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An analysis of Github's recent studies on "AI" agents for software development
(Original title: Jussi Pakkanen: Let's properly analyze an AI article for once)
https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/08/lets-properly-analyze-ai-article-…

Let's properly analyze an AI article for once
Recently the CEO of Github wrote a blog post called Developers reinvented . It was reposted with various clickbait headings like  GitHub CEO...

Does Aiming for Perfection Actually Hurt Performance? https://bulletproofmusician.com/does-aiming-for-perfection-actually-hurt-performance/

Does Aiming for Perfection Actually Hurt Performance?
A year-long study looked at two approaches to optimizing performance, and found one mindset that worked significantly better!

Rotterdam port prepares for NATO arms shipments amid Russia threat: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/08/rotterdam-port-prepares-for-nato.html

93% of submissions to the BC Democratic and Electoral Reform Committee committee called for proportional representation.
This summer, the committee conducted public hearings across the province, inviting presentations and written submissions from individuals and groups.
Of the 865 presentations or submissions that included an opinion on the voting system, 93% advocated for proportional representation. Only 2% advocated for first-past-the-post.

BC Electoral Reform Committee: 93% support for proportional representation in public consultation
93% of those who participated in the public consultation of the BC Electoral Reform Committee with an opinion on the voting system recommended proportional representation.

'I requested a guarantee that I could be openly out as a lesbian on stage and perform gay material. I am grateful that I was able to do precisely that — to my knowledge, I am the first openly gay comic to talk about it on stage in SA. I received messages sharing how much it meant to participate in a gay-affirming event. At the same time, I deeply regret participating under the auspices of the Saudi government.'
Lesbian comedian who performed in Saudi Arabia apologizes
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/10/07/lesbian-comedian-who-performed-in-saudi-arabia-apologizes/

FaST: Feature-aware Sampling and Tuning for Personalized Preference Alignment with Limited Data
Thibaut Thonet, Germ\'an Kruszewski, Jos Rozen, Pierre Erbacher, Marc Dymetman
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04698

FaST: Feature-aware Sampling and Tuning for Personalized Preference Alignment with Limited Data
LLM-powered conversational assistants are often deployed in a one-size-fits-all manner, which fails to accommodate individual user preferences. Recently, LLM personalization -- tailoring models to align with specific user preferences -- has gained increasing attention as a way to bridge this gap. In this work, we specifically focus on a practical yet challenging setting where only a small set of preference annotations can be collected per user -- a problem we define as Personalized Preference A…

Joe Burrow downplays preseason performance: 'Today was average' https://www.nfl.com/news/joe-burrow-downplays-preseason-performance-today-was-average

Quantum State Preparation Of Multiconfigurational States For Quantum Chemistry
Gabriel Greene-Diniz, Georgia Prokopiou, David Zsolt Manrique, David Mu\~noz Ramo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.05390

Quantum State Preparation Of Multiconfigurational States For Quantum Chemistry
The ability to prepare states for quantum chemistry is a promising feature of quantum computers, and efficient techniques for chemical state preparation is an active area of research. In this paper, we implement and investigate two methods of quantum circuit preparation for multiconfigurational states for quantum chemical applications. It has previously been shown that controlled Givens rotations are universal for quantum chemistry. To prepare a selected linear combination of Slater determinant…

Russia is preparing for war with NATO – the clock is ticking: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/08/russia-is-preparing-for-war.html

Ukraine: Russia preparing 'decisive breakthrough' near Pokrovsk in Donbas: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/07/ukraine-russia-preparing-decisive-breakthrough.html