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Aparentemente quieren privacidad pero no mucha...
Simplemente mencionar una versión alternativa de #Android, como #Graphene, te bloquea. ¿No sabes lo que es? Te cuento ⏬
Estaban hablando sobre si iOS es mejor que Android en temas de privacidad, cosa que no es así, los dos son muy malos, basura, pero ha…

Discussion of "Causal and counterfactual views of missing data models" by Razieh Nabi, Rohit Bhattacharya, Ilya Shpitser, & James M. Robins
Alex W. Levis, Edward H. Kennedy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13025

Discussion of "Causal and counterfactual views of missing data models" by Razieh Nabi, Rohit Bhattacharya, Ilya Shpitser, & James M. Robins
We congratulate Nabi et al. (2022) on their impressive and insightful paper, which illustrates the benefits of using causal/counterfactual perspectives and tools in missing data problems. This paper represents an important approach to missing-not-at-random (MNAR) problems, exploiting nonparametric independence restrictions for identification, as opposed to parametric/semiparametric models, or resorting to sensitivity analysis. Crucially, the authors represent these restrictions with missing dat…

Is Fake Grass Safe? A Manufacturer Sues to Stop a Discussion. - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/climate/artificial-turf-grass-lawsuit-defamation-health-risk.html

Continuing the discussion on "The inconvenient truth about flocks" by Chen et al
Hugues Chat\'e, Alexandre Solon
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13437

Continuing the discussion on "The inconvenient truth about flocks" by Chen et al
We hereby reply concisely and hopefully clearly to the ongoing claims of incorrectness made by Chen et al. about our work on two-dimensional flocks.

I don't usually get involved in the pro/anti nuclear discussion, but whenever people say "we need nuclear because renewables aren't reliable enough", do they usually take into account how much energy storage you can buy for the price of one nuclear power plant?

Threads plans to let users hide text or images that spoil a piece of entertainment, blurring the text or image that has been marked as a spoiler (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digita…

Meta’s Threads Is Declaring War on Spoilers (Exclusive)
The text-based app from Meta is launching a tool that lets users hide spoilers in text or images, to encourage discussion of TV shows and films on the platform.

Threads plans to let users hide text or images that spoil a piece of entertainment, blurring the text or image that has been marked as a spoiler (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digita…

Meta’s Threads Is Declaring War on Spoilers (Exclusive)
The text-based app from Meta is launching a tool that lets users hide spoilers in text or images, to encourage discussion of TV shows and films on the platform.

Podcast recommendation: Danielle Newnham talks one hour with the Pixar Co-Founder Alvy Ray Smith about his career in computer graphics. And besides some Pixar history, the discussion is even more though the history of computer graphics and coloured pixels. Enjoy: https://danielle-…

FC Barcelona, La Liga champions again. There has been no discussion, it has been the best team by far and, on top of that, with players from the youth academy as a fundamental part of the title. Bravo.

Good discussion of Apple's AI paper ((without denying that GenAI can' t think or reason and produce bullshit)
#AI

Description and Discussion on DCASE 2025 Challenge Task 4: Spatial Semantic Segmentation of Sound Scenes
Masahiro Yasuda, Binh Thien Nguyen, Noboru Harada, Romain Serizel, Mayank Mishra, Marc Delcroix, Shoko Araki, Daiki Takeuchi, Daisuke Niizumi, Yasunori Ohishi, Tomohiro Nakatani, Takao Kawamura, Nobutaka Ono
https://arxiv.org…

Description and Discussion on DCASE 2025 Challenge Task 4: Spatial Semantic Segmentation of Sound Scenes
Spatial Semantic Segmentation of Sound Scenes (S5) aims to enhance technologies for sound event detection and separation from multi-channel input signals that mix multiple sound events with spatial information. This is a fundamental basis of immersive communication. The ultimate goal is to separate sound event signals with 6 Degrees of Freedom (6DoF) information into dry sound object signals and metadata about the object type (sound event class) and representing spatial information, including d…

I'm not sure it's legal to have such a well-reasoned discussion of AI and tech employment, but in case it is: #linkTuesday

Our shithead mayor is not only breaking the law by refusing to build 50mi of new protected bike lanes per year - he is now ripping out protected bike lanes. #FuckEricAdams!
And fuck Gov Hochul as well for not removing his corrupt ass months ago. She's not getting my vote ever again.

