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Probeless vs Probe-Based Variable-Strength Eavesdropping in Quantum Key Distribution
Yuval Idan, Tal Gofman, Ziv Abelson, Isabelle Cestier, Elad Mentovich, Eliahu Cohen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25890

Probeless vs Probe-Based Variable-Strength Eavesdropping in Quantum Key Distribution
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a provably secure way of generating a secret key, which can later be used for encoding and decoding information. In this paper we analyze the effects of an eavesdropper's variable-strength measurements on QKD. Two types of measurements have been considered: (i) a probe-based model, commonly referred to as a "weak measurement", in which each qubit is weakly coupled to a continuous variable probe which is later projectively measured (ii) a probeless model, usuall…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
dexter in the newsagent:
🎵 Stranger to love
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https://open.spotify.com/track/2fTwwi7auLy8zP38eOhvGy

The BBC says its Doctor Who partnership with Disney, which gave Disney global streaming rights, ended after two years and it is "fully committed to Doctor Who" (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/10/doctor-who-disney-…

Disney+ Officially Exiting ‘Doctor Who’ Partnership With BBC After Two Seasons
Disney+ is pulling out of the 'Doctor Who' BBC deal after two seasons but the show will continue with a CHristmas special written by RUssell T Davies.

Racists gotta racist even if it destroys their country and economy sad face
https://mastodon.social/@kottke/115804164734120434

Enabling Time-Aware Priority Traffic Management over Distributed FPGA Nodes
Alberto Scionti, Paolo Savio, Francesco Lubrano, Federico Stirano, Antonino Nespola, Olivier Terzo, Corrado De Sio, Luca Sterpone
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26043

Enabling Time-Aware Priority Traffic Management over Distributed FPGA Nodes
Network Interface Cards (NICs) greatly evolved from simple basic devices moving traffic in and out of the network to complex heterogeneous systems offloading host CPUs from performing complex tasks on in-transit packets. These latter comprise different types of devices, ranging from NICs accelerating fixed specific functions (e.g., on-the-fly data compression/decompression, checksum computation, data encryption, etc.) to complex Systems-on-Chip (SoC) equipped with both general purpose processor…

One could make an argument that #LFC is looking to shed distractions in order to right the ship. The Carabao Cup is perhaps one such distraction. This starting lineup and bench selection is not the strongest.
But it will be great to see Woodman, Ramsay, Morrison, and Nyoni in action (alongside Ngumoha, of course).
Palace doesn't have their full strength either, but are a lot closer to i…

Perhaps one of my next projects is to set up a Mastodon instance (may be this one) on a cluster of 3 or more Raspberry Pi's. Still no exact imagination on how to distribute the different services in a meaningful manner. An example could be:
🖥️ Node Roles
pi-master: PostgreSQL, Redis, Reverse Proxy
pi-worker1: Web (Rails), Streaming
pi-worker2: Sidekiq, Web (replica)
#mastodon

Impact of Evaporation Barriers on Solar-Captured Dark Matter Distributions and Evaporation Mass
Xuan Wen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26192 https://arxiv.org…

Impact of Evaporation Barriers on Solar-Captured Dark Matter Distributions and Evaporation Mass
Dark matter (DM) particles traversing the Sun can lose energy through elastic scattering with solar nuclei and become gravitationally captured. For DM with masses below a few GeV, however, evaporation caused by collisions with hot nuclei efficiently ejects particles, preventing their long-term accumulation. This defines a minimum mass threshold, typically around a few GeV, below which the Sun cannot retain DM. In this work, we investigate how an additional evaporation barrier - arising either f…

Spatial distribution of secondary electrons' Synchrotron emission: property and implication
Qi-Zuo Wu, Ruo-Yu Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25886 https://

Spatial distribution of secondary electrons' Synchrotron emission: property and implication
Galactic $γ$-ray sources can be produced by either high-energy protons via proton-proton collisions or electrons/positrons via inverse Compton scattering. Distinguishing between the hadronic and leptonic origin of $γ$-ray emission in Galactic sources remains challenging. Measurements of non-thermal X-ray spectra of these sources, which could originate from primary electrons in the leptonic scenario or secondary electrons/positrons in the hadronic scenario, have been suggested as an efficient …

Triggered by yesterday's discussion about old fluid sims, a short thread with some more examples from that period 2007-2009 to explore fluid dynamics for marbling...
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#FluidSim