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Keeping the PlayStation 2 alive -- inside the world of the PCSX2 emulator
https://gardinerbryant.com/keeping-the-playstation-2-alive-inside-the-world-of-the-pcsx2-emulator

Keeping the PlayStation 2 Alive: Inside the World of the PCSX2 emulator
For more than two decades PCSX2 has been the go-to PlayStation 2 emulator, letting players revisit one of gaming’s most iconic libraries on modern hardware. What began as a scrappy open-source project has grown into a polished emulator with wide compatibility, powerful upscaling, and a dedicated community of contributors

Relative to many, my life is very good,
-- in that I am alive and housed, fed, sometimes employed.
I am healthy and loved.
Still, I am about to lose my entire mind over the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) website,
and the fact that someone,
probably a bot farmer,
has already used my 16-year-old son’s identity to establish a fraudulent account.
This is a common scam,
one that was fortunately detected before any money changed …

FAFSA Is Breaking Me
I think I have been holding it together in the face of everything we can’t stop talking about—the killing and the dying, the explosions and the terror, the eggs and the bird flu and the shameless ghouls ruining the good parts of our country, the weapons and the

Series C, Episode 05 - The Harvest of Kairos
INTERCEPTOR LEADER: [V.O.] Interceptor Leader to Control. Request instructions!
SERVALAN: Hold position, Interceptor Leader, and wait for instructions from Assault Leader One. We will attack when the Liberator breaks out of Alpha Sector. Four should do it nicely. Well, Dastor, I think it's time we had a little strategic counsel. Bring this - Jarvik to me.

Integral Signatures of Activation Functions: A 9-Dimensional Taxonomy and Stability Theory for Deep Learning
Ankur Mali, Lawrence Hall, Jake Williams, Gordon Richards
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08456

Integral Signatures of Activation Functions: A 9-Dimensional Taxonomy and Stability Theory for Deep Learning
Activation functions govern the expressivity and stability of neural networks, yet existing comparisons remain largely heuristic. We propose a rigorous framework for their classification via a nine-dimensional integral signature S_sigma(phi), combining Gaussian propagation statistics (m1, g1, g2, m2, eta), asymptotic slopes (alpha_plus, alpha_minus), and regularity measures (TV(phi'), C(phi)). This taxonomy establishes well-posedness, affine reparameterization laws with bias, and closure under …

On the Propagation and Damping of Alfvenic Fluctuations in the Outer Solar Corona and Solar Wind
Nikos Sioulas, Marco Velli, Chen Shi, Trevor A. Bowen, Alfred Mallet, Andrea Verdini, B. D. G. Chandran, Anna Tenerani, Jean-Baptiste Dakeyo, Stuart D. Bale, Davin Larson, Jasper S. Halekas, Lorenzo Matteini, Victor R\'eville, C. H. K. Chen, Orlando M. Romeo, Mingzhe Liu, Roberto Livi, Ali Rahmati, P. L. Whittlesey

On the Propagation and Damping of Alfvenic Fluctuations in the Outer Solar Corona and Solar Wind
We analyze \textit{Parker Solar Probe} and \textit{Solar Orbiter} observations to investigate the propagation and dissipation of Alfvénic fluctuations from the outer corona to 1~AU. Conservation of wave-action flux provides the theoretical baseline for how fluctuation amplitudes scale with the Alfvén Mach number $M_a$, once solar-wind acceleration is accounted for. Departures from this scaling quantify the net balance between energy injection and dissipation. Fluctuation amplitudes follow wav…

The DISTANT Design for Remote Transmission and Steering Systems for Planetary Robotics
Cristina Luna, Alba Guerra, Almudena Moreno, Manuel Esquer, Willy Roa, Mateusz Krawczak, Robert Popela, Piotr Osica, Davide Nicolis
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.05981

The DISTANT Design for Remote Transmission and Steering Systems for Planetary Robotics
Planetary exploration missions require robust locomotion systems capable of operating in extreme environments over extended periods. This paper presents the DISTANT (Distant Transmission and Steering Systems) design, a novel approach for relocating rover traction and steering actuators from wheel-mounted positions to a thermally protected warm box within the rover body. The design addresses critical challenges in long-distance traversal missions by protecting sensitive components from thermal c…

Replaced article(s) found for astro-ph.CO. https://arxiv.org/list/astro-ph.CO/new
[1/1]:
- Hunting Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter in Lyman-$\alpha$ Forest
Akash Kumar Saha, Abhijeet Singh, Priyank Parashari, Ranjan Laha

Harnack inequality for Bessel operators
Giorgio Metafune, Luigi Negro, Chiara Spina
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12529 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.12529

Harnack inequality for Bessel operators
We prove uniqueness results and Harnack inequality for Bessel operators \begin{align*} %\label{def L transf alpha} D_t-Δ_{x} -2a\cdot\nabla_xD_y- D_{yy}- \frac cy D_y % \nonumber \\[1ex]&=y^α\sum_{i,j=1}^{N+1}a_{ij}D_{ij}+y^{α-1}\left(v,\nabla\right)-by^{α-2}. \end{align*} in the strip $[0,T]\times \mathbb{R}^{N+1}_+=\{0 \leq t \leq T, x \in \mathbb{R}^N, y>0\}$ under Neumann boundary conditions at $y=0$.

IPbus extension for the ALFRED framework
Krystian Roslon, Maciej Czarnynoga, Sebastian Koryciak, Monika Kutyla, Ignacy Mermer, Jacek Tomasz Otwinowski, Wiktor Pierozak, Pawel Grzegorz Russek, Wladyslaw Trzaska, Franciszek Urbanski
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11165

IPbus extension for the ALFRED framework
We present a development of the ALFRED framework that includes support for the IPbus protocol, created for the Fast Interaction Trigger (FIT) detector in the ALICE experiment at CERN. This modification resolves the incompatibility between the current GBT-based slow-control protocols and the FIT electronics, which is based on the IPbus. A compatibility layer, named ALF IPbus, was created in C++ and integrated with DIM services, allowing for the transparent conversion of SWT frames into IPbus tra…

A look at Alan's Universe, a YouTube channel for Gen Alpha with 98.3M subscribers that releases long-form, episodic videos as viewers shift to watching on TV (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/arts/television/youtube-alans-universe.html

‘Alan’s Universe’ Shows What It Might Look Like to Win at YouTube
As Gen Alpha’s attention drifts from TV and movies, video creators like Alan Chikin Chow are eager to fill the void.