Dana Rubinstein (@danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social)
Context: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/nyregion/adams-jewish-cuomo-endorsement.html (at a recent town hall in Hasidic Williamsburg, much of the discussion was about how much folks wanted the bike lane removed)

OpenTRV Archive Material and Sources - Archival collection of OpenTRV history, events, links, discussion, and related material. #OpenTRV #heating #cutCarbon -

Symmetry-preserving neural networks in lattice field theories
Matteo Favoni
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12493 https://arxiv.org/pdf/25…

Symmetry-preserving neural networks in lattice field theories
This thesis deals with neural networks that respect symmetries and presents the advantages in applying them to lattice field theory problems. The concept of equivariance is explained, together with the reason why such a property is crucial for the network to preserve the desired symmetry. The benefits of choosing equivariant networks are first illustrated for translational symmetry on a complex scalar field toy model. The discussion is then extended to gauge theories, for which Lattice Gauge Eq…

Situated Bayes -- Feminist and Pluriversal Perspectives on Bayesian Knowledge
Juni Schindler, Goda Klumbyt\.e, Matthew Fuller
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09472

Situated Bayes -- Feminist and Pluriversal Perspectives on Bayesian Knowledge
This is the introduction and lead article to the Situated Bayes special issue of Computational Culture. The article introduces Bayes' Theorem and aspects of its contemporary uses, for instance in machine learning. A mathematical discussion is developed alongside a consideration of Bayes Theorem in relation to critical theories of knowledge, specifically the discussion of situated knowledge in feminist theories of science, pluriversal knowledge in decolonial theory, and critical approaches to ma…

Bulk Excitations of Invertible Phases
Wenjie Ji, David T. Stephen, Michael Levin, Xie Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11288 https://a…

Bulk Excitations of Invertible Phases
Recent developments in the study of topological defects highlight the importance of understanding the multi-dimensional structure of bulk excitations inside a quantum system. When the bulk ground state is trivial, i.e. a product state, excitations on top of it are decoupled from each other and correspond to lower-dimensional phases and their defects within. In this paper, we expand the discussion to invertible phases and study the bulk excitations in, for example, SPT phases, Majorana chains, p…

A discussion on the symmetry of relativistic Vlasov gas and its accretion in Kerr-Newman black hole
Yong-qiang Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08341 https:/…

A discussion on the symmetry of relativistic Vlasov gas and its accretion in Kerr-Newman black hole
We investigate the kinetic properties of collisionless Vlasov gas in Kerr-Newman spacetime, focusing on how spacetime symmetries constrain the distribution functions. By establishing the general relationship between distribution functions and constants of motion (mass $m$, energy $E$, angular momentum $L_z$, Carter constant $L$) along with $L$'s conjugate configuration variable $Q^{3}$, we derive the analytical framework for particle dynamics in stationary axisymmetric spacetimes. Within the Lo…

Very interesting discussion!
https://www.thetransmitter.org/attention/the-brains-quiet-conductor-how-hidden-cells-fine-tune-arousal/

Description and Discussion on DCASE 2025 Challenge Task 2: First-shot Unsupervised Anomalous Sound Detection for Machine Condition Monitoring
Tomoya Nishida, Noboru Harada, Daisuke Niizumi, Davide Albertini, Roberto Sannino, Simone Pradolini, Filippo Augusti, Keisuke Imoto, Kota Dohi, Harsh Purohit, Takashi Endo, Yohei Kawaguchi
https://

