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🔫 Putin watches Russian military parade featuring a solitary, Soviet-era tank
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/09/putin-watches-russian-military-parade-featuring-soviet-era-tank

Got my shiny new 9 kHz - 40 GHz 2.92mm DC blocks, put them on the big scope, and...
...managed to destroy the female contact on one of them, probably by misaligning the pin or something when I mated it. $245 down the drain and an expensive lesson learned.

@…
REJUVELAC #recipe
1/3
MAKES ABOUT 5 CUPS
Ingredients
1 cup whole grains ( preferably rye for cheese or brown rice, or wheat or Kamut berries, or a combination)
6 cups filtered water
Directions
Soak and sprout the grains.
Put the grains in a 1-quart glass jar and add water to cover. Place a double layer of cheesecloth over the mouth of the jar and secure it with a rubber band. Let the grains soak for 8 to 12 hours. Drain, then add just enough ...
#EllieKPosts #ferment

Missing Link: Indiens Software-Brain-Drain kehrt sich um
Indiens digitaler Aufstieg, neue Visa-Regelungen und die starke Nachfrage von Big Tech locken IT-Fachkräfte zurück nach Indien.
https://www.<…

What happened to the #HomeAssistant Android app? 🤷
#Battery #drain

A look at the challenges of academic AI research, as costs to develop generative AI models grow rapidly and tech companies' salaries drain academia of talent (Washington Post)
https://wapo.st/3Ix9deO

Silicon Valley is pricing academics out of AI research
A growing chorus of academics say the sky-high cost of working with AI models is boxing researchers out of the field, compromising independent study of the technology.

It has been raining All Day.
I have been sneezing, my eyes are watering. I cannot believe this is due to pollen. Surely all the rain will have washed the dust, pollen and other particles down the drain.

Missing Link: India's Software Brain Drain Turns the Tide to Talent Shortage
From India’s own digital rise to new visa dynamics to a huge demand for talent by Big Tech – there are many levers pulling IT professionals back to India.

BBC ex-Director of News and Current Affairs James Harding says the BBC "will drain advertising away from journalism" if the broadcaster runs ads on its podcasts (Bron Maher/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/podcasts/ja…

James Harding warns BBC podcast ads will ‘drain advertising away from journalism’
Former BBC director of news James Harding says the BBC “will drain advertising away from journalism” if it allows ads alongside its podcasts.

Forty-one state attorneys general penned a letter to Meta’s top attorney on Wednesday saying complaints are skyrocketing across the United States about Facebook and Instagram user accounts being stolen and declaring “immediate action” necessary to mitigate the rolling threat.
Law enforcement doesn’t want to be “customer service” reps for Meta any more | Ars Technica

Law enforcement doesn’t want to be “customer service” reps for Meta any more
“Dramatic and persistent spike” in account takeovers is "substantial drain" on resources.

🔊 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Nirvana:
🎵 Drain You
#Nirvana
https://open.spotify.com/track/0bTLGlCqwZXwJGWGE2Dywg
https://andreas9.bandcamp.com/track/nirvana-drain-you-remaster

It has been raining All Day.
I have been sneezing, my eyes are watering. I cannot believe this is due to pollen. Surely all the rain will have washed the dust, pollen and other particles down the drain.

Cut my index finger on a shard of beveled glass in the drain of the kitchen sink. No idea where it came from or how long it's been there –it doesn't match any of my cups. It's inexplicable!
#cicnyzskalenjo

You never know what might crawl out of the drain.
#catsodon #CatsOfMastodon #Whiskers

Jazzaria
"Down the Drain"
@…
https://www.clongclongmoo.org/2024/03/17/jazzaria-down-the-drain/

Rabbit releases its first R1 software update, with "up to 5x" improved idle battery performance, a better music playback UI, more reliable Bluetooth, and more (Allison Johnson/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/30/2414544

The Rabbit R1’s first software update addresses its dismal battery life
The Rabbit R1 gets its first OTA software update today, and it includes a fix for an important issue: a fast-draining battery.

Trump’s legal bills drain millions more from his political committees
Donald Trump is picking up his fundraising pace
even as he fights criminal charges in four cases and appeals a nearly half-billion dollar civil fraud judgment against him in New York.
But his legal expenses continue to be a tremendous burden on his campaign and its allied groups,
the latest campaign finance records show,
accounting for 26 percent of the spending in March by his political com…

Trump’s legal bills drain millions more from his political committees
The former president’s legal bills account for more than a quarter of the spending by his political committees in March, new campaign finance filings show.

