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Daily Inspiration: "Resilience: It's the thing you develop by turning bad moments into better ones." - Futurist Jim Carroll
Here's a thought for your Monday.
We define our strength in the moments we are weakest; we must learn how to fortify our defenses in the most challenging moments to give us the strength to challenge the moment; we should build up our ability to deal with the bad days by focusing on the better days that are yet to come.
We should disco…

Jason Kelce retires: Reflecting on some of the best off-field moments from the Eagles star center

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/jason-k

Jason Kelce retires: Reflecting on some of the best off-field moments from the Eagles star center
Kelce is one of a kind

MLB News & Moments You Should Know: 4/4/2024
#MLB #FantasyBaseball #PitcherList

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Spectral Moments of the real Ginibre ensemble
The moments of the real eigenvalues of real Ginibre matrices are investigated from the viewpoint of explicit formulas, differential and difference equations, and large $N$ expansions. These topics are inter-related. For example, a third order differential equation can be derived for the density of the real eigenvalues, and this can be used to deduce a second order difference equation for the general complex moments $M_{2p}^{\rm r}$. The latter are expressed in terms of the ${}_3 F_2$ hypergeome…

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Head scratcher moments
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MLB News & Moments You Should Know 5/4/24
#MLB #FantasyBaseball #PitcherList

Fragmented Moments, Balanced Choices: How Do People Make Use of Their Waiting Time?
Jian Zheng, Ge Gao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.02880 https://

Fragmented Moments, Balanced Choices: How Do People Make Use of Their Waiting Time?
Everyone spends some time waiting every day. HCI research has developed tools for boosting productivity while waiting. However, little is known about how people naturally spend their waiting time. We conducted an experience sampling study with 21 working adults who used a mobile app to report their daily waiting time activities over two weeks. The aim of this study is to understand the activities people do while waiting and the effect of situational factors. We found that participants spent abo…

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Mixed moments of $\rm GL(2)$ and symmetric square $L$-functions
In this paper, we prove asymptotic formulas of mixed moments of $\rm GL(2)$ and its symmetric square $L$-functions for both Hecke--Maass cusp forms and holomorphic Hecke eigenforms in short intervals. As an application, we prove quantitative simultaneous non-vanishing of central values of these $L$-functions.

There are moments of folk-like pastoral beauty, honking free jazz, heavy grooves, and soaring melodies.

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Assessing non-Markovian dynamics through moments of the Choi state
Non-Markovian effects in open quantum system dynamics usually manifest backflow of information from the environment to the system, indicating complete-positive divisibility breaking of the dynamics. We provide a criterion for witnessing such non-Markovian dynamics exhibiting information backflow, based on the moments of Choi-matrices. The moment condition determined by the positive semi-definiteness of a matrix, does not hold for a Choi-state describing non-Markovian dynamics. We then present s…

Spain's Deoleo says olive oil sector faces one of its toughest moments
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/02/spains-deoleo-says-olive-oil-sector-faces-one-of-its-toughest-moments.html

Trump crowd goes silent as he confuses Biden and Obama again
“I know them both very well and we will restore peace through strength. Get that war settled. It’s a bad war. And Putin has so little respect for Obama that he’s starting to throw around the nuclear word,” Mr Trump added, seemingly in the false belief that Mr Biden’s former boss remains in charge.
There were plenty of moments during Mr Trump’s campaign events in Greensboro, North Carolina and later in Richmond when he …

Trump crowd goes silent as he confuses Biden and Obama again
‘Putin has so little respect for Obama that he’s starting to throw around the nuclear word,’ Trump says

Also, Luminar Neo is available on sale for 83% off its original price. Of course they run subscriptions, but one-time payment is still possible.
After a few moments with free trial I'm not exactly sold, but it has one particular advantage over the one I use.
Apparently it supports HEIC and DNG files from both of my phones.
https://

Luminar Neo Price: Buy Luminar Neo Right Now
Explore the latest Luminar Neo pricing options and discover the perfect plan for your creative needs. Compare prices and features to find the best value for this cutting-edge editing software. Unlock your artistic potential with Luminar Neo today!

$q$-deformed Gaussian unitary ensemble: spectral moments and genus-type expansions
Sung-Soo Byun, Peter J. Forrester, Jaeseong Oh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.03400

$q$-deformed Gaussian unitary ensemble: spectral moments and genus-type expansions
The eigenvalue probability density function of the Gaussian unitary ensemble permits a $q$-extension related to the discrete $q$-Hermite weight and corresponding $q$-orthogonal polynomials. A combinatorial counting method is used to specify a positive sum formula for the spectral moments of this model. The leading two terms of the scaled $1/N^2$ genus-type expansion of the moments are evaluated explicitly in terms of the incomplete beta function. Knowledge of these functional forms allows for t…

From the vault: Worlds colliding...
See also:
1 - animated gif https://www.didiermary.fr/mc-hammer-zappa-pink-floyd-animated-gif/
2 - Music Memories 90s