Description and Discussion on DCASE 2025 Challenge Task 2: First-shot Unsupervised Anomalous Sound Detection for Machine Condition Monitoring
This paper introduces the task description for the Detection and Classification of Acoustic Scenes and Events (DCASE) 2025 Challenge Task 2, titled "First-shot unsupervised anomalous sound detection (ASD) for machine condition monitoring." Building on the DCASE 2024 Challenge Task 2, this task is structured as a first-shot problem within a domain generalization framework. The primary objective of the first-shot approach is to facilitate the rapid deployment of ASD systems for new machine types …

Every time I hear the words, "I just feel like..." in conversation, I try to excuse myself from the discussion because that's a tell that the speaker's put no forethought into their argument & likely has no actual evidence of the point they're making.
Don't workshop your homespun logic on me.

Learn Like Feynman: Developing and Testing an AI-Driven Feynman Bot
Akshaya Rajesh, Sumbul Khan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09055 https://

Learn Like Feynman: Developing and Testing an AI-Driven Feynman Bot
The Feynman learning technique is an active learning strategy that helps learners simplify complex information through student-led teaching and discussion. In this paper, we present the development and usability testing of the Feynman Bot, which uses the Feynman technique to assist self-regulated learners who lack peer or instructor support. The Bot embodies the Feynman learning technique by encouraging learners to discuss their lecture material in a question-answer-driven discussion format. Th…

Some cool footage and discussion of full-scale EV fire testing by UL/FSRI. This should have been done a long time ago, given how many EVs are on the roads now, but better late than never I guess.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6j3GtcAfE0
Project website:

When unvaccinated families present with measles at healthcare centres, doctors sometimes struggle to even discuss vaccination with the parents, Hussain said.
“It’s really hard to even approach the conversation.
I would ask: ‘How come you aren’t [vaccinated]?’
And they will say: ‘Oh, we’re exempt’
or ‘We’ve had this discussion before and we just don’t want to,’” she said

@… @… Check out this discussion: https://

„Right now, if you wanted to, you could place a bet that Jesus Christ will not return this year, and earn over $13,000 if you’re right.”
https://ericneyman.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/will-jesus-christ-return-in-an-election-year/

slashdot_threads: Slashdot thread replies (2007)
A network of replies among users of the website Slashdot on the various discussion threads on the site. Nodes are user accounts and each directed edge represents a reply from user i to user j. Replies are timestamped.
This network has 51083 nodes and 140778 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Multigraph, Timestamps

Gradient flow in the kernel learning problem
Yang Li, Feng Ruan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08550 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08550

Gradient flow in the kernel learning problem
This is a sequel to our paper `On the kernel learning problem'. We identify a canonical choice of Riemannian gradient flow, to find the stationary points in the kernel learning problem. In the presence of Gaussian noise variables, this flow enjoys the remarkable property of having a continuous family of Lyapunov functionals, and the interpretation is the automatic reduction of noise. PS. We include an extensive discussion in the postcript explaining the comparison with the 2-layer neural netw…

Watch Github for what happens for companies that go all-in on AI.
Notice all the details that are wrong now. Notice the docs. Notice the confusion between different interfaces. Notice the UI jank in new places. This is what happens when engineering decisions are made by default instead of discussion and planning. This is what happens when writing (already easier than editing) becomes even easier without improving editing.

I am sure Trump had no desire to see Zelensky and risk a repeat of his embarrassing performance while surrounded with people who also think he is a dangerous fool.
He's an ambusher... not ambushee.
aka. coward
The good news is, now the adults on the Good Guys side can have a proper discussion on how to keep Putin (and Iran and Israel) from making things even worse.
#theAmericanFascist #g7 #canada #carney #cdnpoli #canpoli #russiaukrainewar #israelIranWar

#today attended TTK Energy Group meeting with some interesting run-on discussion about a community energy project. Now I am on my #research model stuff for the rest of the day...