Missing Link: Indiens Software-Brain-Drain kehrt sich um
Indiens digitaler Aufstieg, neue Visa-Regelungen und die starke Nachfrage von Big Tech locken IT-Fachkräfte zurück nach Indien.
https://www.<…

Plumber: “We cleared it. Black sludge, probably growing over the life of the house from everything that ever went down the drain. We had to go all the way to the main. But it’s clear.”
Me, completely flat: “Did it scream?”
Plumber: “…what?”
Me: “Can you still hear it?”
Plumber: “I’ll, um, be in the van working on your invoice.”

Apropos #Croatia and the brain drain, I was happy to hear that the Croatian met service are now also part of the #HCLIM consortium along with the Nordic countries, Ireland, Spain, NL Hungary..
#eurovision #ClimateModelling

Missing Link: India's Software Brain Drain Turns the Tide to Talent Shortage
From India’s own digital rise to new visa dynamics to a huge demand for talent by Big Tech – there are many levers pulling IT professionals back to India.

WaPo takes on the the true low-hanging fruit of urbanism. Downtown surface parking lots that aren't even used for parking. https://wapo.st/3VDeTf4

Want your city to thrive? Start by rethinking parking lots.
These micro wastelands drain the life from cities. It’s time we imagine better.

[the video itself shows a series of vaguely relevant clips, filmed by someone given to monotropic absorption in details, mostly in slow motion: the surface of a stream, sparkling in the sun; a shot of an 'infinite dodecahedron', resembling an extended field of slowly flashing lights; a sponge, struggling to absorb much of the intense stream of water pouring into it; a steamer nozzle, held up in sunlight so that the droplets make little diffraction-rainbows while the flow of steam and drops accelerates; the inside of a drain, rainwater gently running in; a water bottle, shaken so that bubbles form and then burst.]

Heh, just had a light hearted talk with my Senior Director about how paying close attention to the costs of your cloud IS REALLY <expletive> IMPORTANT!
Clouds are happy, fun filled, money pits. All those super useful tools and gee-gaws exist to entrap you into their ecosystem and drain your profits.
Yes, they can provide value (worth in comparison, not cheap prices), but be mindful of the value vs cost and audit that crap every quarter. Know what, why & how long you u…

This is just to say
I have unclogged
the drain
that is in
the bathroom
and which
you were probably
unaware
even existed
Holy shit
what a pain
so frustrating
but finally done

Trying to learn how to have a #HomeServer for #Selfhosting has drain me. I've achieve so many things as a power user though the years but this time I hit a wall.
First, the old laptop I'm trying to use is not cooperating as I notice many

Well that was an experience.
Did a bit of "forensic drainage" with the neighbor and discovered a ~18" square storm drain catch basin in my backyard that had been buried under several inches of soil for decades and I had no idea existed.
But we've confirmed the accuracy of some old city plans and this might save me a bunch of money on some upcoming drainage work.

Trump's legal bills drain millions more from his political committees (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/20/trump-legal-bills-fundraising-reports/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240420/p38#a240420p38

#SilentSunday I love these overcast days.

Can Edge Computing fulfill the requirements of automated vehicular services using 5G network ?
Wendlasida Ouedraogo, Andrea Araldo, Badii Jouaber, Hind Castel, Remy Grunblatt
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.05296

Can Edge Computing fulfill the requirements of automated vehicular services using 5G network ?
Communication and computation services supporting Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs) are characterized by stringent requirements, in terms of response time and reliability. Fulfilling these requirements is crucial for ensuring road safety and traffic optimization. The conceptually simple solution of hosting these services in the vehicles increases their cost (mainly due to the installation and maintenance of computation infrastructure) and may drain their battery excessively. Such disadvan…

De totale gekte van de amerikaanse verkiezingen en het geld dat er in om gaat. Voornamelijk naar Trumps' advokaten
**Trump’s legal bills drain millions more from his political committees**
https://archive.is/K8ngU

Trump going into full fascist mode. So sad how US democracy is going down the drain. Remember that Republicans/GOP actually elected him as their candidate, but also he has a very good chance to win the elections. Unbelievable.
(Giftlink)
h…

Trump Says Some Migrants Are ‘Not People’ and Predicts a ‘Blood Bath’ if He Loses
In a caustic and discursive speech in Ohio, former President Donald J. Trump once again doubled down on a doomsday vision of the United States.

‘Most paintings should have been burnt’: Augustus John’s granddaughter attacks artist’s later works | Painting | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/apr/21/burn-augustus-john-later-works-artist-…

Self-heating effect in nanoscale SOI Junctionless FinFET with different geometries
A. E. Atamuratov, B. O. Jabbarova, M. M. Khalilloev, A. Yusupov, A. G. Loureriro
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.06271

Self-heating effect in nanoscale SOI Junctionless FinFET with different geometries
In this work we study the self-heating (1) effect (SHE) in nanoscale Silicon on Insulator Junctionless (SOI JL) FinFET transistor with fi cross section in rectangular, trapeze and triangle form. The lattice temperature dependence on the channel length as well as on buried oxide thickness is considered. It is shown that for considered transistor structure the lattice temperature in the middle of the channel is lower than at lateral sides, near source and drain. Also, we have found at the same co…

Rapidly rising seas are combining with storms to generate epic floods, threatening lives, property and livelihoods.
In the Fowl River’s case, unusually high tides slowed floodwaters as they went downstream to drain.
This increased the water’s depth and flooded a wide expanse — even several miles upstream.
The result was deluged roads, washed out cars and damaged houses from a flood that was larger, deeper and longer-lasting due to rising seas.

