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Eagles' Lane Johnson explains why he's getting close to his 'peak' at 35 years old

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/eagles-

The Diversity of Exoplanetary Environments and the Search for Signs of Life Beyond Earth
Sara Seager, Janusz J. Petkowski, William Bains
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11690

The Diversity of Exoplanetary Environments and the Search for Signs of Life Beyond Earth
Thousands of exoplanets orbit nearby stars, showcasing a remarkable diversity in mass, size, and orbits. With the James Webb Space Telescope now operational, we are observing exoplanet atmospheres and aiming to reach down to small, habitable-zone exoplanets in search of signs of habitability and possibly even biosignature gases. Given the scarcity of targets, it is imperative to embrace the known diversity and consider the range of exoplanets that might host life. We review how Earth life inter…

Lawmakers are poised to extend Pell Grant eligibility to short-term credential programs.
With few guardrails in place, it could incentivize an explosion in unaccredited and for-profit providers.
https://www.insidehighered.com/ne…

Workforce Pell Would Extend Grants to Unaccredited Programs
Lawmakers are poised to extend Pell eligibility to short-term credential programs. With few guardrails in place, it could incentivize an explosion in unaccredited and for-profit providers.

Decidable Reversible Equivalences for Finite Petri Nets
Roberto Gorrieri, Ivan Lanese
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11517 https://arxiv.…

Decidable Reversible Equivalences for Finite Petri Nets
In the setting of Petri nets, we prove that {\em causal-net bisimilarity} \cite{G15,Gor22,Gor25a}, which is a refinement of history-preserving bisimilarity \cite{RT88,vGG89,DDM89}, and the novel {\em hereditary} causal-net bisimilarity, which is a refinement of hereditary history-preserving bisimilarity \cite{Bed91,JNW96}, do coincide. This means that causal-net bisimilarity is a {\em reversible behavioral equivalence}, as causal-net bisimilar markings not only are able to match each other's fo…

Exploiting AI for Attacks: On the Interplay between Adversarial AI and Offensive AI
Saskia Laura Schr\"oer, Luca Pajola, Alberto Castagnaro, Giovanni Apruzzese, Mauro Conti
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12519

Exploiting AI for Attacks: On the Interplay between Adversarial AI and Offensive AI
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to evolve, it has transitioned from a research-focused discipline to a widely adopted technology, enabling intelligent solutions across various sectors. In security, AI's role in strengthening organizational resilience has been studied for over two decades. While much attention has focused on AI's constructive applications, the increasing maturity and integration of AI have also exposed its darker potentials. This article explores two emerging AI-relate…

Ended up using a probability game mechanic again today and thought I might explain it here in case other #GameDev folks might find it useful. The basic problem it solves is when you want a percentage probability to be influenced by both beneficial and detrimental stats/effects, and you want these to balance against each other without the system easily tipping too far in either direction. Think about crit chance for example, and how many games have either lopsided systems where it's easy to max out at 100% or really opaque systems to try to balance things somehow. The system I'm about to describe has a nice intuitive explanation, but also permits positive & negative modifiers to balance out naturally (though it may not work well for every situation).

Exploring the Potential of Metacognitive Support Agents for Human-AI Co-Creation
Frederic Gmeiner, Kaitao Luo, Ye Wang, Kenneth Holstein, Nikolas Martelaro
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12879

Exploring the Potential of Metacognitive Support Agents for Human-AI Co-Creation
Despite the potential of generative AI (GenAI) design tools to enhance design processes, professionals often struggle to integrate AI into their workflows. Fundamental cognitive challenges include the need to specify all design criteria as distinct parameters upfront (intent formulation) and designers' reduced cognitive involvement in the design process due to cognitive offloading, which can lead to insufficient problem exploration, underspecification, and limited ability to evaluate outcomes. …

WIP: Exploring the Value of a Debugging Cheat Sheet and Mini Lecture in Improving Undergraduate Debugging Skills and Mindset
Andrew Ash, John Hu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11339

WIP: Exploring the Value of a Debugging Cheat Sheet and Mini Lecture in Improving Undergraduate Debugging Skills and Mindset
This work-in-progress research paper explores the efficacy of a small-scale microelectronics debugging education intervention utilizing quasi-experimental design in an introductory microelectronics course for third-year electrical and computer engineering (ECE) students. In the first semester of research, the experimental group attended a debugging "mini lecture" covering two common sources of circuit error and received a debugging cheat sheet with recommendations for testing and hypothesis for…

from my link log —
Exploit a binary with sigreturn oriented programming (SROP).
https://rog3rsm1th.github.io/posts/sigreturn-oriented-programming/
saved 2021-06-22

Evaluating Large Language Models for Phishing Detection, Self-Consistency, Faithfulness, and Explainability
Shova Kuikel, Aritran Piplai, Palvi Aggarwal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13746

Evaluating Large Language Models for Phishing Detection, Self-Consistency, Faithfulness, and Explainability
Phishing attacks remain one of the most prevalent and persistent cybersecurity threat with attackers continuously evolving and intensifying tactics to evade the general detection system. Despite significant advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning, faithfully reproducing the interpretable reasoning with classification and explainability that underpin phishing judgments remains challenging. Due to recent advancement in Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models (LLMs) sho…