MC Hammer, PSY, Zappa... in GIFs - Didier J. MARY (blog)
A sample of animated GIFs that depict moments of music history, with Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa, MC Hammer and PSY (DEVO & Michael JJackon)

Series A, Episode 05 - The Web
BLAKE: What do you want from us?
SAYMON: In a few moments we will transmit a homing signal. It will give you a precise landing position. We will talk again when you have landed.
https://blake.torpidity.net/s/105/224 📺 B7B7

The big picture: Christer Strömholm’s lovers in a Paris bar, 1960 | Photography | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/mar/03/the-big-picture-christer-stromholms-lovers-in-a-paris-bar-1960…

2024 NFL Scouting Combine top viral moments: Coach doubts Tom Brady's new 40 time https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/2024-nfl-scouting-combine-top-viral-moments-coach-doubts-tom-bradys-new-40-time

Two interesting technical learnings this week:
* There is a big gap between how you interact with instructed-tuned vs general LLMs. Seems to also affect the stability of llama.cpp
* Running flask apps via gunicorn makes subpath stuff dramatically simpler
Both really obvious, but needed "deep breaths, take a step back" moments!

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Real moments of the logarithmic derivative of characteristic polynomials in random matrix ensembles
We prove asymptotics for real moments of the logarithmic derivative of characteristic polynomials evaluated at $1-\frac{a}{N}$ in unitary, even orthogonal, and symplectic ensembles, where $a>0$ and $a=o(1)$ as the size $N$ of the matrix goes to infinity. Previously, such asymptotics were known only for integer moments (in the unitary ensemble by the work of Bailey, Bettin, Blower, Conrey, Prokhorov, Rubinstein and Snaith, and in orthogonal and symplectic ensembles by the work of Alvarez and Sna…

Fragmented Moments, Balanced Choices: How Do People Make Use of Their Waiting Time?
Jian Zheng, Ge Gao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.02880 https://

Fragmented Moments, Balanced Choices: How Do People Make Use of Their Waiting Time?
Everyone spends some time waiting every day. HCI research has developed tools for boosting productivity while waiting. However, little is known about how people naturally spend their waiting time. We conducted an experience sampling study with 21 working adults who used a mobile app to report their daily waiting time activities over two weeks. The aim of this study is to understand the activities people do while waiting and the effect of situational factors. We found that participants spent abo…

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Mixed moments of $\rm GL(2)$ and symmetric square $L$-functions
In this paper, we prove asymptotic formulas of mixed moments of $\rm GL(2)$ and its symmetric square $L$-functions for both Hecke--Maass cusp forms and holomorphic Hecke eigenforms in short intervals. As an application, we prove quantitative simultaneous non-vanishing of central values of these $L$-functions.

🔊 Auf radioeins läuft...
Jessie Ware:
🎵 Wildest Moments
#NowPlaying #JessieWare
https://open.spotify.com/track/0nt09YWqPwIdYFzwmSNHSH
https://stemcollector.bandcamp.com/track/jessie-ware-wildest-moments-cameron-remix

High-energy neutrinos flavour composition as a probe of neutrino magnetic moments
Artem Popov, Alexander Studenikin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.02027 https:…

High-energy neutrinos flavour composition as a probe of neutrino magnetic moments
Neutrino propagation in the Galactic magnetic field is considered. To describe neutrino flavour and spin oscillations on the galactic scale baselines an approach using wave packets is developed. Evolution equations for the neutrino wave packets in a uniform and non-uniform magnetic field are derived. Analytical expressions for neutrino flavour and spin oscillations probabilities accounting for damping due to wave packet separation are obtained for the case of uniform magnetic field. It is shown…

"From the first moments of the war, it was clear that right-wing Israeli politicians and settler leaders sensed an opportunity to radically shift the status quo in Israel-Palestine. "
https://www.972mag.com/israeli-settlers-gaza-outpost-erez-crossing/<…

Israeli settlers cross into Gaza, build symbolic ‘outpost’
Dozens of settlers and right-wing activists stormed Erez Crossing, building two wooden structures while soldiers and police stood aside.

The moments that made Olu Fashanu a Jets first-round NFL Draft pick https://theathletic.com/5464862/2024/05/03/olu-fashanu-jets-nfl-draft-tyron-smith/

The moments that made Olu Fashanu a Jets first-round NFL Draft pick
Fashanu had no way to know in high school that as he studied Tyron Smith film, his destiny would be to play for the Jets — and with Smith.