On the U.S. gulf coast, flooding risk grows as sea level rise accelerates
Alabama and the U.S. Gulf Coast region have seen a sudden burst of sea level rise, spurring flooding in low areas exacerbated by rainfall and high tides.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.09840 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@a…

Dark versus blocking states in electronic transport: a Lee-Yang zero analysis of full counting statistics
Electronic transport through nanostructures can be suppressed by coherent population trapping, in which quantum coherence leads to a dark state that decouples from the drain electrode. Finite transport, then, relies on decoherence of the dark state. An alternative scenario for reduced transport is weak coupling of a state, referred to as a blocking state, to the drain. This raises the question of whether and how these two scenarios can be distinguished in the transport features. For the example…

headline, russian invasion
"Will Europe ever get serious about defense?"
Are you asking after the last 2 years of playing "Breadcrumbs in Blood" with Ukraine? The strategy is quite clear: Drain Russia of resources with the blood and land of Ukraine and hope for the best, that Russia is less resourceful than the hopes and prayers of estimation.

If you’re in #RochesterNY, you should probably boil your water because, uhhh,
https://apnews.com/article/body-found-reser…

Body found in western New York reservoir leads to boil-water advisory
A human body has been found in a western New York reservoir that supplies drinking water to parts of Rochester, prompting a boil-water advisory for several neighborhoods. Workers with the city’s Water Bureau discovered the body Tuesday morning in the Highland Park Reservoir. Officials say the reservoir was immediately disconnected from the public water supply, with plans to drain and clean it before resuming its use. The city says testing showed the water was safe, and the boil-water advisory…

I am planning on a short road trip south into Ohio to witness totality.
“Planning” may be a strong word. I’m an adult, it’s a few hours, what takes planning? Obviously I’ll scrub if the weather sucks bad enough, but I’m willing to chase a break in the clouds a few hundred miles. A bucket list item. Might never come back if I miss it. …

A few things currently and credibly threaten to kill billions of people. This is not hyperbole. Runaway climate change, solar weather, a nuclear exchange, several others. Front page news occasionally reminds us of a few of these, but mostly it's about sick princesses, manufactured crises in USA congress, and other relative fluff. We bemoan the steep decline of the media business, but does a healthy one actually materially help us? We're swirling around the drain either way.

This is just to say
I have unclogged
the drain
that is in
the bathroom
and which
you were probably
unaware
even existed
Holy shit
what a pain
so frustrating
but finally done

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #AmyLamé
Nirvana:
🎵 Drain You
#Nirvana
https://open.spotify.com/track/0bTLGlCqwZXwJGWGE2Dywg
https://andreas9.bandcamp.com/track/nirvana-drain-you-remaster

Russia has faced a historic slew of penalties from Washington, Brussels and beyond since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.
The punishments, chiefly economic sanctions, were designed in large part to drain Russia’s coffers so it would struggle to fund its war.
And more pain has been promised as both the U.S. and EU unveiled new sanctions against Russia this week, some tied to the death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Yet, two ye…

If you’re in #RochesterNY, you should probably boil your water because, uhhh,
https://apnews.com/article/body-found-reser…

Body found in western New York reservoir leads to boil-water advisory
A human body has been found in a western New York reservoir that supplies drinking water to parts of Rochester, prompting a boil-water advisory for several neighborhoods. Workers with the city’s Water Bureau discovered the body Tuesday morning in the Highland Park Reservoir. Officials say the reservoir was immediately disconnected from the public water supply, with plans to drain and clean it before resuming its use. The city says testing showed the water was safe, and the boil-water advisory…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.03713 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@a…

Different fractional charges from auto- and cross-correlation noise in quantum Hall states without upstream modes
Fractional charges of anyons can be extracted from shot noise in two ways. One can use either the auto-correlation noise of the current in one drain or the cross-correlation noise between two drains on the two sides of the device. The former approach typically overestimates the charge. This may happen due to upstream edge modes. We propose a mechanism for the excess auto-correlation noise without upstream modes. It applies to systems with multiple co-propagating edge modes and assumes that the …

DDC: A Vision for a Disaggregated Datacenter
Mohammad Ewais, Paul Chow
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.12742 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.12…

