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Dallas Cowboys applauded by analyst for trading Micah Parsons, focusing on culture https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/nfl-analyst-applauds-dallas-cowboys-prioritizing-culture-micah-parsons-trade

Efficient tau-pair invariant mass reconstruction with simplified matrix element techniques
Artur Kalinowski, Wiktor Matyszkiewicz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26069 https://

Efficient tau-pair invariant mass reconstruction with simplified matrix element techniques
The quality of the invariant mass reconstruction of the di-τ system is crucial for searches and analyses of di-τ resonances. Due to the presence of neutrinos in the final state, the τ τ invariant mass cannot be calculated directly at hadron colliders, where the longitudinal momentum sum constraint cannot be applied. A number of approaches have been adopted to mitigate this issue. The most general one uses Matrix Element (ME) integration for likelihood estimation, followed by invariant mass …

Very good take on this topic. I was about to say nuanced, but it's not really. It’s pretty plain, just not a POV you hear all that much.
Also, props to @… for the boost. I absolutely would not have seen this toot without the boost from Allison, and I’m so glad I did.

I'm trying to improve my tap tempo for working with percussionists, but the more I read about tap tempo algorithms the less I know..
Some people take a mean average, but I guess that only takes the first and last tap into account? I guess then errors get spread out over a longer period..
Some people take a median of the last 5 or so taps
Some just calculate based on the last two taps, for maximum control.. Or take a weighted average where the most recent taps have more we…

Aus aktuellem Anlass.
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Excursion Set Approach to Primordial Black Holes: Cloud-in-Cloud and Mass Function Revisited
Ashu Kushwaha, Teruaki Suyama
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25871 https://

Excursion Set Approach to Primordial Black Holes: Cloud-in-Cloud and Mass Function Revisited
The abundance and mass function of primordial black holes (PBHs) are often estimated using the Press-Schechter (PS) formalism. In the case of halo formation, the PS formalism suffers from the miscounting of regions collapsing into halos, known as the cloud-in-cloud problem, which is usually corrected by introducing a multiplicative `fudge factor 2'. By analogy, this factor has sometimes been applied to PBH calculations, although its validity has remained unsettled. We reformulate the PS approac…

Day 6: Kamome Shirahama
Before I wander much father afield, I'd be remiss not to include at least one Mangaka (I've got 8 on my planning list; if you think Manga is pushing it just wait until you see what the next few days have in store).
I'm currently following "Witch Hat Atelier," and it's absolutely amazing in several dimensions: first class world-building, deep philosophical themes, nuanced diverse cast, tightly-constructed interwoven plots, deep mysteries that keep everything churning and show up in unexpected places, absolutely stellar art both in terms of in-panel depictions and page layouts (some are Watchmen-quality), especially if you are sartorially inclined, and general kindness of its core messages. This is a series I wish every programmer would read, because it includes excellent advice about software design in multiple ways (did I mention there's an intricate and logical magic system within which the main character innovates in legible-to-the-reader-as-innovation ways?). Also, I bet I would have enjoyed this just a much as a 10-year-old as I'm enjoying it in my 30's, which is something that takes well-honed skill to pull off.
Shirahama is a master of her craft, and I'm honestly kinda surprised to see Witch Hat is only her second series. Definitely thinking how I can get my hands on her earlier work in English.
#20AuthorsNoMen

Not everyone agrees...
https://youtube.com/shorts/gcO8dHeKjU0
But I think this assessment may overestimate the competence of the administration (they won't just crash things because their heads are just that full of shit), and may underestimate the ability of the administration (or really, the heritage foundation or other fash planners) to just make some shit up work around any limitation. The use of private donations on the ballroom and to fund military ops is a pretty clear test of that.
No matter what, the government will be shut down. All the things you care about will either be eliminated right now, or slowly over time. That's been happening since the 70's, and even faster since the 90's, so it shouldn't be surprising that it's happening now.
That's the scenario to prepare for, and you should prepare for it even if democrats somehow get control of the government again. Much of the public sector has been privatized and destroyed under democratic administrations.

Exploratory Semantic Reliability Analysis of Wind Turbine Maintenance Logs using Large Language Models
Max Malyi, Jonathan Shek, Andre Biscaya
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22366 h…

Exploratory Semantic Reliability Analysis of Wind Turbine Maintenance Logs using Large Language Models
A wealth of operational intelligence is locked within the unstructured free-text of wind turbine maintenance logs, a resource largely inaccessible to traditional quantitative reliability analysis. While machine learning has been applied to this data, existing approaches typically stop at classification, categorising text into predefined labels. This paper addresses the gap in leveraging modern large language models (LLMs) for more complex reasoning tasks. We introduce an exploratory framework t…

Introduction to the Analysis of Probabilistic Decision-Making Algorithms
Agustinus Kristiadi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21620 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21…

Introduction to the Analysis of Probabilistic Decision-Making Algorithms
Decision theories offer principled methods for making choices under various types of uncertainty. Algorithms that implement these theories have been successfully applied to a wide range of real-world problems, including materials and drug discovery. Indeed, they are desirable since they can adaptively gather information to make better decisions in the future, resulting in data-efficient workflows. In scientific discovery, where experiments are costly, these algorithms can thus significantly red…