17½ minutes of primal squatting tonight, catching up on the 1980 German novella "Ein fliehendes Pferd" by Martin Walser. I'll be leading a book discussion group for the Volkbildungswerk on it in three weeks. Sign up! https://www.vbw-ned.de/programm…

CaféOli organise un atelier ☕️ dimanche 18.05.2025, de 10h00 Š 13h00 Š Villette
Au programme dans leur caveau:
👉petit déjeuner gourmand
👉discussion sur l'univers du café de spécialité
👉démonstration de torréfaction
👉extraction de café de spécialité, utilisant la méthode de la cafetière italienne et de l'espresso, tout en abordant divers thèmes tels que la mouture, l'extraction, le matériel et le choix des grains
90.-, avec un totebag CaféOli 😊

Atelier 18/5 - Café Oli Torréfaction Artisanale
C'est avec joie que nous vous convions à notre Atelier le dimanche 18 mai 2025, de 10h00 à 13h00 environ, niché au cœur de la torréfaction CaféOli à Villette. Dans notre caveau de vignerons au charme d'antan, un petit déjeuner gourmand vous attendra, suivi d'une discussion passionnante sur l'univers du café de spécialité avec Oliver, notre magicien des grains, et Kevin, le barista du Social Club Coffee. Puis, nous passerons à l'action avec une démonstration de torréfaction et l'…

Whatever LLMs and gen AI may or may not •actually• be good for, whatever jobs they may or may not actually reshape or displace, right now we’re in the middle of a bubble. The sheer amount of money involved makes it almost impossible to think clearly about this, much less have a useful public discussion. Even well-founded hopes and fears for the tech fuel a fire that I very much do not want to fuel.
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"Ukraine's Massive Drone Attack Was Powered by Open Source Software"
I'm always saying, open source software is good!
Which opensouce license is forbidding military use?
I remember that there was a discussion about that in the #searchwing project.
And of course, military can still ignore it. terrorists will ignore for sure..
Via @…

Ukraine's Massive Drone Attack Was Powered by Open Source Software
Ukraine used ArduPilot to help it wipe out Russian targets. It wasn’t the first time and it won’t be the last.

A thoughtful discussion about dose, duration, and frequency of ICBs in the NSCLC context. Are we overtreating?
https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO-24-02347

My golf buddies and I had a serious discussion, and I need your input. Best Catwoman from the 1960s.
#Batman #BIFF #POW
Julie Newmar
Lee Meriwether
Eartha Kitt

Personalized Large Language Models Can Increase the Belief Accuracy of Social Networks
Adiba Mahbub Proma, Neeley Pate, Sean Kelty, Gourab Ghoshal, James N. Druckman, Ehsan Hoque
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06153

Personalized Large Language Models Can Increase the Belief Accuracy of Social Networks
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly involved in shaping public understanding on contested issues. This has led to substantial discussion about the potential of LLMs to reinforce or correct misperceptions. While existing literature documents the impact of LLMs on individuals' beliefs, limited work explores how LLMs affect social networks. We address this gap with a pre-registered experiment (N = 1265) around the 2024 US presidential election, where we empirically explore the impact of …

Confessions Radio
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods

Confessions Radio | Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory
Podcast: Confessions Radio Hosts: Amma and Chrystal Category: Comedy Sub-Category: Comedy Interviews & Chats, Personal Stories First Episode: 2022 Confessions is the go-to discussion space for all…

There's a lovely discussion on Twitter/X between humans and AI models (Grok and Perplexity) on whether a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant can provide meaningful vision to people born blind https://x.com/waleedd322/status/1927463484800835657

Can you trust AI with your archives? On April 2 at 5pm EDT, UMaine's Digital Curation program hosts a webinar with Sara and Ben Brumfield on blending human crowdsourcing with AI's scale and speed. Join us for a discussion of practical uses and thorny ethics!
https://blog.still-wate…

Why #PropertyTesting Finds Bugs #UnitTesting Does Not
https://bu…

Statistical significance in choice modelling: computation, usage and reporting
Stephane Hess, Andrew Daly, Michiel Bliemer, Angelo Guevara, Ricardo Daziano, Thijs Dekker
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05996