Semi-analytical covariance matrices for two-point correlation function for DESI 2024 data
M. Rashkovetskyi, D. Forero-S\'anchez, A. de Mattia, D. J. Eisenstein, N. Padmanabhan, H. Seo, A. J. Ross, J. Aguilar, S. Ahlen, O. Alves, U. Andrade, D. Brooks, E. Burtin, T. Claybaugh, S. Cole, A. de la Macorra, Z. Ding, P. Doel, K. Fanning, S. Ferraro, A. Font-Ribera, J. E. Forero-Romero, C. Garcia-Quintero, H. Gil-Mar\'in, S. Gontcho A Gontcho, A. X. Gonzalez-Morales, G. Gutierrez, K. …

Semi-analytical covariance matrices for two-point correlation function for DESI 2024 data
We present an optimized way of producing the fast semi-analytical covariance matrices for the Legendre moments of the two-point correlation function, taking into account survey geometry and mimicking the non-Gaussian effects. We validate the approach on simulated (mock) catalogs for different galaxy types, representative of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Data Release 1, used in 2024 analyses. We find only a few percent differences between the mock sample covariance matrix and o…

A fine Kelleher save (on a play I thought was maybe offside) and a few moments of dangerous attacking possibilities but little to show for it. Ultimately poor decisions in the box have kept it level.
Bobby Clark looked good early, but faded as the half progressed. Diaz is absolutely everywhere, even dropping deeper centrally to try to link up. #LFC

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio1's #Radio1Relax
Jessie Ware:
🎵 Wildest Moments
#BBCR1 #JessieWare
https://open.spotify.com/track/0nt09YWqPwIdYFzwmSNHSH
https://stemcollector.bandcamp.com/track/jessie-ware-wildest-moments-cameron-remix

Estimating the linear relation between variables that are never jointly observed: an application in in vivo experiments
Polina Arsenteva, Mohamed Amine Benadjaoud, Herv\'e Cardot
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.00140

Estimating the linear relation between variables that are never jointly observed: an application in in vivo experiments
This work is motivated by in vivo experiments in which measurement are destructive so that the variables of interest can never be observed simultaneously when the aim is to estimate the regression coefficients of a linear regression. Assuming that the global experiment can be decomposed into sub experiments (corresponding for example to different doses) with distinct first moments, we propose different estimators of the linear regression which take account of that additional information. We con…

2024 NFL Scouting Combine top viral moments: Alabama CB Terrion Arnold's message to mom https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/2024-nfl-scouting-combine-top-viral-moments-alabama-cb-terrion-arnolds-message-to…

A week is never enough, but it was the best week ever. I’ll see you in 4 months. I am crying as I type this. Probably the most I’ve ever cried in my life.
You are my best friend. My fiancé & you mean the world to me. If anyone questions if our love is real. I’ll show them my heart & how it leaps for joy in the happy moments and cries a river wider than the Thames when I have to part from you each visit.
To one day being able to live together. To a lifetime to come. I love…

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Heterogeneous Autoregressions in Short T Panel Data Models
This paper considers a first-order autoregressive panel data model with individual-specific effects and heterogeneous autoregressive coefficients defined on the interval (-1,1], thus allowing for some of the individual processes to have unit roots. It proposes estimators for the moments of the cross-sectional distribution of the autoregressive (AR) coefficients, assuming a random coefficient model for the autoregressive coefficients without imposing any restrictions on the fixed effects. It is …

How did we get here? A timeline of Wilson's two seasons in Denver https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39627564/russell-wilson-denver-broncos-how-got-here-release

How did Russell Wilson and the Broncos get here? - ESPN
The Broncos went 11-19 in Wilson's starts over two seasons and failed to make the playoffs in both. Here are the key moments that led to the split.

Right To Be:
Hate and Hope Tracker
Here, you can document harassment online, in the media, or in your own personal life.
You’ll also find ways to document moments of bystander intervention and support others experiencing harassment.
We collect all types of stories of harassment and hope, and as we move through the 2024 US Election, we want to shine a light on #election-related

Right To Be’s Hate and Hope Tracker
Right To Be’s Hate and Hope Tracker is a tool to document harassment online, in the media, or in your own personal life. You’ll also find ways to document moments of bystander intervention and support others experiencing harassment. Join now.

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Unveiling the underlying structure of axial-vector bottom-charm tetraquarks in the light of their magnetic moments
The magnetic moment yields an excellent framework to explore the inner structure of particles determined by the quark-gluon dynamics of QCD, as it is the leading-order response of a bound system to a weak external magnetic field. Motivated by this, in this study, the magnetic moments of possible axial-vector $T_{bc\bar u \bar u}$, $T_{bc\bar d \bar d}$, and $T_{bc\bar u \bar d}$ tetraquarks are obtained with the help of light-cone QCD sum rules. For this purpose, we assume that these states are…

All these moments will be lost in time like tears in rain. Time to die. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoAzpa1x7jU

Serial podcast season 4 - history of Guantšnamo Bay - is pretty gripping and shocking listening.
“Serial” Season 4 is a history of Guantšnamo told by people who lived through key moments in its evolution, who know things the rest of us don’t about what it’s like to be caught inside an improvised justice system.