DDC: A Vision for a Disaggregated Datacenter
Datacenters of today have maintained the same architecture for decades using the server as the primary building block. However, this traditional approach suffers from under-utilization of its resources, often caused by over-allocating these resources when deploying applications to accommodate worst-case scenarios. Specifically, servers can quickly drain their over-allocated memory resources while their CPUs are not fully utilized. This problem gives rise to a different school of thought, wher…

After a bad legal week for Trump, even worse could be on the horizon
The immediate priority for Trump’s legal agenda remains, figuring out how to come up with $450m
– or finding a company prepared to help him post bond within 30 days of when the court entered the judgment, so that he can appeal the penalty.
Trump saw the ruling as a two-pronged stab at his personal identity:
it is likely to almost entirely drain his accounts of cash and it bars him from running the T…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.02858 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

Experimental Investigation of Drain Noise in High Electron Mobility Transistors: Thermal and Hot Electron Noise
We report the on-wafer characterization of $S$-parameters and microwave noise temperature ($T_{50}$) of discrete metamorphic InGaAs high electron mobility transistors (mHEMTs) at 40 K and 300 K and over a range of drain-source voltages ($V_{DS}$). From these data, we extract a small-signal model and the drain (output) noise current power spectral density ($S_{id}$) at each bias and temperature. This procedure enables $S_{id}$ to be obtained while accounting for the variation of small-signal mod…

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
The Distillers:
🎵 Drain The Blood
#TheDistillers
https://open.spotify.com/track/1perI58vaqHUMy0Fjyu7WQ

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio1's #Radio1sRockShowWithDanielPCarter
Deftones:
🎵 Combat
#BBCR1 #Deftones
https://open.spotify.com/track/054IXIFI9vkYEzsMW0bgNi
https://tfwamirite.bandcamp.com/track/armed-combat-between-the-bangtan-boys-drain-gang-deftones-and-haunted-mound

Students lose out as cities and states give billions in property tax breaks to businesses − draining school budgets and especially hurting the poorest students
Meanwhile, schools make up the largest cost item in these communities, meaning they suffer most when companies are granted breaks in property taxes.
A three-month investigation by The Conversation and three scholars with expertise in economic development, tax laws and education policy shows that the cash drain from these pr…

Students lose out as cities and states give billions in property tax breaks to businesses − draining school budgets and especially hurting the poorest students
An estimated 95% of US cities provide economic development tax incentives to woo corporate investors, taking billions away from schools.

The Electrochemical Transistor: a device based on the Electrochemical control of a polymer Polaronic state. The PCPDT-BT as a case study
Andrea Stefani, Agnese Giacomino, Sara Morandi, Andrea Marchetti, Claudio Fontanesi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.18492

The Electrochemical Transistor: a device based on the Electrochemical control of a polymer Polaronic state. The PCPDT-BT as a case study
This work presents an original concept directed to implement an unconventional methodology where a device is produced by integrating a solid-state circuitry concept and an electrochemistry cell. In our experimental system an organic semiconductor, (PCPDT-BT), serves both as the gate and working electrode. Gating is obtained via electrochemical polarization exploiting a conventional three electrodes electrochemical cell placed on top of a traditional source/drain/gate solid-state device configur…

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio1's #Radio1sRockShowWithDanielPCarter
Deftones:
🎵 Combat
#BBCR1 #Deftones
https://open.spotify.com/track/054IXIFI9vkYEzsMW0bgNi
https://tfwamirite.bandcamp.com/track/armed-combat-between-the-bangtan-boys-drain-gang-deftones-and-haunted-mound

Dark versus blocking states in electronic transport: a Lee-Yang zero analysis of full counting statistics
Johann Z\"ollner, Philipp Stegmann, J\"urgen K\"onig, Eric Kleinherbers
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.09840

Dark versus blocking states in electronic transport: a Lee-Yang zero analysis of full counting statistics
Electronic transport through nanostructures can be suppressed by coherent population trapping, in which quantum coherence leads to a dark state that decouples from the drain electrode. Finite transport, then, relies on decoherence of the dark state. An alternative scenario for reduced transport is weak coupling of a state, referred to as a blocking state, to the drain. This raises the question of whether and how these two scenarios can be distinguished in the transport features. For the example…

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio1's #Radio1sRockShowWithDanielPCarter
Bad Omens:
🎵 The Drain (feat. HEALTH & SWARM)
#BBCR1 #BadOmens #newRelease 🆕 single
https://open.spotify.com/track/0LSgZIdGUQtaXxlFN9thhc

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio1's #Radio1sRockShowWithDanielPCarter
Bad Omens:
🎵 The Drain (feat. HEALTH & SWARM)
#BBCR1 #BadOmens #newRelease 🆕 single
https://open.spotify.com/track/0LSgZIdGUQtaXxlFN9thhc