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2024 NFL free agency: Bengals, veteran tackle Trent Brown reach one-year deal, per report

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2024-nf…

2024 NFL free agency: Bengals, veteran tackle Trent Brown reach one-year deal, per report
The Bengals now have two massive tackles protecting Joe Burrow

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.14510 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csHC_…

An Empathy-Based Sandbox Approach to Bridge the Privacy Gap among Attitudes, Goals, Knowledge, and Behaviors
Managing privacy to reach privacy goals is challenging, as evidenced by the privacy attitude-behavior gap. Mitigating this discrepancy requires solutions that account for both system opaqueness and users' hesitations in testing different privacy settings due to fears of unintended data exposure. We introduce an empathy-based approach that allows users to experience how privacy attributes may alter system outcomes in a risk-free sandbox environment from the perspective of artificially generated …

Another NFC East team linked to Saquon Barkley ahead of free agency https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/another_nfc_east_team_linked_to_saquon_barkley_ahead_of_free_agency/s1_13132_40086067

Another NFC East team linked to Saquon Barkley ahead of free agency
Star running back Saquon Barkley might stay in the NFC East. ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reported  that some in league circles believe the Dallas Cowboys "will pursue" the free agent.  However, Jordan Raanan of ESPN noted that the Cowboys "aren't expected to reach the [two-time Pro Bowler's] price point." The Philadelphia Eagles are in the same boat. Spotrac estimates Dallas has $8.8M in cap room. Barkley's market value is a three-year deal worth $9.9M annually. The Cowboys' run game has room for im…

Texans, Dalton Schultz reach three-year deal: Veteran TE avoids free agency, stays in Houston with C.J. Stroud

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/ne…

Texans, Dalton Schultz reach three-year deal: Veteran TE avoids free agency, stays in Houston with C.J. Stroud
Schultz was a big part of the Texans' success in 2023

Do I know any tech writers who would be interested doing some contract work? (The specific project I have in mind is the user guide / reference manual for OmniGraffle 8.)
Feel free to reach out privately, here or via email (kc@omnigroup.com).

Soooo.....if any of you have seen my most recent posts....I'm doing something.
If you're reading this, we follow each other, you consider yourself fairly "within my circle", and you want to be a part of something new and limited, feel free to reach out. (Just please don't take it personal if I don't allow you a spot in this, I am trying to keep it really limited for reasons)
More public deets coming soon. Ideas are happening.😏😉

As music from Universal Music Group artists disappears from TikTok, creators turn to royalty-free, almost-contextless sound clips (Reece Rogers/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-music-umg-sounds-future/

Music Is TikTok's Past. Sounds May Be Its Future
More Universal Music songs are disappearing from TikTok as the two companies fail to reach new agreements. Sound clips are ready for their big break.

Cowboys don't intend to let star QB reach free agency https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/cowboys_dont_intend_to_let_star_qb_reach_free_agency/s1_14819_40164312

Cowboys don't intend to let star QB reach free agency
More is coming out of the Cowboys-Dak Prescott situation. Although no offer has been made and no deal is imminent, CBS Sports’ Josina Anderson supplies some information in line with the team’s recently expressed stance. The Cowboys still want to complete an extension with Prescott this year, according to Anderson, who adds the team is not planning on letting the reigning MVP runner-up reach free agency. Some hurdles exist on the path toward a Prescott extension, but even though nothing is c…

Texans, Dalton Schultz reach three-year deal: Veteran TE avoids free agency, stays in Houston with C.J. Stroud

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/ne…

Texans, Dalton Schultz reach three-year deal: Veteran TE avoids free agency, stays in Houston with C.J. Stroud
Schultz was a big part of the Texans' success in 2023

A New Algorithm With Lower Complexity for Bilevel Optimization
Haimei Huo, Zhixun Su
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.11377 https://arxiv.o…

A New Algorithm With Lower Complexity for Bilevel Optimization
Many stochastic algorithms have been proposed to solve the bilevel optimization problem, where the lower level function is strongly convex and the upper level value function is nonconvex. In particular, exising Hessian inverse-free algorithms that utilize momentum recursion or variance reduction technqiues can reach an $ε$-stationary point with a complexity of $\tilde{O}(ε^{-1.5})$ under usual smoothness conditions. However, $\tilde{O}(ε^{-1.5})$ is a complexity higher than $O(ε^{-1.5})$. H…