Awakening turns on Cube Clock; it is nicely 12:00 UTC, so I've slept one extra hour. Moments later I bing it to record its accuracy vis-Š-vis an atomic clock somewhere. It does not turn on. The Pauli affect in action! I'll have to feed it more AAA batteries and start a new round.
#TealLensman

Semi-analytical covariance matrices for two-point correlation function for DESI 2024 data
M. Rashkovetskyi, D. Forero-S\'anchez, A. de Mattia, D. J. Eisenstein, N. Padmanabhan, H. Seo, A. J. Ross, J. Aguilar, S. Ahlen, O. Alves, U. Andrade, D. Brooks, E. Burtin, T. Claybaugh, S. Cole, A. de la Macorra, Z. Ding, P. Doel, K. Fanning, S. Ferraro, A. Font-Ribera, J. E. Forero-Romero, C. Garcia-Quintero, H. Gil-Mar\'in, S. Gontcho A Gontcho, A. X. Gonzalez-Morales, G. Gutierrez, K. …

Semi-analytical covariance matrices for two-point correlation function for DESI 2024 data
We present an optimized way of producing the fast semi-analytical covariance matrices for the Legendre moments of the two-point correlation function, taking into account survey geometry and mimicking the non-Gaussian effects. We validate the approach on simulated (mock) catalogs for different galaxy types, representative of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Data Release 1, used in 2024 analyses. We find only a few percent differences between the mock sample covariance matrix and o…

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Learning About Social Context from Smartphone Data: Generalization Across Countries and Daily Life Moments
Understanding how social situations unfold in people's daily lives is relevant to designing mobile systems that can support users in their personal goals, well-being, and activities. As an alternative to questionnaires, some studies have used passively collected smartphone sensor data to infer social context (i.e., being alone or not) with machine learning models. However, the few existing studies have focused on specific daily life occasions and limited geographic cohorts in one or two countri…

Supreme: The Battle for Roe - complete series ⚖️👩‍⚖️👨‍⚖️
Dramatized political thriller | Total listening time: 5h 28m
An inexperienced 26 year old attorney and recently minted Justice are both new, untested, and scared out of their minds—and on a collision course to create one of the defining moments of the century. Together, they create one of the de...

Supreme: The Battle for Roe - complete series ⚖️👩‍⚖️👨‍⚖️
Dramatized political thriller | Total listening time: 5h 28m An inexperienced 26 year old attorney and recently minted Justice are both new, untested, and scared out of their minds—and on a collision course to create one of the defining moments of the century. Together, they create one of the defining moments of the century. Nominated for a 2024 Ambies Award for Best Fiction Podcast. 1 seasons, 9 episodes as of Aug 16, 2023.

Las Vegas Raiders release former first-round offensive guard in the midst of an offensive line dilemma https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/las_vegas_raiders_release_forme…

Las Vegas Raiders release former first-round offensive guard in the midst of an offensive line dilemma
The Las Vegas Raiders have a dilemma on the offensive line. They currently need three offensive linemen, and it's looking like that will happen through the draft. They need a starting-level right tackle, as Thayer Munford, last year's backup, didn't show quite enough to be a full-time starter, even though he had good moments when he did play. They also need a starting right guard and now a backup who can play left and right guard as a depth piece. They had the depth at guard with Jordan Meredit…

MLB News & Moments You Should Know 3/31/2024
#MLB #FantasyBaseball #PitcherList

Correlation and Spectral Density Functions in Mode-Stirred Reverberation -- I. Theory
Luk R. Arnaut
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.02347 https://

Correlation and Spectral Density Functions in Mode-Stirred Reverberation -- I. Theory
Auto- and cross-spectral density functions for dynamic {random} fields and power are derived. These are based on first- and second-order Padé approximants of correlation functions expanded in terms of spectral moments. The second-order approximant permits a characterization of stir noise observable {at high stir frequencies in the autospectral density}. A relationship between stir imperfection and spectral kurtosis is established. For the latter, lower bounds are established. A novel alternati…

Cursed knowledge thanks to my students: Have you ever thought "This code boring ah hell 💀" at work because if so my good software engineer TikTok-ers someone has made just the extension for you. Finally, we can watch Subway Surfers and Family Guy Funny Moments while we code: https://

Subway Surfers - Visual Studio Marketplace
Extension for Visual Studio Code - The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

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Separation capacity of linear reservoirs with random connectivity matrix
We argue that the success of reservoir computing lies within the separation capacity of the reservoirs and show that the expected separation capacity of random linear reservoirs is fully characterised by the spectral decomposition of an associated generalised matrix of moments. Of particular interest are reservoirs with Gaussian matrices that are either symmetric or whose entries are all independent. In the symmetric case, we prove that the separation capacity always deteriorates with time; whi…

Multi-mode masers of thermally polarized nuclear spins in solution NMR
Vineeth Francis Thalakottoor Jose Chacko, Alain Louis-Joseph, Daniel Abergel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.03562

Multi-mode masers of thermally polarized nuclear spins in solution NMR
We present experimental single and multimode sustained 1H NMR masers in solution on thermally polarized spins at room temperature and 9.4 T achieved through the electronic control of radiation feedback (radiation damping). Our observations illustrate the breakdown of the usual three-dimensional Maxwell-Bloch equations for radiation feedback and a simple toy model of few coupled classical moments is used to interpret these experiments.