Statistical significance in choice modelling: computation, usage and reporting
This paper offers a commentary on the use of notions of statistical significance in choice modelling. We argue that, as in many other areas of science, there is an over-reliance on 95% confidence levels, and misunderstandings of the meaning of significance. We also observe a lack of precision in the reporting of measures of uncertainty in many studies, especially when using p-values and even more so with star measures. The paper provides a precise discussion on the computation of measures of un…

@… This article and audio discussion explains why the people's vote for Eurovision is so easily manipulated. The article is from last year but the problems and result are the same
@…

slashdot_threads: Slashdot thread replies (2007)
A network of replies among users of the website Slashdot on the various discussion threads on the site. Nodes are user accounts and each directed edge represents a reply from user i to user j. Replies are timestamped.
This network has 51083 nodes and 140778 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Multigraph, Timestamps

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Critical Dynamics of Random Surfaces: Time Evolution of Area and Genus
Conformal field theories with central charge $c\le1$ on random surfaces have been extensively studied in the past. Here, this discussion is extended from their equilibrium distribution to their critical dynamics. This is motivated by the conjecture that these models describe the time evolution of certain social networks that are self-driven to a critical point. This paper focuses on the dynamics of the overall area and the genus of the surface. The time evolution of the area is shown to follow …

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Detection of "diffuse" coronal He I 1083 during the April 8 2024 Solar Eclipse: evidence for terrestrial atmospheric scattering origin
Strong He I 1083 nm atomic line signals have been previously measured during total solar eclipses at coronal heights above the lunar limb. This rather unexpected measurement has kindled a discussion about the hypothesized presence of significant amounts of neutral helium at coronal conditions. We performed spectroscopic observations of the He I 1083 nm spectroscopic region with the newly built CHEESE instrument during the April 8th 2024 total solar eclipse to test the presence of He I 1083 in t…

Bicomplex polar weighted homogeneous polynomials
Yesenia Bravo, In\'acio Rabelo, Agust\'in Romano-Vel\'azquez
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00255 …

Bicomplex polar weighted homogeneous polynomials
We study the topology of real polynomial maps $\mathbb{R}^{4n} \longrightarrow \mathbb{R}^{4}$ expressed in terms of bicomplex variables and their conjugates, which we refer to as bicomplex mixed polynomials. We introduce the notion of polar weighted homogeneity, a property that generalizes the concept of weighted homogeneity in the complex setting. This leads to the existence of global and spherical Milnor fibrations. Moreover, we include a discussion on bicomplex vector calculus, a bicomplex …

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Status of the International Linear Collider
This paper is not a proposal for a CERN future project but provides information on the International Linear Collider (ILC) considered for Japan in order to facilitate the European Strategy discussion in a global context. It describes progress to date, ongoing engineering studies, updated cost estimate for the machine at $\sqrt{s}=250~\rm GeV$ and the situation in Japan. The physics of the ILC is not presented here, but jointly for all Linear Collider projects in a separate document ``A Linear C…

Constructions of Optimal Frequency-Hopping Sequences with Controlled Minimum Gaps
Chen Li, Chunlei Li, Xiangyong Zeng, Dian Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00945

Constructions of Optimal Frequency-Hopping Sequences with Controlled Minimum Gaps
Frequency-hopping sequences (FHSs) with low Hamming correlation and wide gaps significantly contribute to the anti-interference performance in FH communication systems. This paper investigates FHSs with optimal Hamming correlation and controlled minimum gaps. We start with the discussion of the upper bounds on the minimum gaps of uniform FHSs and then propose a general construction of optimal uniform wide-gap FHSs with length 2l and 3l, which includes the work by Li et al. in IEEE Trans. Inf. T…

Status of the W boson mass and the future of the electroweak fit in the next decades
Giuseppe Bozzi, Matthias Schott
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01887 https…