As music from Universal Music Group artists disappears from TikTok, creators turn to royalty-free, almost-contextless sound clips (Reece Rogers/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-music-umg-sounds-future/

Music Is TikTok's Past. Sounds May Be Its Future
More Universal Music songs are disappearing from TikTok as the two companies fail to reach new agreements. Sound clips are ready for their big break.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07059 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_qu…

Better than classical? The subtle art of benchmarking quantum machine learning models
Benchmarking models via classical simulations is one of the main ways to judge ideas in quantum machine learning before noise-free hardware is available. However, the huge impact of the experimental design on the results, the small scales within reach today, as well as narratives influenced by the commercialisation of quantum technologies make it difficult to gain robust insights. To facilitate better decision-making we develop an open-source package based on the PennyLane software framework an…

Internet of Dongs (gah I love them) also got their hands on the "Reddit said this vibrator has malware" vibrator this weekend, pulled it apart, and confirmed it doesn't have malware: https://internetofdon.gs/bad-vibes-or-why-you-…

Bad vibes? Or: Why you shouldn’t trust everything you read on Reddit
Note from RenderMan: This post is a writeup by a friend who specializes in malware analysis and tracking who wishes to remain anonymous but wanted to share what they found. More than happy to post such things, so feel free to reach out if you want your research posted anonymously.

Latest suggestions for Raywat D @… :
New amateur sports to help the Olympics reach an even wider audience:
-No-hands nose balance
-100 meter dash while holding a ping pong ball between your knees
-3000 meter Jabberwocky tickle
-2 meter prance and trout-slapping
-8kg salmon assisted canal diving

There are so many accounts by the #news media on #Threads, that could but do not yet federate. Doesn't make much sense to ask here for them to do that, so I posted something over there.
If you have an account and want more of the media federating, feel free to share the post:

Raiders reach deal to bring back center James https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39702074/andre-james-re-sign-raiders-ahead-free-agency

Andre James re-signs with Raiders ahead of free agency - ESPN
Andre James has re-signed with the Raiders, who secured one of the top centers that would have been available in free agency.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.14678 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_mat…

Transmission eigenvalue-free regions near the real axis in the anisotropic case
We consider the anisotropic interior transmission problem with one complex-valued refraction index. Under the condition that all geodesics reach the boundary in a finite time, we obtain large regions near the real axis free of transmission eigenvalues.

Better than classical? The subtle art of benchmarking quantum machine learning models
Joseph Bowles, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Maria Schuld
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07059

Better than classical? The subtle art of benchmarking quantum machine learning models
Benchmarking models via classical simulations is one of the main ways to judge ideas in quantum machine learning before noise-free hardware is available. However, the huge impact of the experimental design on the results, the small scales within reach today, as well as narratives influenced by the commercialisation of quantum technologies make it difficult to gain robust insights. To facilitate better decision-making we develop an open-source package based on the PennyLane software framework an…

Four-band effective square lattice model for Bernal-stacked bilayer graphene
Szu-Chao Chen, Alina Mre\'nca-Kolasi\'nska, Ming-Hao Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.03155

Four-band effective square lattice model for Bernal-stacked bilayer graphene
Bernal-stacked bilayer graphene (BLG) provides an ideal basis for gate-controlled, and free of etching, electronic devices. Theoretical modeling of realistic devices is an essential part of research, however, simulations of large-scale BLG devices continue to be extremely challenging. Micrometer-sized systems are predominantly beyond the reach of the commonly used atomistic tight-binding method, while other numerical approaches based on the two dimensional Dirac equation are not straightforward…

Improving Learnt Local MAPF Policies with Heuristic Search
Rishi Veerapaneni, Qian Wang, Kevin Ren, Arthur Jakobsson, Jiaoyang Li, Maxim Likhachev
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.20300

