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For the millionth time, #FuckEricAdams. He was always a goddamned fascist republican cop, and the fact that he ran and won as a democrat speaks volumes about how fucked up NYC voting is. https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff…

Sources: In 2024, Apple explored a cloud service renting its own chips to developers; it spends ~$7B per year on renting Nvidia chips from AWS and Google (Aaron Tilley/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-explored…

Apple Explored Launching a Cloud Service for Developers
Apple over the past few years considered launching a business renting out its servers to the millions of developers that create apps for the iPhone and Mac, in what would be a hugely ambitious move that would pit it against Amazon, Microsoft and Google. The idea discussed was for Apple to rent ...

Trump Advisers Have Discussed a Job for Adams to Quit Mayor's Race (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/nyregion/trump-adams-sliwa-quit-nyc-mayor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jE8.1vby.99eyhvwznQvY&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250903/p88#a250903p88

Having legal protection insurance is always a good idea to, but IMHO it’s absolutely essential for professors due to the particular context in which we work. But I find that it’s hardly ever discussed.
An obvious example is the question of the limits of academic freedom, but many potential issues are way more trivial. ⇢
#AcademicChatter

Having legal protection insurance is always a good idea to, but IMHO it’s absolutely essential for professors due to the particular context in which we work. But I find that it’s hardly ever discussed.
An obvious example is the question of the limits of academic freedom, but many potential issues are way more trivial. ⇢
#AcademicChatter

Having legal protection insurance is always a good idea to, but IMHO it’s absolutely essential for professors due to the particular context in which we work. But I find that it’s hardly ever discussed.
An obvious example is the question of the limits of academic freedom, but many potential issues are way more trivial. ⇢
#AcademicChatter

Cosmological Dynamics of Accelerating Model in $f(T)$ Gravity with Special Form of Deceleration Parameter
Shivank Pal, Romanshu Garg, Gyan Prakash Singh, Gauree Shanker
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03756

Cosmological Dynamics of Accelerating Model in $f(T)$ Gravity with Special Form of Deceleration Parameter
In this paper, the dynamical behavior of the accelerated expansion of the universe is discussed within the framework of $f(T)$ gravity for a particular form of $ f(T)=α(-T)^{n}$. Considering a redshift-dependent parameterization of the deceleration parameter as $q(z)=q_{0}+ q_{1}\left(\frac{ \ln(N+z)}{z+1}-\ln N \right)$. We have derived the Hubble parameter in terms of redshift and discussed its effect on other cosmological parameters. Using Bayesian statistical analysis and $χ^2$-minimizati…

Apache Flink is uniquely positioned to serve as the backbone for AI agents, equipping them with the powerful new tool of stream processing. At Berlin Buzzword 2025, Steffen Hoellinger discussed how Flink jobs can be transformed into “Agents”—autonomous, goal-driven entities that dynamically interact with data streams, trigger actions, and adapt their behaviour based on real-time insights.
Watch the full session: #bbuzz returns on 7-9 June 2026: https://tickets.plainschwarz.com/bbuzz26/c/8Hvk0ZvJA/

The distribution of calibrated likelihood functions on the probability-likelihood Aitchison simplex
Paul-Gauthier No\'e, Andreas Nautsch, Driss Matrouf, Pierre-Michel Bousquet, Jean-Fran\c{c}ois Bonastre
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03365

The distribution of calibrated likelihood functions on the probability-likelihood Aitchison simplex
While calibration of probabilistic predictions has been widely studied, this paper rather addresses calibration of likelihood functions. This has been discussed, especially in biometrics, in cases with only two exhaustive and mutually exclusive hypotheses (classes) where likelihood functions can be written as log-likelihood-ratios (LLRs). After defining calibration for LLRs and its connection with the concept of weight-of-evidence, we present the idempotence property and its associated constrai…

DRAssist: Dispute Resolution Assistance using Large Language Models
Sachin Pawar, Manoj Apte, Girish K. Palshikar, Basit Ali, Nitin Ramrakhiyani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01962

DRAssist: Dispute Resolution Assistance using Large Language Models
Disputes between two parties occur in almost all domains such as taxation, insurance, banking, healthcare, etc. The disputes are generally resolved in a specific forum (e.g., consumer court) where facts are presented, points of disagreement are discussed, arguments as well as specific demands of the parties are heard, and finally a human judge resolves the dispute by often favouring one of the two parties. In this paper, we explore the use of large language models (LLMs) as assistants for the h…

Trump says he discussed Russia’s nuclear disarmament with Putin: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/26/trump-says-he-discussed-russias.html

Proceedings 14th International Workshop on Trends in Functional Programming in Education
Rose Bohrer (AIST, Tokyo, JP)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02305 https://

Proceedings 14th International Workshop on Trends in Functional Programming in Education
The goal of TFPIE is to gather researchers, teachers and professionals that use, or are interested in the use of, functional programming in education. TFPIE aims to be a venue where novel ideas, classroom-tested ideas and work-in-progress on the use of functional programming in education are discussed. The one-day workshop will foster a spirit of open discussion by having a review process for publication after the workshop.