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Simulation-based stacking
Simulation-based inference has been popular for amortized Bayesian computation. It is typical to have more than one posterior approximation, from different inference algorithms, different architectures, or simply the randomness of initialization and stochastic gradients. With a consistency guarantee, we present a general posterior stacking framework to make use of all available approximations. Our stacking method is able to combine densities, simulation draws, confidence intervals, and moments,…

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Dynamics of inertial particles under velocity resetting
We investigate stochastic resetting in coupled systems involving two degrees of freedom, where only one variable is reset. The resetting variable, which we think of as hidden, indirectly affects the remaining observable variable through correlations. We derive the Fourier-Laplace transform of the observable variable's propagator and provide a recursive relation for all the moments, facilitating a comprehensive examination of the process. We apply this framework to inertial transport processes w…

🔊 Auf radioeins läuft...
Joe Goddard feat. Barrie:
🎵 Moments Die (Radio Edit)
#NowPlaying #JoeGoddard #Barrie
https://open.spotify.com/track/19DhgwtEahVgIKQmZNVs9Y

Two recent Science Friday episodes about science and #accessibility:
“The World According To Sound: A Sonic History Of Astronomy”
https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/son

The World According To Sound: A Sonic History Of Astronomy
A new podcast series examines sonified space data to explore pivotal moments throughout the history of astronomy.

Derivation of Dirac Exchange Interaction Potential from Quantum Plasma Kinetic Theory
Fernando Haas
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.01265 https://

Derivation of Dirac Exchange Interaction Potential from Quantum Plasma Kinetic Theory
The Dirac exchange interaction is derived from recent quantum kinetic theory for collisionless plasmas. For this purpose, the kinetic equation is written in the semiclassical and long wavelength approximations. The validity of the model for real systems is worked out, in terms of temperature and density parameters. Within the region of applicability, the correlation potential energy is shown to be always smaller than the exchange contribution. From the moments of the quantum kinetic equations, …

Frozen giants behind Schwanstein/Füssen. Results from earlier hike/shoot tonight. Very happy!
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography #Photography

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Probing Spin-Induced Quadrupole Moments in Precessing Compact Binaries
Spin-induced quadrupole moments provide an important characterization of compact objects, such as black holes, neutron stars and black hole mimickers inspired by additional fields and/or modified theories of gravity. Black holes in general relativity have a specific spin-induced quadrupole moment, with other objects potentially having differing values. Different values of this quadrupole moment lead to modifications of the spin precession dynamics, and consequently modifications to the inspiral…

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Triply heavy tetraquark states: masses and other properties
In this work, we study masses and other static properties of triply heavy tetraquarks in the unified framework of the MIT bag which incorporates chromomagnetic interactions and enhanced binding energy. The masses, magnetic moments and charge radii of all strange and nonstrange (ground) states of triply heavy tetraquarks are computed, suggesting that all of triply heavy tetraquarks are above the respective two-meson thresholds. We also estimate relative decay widths of main decay channels of two…

I’ve reached the point in my decades-long slog towards the repurposing of my ingredients that I am starting to recognize things I’ve never done as things I’ll never do. The venality of some of these epiphanic moments is unflattering, but among the more profound recognitions is that I will almost certainly never leave North America.
It's not that I have any aversion to travel or to 'foreign' places, it’s just that I think I’ve missed my window and don’t see much chance of it…

Wales getting a drubbing at Ireland…
And moments after I write that Wales get a penalty try - can they come bach?
#6nations

Great Moments in Parenting
On vacation. Have spent a half hour in a damp courtyard among several cottages, trying to get damp wood to stay alight in the shared fire pit for s'mores.
The child, already, uh, less than helpful, emerges from our cottage and shouts across the courtyard
"Dad! Mom says you're incapable!"
And of course, the fire goes completely out immediately.
"You know, that sentence makes none of us look good, kid."

Experimenting with porting my Gtk ui files to #blueprint
So far I like it. Had a couple moments where things weren't entirely clear, but the result is definitely cleaner and easier to read. About 25% smaller, too.

Finally a real use case for AI
https://www.psu.com/news/sony-files-new-patent-allowing-the-ai-to-play-games-for-you-during-the-grind/

Sony Files New Patent Allowing The AI To Play Games For You During The...
A new patent filed by Sony describes a feature that allows the AI to play games for you for grind-heavy moments.

#Food I really, really don't know what I would do without my dear and treasured Hearts of Space, especially on days like today that just beg for softness. I'm accompanying it with a big mug of hot chai tea and some chocolate hazelnut cookies under my fluffy weighted blanket because it's finally cold enough in here again for me to Winter right. Sometimes I wish these moments would just streeeeetch themselves long enough to touch the anxious places...but then they wouldn't be special, I suppose.

