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@… good luck! Currently yanking everything to 8.2, sometime next year going to 8.4. It is a never ending cycle. But I have centralised my GitHub Actions Workflows, so that part should be easy next round.

For all of its flaws, I enjoyed the first 3 episodes of Mr and Mrs Smith.
The next 3….oof…
Each was worse and more pointless than the one before. The flaws came front and center and the characters just started to be jerks. And if I wanted a whole episode of watching a couple fail at marriage counsellng, I’d just go back to remembering my own shitty counseling sessions. 😢
And their actions at end of episode 6 literally made me think, “Jesus! These two are *assholes*!”

I have tried to understand the #macOS Input Source Actions https://alpo.gitlab.io/jots/posts/2024/03/understanding-the-macos-input-source-actions/<…

Right. Now it's worked. Accounts moved.
Pretty sure the problem was that Firefish had a cached version of the remote profile from before the alias was set. You can go visit that profile's data and force a refresh, but by the time I realized that I was already rate-limited till the next day just from trying to re-set it on the remote host.
A few left behind on servers that aren't honoring MOVE actions I guess.
Did not copy following-lists, have to do that manually I guess.
Old server is now empty except for the admin account. I'll have it close down in a few days.
Then rebuild it! Stronger than before!

Filing: Google pushes back on Epic's demands following its antitrust win, says the proposed remedies are "unnecessary" and "far beyond the scope" of the verdict (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch…

Google dubs Epic's demands from its antitrust win 'unnecessary' and 'far beyond the scope' of the verdict | TechCrunch
The new filing, along with Epic's proposal, will help to inform Judge James Donato in a hearing scheduled on May 23 about what actions to take next to put Google’s power in check.

Uncertainty-aware Active Learning of NeRF-based Object Models for Robot Manipulators using Visual and Re-orientation Actions
Saptarshi Dasgupta, Akshat Gupta, Shreshth Tuli, Rohan Paul
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.01812

Uncertainty-aware Active Learning of NeRF-based Object Models for Robot Manipulators using Visual and Re-orientation Actions
Manipulating unseen objects is challenging without a 3D representation, as objects generally have occluded surfaces. This requires physical interaction with objects to build their internal representations. This paper presents an approach that enables a robot to rapidly learn the complete 3D model of a given object for manipulation in unfamiliar orientations. We use an ensemble of partially constructed NeRF models to quantify model uncertainty to determine the next action (a visual or re-orienta…

Former QB exposes NFC East team following latest blockbuster trade https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/former_qb_exposes_nfc_east_team_following_latest_blockbuster_trade/s1_13132_40191923

Former QB exposes NFC East team following latest blockbuster trade
Former QB and ESPN analyst Robert Griffin III believes actions speak louder than words. There are several teams every year that state they're going "all in" to win a Super Bowl, but only a portion of those teams do what it takes in the offseason to be a true contender. Griffin III thinks that the Houston Texans' latest blockbuster trade for Bills four-time Pro Bowl wide receiver proves they can contend for a Super Bowl next season. He also shared his thoughts on a team that has done nothing to …

First New England Visionaries user group meeting is a wrap.
We had demos on Godot/Vision, Actions, gesture detections, assorted RealityKit tips and tricks, generating 3D animated models with AI, a journaling app catching crime before it happens with minority report.
See you next month

What is the difference between these two actions?
1. They are not a pair (as in next and previous)
2. They seem to have the same effect.
#macOS