Jalen Hurts Press Conference: September 4, 2025 https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/video/jalen-hurts-press-conference-september-4-2025

John Willis interviewed me for his Profound podcast series...
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Bill Hunter (my father): Quality In The Community One City’s Experience (Madison) – Quality Comes to City Hall (Madison) – Managing Our Way to Economic Success
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Forbal: Force Balanced 2-5 Degree of Freedom Robot Manipulator Built from a Five Bar Linkage
Yash Vyas, Matteo Bottin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03119 https://

Forbal: Force Balanced 2-5 Degree of Freedom Robot Manipulator Built from a Five Bar Linkage
A force balanced manipulator design based on the closed chain planar five bar linkage is developed and experimentally validated. We present 2 variants as a modular design: Forbal-2, a planar 2-DOF manipulator, and its extension to 5-DOF spatial motion called Forbal-5. The design considerations in terms of geometric, kinematic, and dynamic design that fulfill the force balance conditions while maximizing workspace are discussed. Then, the inverse kinematics of both variants are derived from geom…

On the Men's Long Hair Hyperboard, Jesus met Anthony and discussed shipbuilding!!
http://www.mlhh.org/

Investigation of nonlinear dipole cross sections
G. R. Boroun, B. Rezaei
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01566 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.01566

Investigation of nonlinear dipole cross sections
The nonlinear corrections to the Golec-Biernat Wusthoff (GBW) and Bartels- Golec- Kowalski (BGK) models, as discussed by Peredo-Hentschinski [M.A.Peredo and M.Hentschinski, Phys.Rev.D{109}, 014032 (2024)], are analyzed in terms of the gluon density$^{,}$s nonlinear behavior. We incorporate these nonlinear corrections into the low $x$ gluon distribution of the modified BGK model for electron-ion colliders. By verifying that these results allow for a more direct assessment of the relevance of non…

How the Solar Dynamics Observatory Revolutionized our Physical Understanding of the Sun
Markus J. Aschwanden
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02111 https://

How the Solar Dynamics Observatory Revolutionized our Physical Understanding of the Sun
We review solar studies using AIA, HMI, and EVE data from the SDO spacecraft that revolutionized our physical understanding of the Sun. The relevant SDO studies cover the entire 15-year lifetime of SDO, from 2010 May 1 to 2025 May 1. The discussed phenomena and their physical interpretations include (in chronological order): (1) MHD Waves and Oscillations (AIA, HMI); (2) Propagating MHD Waves (AIA); (3) Coronal Loop Cross-Sectional Temperatures (AIA); (4) Size Distributions of Solar Fla…

DIY hybrid SSVEP-P300 LED stimuli for BCI platform using EMOTIV EEG headset
Surej Mouli, Ramaswamy Palaniappan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01510 https://arx…

DIY hybrid SSVEP-P300 LED stimuli for BCI platform using EMOTIV EEG headset
A fully customisable chip-on board (COB) LED design to evoke two brain responses simultaneously (steady state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) and transient evoked potential, P300) is discussed in this paper. Considering different possible modalities in braincomputer interfacing (BCI), SSVEP is widely accepted as it requires a lesser number of electroencephalogram (EEG) electrodes and minimal training time. The aim of this work was to produce a hybrid BCI hardware platform to evoke SSVEP and P30…

Prediction of Large Events in Directed Sandpiles
Dhruv Shah
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01182 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.01182

Prediction of Large Events in Directed Sandpiles
The degree of predictability of large avalanche events in the directed sandpile model is studied. A waiting time based prediction strategy which exploits the local anticorrelation of large events is discussed. With this strategy we show analytically and numerically that large events are predictable to some extent, and that this predictability persists in the thermodynamic limit. We introduce another strategy which predicts large avalanches in the future based on the present excess density in th…

The local-first paradigm provides transformative advantages, such as user-owned data, seamless offline capabilities, and instant interactions. But how can you get started? At Berlin Buzzwords, Miloš Sutanovac discussed the core concepts and demonstrated how to begin your local-first journey.
Watch the full session: https://

A New Approach to Direct Discretization of Wave Kinetic Equations with Application to a Nonlinear Schrodinger System in 2D
J. W. Banks, J. Shatah
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03432

A New Approach to Direct Discretization of Wave Kinetic Equations with Application to a Nonlinear Schrodinger System in 2D
Wave Kinetic Equations (WKEs) are often used to describe the evolution of ensemble averaged wave amplitudes for nonlinear wave systems. In the present manuscript we describe a new approach to direct numerical simulation of solutions to WKEs. This new method relies on a piecewise polynomial approximation of the resonant manifold, followed by numerical quadrature of the collision integral. The approach is general in nature, and is discussed in detail here for a particular nonlinear Schrodinger mo…

A Lane-Emden system of free boundary type: existence, uniqueness and monotonicity of solutions
Daniele Bartolucci, Yeyao Hu, Aleks Jevnikar, Juncheng Wei, Wen Yang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01849

A Lane-Emden system of free boundary type: existence, uniqueness and monotonicity of solutions
We consider a Hamiltonian system of free boundary type, showing first uniform bounds and existence of solutions and of the free boundary. Then, for any smooth and bounded domain, we prove uniqueness of positive solutions in a suitable interval and show that the associated energies and boundary values have a monotonic behavior. Some consequences are discussed about the parametrization of the unbounded Rabinowitz continuum for a class of superlinear strongly coupled elliptic systems.

Adaptive optics design for high-energy kW-class multi-slab laser amplifier
Tom\'a\v{s} Paliesek, Martin Divok\'y, Jan Pila\v{r}, Martin Smr\v{z}, Tom\'a\v{s} Mocek
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02259

Adaptive optics design for high-energy kW-class multi-slab laser amplifier
We demonstrate real-time wavefront correction in a high-energy high-average-power DiPOLE100/Bivoj laser using adaptive optics. A bimorph deformable mirror and Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor reduced wavefront error tenfold and improved the Strehl ratio elevenfold. Design aspects such as deformable mirror actuator geometry, optimal placement, and loop frequency are discussed for integration into next-generation high-energy high-average-power lasers.

