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The patient man's loss curve.

Here's an odd effect (stumbled on by accident). The blue loss curve is from a well-tuned BERT baseline (from the "cramming"paper).
The only thing I changed for the orange is to put a residual connection around each transformer block and to multiply the output of the block by a scalar parameter initialized to 0.
I'm surprised that has such a substantial impact. Not just on the performance, but on the shape of the loss curve.

Probing the Black Hole Interior with Holographic Entanglement Entropy and the Role of AdS/BCFT Correspondence
Fabiano F. Santos
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21224 https://

Probing the Black Hole Interior with Holographic Entanglement Entropy and the Role of AdS/BCFT Correspondence
This work explores the black hole information loss paradox, a fundamental challenge in theoretical physics. It proposes insights using Holographic Entanglement Entropy (HEE) and the AdS/BCFT correspondence within Horndeski gravity. The work revisits the time-dependent behavior of HEE to probe black hole interiors and examines its implications for the Page curve, which describes the entropy evolution of Hawking radiation. It also discusses the relationship between conformal field theory (CFT) mi…

A Digital Twin-Based Simulation Framework for Safe Curve Speed Estimation Using Unity
Araf Rahman (Clemson University), M. Sabbir Salek (Clemson University), Mashrur Chowdhury (Clemson University), Wayne A. Sarasua (Clemson University)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14046

A Digital Twin-Based Simulation Framework for Safe Curve Speed Estimation Using Unity
Horizontal curves are often associated with roadway crashes due to speed misjudgment and loss of control. With the growing adoption of autonomous and connected vehicles, the accurate estimation of safe speed at curves is becoming increasingly important. The widely used AASHTO design method for safe curve speed estimation relies on an analytical equation based on a simplified point mass model, which often uses conservative parameters to account for vehicular and environmental variations. This pa…

Diversity in Hydrogen-rich Envelope Mass of Type II Supernovae. (III). The mass-loss and evolutionary pathways of the red supergiant progenitors
Qiliang Fang, Takashi J. Moriya, Keiichi Maeda, Andris Dorozsmai, Javier Silva-Farf\'an
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.14665

Diversity in Hydrogen-rich Envelope Mass of Type II Supernovae. (III). The mass-loss and evolutionary pathways of the red supergiant progenitors
We present a comprehensive analysis of 32 type II supernovae (SNe II) with plateau phase photometry and late phase ($nebular$) spectroscopy available, aiming to bridge the gap between the surface and core of their red supergiant (RSG) progenitors. Using \texttt{MESA}\,+\texttt{STELLA}, we compute an extensive grid of SN II light curve models originating from RSG with effective temperatures $T_{\rm eff}$ around 3650\,K and hydrogen-rich envelopes artificially stripped to varying degrees. These m…

AC Magnetometry Loop Tracer Compatible with Magnetic Calorimetry for Power Loss Analysis
Thomas Veile, Michael Harmel, Mathias Zambach, Philip Holm, Frederik L. Durhuus, Cathrine Frandsen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07929

AC Magnetometry Loop Tracer Compatible with Magnetic Calorimetry for Power Loss Analysis
Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have garnered significant attention for various applications in the high-kHz-to-MHz range, although their magnetic characterization at these operational conditions has been limited. However, a number of recent studies have showcased high-frequency and high-field amplitude AC magnetometry loop tracers capable of retrieving the magnetic AC hysteresis curve and the associated magnetic properties. In this paper, we present an easily constructable loop tracer that is re…