For Security Teams Inside Organizations
Let’s take a deep dive into this piece of consumer messaging —
1958. American Football. A sports reporter bluntly asks coach Vince Lombardi “What are you going to change to turn this team around after a string of failures and losing seasons?”
His reply: “I am not going to change anything. We will use the same players, the same plays and the same training system. But we will concentrate on becoming brilliant at the basics.”
This is an incredibly motivating message. And it paid off!
In the next nine seasons, Coach Lombardi’s team, the Green Bay Packers, went on to win five NFL Championships and two Super Bowls.
The phrase “Brilliant At The Basics” found its way into popular culture, becoming a recurring theme.
And the graphic? For the general public, the lightbulb image = Good Idea.
Consumers are already familiar with these two concepts.
In Your Organization, You Define “The Basics”
Find the sweet spot between everything that’s possible and what your users are willing and able to do.
☑️ Ask yourself "What should our users know? What actions should they take?"
☑️ Define them clearly and give them a simple, catchy name — "The Basics."
☑️ Show your users "This Is How We Do It Here."
☑️ Let them know they can master The Basics.
☑️ Then let your users know there's More Where That Came From, if they're interested, but … The Basics are the focus.
We should deliver cybersecurity advice to non-technical people in bite-size, digestible pieces. Consumers hate feeling like they’re at the pointy end of a firehose. And they don’t like being lectured to. Let’s not overwhelm them. First lay a strong foundation, then line by line, concept by concept — build up from there.
My partner led consumer product development programs that sold $100M and $400M of consumer products every year. Now he develops consumer products for Pokémon. We have hard-won experience when it comes to speaking to and persuading consumers.
We want to share that with you.
Would you like to experiment with this messaging and these laptop stickers in your organization?
Three additional benefits for you:
☑️ Over time, if The Basics in your organization change, the graphics and the laptop stickers stay the same.
☑️ A campaign like this might help identify potential Cyber Champions in your organization.
☑️ The laptop stickers provide persistent visibility for Cybersecurity within your organization.
We’d be happy to send some free samples for you to try out with your users.
1.) Visit this Brilliant At The Basic page on our website: #BrilliantAtTheBasics
_________________
♻️ Please feel free to share this post and let others know about this offer.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.12194 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csHC_…

Inferring Human Intentions from Predicted Action Probabilities
Predicting the next action that a human is most likely to perform is key to human-AI collaboration and has consequently attracted increasing research interests in recent years. An important factor for next action prediction are human intentions: If the AI agent knows the intention it can predict future actions and plan collaboration more effectively. Existing Bayesian methods for this task struggle with complex visual input while deep neural network (DNN) based methods do not provide uncertaint…

Generalizations of free monoids
M. V. Lawson, A. Vdovina
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.18449 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.18449

Generalizations of free monoids
We generalize free monoids by defining $k$-monoids. These are nothing other than the one-vertex higher-rank graphs used in $C^{\ast}$-algebra theory with the cardinality requirement waived. The $1$-monoids are precisely the free monoids. We then take the next step and generalize $k$-monoids in such a way that self-similar group actions yield monoids of this type.

Distributed Autonomous Swarm Formation for Dynamic Network Bridging
Raffaele Galliera, Thies M\"ohlenhof, Alessandro Amato, Daniel Duran, Kristen Brent Venable, Niranjan Suri
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.01557

Distributed Autonomous Swarm Formation for Dynamic Network Bridging
Effective operation and seamless cooperation of robotic systems are a fundamental component of next-generation technologies and applications. In contexts such as disaster response, swarm operations require coordinated behavior and mobility control to be handled in a distributed manner, with the quality of the agents' actions heavily relying on the communication between them and the underlying network. In this paper, we formulate the problem of dynamic network bridging in a novel Decentralized P…

