@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2026-06-03 17:22:17
Periodic radio and X-ray emission from an accreting #WhiteDwarf binary: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02882-x -> UNC-Chapel Hill astronomers help crack cosmic radio mystery: https://uncnews.unc.edu/2026/06/02/unc-chapel-hill-astronomers-help-crack-cosmic-radio-mystery/ -> Mysterious signals keep coming from space - at least part of this mysterious class of radio-emitting objects may originate from interacting stellar companions rather than neutron stars: https://theconversation.com/mysterious-signals-keep-coming-from-space-we-have-found-their-rosetta-stone-281753 & https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/new-long-period-transient-reveals-its-secrets
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-06-04 10:12:00
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-06-03 05:56:16
Mastercard says it plans to offer on-chain settlement using several regulated USD stablecoins, initially supporting USDC, PYUSD, USDG, USDP, RLUSD, and SoFiUSD (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/06/0
@Dragofix@mastodontti.fi2026-04-02 21:38:36
Toivottavasti pian siirrytään Eurooppalaisiin maksukortteihin ja -tapoihin.
Europe Is Breaking Up With Visa and Mastercard — and It’s a $24 Trillion Problem https://europeanbusinessmagazine.com/business/europes-24-trillion-breakup…
@fgraver@hcommons.social2026-04-03 08:42:41
This resonates: «Generative models are fundamentally cliche machines. If you ask AI to write a film script, it will produce an average film script masterfully. If you ask it to write an essay, it will produce an average essay masterfully.
Once upon a time, mastery of the banal was adequate for writers. It was enough to prove that you were capable of writing. But that skill has no purpose any more – it can be automated. Skill will be found in the purpose of the work. What can you alone …
@maxheadroom@hub.uckermark.social2026-04-04 08:00:13
Jetzt geht's los mit der Känguru-Rebellion. Extra mit nach China geschleppt /cc @… #Chongqing @…@…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-02 19:05:36
In "Kelo v New London"
SCOTUS (inadvertently) provided a mechanism for the federal government to seize and appropriate the assets of billionaires, and redistribute them for the public good
https://mastoreader.io/?url=https:%2F/c.im/@cd…
@servelan@newsie.social2026-06-03 22:45:10
Visa, Mastercard Join Exodus From Cuba on Expanded US Sanctions | Financial Post
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/visa-mastercard-join-exodus-from-cuba-on-expanded-us-sanctions
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2026-06-02 16:43:16
#Carbonatites from Ol Doinyo Lengai, #Tanzania — An unusual rock as analog for #Mercury as potential species for hollow formation: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103526001399 -> A Unique African Volcano Could Solve a Mystery on Mercury: https://eos.org/articles/a-unique-african-volcano-could-solve-a-mystery-on-mercury - new data from Ol Doinyo Lengai in Tanzania suggest that carbon-rich volcanic activity could be responsible for the mysterious “hollows” observed on the surface of Mercury.