Malter-Driven Electron Emission as a Source of Noise in LXe TPCs
J. Va'vra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01023 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.01023

Malter-Driven Electron Emission as a Source of Noise in LXe TPCs
Persistent single-electron emission ("hot spots") has been observed in multiple liquid xenon (LXe) time projection chambers (TPCs), often persisting long after ionizing events. Although typically discussed in operational terms, the behavior is consistent with Malter-type emission triggered by ion accumulation on resistive oxide surfaces. In this note, we discuss such effects and recommend material choices and design strategies to mitigate them in future detectors. This mechanism is especially r…

Efforts in Modeling the Mechanics and Chemistry of Energetic Materials Across Scales
Paul Lafourcade, Nicolas Bruzy, Paul Bouteiller, Jean-Bernard Maillet, Christophe Denoual
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02141

Efforts in Modeling the Mechanics and Chemistry of Energetic Materials Across Scales
Recent developments dedicated to the building of multiscale mechanical and chemical constitutive laws for energetic molecular crystals are presented and discussed. In particular, various tools have been specifically incorporated in molecular dynamics codes to facilitate the subsequent information transfer to the continuum, i.e. finite elements simulation codes. Atomistic simulations have been augmented with the capability to follow specific deformation paths as well as local Lagrangian mechanic…

Distribution-free data-driven smooth tests without $\chi^2$
Xiangyu Zhang, Sara Algeri
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01973 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.01973

Distribution-free data-driven smooth tests without $χ^2$
This article demonstrates how recent developments in the theory of empirical processes allow us to construct a new family of asymptotically distribution-free smooth test statistics. Their distribution-free property is preserved even when the parameters are estimated, model selection is performed, and the sample size is only moderately large. A computationally efficient alternative to the classical parametric bootstrap is also discussed.

Configuration Spaces of Colored Graphs
Aaron Abrams
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00702 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.00702

Configuration Spaces of Colored Graphs
This paper is intended to provide concrete examples of concepts discussed elsewhere in this volume, especially splittings of groups and non-positively curved cube complexes but also other things. The idea of the construction (configuration spaces) is not new, but this family of examples doesn't seem to be well-known. Nevertheless they arise in a variety of contexts; applications are discussed in the last section. Most proofs are omitted.

Multiobjective Programming and Weighting Scalar Problem
Vsevolod I. Ivanov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01108 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.01108

Multiobjective Programming and Weighting Scalar Problem
In this work is discussed the paper by Osuna-Gomez, Beato-Moreno and Rufian-Lizana, Generalized convexity in multiobjective programming: J. Math. Anal. Appl., v. 233 (1999) pp. 205--220. We point out an error in the proofs of main Theorems 2.4 and 3.6 in this reference. Then we derive correct proofs, which are based on a different approach, because the scheme of the proofs of the authors is not applicable. As a result of the discussion two additional theorems are obtained such that the scheme o…

Pete Hegseth has discussed running for political office in Tennessee, sources say (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/pete-hegseth-discussed-running-political-office-tennessee-rcna221681
http://www.memeorandum.com/250729/p148#a250729p148

Non-Intrusive Intelligibility Prediction for Hearing Aids: Recent Advances, Trends, and Challenges
Ryandhimas E. Zezario
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03017 https://

Non-Intrusive Intelligibility Prediction for Hearing Aids: Recent Advances, Trends, and Challenges
This paper provides an overview of recent progress in non-intrusive speech intelligibility prediction for hearing aids (HA). We summarize developments in robust acoustic feature extraction, hearing loss modeling, and the use of emerging architectures for long-sequence processing. Listener-specific adaptation strategies and domain generalization approaches that aim to improve robustness in unseen acoustic environments are also discussed. Remaining challenges, such as the need for large-scale, di…

WBD Chair Emeritus John Malone says he discussed WBD-Fox merger with Rupert Murdoch in July 2024; sources say a possible deal was raised but not pursued (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/3a32fdcb-1248-4721-8269-2867dc5e4d78

Sources: Meta Superintelligence Labs' leaders have discussed using Google or OpenAI's models to power Meta AI and other AI features in Meta's social media apps (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/metas-ai-lead…

Meta’s AI Leaders Discuss Using Google, OpenAI Models in Apps
Meta Platforms’ plans to improve the artificial intelligence features in its apps could lead the company to partner with Google or OpenAI, two of its biggest AI rivals. Leaders in Meta’s new AI organization, Meta Superintelligence Labs, have discussed using Google’s Gemini model to provide ...

Charge asymmetry in the process $e^ e^-\to \pi^ \pi^-\pi^0\gamma$
I. V. Obraztsov, A. S. Rudenko, A. I. Milstein
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03245 https://a…

Charge asymmetry in the process $e^+e^-\to π^+π^-π^0γ$
The charge asymmetry in the process $e^+e^-\to π^+π^-π^0γ$ is studied for photons with energies $ν\ll\sqrt{s}$. The longitudinal polarization of electrons (positrons) is taken into account. The asymmetry arises due to interference of the amplitudes for production of pion states with opposite $C$ parities. The contribution of $a_1^0(1260)$ meson in the intermediate state to the charge asymmetry is discussed. This contribution is not the leading one, however it is not negligible. It is shown…

Fluid-dynamic limit of the Enskog equation with the guaranteed H-theorem
Aoto Takahashi, Shigeru Takata
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01341 https://

Fluid-dynamic limit of the Enskog equation with the guaranteed H-theorem
The fluid-dynamic limit of the Enskog equation with a slight modification is discussed on the basis of the Chapman-Enskog method. This modified version of the Enskog equation has been shown recently by the present authors to ensure the H-theorem. In the present paper, it is shown that the modified version recovers the same fluid-dynamic description of the dense gas as the original Enskog equation, at least up to the level of the Navier-Stokes-Fourier set of equations inclusive. Since the origin…

Interference Between FM Cell Sites and CDMA Cell Sites
P. Kumar
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00567 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.00567

Interference Between FM Cell Sites and CDMA Cell Sites
Interference is the major problem now days in telecommunication sector. One type of interference which is very common now days is FM Cell sites interference between CDMA Cell sites. Which are the types of interference and various observations during this interference is discussed below in this paper.