For Security Teams Inside Organizations
Let’s take a deep dive into this piece of consumer messaging —
1958. American Football. A sports reporter bluntly asks coach Vince Lombardi “What are you going to change to turn this team around after a string of failures and losing seasons?”
His reply: “I am not going to change anything. We will use the same players, the same plays and the same training system. But we will concentrate on becoming brilliant at the basics.”
This is an incredibly motivating message. And it paid off!
In the next nine seasons, Coach Lombardi’s team, the Green Bay Packers, went on to win five NFL Championships and two Super Bowls.
The phrase “Brilliant At The Basics” found its way into popular culture, becoming a recurring theme.
And the graphic? For the general public, the lightbulb image = Good Idea.
Consumers are already familiar with these two concepts.
In Your Organization, You Define “The Basics”
Find the sweet spot between everything that’s possible and what your users are willing and able to do.
☑️ Ask yourself "What should our users know? What actions should they take?"
☑️ Define them clearly and give them a simple, catchy name — "The Basics."
☑️ Show your users "This Is How We Do It Here."
☑️ Let them know they can master The Basics.
☑️ Then let your users know there's More Where That Came From, if they're interested, but … The Basics are the focus.
We should deliver cybersecurity advice to non-technical people in bite-size, digestible pieces. Consumers hate feeling like they’re at the pointy end of a firehose. And they don’t like being lectured to. Let’s not overwhelm them. First lay a strong foundation, then line by line, concept by concept — build up from there.
My partner led consumer product development programs that sold $100M and $400M of consumer products every year. Now he develops consumer products for Pokémon. We have hard-won experience when it comes to speaking to and persuading consumers.
We want to share that with you.
Would you like to experiment with this messaging and these laptop stickers in your organization?
Three additional benefits for you:
☑️ Over time, if The Basics in your organization change, the graphics and the laptop stickers stay the same.
☑️ A campaign like this might help identify potential Cyber Champions in your organization.
☑️ The laptop stickers provide persistent visibility for Cybersecurity within your organization.
We’d be happy to send some free samples for you to try out with your users.
1.) Visit this Brilliant At The Basic page on our website: #BrilliantAtTheBasics
_________________
♻️ Please feel free to share this post and let others know about this offer.

sEMG-based Fine-grained Gesture Recognition via Improved LightGBM Model
Xiupeng Qiao, Zekun Chen, Shili Liang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.11861 https://

sEMG-based Fine-grained Gesture Recognition via Improved LightGBM Model
Surface electromyogram (sEMG), as a bioelectrical signal reflecting the activity of human muscles, has a wide range of applications in the control of prosthetics, human-computer interaction and so on. However, the existing recognition methods are all discrete actions, that is, every time an action is executed, it is necessary to restore the resting state before the next action, and it is unable to effectively recognize the gestures of continuous actions. To solve this problem, this paper propos…

Bayesian Physics-informed Neural Networks for System Identification of Inverter-dominated Power Systems
Simon Stock, Davood Babazadeh, Christian Becker, Spyros Chatzivasileiadis
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13602

Bayesian Physics-informed Neural Networks for System Identification of Inverter-dominated Power Systems
While the uncertainty in generation and demand increases, accurately estimating the dynamic characteristics of power systems becomes crucial for employing the appropriate control actions to maintain their stability. In our previous work, we have shown that Bayesian Physics-informed Neural Networks (BPINNs) outperform conventional system identification methods in identifying the power system dynamic behavior under measurement noise. This paper takes the next natural step and addresses the more s…

Distributed Autonomous Swarm Formation for Dynamic Network Bridging
Raffaele Galliera, Thies M\"ohlenhof, Alessandro Amato, Daniel Duran, Kristen Brent Venable, Niranjan Suri
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.01557

Distributed Autonomous Swarm Formation for Dynamic Network Bridging
Effective operation and seamless cooperation of robotic systems are a fundamental component of next-generation technologies and applications. In contexts such as disaster response, swarm operations require coordinated behavior and mobility control to be handled in a distributed manner, with the quality of the agents' actions heavily relying on the communication between them and the underlying network. In this paper, we formulate the problem of dynamic network bridging in a novel Decentralized P…

UAW Local 4811, which represents academic student workers at the University of California, authorized a strike vote in response to this morning's attack on the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at UCLA.
"At an emergency executive board meeting this morning, our union’s leadership voted to hold a strike authorization vote as early as next week to give the Executive Board authority to call a strike if circumstances justify: should the university decide to curtail the right to participate in protected, concerted activity; discriminate against union members or political viewpoints; and create or allow threats to members’ health and safety, among others, UAW 4811 members will take any and all actions necessary to enforce our rights."
#UCLA #UniversityOfCalifornia #LosAngeles #GazaSolidarity #UAW #UnitedAutoWorkers #UAW4811 #FreePalestine #CampusProtests #StudentSpring
https://www.uaw4811.org/updates/strike-authorization-vote-announcement