Improving Learnt Local MAPF Policies with Heuristic Search
Multi-agent path finding (MAPF) is the problem of finding collision-free paths for a team of agents to reach their goal locations. State-of-the-art classical MAPF solvers typically employ heuristic search to find solutions for hundreds of agents but are typically centralized and can struggle to scale when run with short timeouts. Machine learning (ML) approaches that learn policies for each agent are appealing as these could enable decentralized systems and scale well while maintaining good sol…

Kindling the First Stars II: Dependence of the Predicted PISN Rate on the Pop III Initial Mass Function
Alessa Ibrahim WigginsTCU, Mia Sauda BovillUniversity of Maryland, Louis-Gregory StrolgerSTScI, Massimo StiavelliSTScI, Cora BowlingTCU
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.17076

Kindling the First Stars II: Dependence of the Predicted PISN Rate on the Pop III Initial Mass Function
Population III (Pop III) stars formed out of metal free gas in minihalos at $z>20$. While their ignition ended the Dark Ages and begin enrichment of the IGM, their mass distribution remains unconstrained. To date, no confirmed Pop III star has been observed and their direct detection is beyond the reach of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) without gravitational lensing. However, a subset of massive Pop III stars end their lives in pair instability supernova (PISN). With typical energies of …

What does the #infosec / #cybersecurity (or infosec-adjacent) community think of "establishing" a go-to hashtag for asking infosec-related questions? Something like #AskSecFedi or #AskFediSec? Personally I think the latter has a better ring to it but curious what others think. I've seen a lot of people in the community ask questions that don't get answered due to classic social reach issues but perhaps a dedicated hashtag could help alleviate some of that. (If you have a catchier tag feel free to comment!)
#AskSecFedi
#AskFediSec
Meh, we don’t really need this hashtag

Cowboys hosting 30 prospects at The Star this week https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/cowboys_hosting_30_prospects_at_the_star_this_week/s1_17100_40191864

Panthers reach deal with pass-rusher Clowney https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39821712/panthers-sign-pass-rusher-jadeveon-clowney-sources-say

Panthers reach deal with pass-rusher Jadeveon Clowney - ESPN
Free agent pass-rusher Jadeveon Clowney has agreed to a two-year, $20 million contract with the Panthers.

Improving Learnt Local MAPF Policies with Heuristic Search
Rishi Veerapaneni, Qian Wang, Kevin Ren, Arthur Jakobsson, Jiaoyang Li, Maxim Likhachev
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.20300

Improving Learnt Local MAPF Policies with Heuristic Search
Multi-agent path finding (MAPF) is the problem of finding collision-free paths for a team of agents to reach their goal locations. State-of-the-art classical MAPF solvers typically employ heuristic search to find solutions for hundreds of agents but are typically centralized and can struggle to scale when run with short timeouts. Machine learning (ML) approaches that learn policies for each agent are appealing as these could enable decentralized systems and scale well while maintaining good sol…

Cowboys to pay whole lot of money to land hidden gem post-draft https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/cowboys_to_pay_whole_lot_of_money_to_land_hidden_gem_post_draft/s1_17313_40296483

Cowboys to pay whole lot of money to land hidden gem post-draft
The Dallas Cowboys are building their undrafted free agency rookie class and still have a handful of roster spots to fill to reach 90 players as of Sunday afternoon.  But one name in particular stands out among their post-draft signings: Tight end Brevyn Spann-Ford. The Cowboys showed how much they love the prospect out of Minnesota by paying him big-time money. Per Michael Gehlken from Dallas Morning News, the Cowboys signed Spann-Ford to a guaranteed salary of $225,000 with a $20,000 signing…

Three QBs that could cash-in under the NFL's new salary cap https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/three_qbs_that_could_cash_in_under_the_nfls_new_salary_cap/s1_13132_40016052

Three QBs that could cash-in under the NFL's new salary cap
With the NFL salary cap increasing to $255.4 million per club in 2024, some quarterbacks could really cash-in. Here’s three that could do very well. Kirk Cousins, Minnesota Vikings Leave it to Cousins to reach free agency in what could be a year of unprecedented NFL spending. The 35-year-old quarterback made a career out of betting on himself with a series of one-year contracts after being drafted by Washington in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL Draft. Cousins didn’t balk at playing under …