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High-dimensional scaling limits and fluctuations of online least-squares SGD with smooth covariance
We derive high-dimensional scaling limits and fluctuations for the online least-squares Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) algorithm by taking the properties of the data generating model explicitly into consideration. Our approach treats the SGD iterates as an interacting particle system, where the expected interaction is characterized by the covariance structure of the input. Assuming smoothness conditions on moments of order up to eight orders, and without explicitly assuming Gaussianity, we e…

First day of GCSE mocks for Thing 2
He's worked hard at revising, but he's still pretty nervous! These are the sucky moments of parenting, where it's now all in their hands

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Neutrino fast flavor oscillations with moments: linear stability analysis and application to neutron star mergers
Providing an accurate modeling of neutrino physics in dense astrophysical environments such as binary neutron star mergers presents a challenge for hydrodynamic simulations. Nevertheless, understanding how flavor transformation can occur and affect the dynamics, the mass ejection, and the nucleosynthesis will need to be achieved in the future. Computationally expensive, large-scale simulations frequently evolve the first classical angular moments of the neutrino distributions. By promoting thes…

I would vote for Pete Buttigieg to be president. He’s a competent politician, and his department seems to have the biggest wins for the Biden administration. He’s actively helped folks in crisis in America, made plans to improve things, and has had no significant gaffes or WTF moments.

Explicit form of simplified Grad's 13 moments distribution function-based moment gas kinetic solver with unstructured meshes for the multiscale rarefied flow
W. Liu, C. Shu, Z. J. Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.16014

Explicit form of simplified Grad's 13 moments distribution function-based moment gas kinetic solver with unstructured meshes for the multiscale rarefied flow
It is essential to efficiently solve multiscale flows covering the continuum regime to the rarefied regime. The explicit form of Grad's 13 moments distribution function-based moment gas kinetic solver (G13-MGKS) has been proposed in our previous work [Comput. Math. Appl., 137 (2023), pp. 112-125], which demonstrates the potential for efficiently simulating continuum flows accurately and presenting reasonable predictions for rarefied flows at moderate Knudsen numbers on structured meshes. To fur…

I don't usually post videos here, but the mental gymnastics going on among the magats in this clip are just astonishing.
#SouthCarolina #Trump voters were asked to react to various things "Joe Biden did," like dodging the Vietnam draft with a flimsy bone-spurs excuse. Then, t…

Weighted Catalan convolution and $(q,2)$-Fock space
Yungang Lu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.19447 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.19447

Weighted Catalan convolution and $(q,2)$-Fock space
Motivated by the study of certain combinatorial properties of $(q,2)$-Fock space, we compute explicitly a sequence driven by the Catalan's convolution and parameterized by $1+q$. As an application of this explicit form, we calculate the number of pair partitions involved in the determination of the vacuum--moments of the field operator defined on the $(q,2)$-Fock space.

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2024 NFL Draft: Best Round 1 moments, from Eminem, to pick reactions and everything in-between

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2024 NFL Draft: Best Round 1 moments, from Eminem, to pick reactions and everything in-between
A look at some of the viral moments from Day 1 of the draft

Serial podcast season 4 - history of Guantšnamo Bay - is pretty gripping and shocking listening.
“Serial” Season 4 is a history of Guantšnamo told by people who lived through key moments in its evolution, who know things the rest of us don’t about what it’s like to be caught inside an improvised justice system.

Daily Inspiration: "Make more of the moments that matter!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
This was a selfie I took yesterday at the airport in Sherbrooke, Quebec, yesterday, just moments after the conclusion of the full totality portion of the 2024 eclipse. To say that I was a bit overwhelmed by the experience would be an understatement - as would seem to be the case with everyone there, and all of the millions who made their way to the path.
I tried to immerse myself within th…

Joint value distribution of Hecke--Maass forms
Shenghao Hua, Bingrong Huang, Liangxun Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00996 https://arx…

Joint value distribution of Hecke--Maass forms
In this paper, we formulate a conjecture on joint distribution of Hecke--Maass cusp forms. To support our conjecture, we prove two conditional results on joint moments of two Hecke--Maass cusp forms, which confirms statistical independence of orthogonal cusp forms.

Am I Old Yet? - Season 9 finale 👵🏼🦸⏳
Dramatised slice of life comedy series | Total listening time: 23h 39m
A coming-of-age, audio fiction comedy with a difference. Our ageing heroine shares senior moments, family relationships and adventures—entertaining and a wee bit provocative.
Indie audio fiction about life, the universe and ...
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Am I Old Yet? - Season 9 finale 👵🏼🦸⏳
Dramatised slice of life comedy series | Total listening time: 23h 39m A coming-of-age, audio fiction comedy with a difference. Our ageing heroine shares senior moments, family relationships and adventures—entertaining and a wee bit provocative. Indie audio fiction about life, the universe and stuff, created and produced by one old woman, flying the banner for anti-ageism! 9 seasons, 110 episodes as of Apr 19, 2024.