Status of the W boson mass and the future of the electroweak fit in the next decades
A precise determination of the W boson mass is an essential test for the Standard Model of particle physics: the comparison of experimental value and theoretical prediction allows to probe the internal consistency of the electroweak sector and could possibly highlight signals of New Physics. We provide a concise and up-to-date summary of past and recent measurements at lepton and hadron colliders, a discussion of the known perturbative and non-perturbative theoretical ingredients used to provid…

Whatever LLMs and gen AI may or may not •actually• be good for, whatever jobs they may or may not actually reshape or displace, right now we’re in the middle of a bubble. The sheer amount of money involved makes it almost impossible to think clearly about this, much less have a useful public discussion. Even well-founded hopes and fears for the tech fuel a fire that I very much do not want to fuel.
8/

A recent discussion on open-source Photoshop alternatives (https://mastodon.design/@candidexmedia/114558704815706042) led me down a rabbit hole of image background removal in @…

GitHub - Acly/krita-ai-tools: Krita plugin which adds selection tools to mask objects with a single click, or by drawing a bounding box.
Krita plugin which adds selection tools to mask objects with a single click, or by drawing a bounding box. - Acly/krita-ai-tools

Counting methods of area integrals and Tchebychev polynomials of second kind on the ellipse
Abdelhamid Rehouma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00663 https://

Counting methods of area integrals and Tchebychev polynomials of second kind on the ellipse
We use Gronwall's area formula to find the area of some differents regions as circles, ellipses and lemniscates.We use Laurent and Taylor series expansions of conformal mapping from the exterior of the unit disk to either of these regions to compute the area of them.We close this work with the discussion of orthogonal Tchebychev polynomials of second kind on the ellipse and interpolation.

On the Spherical Dirichlet Distribution: Corrections and Results
Jose H Guardiola
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04441 https://arxiv.org/…

On the Spherical Dirichlet Distribution: Corrections and Results
This note corrects a technical error in Guardiola (2020, Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications), presents updated derivations, and offers an extended discussion of the properties of the spherical Dirichlet distribution. Today, data mining and gene expressions are at the forefront of modern data analysis. Here we introduce a novel probability distribution that is applicable in these fields. This paper develops the proposed Spherical-Dirichlet Distribution designed to fit vectors …

Risks of AI-driven product development and strategies for their mitigation
Jan G\"opfert, Jann M. Weinand, Patrick Kuckertz, Noah Pflugradt, Jochen Lin{\ss}en
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00047

Risks of AI-driven product development and strategies for their mitigation
Humanity is progressing towards automated product development, a trend that promises faster creation of better products and thus the acceleration of technological progress. However, increasing reliance on non-human agents for this process introduces many risks. This perspective aims to initiate a discussion on these risks and appropriate mitigation strategies. To this end, we outline a set of principles for safer AI-driven product development which emphasize human oversight, accountability, and…

Politics and polarization on Bluesky
Ali Salloum, Dorian Quelle, Letizia Iannucci, Alexandre Bovet, Mikko Kivel\"a
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03443 ht…

Politics and polarization on Bluesky
Online political discourse is increasingly shaped not by a few dominant platforms but by a fragmented ecosystem of social media spaces, each with its own user base, target audience, and algorithmic mediation of discussion. Such fragmentation may fundamentally change how polarization manifests online. In this study, we investigate the characteristics of political discourse and polarization on the emerging social media site Bluesky. We collect all activity on the platform between December 2024 an…

Great discussion here on #medieval #ale #barley #hops &

GenDMR: A dynamic multimodal role-swapping network for identifying risk gene phenotypes
Lina Qin, Cheng Zhu, Chuqi Zhou, Yukun Huang, Jiayi Zhu, Ping Liang, Jinju Wang, Yixing Huang, Cheng Luo, Dezhong Yao, Ying Tan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01456

GenDMR: A dynamic multimodal role-swapping network for identifying risk gene phenotypes
Recent studies have shown that integrating multimodal data fusion techniques for imaging and genetic features is beneficial for the etiological analysis and predictive diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, there are several critical flaws in current deep learning methods. Firstly, there has been insufficient discussion and exploration regarding the selection and encoding of genetic information. Secondly, due to the significantly superior classification value of AD imaging features com…