Computational Modeling for Personalized Transcranial Electrical Stimulation: Theory, Tools, and Applications
Mo Wang, Kexin Zheng, Yiling Liu, Huichun Luo, Tifei Yuan, Hongkai Wen, Pengfei Wei, Quanying Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01192

Computational Modeling for Personalized Transcranial Electrical Stimulation: Theory, Tools, and Applications
Objective. Personalized transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) has gained growing attention due to the substantial inter-individual variability in brain anatomy and physiology. While previous reviews have discussed the physiological mechanisms and clinical applications of tES, there remains a critical gap in up-to-date syntheses focused on the computational modeling frameworks that enable individualized stimulation optimization. Approach. This review presents a comprehensive overview of rece…

Mapping the interaction between science and misinformation in COVID-19 tweets
Lucila G. Alvarez-Zuzek, Juan P. Bascur, Anna Bertani, Riccardo Gallotti, Vincent A. Traag
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01481

Mapping the interaction between science and misinformation in COVID-19 tweets
During the COVID-19 pandemic, scientific understanding related to the topic evolved rapidly. Along with scientific information being discussed widely, a large circulation of false information, labelled an infodemic by the WHO, emerged. Here, we study the interaction between misinformation and science on Twitter (now X) during the COVID-19 pandemic. We built a comprehensive database of $\sim$407M COVID-19 related tweets and classified the reliability of URLs in the tweets based on Media Bias/Fac…

Uniformly-S-projective relative to a module and its dual
Mohammad Adarbeh, Mohammad Saleh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01646 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.01646…

Uniformly-S-projective relative to a module and its dual
In this article, we introduce the notion of u-S-projective relative to a module. Let S be a multiplicative subset of a ring R and M an R-module. An R-module P is said to be u-S-projective relative to M if for any u-S-epimorphism f : M \to N, the induced map HomR(P, f) : HomR(P,M) \to HomR(P,N) is u-S-epimorphism. Dually, we also introduce u-S-injective relative to a module. Some properties of these notions are discussed. Several characterizations of u-S-semisimple modules in terms of these no…

Governors and state legislatures will be staring at a quite substantial reduction in Medicaid tax revenue.
They will then be faced with three choices:
-one, raise some other sort of tax;
-two, cut some other state service, like education;
-three, cut Medicaid services.
As congressional Republicans well know,
most states are going to choose number three, because it’s the easiest path.
And that brings devastation.
If you want to see why Republica…

How Can the Democrats Be Losing to These Cruel, Stupid, Inept People?
You may have noticed: While Republicans debate Medicaid and other cuts, there’s one aspect of Trump’s big ugly bill that absolutely cannot be discussed.

Remember when people a year and an half ago discussed for months why “they’d never hit a hospital”?
That was when the world should collectively have started sanctions and a boycott.

Tables of practical invariants for distinguishing multiplicity-free fusion categories up to rank 7
Gert Vercleyen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00652 https://…

Tables of practical invariants for distinguishing multiplicity-free fusion categories up to rank 7
This paper discusses to what extent the census of multiplicity-free fusion categories up to rank 7, proposed by the software package Anyonica and the anyonwiki website, can be regarded as a proper classification. The questions of correctness and completeness are briefly discussed, and the question of inequivalence of the provided categories is resolved under the assumption that all proposed data is correct. This is done by providing tables of small sets of invariants for these categories, for w…

Why Cowboys' Osa Odighizuwa, who outproduced Jalen Carter in 2024, needs to be discussed among NFL's top DTs

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/why-…

At Berlin Buzzwords 2025, Kevin Liang discussed how Apache Solr/Lucene builds dense vector indexes and talked about how he and his team optimised their dense vector setup, sharing the challenges they faced and the best practices they learned along the way.
Watch the full session: https://youtu.be/cDiCX3mVAlQ?si=YWMkpEVpA-lWrH04
Berlin Buzzwords returns on 7-9 June 2026! Get 36% off with our Trust Us Ticket: https://tickets.plainschwarz.com/bbuzz26/c/8Hvk0ZvJA/

Hidden nuclear reactions on fast neutron-irradiated Lu isotopes
Ihor Kadenko, Barna Bir\'o, Andr\'as Fenyvesi, Vladyslav Morozyuk, Kateryna Okopna, Nadiia Sakhno
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00539

Hidden nuclear reactions on fast neutron-irradiated Lu isotopes
Some nuclear reaction channels may not be easily identified but can contribute toward very important characteristics like nuclear reaction cross-sections, isomeric yields etc. The dineutron as a bound nucleus of two neutrons can play its hidden role and is considered as a product of fast neutron-induced nuclear reactions on lutetium isotopes. When being formed in the output channels, it allows explaining unexpected enhancement of reaction cross-sections discussed in this letter. We used availab…

Unitary induced channels and Tsirelson's problem
Micha{\l} Banacki, Pawe{\l} Horodecki
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21808 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.2180…

Unitary induced channels and Tsirelson's problem
Motivated by a recent progress concerning quantum commuting and quantum tensor models of composed systems we investigate a notion of (generalized) unitary induced quantum channel. Using properties of Brown algebras we provide an equivalent characterization of discussed families in both tensor and commuting paradigms. In particular, we provide an equivalent formulation of Tsirelson's conjecture (Connes' embedding problem) in terms of considered paradigms based on protocols which do not require m…

Could an axion-like particle be hidden in $\eta_c\to\gamma\gamma$?
Zhi-Jun Li, Zheng-Yun You, Xiao-Rui Lyu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04144 https://…

Could an axion-like particle be hidden in $η_c\toγγ$?
We discuss the possibility of an axion-like particle being merged in the recent observation of $η_c \to γγ$ at BESIII and find that it cannot be excluded in the current experimental data. The mass, width, and coupling strengths of the axion-like particle are extracted, and several other channels to confirm or exclude the existence of such an axion-like particle are also discussed.

