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Optimal annuitization with labor income under age-dependent force of mortality
Criscent Birungi, Cody Hyndman
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10371 https://arxi…

Optimal annuitization with labor income under age-dependent force of mortality
We consider the problem of optimal annuitization with labour income, where an agent aims to maximize utility from consumption and labour income under age-dependent force of mortality. Using a dynamic programming approach, we derive closed-form solutions for the value function and the optimal consumption, portfolio, and labor supply strategies. Our results show that before retirement, investment behavior increases with wealth until a threshold set by labor supply. After retirement, agents tend t…

In 1 jaar grenscontroles werd met inzet van 5.350 marechaussees 500 mensen toegang tot Nederland geweigerd. Volgens burgemeester Diepemaat van gemeente Losser is dat weinig resultaat. Hij ziet deze inzet liever gebruikt voor criminaliteit in zijn regio.
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Burgemeester gemeente Losser is na 1 jaar kritisch op grenscontroles: 'Veel overlast, weinig resultaat'
In 1 jaar grenscontroles werd met inzet van 5.350 marechaussees 500 mensen toegang tot Nederland geweigerd. Volgens burgemeester Diepemaat van gemeente Losse...

False choice (with a value judgment in its wording).
You can, & should, continue to raise demonstrable & valid concerns about the accessibility of LLM output and _also_ consider if (or how) you can improve it (he offers options).
But no free labor from me.
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Cyclo-logistique en Belgique
- plus de 5 millions de colis livrés Š vélo en Belgique, soit 70 % de plus qu’en 2023
- 10 millions de km parcourus par des coursiers Š vélo, soit 30 % de plus
- 4112 tonnes de CO₂ évitées et 12 millions € de coûts externes économisés
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Word of the day: AI-washing
"Where management wants to cut labor costs a la Amazon, shift to cheaper contract labor a la Klarna, or execute layoffs for ideological reasons, a la DOGE, “AI” is an extremely potent justification. Some business professors and analysts have taken to calling this practice “AI-washing.””
From Brian Merchants excellent Blood in the Machine newsletter/substack.

Shoutout to all the companies this year who are on-track to blow way past their regretted attrition targets but in, like, a bad way???
Damn, it’s like they know the price of everything but the value of nothing — and certainly not the value of skilled, organized labor at all levels. Die mad, I guess

Souveränität entsteht nicht durch Sonntagsreden, sondern durch unbequeme Entscheidungen: Open Source statt Standard-Microsoft, europäische Clouds statt hyperscaler-first, Datenschutz als Standortvorteil statt „Hindernis“. Im neuen Beitrag zu #9vor9 geht es um Länder, die vorangehen, um Bayern, das lieber beim Alten bleibt, und um einen „Digitalen Omnibus“, der eher Datenkonzerne glücklich macht al…

Digitale Souveränität? Europa träumt, Amerika handelt – und Bayern macht’s mit Microsoft
Viel Pathos auf dem Gipfel zur digitalen Souveränität, doch die Realität spricht eine andere Sprache: Ob Microsoft 365 in Bayern oder Milliarden-Investitionen der Hyperscaler in Deutschland – Europ…

"A confusing contradiction is unfolding in companies embracing generative AI tools: while workers are largely following mandates to embrace the technology, few are seeing it create real value. [...] In collaboration with Stanford Social Media Lab, our research team at BetterUp Labs has identified one possible reason: Employees are using AI tools to create low-effort, passable looking work that ends up creating more work for their coworkers."
"Unlike this mental outsourc…

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appears polished but lacks real substance, offloading cognitive labor onto coworkers. Research from BetterUp Labs and Stanford found that 41% of workers have encountered such AI-generated output, costing nearly two hours of rework per instance and creating downstream productivity, trust, and colla…

Color Names in Vision-Language Models
Alexandra Gomez-Villa, Pablo Hern\'andez-C\'amara, Muhammad Atif Butt, Valero Laparra, Jesus Malo, Javier Vazquez-Corral
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22524

Color Names in Vision-Language Models
Color serves as a fundamental dimension of human visual perception and a primary means of communicating about objects and scenes. As vision-language models (VLMs) become increasingly prevalent, understanding whether they name colors like humans is crucial for effective human-AI interaction. We present the first systematic evaluation of color naming capabilities across VLMs, replicating classic color naming methodologies using 957 color samples across five representative models. Our results show…

ANN: New Publication 'Ed Maespiritu tan Matua: Don Juan Alvear and the rise of Christian spiritism in the Philippines and Asia'
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