Electric dipole polarizability constraints on neutron skin and symmetry energy
P. von Neumann-Cosel (Institut f\"ur Kernphysik, Technische Universit\"at Darmstadt, Germany, Norwegian Nuclear Research Center and Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway), A. Tamii (Research Center for Nuclear Physics, University of Osaka, Japan)
http…

Electric dipole polarizability constraints on neutron skin and symmetry energy
We review the experimental knowledge on the dipole polarizability (DP) of nuclei and its relation to the neutron skin thickness and properties of the neutron-rich matter equation of state (EOS). The discussion focuses on recent experiments using relativistic Coulomb excitation in inelastic proton scattering at extreme forward angles covering a mass range from $^{40}$Ca to $^{208}$Pb. Constraints on the neutron skins and the density dependence of the symmetry energy are derived from systematic c…

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Contrasting Pseudoscalar Higgs and Toponium States at the LHC and Beyond
We discuss ways to discriminate at hadron colliders between a quasi-bound toponium state and a pseudoscalar Higgs boson A, as predicted in many extensions of the Standard Model. We apply the discussion to the excess of t tbar threshold events recently observed at the LHC by the CMS collaboration \cite{CMS}, which could in principle be due to either possibility. Working in an effective theory in which only an additional pseudoscalar A boson is present in the spectrum, with a mass above the 2 m_t…

If you need or want #steamos today, i don't reccomend getting the recovery image and hoping it works, rather just use #bazzite , it's a community maintained operating system that is very batteries included for whatever you want or need today. SteamOS itself I don't know why you wou…

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Kummer Surfaces, Isogenies and Theta Functions
The paper discusses geometric and computational aspects associated with $(n,n)$-isogenies for principally polarized Abelian surfaces and related Kummer surfaces. We start by reviewing the comprehensive Theta function framework for classifying genus-two curves, their principally polarized Jacobians, as well as for establishing explicit quartic normal forms for associated Kummer surfaces. This framework is then used for practical isogeny computations. A particular focus of the discussion is the $…

Bloch Waves, Magnetization and Domain Walls: The Case of the Gluon Propagator
Attilio Cucchieri, Tereza Mendes
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.07730 https://

Bloch Waves, Magnetization and Domain Walls: The Case of the Gluon Propagator
We expand our previous study [1] of replicated gauge configurations in lattice SU(Nc) Yang-Mills theory -- employing Bloch's theorem, from condensed-matter physics -- to construct gauge-fixed field configurations on significantly larger lattices than the original, or primitive, one. We present a comprehensive discussion of the general gauge-fixing problem, identifying advantages of the replicated-lattice approach. In particular, the consideration of Bloch waves leads us to a visualization of th…

Where's the Line? A Classroom Activity on Ethical and Constructive Use of Generative AI in Physics
Zosia Krusberg
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00229 http…

Where's the Line? A Classroom Activity on Ethical and Constructive Use of Generative AI in Physics
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT are rapidly reshaping how students and instructors engage with course material-and how they think about academic integrity. This paper presents a classroom activity designed to help physics students critically examine the ethical and educational implications of using AI in coursework. Through a structured sequence of case analysis, discussion, and optional policy drafting, students develop the metacognitive, ethical, and collaborative skills needed to navigate e…

Tuning the Chern number of Kitaev quantum spin liquid
Seong Jun Kwon, Kyusung Hwang, Suk Bum Chung
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.23282 https://

Tuning the Chern number of Kitaev quantum spin liquid
It is now well understood that non-Kitaev spin interactions can be added to the Kitaev quantum spin liquid by applying external fields. Recent years have seen intensive discussion on the possible phase transitions that these spin interactions induce. In this paper, we will show through the perturbation theory the possibility of accessing a gapped spin liquid phase with a higher Chern number through, in contrast to the cases studied in literature, a continuous phase transition. Such a transition…