Zelensky, German FM discuss supplying IRIS-T air defenses, joint weapons production, strengthening Russia sanctions: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/01/zelensky-german-fm-discuss-supplying.html

Bourbaki modules and the module of Jacobian derivations of projective hypersurfaces
Alexandru Dimca, Gabriel Sticlaru
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23950 http…

Bourbaki modules and the module of Jacobian derivations of projective hypersurfaces
Two properties of projective hypersurfaces related to the module of Jacobian derivations, namely being tame and being plus-one generated, are discussed in this paper. Tame hypersurfaces are related to Bourbaki ideals, and free hypersurfaces are the simplest examples of tame hypersurfaces. Plus-one generated hypersurfaces are the non free hypersurfaces which are closest to the free ones, and it is an open question whether all of them are tame.

Practical Takeaways from FPF’s Privacy Enhancing Technologies Workshop
https://fpf.org/blog/practical-takeaways-from-fpfs-privacy-enhancing-technologies-workshop/
@…

In-plane transverse polarization in heavy-ion collisions
Anum Arslan, Wen-Bo Dong, Charles Gale, Sangyong Jeon, Qun Wang, Xiang-Yu Wu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00796 https://…

In-plane transverse polarization in heavy-ion collisions
We give an analytical expression for the last component of the spin polarization $P^{x}$, the in-plane polarization, in heavy-ion collisions that has, to our knowledge, not been discussed in theories nor measured in heavy-ion collision experiments. We also carry out a numerical study of $P^{x}$ using a hydrodynamic model simulation as a cross-check for the analytical formula. It is found that if the temperature-gradient contribution is neglected the simulation result for $P^{x}$ qualitatively a…

Perturbative QCD
Gudrun Heinrich, Anton Olsson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02790 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.02790 …

Perturbative QCD
We give an introduction to perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics, focusing on a pedagogical description of concepts and methods to calculate cross sections measured at high energy colliders. After introducing basic concepts that allow for a perturbative expansion, such as factorisation and asymptotic freedom, we introduce loop integrals and the treatment of ultraviolet and infrared divergences in QCD. The definition of jets and event shape observables is also discussed. Finally, we give a brief o…

Sad 'first' for #climateadaptation #globalheating, cancelling a conference talk I was looking forward to due to a heatwave. #Metascience2025 in London is forecast 35C on Monday and over 30 again Tuesday, when Edinburgh is 23C and under 20.
UKHSA Amber health warning and all. https://ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/weather-health-alerts/heat/london
We even discussed this specific risk at another London institution. And as @… just wrote on his latest velotrain thread, I know there are many people suffering far worse affects than this.

An Addendum to Plouffe's Ramanujan Identities
Segun Olofin Akerele
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00040 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.00…

An Addendum to Plouffe's Ramanujan Identities
We introduce a new class of polylogarithm sums closely related to a family studied by L. Vepštas in 2010. These generalized sums depend on two free parameters and yield closed-form expressions involving the Dirichlet eta function. Additionally, we present an alternative proof for a hyperbolic sum originally discussed by Ramanujan.

Cowboys HC speaks to CBs big new deal, shaping defense in wake of Parsons trade https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/09/02/schottenheimer-talks-bland-deal-and-identity-of-cow…

enjoyed lewis porter's close look at #JohnColtrane's practice routines & how he consistently drafted different practice buddies over his career. https://lewisporter.substack.com/p/joh

John Coltrane's "Practice Buddies," From Benny Golson to Pat DeRosa
Here’s something kind of endearing about John Coltrane (1926-1967) that has never been discussed: He liked to practice with another musician, usually a saxophonist.

Community-Based Efficient Algorithms for User-Driven Competitive Influence Maximization in Social Networks
Rahul Kumar Gautam
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23179

Community-Based Efficient Algorithms for User-Driven Competitive Influence Maximization in Social Networks
Nowadays, people in the modern world communicate with their friends, relatives, and colleagues through the internet. Persons/nodes and communication/edges among them form a network. Social media networks are a type of network where people share their views with the community. There are several models that capture human behavior, such as a reaction to the information received from friends or relatives. The two fundamental models of information diffusion widely discussed in the social networks ar…

Thermodynamics of Hard Sphere and Spherocylinder Mixtures -- Scaled Particle Theory and Monte Carlo Simulations
Volodymyr Shmotolokha (Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands), Jonas Maier-Borst (University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany), Mark Vis (Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands), Anja Kuhnhold (University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany), Remco Tuinier (Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands)

Thermodynamics of Hard Sphere and Spherocylinder Mixtures -- Scaled Particle Theory and Monte Carlo Simulations
We review the literature on scaled particle theory (SPT) and its extensions and discuss results applied to describe the thermodynamics of hard particle mixtures. After explaining the basic concepts of scaled particle theory to compute the free energy of immersing a particle into a mixture, examples are discussed for the simple case of a hard sphere dispersion and the free volume fraction of ghost spheres in a hard sphere dispersion. Next, the concept is applied to mixtures, and general expressi…