Stationary entrance chains and applications to random walks
Aleksandar Mijatovic, Vladislav Vysotsky
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.00619 https://

Stationary entrance chains and applications to random walks
For a Markov chain $Y$ with values in a Polish space, consider the entrance chain obtained by sampling $Y$ at the moments when it enters a fixed set $A$ from its complement $A^c$. Similarly, consider the exit chain, obtained by sampling $Y$ at the exit times from $A^c$ to $A$. We use the method of inducing from ergodic theory to study invariant measures of these two types of Markov chains in the case when the initial chain $Y$ has a known invariant measure. We give explicit formulas for invaria…

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Endo had some incredible moments yesterday. And yet in the chaos that ensued, I feel like we haven't taken the time to fully appreciate this turn and THIS PASS 😍
#LFC
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Wales getting a drubbing at Ireland…
And moments after I write that Wales get a penalty try - can they come bach?
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Exploring CP Violation beyond the Standard Model and the PQ Quality with Electric Dipole Moments
In some models of physics beyond the Standard Model (SM), one of the leading low energy consequences of the model appears in the form of the chromo-electric dipole moments (CEDMs) of the gluons and light quarks. We examine if these CEDMs can be distinguished from the QCD $θ$-term through the experimentally measurable nuclear and atomic electric dipole moments (EDMs) in both cases with and without the Peccei-Quinn (PQ) mechanism solving the strong CP problem. We find that the nucleon EDMs show …

A gallery of maximum-entropy distributions: 14 and 21 moments
Stefano Boccelli, Fabien Giroux, James G. McDonald
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.18453 https://<…

A gallery of maximum-entropy distributions: 14 and 21 moments
This work explores the different shapes that can be realized by the one-particle velocity distribution functions (VDFs) associated with the fourth-order maximum-entropy moment method. These distributions take the form of an exponential of a polynomial of the particle velocity, with terms up to the fourth-order. The 14- and 21-moment approximations are investigated. Various non-equilibrium gas states are probed throughout moment space. The resulting maximum-entropy distributions deviate strongly…

Ranking the Broncos' top-10 moments in 'championship uniform' era: John Elway, Demaryius Thomas highlight list

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Ranking the Broncos' top 10 moments in 'championship uniform' era: John Elway, Demaryius Thomas highlight list
Denver had no shortage of great moments in its former uniforms

Am I Old Yet? - Season 9 finale 👵🏼🦸⏳
Dramatised slice of life comedy series | Total listening time: 23h 39m
A coming-of-age, audio fiction comedy with a difference. Our ageing heroine shares senior moments, family relationships and adventures—entertaining and a wee bit provocative.
Indie audio fiction about life, the universe and ...
<…

Am I Old Yet? - Season 9 finale 👵🏼🦸⏳
Dramatised slice of life comedy series | Total listening time: 23h 39m A coming-of-age, audio fiction comedy with a difference. Our ageing heroine shares senior moments, family relationships and adventures—entertaining and a wee bit provocative. Indie audio fiction about life, the universe and stuff, created and produced by one old woman, flying the banner for anti-ageism! 9 seasons, 110 episodes as of Apr 19, 2024.

‘Heroic’ bus driver gets students out moments before explosion
#Bus #fires across the US 💥aren’t uncommon, 💥though not every one is as dramatic as the one that endangered Rousseve and her passengers
– with slightly more than one being reported daily on average, according to data previously compiled by the federal d…

Improving flux ratio anomaly precision by measuring gravitational lens multipole moments with extended arcs
Maverick S. H. Oh, Anna Nierenberg, Daniel Gilman, Simon Birrer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.17124

Improving flux ratio anomaly precision by measuring gravitational lens multipole moments with extended arcs
In a strong gravitational lens, perturbations by low-mass dark matter halos can be detected by differences between the measured image fluxes relative to the expectation from a smooth model for the mass distribution which contains only the gravitational effects of the main deflector. The abundance of these low-mass structures can be used to constrain the properties of dark matter. Traditionally only the lensed quasar positions have been to predict the smooth-model flux ratios. We demonstrate tha…

Bounds for moments of quadratic Dirichlet character sums
Peng Gao, Liangyi Zhao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.14634 https://arxiv.org/pd…

Bounds for moments of quadratic Dirichlet character sums
We establish upper bounds for moments of smoothed quadratic Dirichlet character sums under the generalized Riemann hypothesis, confirming a conjecture of M. Jutila.

MLB News & Moments You Should Know: 4/18/2024
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From Kelce's bodycheck to Watt's gel, the Super Bowl's off-field moments as told by social media https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39514202/super-bowl-2024-best-moments-told-social-media

Super Bowl LVIII's best off-field moments as told by social media - ESPN
The Kansas City Chiefs are the Super Bowl LVIII champions after defeating the San Francisco 49ers. These are the moments that had social media going.

