, Xueyuan Hao, Zhikang Xia, Qi Gu, Chengcheng Han, Dengchang Zhao, Hui Su, Kefeng Zhang, Man Gao, Xi Su, Xiaodong Cai, Xunliang Cai, Yu Yang, Yunke Zhao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26490

VitaBench: Benchmarking LLM Agents with Versatile Interactive Tasks in Real-world Applications
As LLM-based agents are increasingly deployed in real-life scenarios, existing benchmarks fail to capture their inherent complexity of handling extensive information, leveraging diverse resources, and managing dynamic user interactions. To address this gap, we introduce VitaBench, a challenging benchmark that evaluates agents on versatile interactive tasks grounded in real-world settings. Drawing from daily applications in food delivery, in-store consumption, and online travel services, VitaBen…

Moody Urbanity - Life Details ⚜️
情绪化城市 - 生活细节 ⚜️
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

#TIL that #Gitolite can't handle repositories with different default branch names. As in, if you push a "main" branch into a "master" server, you get no HEAD 🤦. And you can only change that via SSH-ing to the server and modifying the underlying repository.
Apparently, you could also install a hook to automatically fix HEAD for you: #Gentoo #git

Moody Urbanity - Old & New 🔆
情绪化城市 - 新与旧 🔆
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Confidential LLM Inference: Performance and Cost Across CPU and GPU TEEs
Marcin Chrapek, Marcin Copik, Etienne Mettaz, Torsten Hoefler
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18886 https://