No bloody thank you, Peter Kyle. Strangely enough I can think for myself. Silly little boy
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/23/uk-minister-peter-kyle-chatgpt-plus-openai-sam-altman

Can all German genocide deniers please get the fuck out of my mentions.
Genocide denial is the last and final stage of genocide and constitutes complicity in genocide.
Matze Schmidt, you are complicit in genocide.
And history is taking notes.
https://masto.ai/@matzeschmidt/1150655

For fucks sake - there are actual, important, and urgent things that need money spending on them. Today. 🤦‍♀️
#ukpolitics
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025…

A Survey of LLM Inference Systems
James Pan, Guoliang Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21901 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.21901

A Survey of LLM Inference Systems
The past few years has witnessed specialized large language model (LLM) inference systems, such as vLLM, SGLang, Mooncake, and DeepFlow, alongside rapid LLM adoption via services like ChatGPT. Driving these system design efforts is the unique autoregressive nature of LLM request processing, motivating new techniques for achieving high performance while preserving high inference quality over high-volume and high-velocity workloads. While many of these techniques are discussed across the literatu…

Zelensky, Trump discussed replacement of Ukraine's US ambassador, source says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/07/zelensky-trump-discussed-replacement-of.html

Asymptotics of a finite-energy unidirectional solution of the wave equation with non-spherical-wave behavior at infinity
Alexandr B. Plachenov, Aleksei P. Kiselev
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00773

Asymptotics of a finite-energy unidirectional solution of the wave equation with non-spherical-wave behavior at infinity
A detailed investigation is presented of a simple unidirectional finite-energy solution of the 3D wave equation. Its asymptotics as a spatial point runs to infinity with the wave propagations speed is a standard spherical wave as z < 0, where z is a Cartesian coordinate, and has an additional factor logarithmic with respect to the distance as z > 0. Asymptotics for a point running to infinity with an arbitrary constant speed is discussed

Killed path-dependent McKean-Vlasov SDEs for a probabilistic representation of non-conservative McKean PDEs
Daniela Morale, Leonardo Tarquini, Stefania Ugolini
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.23353

Killed path-dependent McKean-Vlasov SDEs for a probabilistic representation of non-conservative McKean PDEs
A McKean-Vlasov stochastic differential equation subject to killing associated to a regularised non-conservative and path-dependent nonlinear parabolic partial differential equation is studied. The existence and pathwise uniqueness of a strong solution and the regularity properties of its sub-probability law are proved. The density of such a law may be seen as a weak solution of the considered PDE. The well-posedness of the associated particle system is also discussed.

Out-of-time ordered correlation functions for the localized $f$ electrons in the Falicov-Kimball model
A. M. Shvaika, J. K. Freericks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21388 https://…

Out-of-time ordered correlation functions for the localized $f$ electrons in the Falicov-Kimball model
We provide an exact evaluation of the out-of-time correlation (OTOC) functions for the localized $f$-particle states in the Falicov-Kimball model within dynamical mean-field theory. Different regimes of quantum chaos and quantum scrambling are distinguished by the winding numbers of the block Toeplitz matrices used in the calculation. The similarities of these fermionic OTOCs and their Lyapunov exponents for time evolution with the OTOCs for quantum spin models with disorder are also discussed.

Dynamite: Real-Time Debriefing Slide Authoring through AI-Enhanced Multimodal Interaction
Panayu Keelawat, David Barron, Kaushik Narasimhan, Daniel Manesh, Xiaohang Tang, Xi Chen, Sang Won Lee, Yan Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20137

Dynamite: Real-Time Debriefing Slide Authoring through AI-Enhanced Multimodal Interaction
Facilitating class-wide debriefings after small-group discussions is a common strategy in ethics education. Instructor interviews revealed that effective debriefings should highlight frequently discussed themes and surface underrepresented viewpoints, making accurate representations of insight occurrence essential. Yet authoring presentations in real time is cognitively overwhelming due to the volume of data and tight time constraints. We present Dynamite, an AI-assisted system that enables sem…

Sources: Apple execs discussed starting their own theatrical distribution unit; Warner Bros. is distributing the F1 movie and getting a share of the box office (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/f1-movi

LLMs are now part of our daily work, making coding easier. At Berlin Buzzwords 2025, Ivan Dolgov discussed how they built an in-house LLM for AI code completion in JetBrains products, covering design choices, data preparation, training and model evaluation.
Watch the full session: https://youtu.be/yLHCwi_mgvQ?si=CpW8bGd9jWHq43Ez
Berlin Buzzwords returns on 7-9 June 2026! Get 36% off with our Trust Us Ticket: https://tickets.plainschwarz.com/bbuzz26/c/8Hvk0ZvJA/

Reconstruction of full-space quantum Hamiltonian from its effective, energy-dependent model-space projection
Miloslav Znojil
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22854

Reconstruction of full-space quantum Hamiltonian from its effective, energy-dependent model-space projection
Reconstruction of a full-space quantum Hamiltonian from its effective Feshbach's model-space avatar is shown feasible. In a preparatory step the information carried by the effective Hamiltonian is compactified using a linear algebraic operation (matrix inversion). A ``universal'' coupled set of polynomial algebraic equations it then obtained. In a few simplest special cases their solution is given and discussed.