Improving flux ratio anomaly precision by measuring gravitational lens multipole moments with extended arcs
Maverick S. H. Oh, Anna Nierenberg, Daniel Gilman, Simon Birrer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.17124

Improving flux ratio anomaly precision by measuring gravitational lens multipole moments with extended arcs
In a strong gravitational lens, perturbations by low-mass dark matter halos can be detected by differences between the measured image fluxes relative to the expectation from a smooth model for the mass distribution which contains only the gravitational effects of the main deflector. The abundance of these low-mass structures can be used to constrain the properties of dark matter. Traditionally only the lensed quasar positions have been to predict the smooth-model flux ratios. We demonstrate tha…

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Investigating the M1 radiative decay behaviors and the magnetic moments of the predicted triple-charm molecular-type pentaquarks
In this work, we systematically study the electromagnetic properties including the M1 radiative decay widths and the magnetic moments of the isoscalar $Ξ_{c c} D^{(*)}$, $Ξ_{cc}D_{1}$, and $Ξ_{cc}D_{2}^{*}$ triple-charm molecular-type pentaquark candidates, where we adopt the constituent quark model and consider both the $S$-$D$ wave mixing effect and the coupled channel effect. Our numerical results suggest that the M1 radiative decay widths and the magnetic moments of the isoscalar $Ξ_{c …

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Lower Bounds for the Large Deviations of Selberg's Central Limit Theorem
Louis-Pierre Arguin, Emma Bailey
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.19803 https://

Lower Bounds for the Large Deviations of Selberg's Central Limit Theorem
Let $δ>0$ and $σ=\frac{1}{2}+\tfracδ{\log T}$. We prove that, for any $α>0$ and $V\sim α\log \log T$ as $T\to\infty$, $\frac{1}{T}\text{meas}\big\{t\in [T,2T]: \log|ζ(σ+\rm{i} τ)|>V\big\}\geq C_α(δ)\int_V^\infty \frac{e^{-y^2/\log\log T}}{\sqrt{π\log\log T}} \rm{d} y,$ where $δ$ is large enough depending on $α$. The result is unconditional on the Riemann hypothesis. As a consequence, we recover the sharp lower bound for the moments on the critical line proved by Heap & So…

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Elucidating the nature of hidden-charm pentaquark states with spin-$\frac{3}{2}$ through their electromagnetic form factors
We perform a systematic study of the electromagnetic properties of exotic states to shed light on their nature, which is still controversial and not fully understood. The magnetic dipole and higher multipole moments of a hadronic state are as fundamental a dynamical quantity as its mass, and they contain valuable information about the deep structure underlying it. In the present work, we have explored the magnetic dipole and higher multipole moments of the hidden-charm pentaquarks with quantum …

Super Bowl halftime show: Ranking 10 most iconic performances and memorable moments

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Super Bowl halftime show: Ranking 10 most iconic performances and memorable moments
A look at some of the most interesting moments in Super Bowl history

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Moments of the number of points in a bounded set for number field lattices
We examine the moments of the number of lattice points in a fixed ball of volume $V$ for lattices in Euclidean space which are modules over the ring of integers of a number field $K$. In particular, denoting by $ω_K$ the number of roots of unity in $K$, we show that for lattices of large enough dimension the moments of the number of $ω_K$-tuples of lattice points converge to those of a Poisson distribution of mean $V/ω_K$. This extends work of Rogers for $\mathbb{Z}$-lattices. What is more, …

As Derrick Henry is set to become a free agent, here are the most memorable moments of his career https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39677172/derrick-henry-free-agent-top-memorable-moments

The most memorable moments of Derrick Henry's career - ESPN
With the running back's time with the Tennessee Titans seemingly coming to a close, according to sources, here's a look what made his time in Nashville special.

Hidden-Bottom Pentaquarks: Mass Spectrum, Magnetic Moments and Partial Widths
Ankush Sharma, Alka Upadhyay
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.14885 https://…

Hidden-Bottom Pentaquarks: Mass Spectrum, Magnetic Moments and Partial Widths
By taking into light the discovery of pentaquark structures like $P_{ψs}^Λ(4338)^0$, $P_c(4380)$ and $P_c(4450)$, we performed the spectroscopic analysis of hidden-bottom pentaquarks. By using the special unitary representations, we classified the hidden bottom pentaquarks into octet and decuplet configurations of SU(3) flavor representation. We used the extension of the Gursey-Radicati mass formula and the effective mass scheme to estimate the masses of hidden-bottom pentaquarks. Also, magne…

As Derrick Henry is set to become a free agent, here are the most memorable moments of his career https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39677172/derrick-henry-free-agent-top-memorable-moments

The most memorable moments of Derrick Henry's career - ESPN
With the running back's time with the Tennessee Titans seemingly coming to a close, according to sources, here's a look what made his time in Nashville special.

Super Bowl halftime show: Ranking 10 iconic performances and memorable moments that will live in NFL infamy

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Super Bowl halftime show: Ranking 10 iconic performances and memorable moments that will live in NFL infamy
A look at some of the most interesting moments in Super Bowl history