Sources: Apple execs discussed starting their own theatrical distribution unit; Warner Bros. is distributing the F1 movie and getting a share of the box office (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/f1-movie-apple-brad-pitt-0b2afaee…

Kremlin aide: Putin and Trump discussed elevating level of Russian and Ukrainian negotiators: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/19/kremlin-aide-putin-and-trump.html

A Closed-Form Approach to Oscillatory Integrals in Level-Crossing Physics
Maseim B. Kenmoe, Anicet D. Kammogne
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23385 https://

A Closed-Form Approach to Oscillatory Integrals in Level-Crossing Physics
We present a closed-form, exact analytical solution, valid at finite times, to a class of multiple integrals with highly oscillatory kernels. Our approach leverages the intimate connection between these integrals and the minimal level-crossing model, namely the Landau-Zener model. Benchmarking against data from numerical simulations demonstrates excellent agreement validating our analytical method. Impacts of our results in level-crossing dynamics are also discussed. A dedicated Mathematica pac…

“Personality vs. Personalization” in AI Systems: Specific Uses and Concrete Risks (Part 2)
https://fpf.org/blog/personality-vs-personalization-in-ai-systems-specific-uses-and-concrete-risks-part-2/
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Multiple dispersive bounds. II) Sub-threshold branch-cuts
Silvano Simula, Ludovico Vittorio
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00412 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.004…

Multiple dispersive bounds. II) Sub-threshold branch-cuts
We apply the general framework of multiple dispersive bounds, firstly discussed in the companion paper [1], to the study of sub-threshold branch-cuts. We propose the simultaneous application of a double dispersive bound as a proper way to take into account unitarity constraints within phenomenological analyses of hadronic form factors in the presence of sub-threshold branch-cuts. Accordingly, the standard $z$-expansion of hadronic form factors, commonly referred to as the Boyd-Grinstein-Lebed a…

Trump Aides Discussed Ending Some SpaceX Contracts, but Found Most Were Vital (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/trump-aides-discussed-ending-some-spacex-contracts-but-found-most-were-vital-d1cf9ab5
http://www.memeorandum.com/250720/p12#a250720p12

Sources: Character.AI has recently discussed a sale with potential buyers and also talked with investors about raising a few hundred million at a $1B valuation (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/character-ai-talks-sell-…

Character.AI in Talks to Sell or Raise Money, a Year After Founders Depart
Character.AI, the chatbot maker whose founders Google hired as part of a $2.7 billion deal last August, has in recent weeks discussed a sale of the company with potential buyers, bankers and staff, according to three people who have spoken to its executives. The nearly four-year-old startup ...

RAG has revolutionised AI by merging search and generation. Agentic behaviour takes this search to the next level by enabling LLMs to make decisions and call tools. At Berlin Buzzwords 2025, Bilge Yücel discussed how agentic behaviour enhances pipelines, what it means for a system to act as an 'agent', and core concepts such as routing, tool calling and reasoning, along with a live demo.
Watch the full session: #bbuzz returns on 7-9 June 2026: https://tickets.plainschwarz.com/bbuzz26/c/uIWaci8Cm/

Broncos LT Garett Bolles gushes over 'freak of nature' Bo Nix after impressive rookie season https://www.nfl.com/news/broncos-lt-garett-bolles-gushes-over-freak-of-nature-bo-nix-after-impressive-rookie-season

Energy-energy correlators in small and large systems
Beatrice Liang-Gilman (on behalf of the ALICE Collaboration)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22692 https://…

Energy-energy correlators in small and large systems
Energy-energy correlators (EECs) provide a powerful tool to study the evolution of scattered partons into final-state hadrons. In these proceedings, a variety of energy correlator measurements performed by the ALICE collaboration are reported. The 2-point energy-energy correlator (EEC) is measured in inclusive jets and heavy-flavor jets in pp collisions, as well as in inclusive jets in p-Pb collisions. The 3-point energy correlator is also discussed, including prospects for its use in extractin…

A class of representations of the $\mathbb{Z}_2\times\mathbb{Z}_2$-graded special linear Lie superalgebra $\mathfrak{sl}(m_1 1,m_2|n_1,n_2)$ and quantum statistics
N. I. Stoilova, J. Van der Jeugt
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23953

A class of representations of the $\mathbb{Z}_2\times\mathbb{Z}_2$-graded special linear Lie superalgebra $\mathfrak{sl}(m_1+1,m_2|n_1,n_2)$ and quantum statistics
The description of the $\mathbb{Z}_2\times\mathbb{Z}_2$-graded special linear Lie superalgebra $\mathfrak{sl} (m_1+1,m_2|n_1,n_2)$ is carried out via generators $a_1^\pm,\ldots, a_{m_1+m_2+n_1+n_2}^\pm$ that satisfy triple relations and are called creation and annihilation operators. With respect to these generators, a class of Fock type representations of $\mathfrak{sl} (m_1+1,m_2|n_1,n_2)$ is constructed. The properties of the underlying statistics are discussed and its Pauli princi…

Sources: OpenAI talked with Saudi Arabia's PIF, India's Reliance, and the UAE's MGX about investing in the next installment of its $40B round led by SoftBank (Sri Muppidi/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/op

OpenAI Has Discussed Raising Money From Saudi Arabia, Indian Investors
OpenAI has talked to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries and existing shareholder United Arab Emirates’ MGX about investing in the next installment of its $40 billion financing led by SoftBank, according to two people familiar with the fundraise. The ...

Security guarantees for Ukraine can't be discussed without Russia's participation, Lavrov claims: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/20/security-guarantees-for-ukraine-cant.html

Passive state preparation for quantum key distribution with phase encoding
Roman Shakhovoy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21659 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.2165…

Passive state preparation for quantum key distribution with phase encoding
We propose here a method of passive state preparation for quantum key distribution with phase encoding based on the measurement of the phase difference between pulses of a gain-switched laser. The features of the optical scheme of the transmitter are discussed and the results of computer simulation are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Sources: Mark Zuckerberg and his lieutenants have discussed "de-investing" in Llama in favor of AI models from competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/technology/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai.html

Mark Zuckerberg Ramps Up Meta’s A.I. Spending as Competition Heats Up
Unhappy with his company’s artificial intelligence efforts, Meta’s C.E.O. is on a spending spree as he reconsiders his strategy in the contest to invent a hypothetical “superintelligence.”

Application of Super-Sampling to Microscopy Images Produces Image Resolution below Optical Diffraction Limit
James N. Caron
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21714 https://

Application of Super-Sampling to Microscopy Images Produces Image Resolution below Optical Diffraction Limit
Image Phase Alignment Super-Sampling (ImPASS) is a computational imaging algorithm for converting a sequence of displaced low-resolution images into a single high-resolution image. The method consists of a unique combination of Phase Correlation image registration and SeDDaRA blind deconvolution. The method has previously been validated in simulations and applied successfully to images captured in a laboratory setting. As discussed here, the performance of ImPASS surpasses similar methods that …

Change Data Capture is a powerful technique enabling organisations to respond to real-time data changes. At Berlin Buzzwords, Muhammet Orazov explored FlinkCDC, a component of Apache Flink and discussed how it uses Flink's robust stream processing capabilities to provide a CDC pattern.
Watch the full session: https://

Sources: Meta held discussions with Perplexity about a possible takeover before moving ahead with a $14.3B investment in Scale AI (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-20/meta-discussed-buying-p…

Foreign troop deployment to Ukraine not discussed during Washington talks, NATO chief says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/19/foreign-troop-deployment-to-ukraine.html

Neutrino oscillations in the Ellis wormhole spacetime
Ya-Ru Wang, Shu-Jun Rong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23905 https://arxiv.org/pdf…

Neutrino oscillations in the Ellis wormhole spacetime
Gravitational lensing is a powerful tool to probe compact astrophysical objects and the distribution of dark matter at large scales. As a counterpart of photons, lensed relativistic neutrinos could also be used to explore properties of curved spacetimes. In the present paper we consider neutrino oscillations in the Ellis wormhole (WH) spacetime in comparison with the widely discussed black hole (BH) spacetimes. We investigate the oscillations involving lensing effects with 2- and 3-flavor neutr…

Ukraine seeks $1 billion a month for US weapons purchases, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/25/ukraine-seeks-billion-a-month.html

Sources: Mark Zuckerberg discussed a possible acquisition with Runway AI; the deal talks never reached a formal offer level (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-23/meta-held-deal-talks-with-st…

Traditional document retrieval systems often face challenges with visually rich documents, as these systems typically ignore visual elements during text extraction. At Berlin Buzzwords, Isabelle Mohr and Saba Sturua discussed how VLMs can overcome these limitations. They introduced a new benchmark for evaluating document retrieval systems across various languages, domains, and document types.
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Dark matter as the source of neutrino mass: theory overview and experimental prospects
Ivania M. \'Avila, Anirban Karan, Sanjoy Mandal, Soumya Sadhukhan, Jos\'e W. F. Valle
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.24027

Dark matter as the source of neutrino mass: theory overview and experimental prospects
We review theoretical frameworks in which small neutrino masses arise radiatively through interactions with a dark sector that also accounts for cosmological dark matter. A prototypical example is provided by scotogenic schemes, that extend the inert Higgs doublet model. We outline their key features and limitations, including possible completions, such as the revamped setup. The phenomenological signatures of both fermionic and bosonic scotogenic dark matter are discussed, along with scoto-see…

At Berlin Buzzwords, Alessio Vertemati and Andrea Ponti discussed how different document parsing and chunking strategies affect the performance of RAG pipelines.
Watch the full session: https://youtu.be/OMyEklV0G0E?si=P1GSTVShZYEKr7A5
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Sources: in a meeting with UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle, Sam Altman proposed giving ChatGPT Plus to everyone in the UK, a deal that would have cost £2B (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/23/uk-minister-pet…

At Berlin Buzzwords 2025, Radu POP and Pietro Mele discussed building an extensible hybrid search solution with Elasticsearch. They covered functional modeling, cluster architecture, and practical insights on managing billions of vectors in real-world scenarios. They also addressed hybrid reranking challenges and the limitations of standard fusion techniques, explaining their innovative approach.
Watch the full session: https://youtu.be/C73Pk6PUTl4?si=CTtmjqPdaxp6PeFM

Thermal History of Non-equilibrated Scalars
V. Knapp-Perez, Gopolang Mohlabeng, Michael Ratz, Tim M. P. Tait
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21523 https://arxiv…

Thermal History of Non-equilibrated Scalars
Scalar fields in the early Universe are mostly discussed in two limits: either in equilibrium or completely decoupled. In this work we discuss scenarios where there are scalar fields that are not in equilibrium, but for which the coupling to thermal bath leads to interesting non-trivial dynamics. For example, in theories where scalar fields control the effective couplings of the theory, such out-of-equilibrium behavior can lead to cases where the couplings vary during cosmological evolution. We…

Sources: Reddit is exploring Tools for Humanity's World ID identity system to allow users to verify that they are unique individuals while remaining anonymous (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/06/20/2025

Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users
Reddit, racing to preserve “humanness and authenticity,” has discussed using Sam Altman’s World ID, sources say.

Sources: OpenAI and Microsoft talks have become so fraught that OpenAI execs discussed accusing Microsoft of anticompetitive behavior before federal regulators (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tec…