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Raiders' Productive Offseason Garners National Praise https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/las-vegas-geno-smith-pete-carroll-jackson-powers-johnson-john-spytek

Already applied for some freelance work this morning, so that’s productive isn’t it! 😅

Been restarting the #OutdoorComputing season much later than hoped for this year... Here are the last few meters of the path to today's marvelous office-away-from-home! 😍
(Back in London, for almost 13 years I worked 70-80% of the year on a similar bench or shelter in the woods of North London... my most productive time!)

I'm not good at being productive, but I'm also not good at relaxing.

How the Las Vegas Raiders Won the Offseason https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/las-vegas-bucky-brooks-pete-carroll-geno-smith-ashton-jeanty

I had ONE meeting that required my physical presence at work today.
That one meeting got cancelled 10 minutes after I got to work.
I could be at home right now being x2 productive in my pajamas with coffee that doesn't suck.
Me:

@… @… I do think productive conversations usually get lost at that point, maybe not this time

The Caring CEO. For Leaders Who Want To Grow Teams Who Are More Caring, Fun Filled And Productive. For Leaders Who Care.
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-caring-ceo/

Optimizing Web-Based AI Query Retrieval with GPT Integration in LangChain A CoT-Enhanced Prompt Engineering Approach
Wenqi Guan, Yang Fang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15512

Optimizing Web-Based AI Query Retrieval with GPT Integration in LangChain A CoT-Enhanced Prompt Engineering Approach
Large Language Models have brought a radical change in the process of remote learning students, among other aspects of educative activities. Current retrieval of remote learning resources lacks depth in contextual meaning that provides comprehensive information on complex student queries. This work proposes a novel approach to enhancing remote learning retrieval by integrating GPT-based models within the LangChain framework. We achieve this system in a more intuitive and productive manner using…

“What AI sells is vastly different from what it delivers, particularly what it delivers out of the box.”
The post gives some great context on the study of “the difference between work-as-imagined (WAI) and work-as-done (WAD),” and says:
“If what we have to do to be productive with LLMs is to add a lot of scaffolding and invest effort to gain important but poorly defined skills, we should be able to assume that what we’re sold and what we get are rather different things. That gap implies that better designed artifacts could have better affordances, and be more appropriate to the task at hand.”
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New Broncos RB J.K. Dobbins fires back at Chargers after signing with AFC West rivals

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/new-broncos-r…

Not really,
because the oceans around reefs aren't deserts
https://bsky.app/profile/gobyone.bsky.social/post/3lqwx35b4fs2f

Simon J. Brandl (@gobyone.bsky.social)
Heard of "Darwin's paradox"? It refers to Charles Darwin's observation that coral reefs are wildly productive despite occurring in nutrient-poor tropical oceans. Reefs are, so the story goes, oases in marine deserts 🏝️... Turns out that 2/3 of these assertions are very wrong... 🌐 🦑🧪 🧵⬇️

I can’t help it, I somehow feel gaslighted by the whole #GenAI debate. People who are critical of GenAI are often told “but when done right, you’re just so much more productive, so obviously you just didn’t to it right.” So I’m trying. Not because I feel I need to, but because I just want to get a realistic impression of the capabilities, and be able to discuss these with my students.
Then fancy…

We had a long but productive afternoon today, checking out the venue for #NixCon2025 at OST Rapperswil.
#NixCon

It's only Thursday morning and I've already had what's probably the most intense and productive week of writing since the home-stretch of my dissertation almost 15 years ago.
I basically wrote the entire first draft - and not a super drafty draft, at that - of what I'm thinking will be the second chapter in my next book.
I'm feeling great.
#AmWriting

"Alvin, the world’s longest-operating and most productive human-occupied deep-sea submersible, with more than 5,000 dives completed over 60 years of operation ... recently underwent a significant upgrade, allowing it to reach depths of up to 6,500 meters—surpassing its previous limit of 4,500 meters." - Eos #geology

An Upgraded Alvin Puts New Ocean Depths Within Reach
The newly retooled submersible, which has already returned fascinating new findings from Earth’s watery depths, is opening more of the deep ocean to direct human exploration.

Ten Simple Rules for Catalyzing Collaborations and Building Bridges between Research Software Engineers and Software Engineering Researchers
Nasir U. Eisty, Jeffrey C. Carver, Johanna Cohoon, Ian A. Cosden, Carole Goble, Samuel Grayson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03012

Ten Simple Rules for Catalyzing Collaborations and Building Bridges between Research Software Engineers and Software Engineering Researchers
In the evolving landscape of scientific and scholarly research, effective collaboration between Research Software Engineers (RSEs) and Software Engineering Researchers (SERs) is pivotal for advancing innovation and ensuring the integrity of computational methodologies. This paper presents ten strategic guidelines aimed at fostering productive partnerships between these two distinct yet complementary communities. The guidelines emphasize the importance of recognizing and respecting the cultural …

1/ I’ve been very lucky with my job. I get paid full time but I couldn’t say when I last did a full working week - it must be years ago. My boss has been very understanding since I escaped my abusive marriage over four years ago, and has also supported me as I battle through the courts to get more time with my kids. My up and down #mentalhealth impacts upon how productive I am, and the cour…

Coronal dimmings from active region 13664 during the May 2024 solar energetic events
Amaia Razquin, Astrid M. Veronig, Karin Dissauer, Tatiana Podladchikova, Shantanu Jain
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04818

Coronal dimmings from active region 13664 during the May 2024 solar energetic events
Coronal dimmings are regions of transiently reduced brightness in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and soft X-ray (SXR) emissions associated with coronal mass ejections (CMEs), providing key insights into CME initiation and early evolution. During May 2024, AR 13664 was among the most flare-productive regions in recent decades, generating 55 M-class and 12 X-class flares along with multiple Earth-directed CMEs. The rapid succession of these CMEs triggered the most intense geomagnetic storm in two deca…

Integrating Emerging Technologies in Virtual Learning Environments: A Comparative Study of Perceived Needs among Open Universities in Five Southeast Asian Countries
Roberto Bacani Figueroa Jr, Mai Huong Nguyen, Aliza Ali, Lugsamee Nuamthanom Kimura, Marisa Marisa, Ami Hibatul Jameel, Luisa Almeda Gelisan
https://arxiv.org/abs/25…

Integrating Emerging Technologies in Virtual Learning Environments: A Comparative Study of Perceived Needs among Open Universities in Five Southeast Asian Countries
Amid the growing need to keep learners abreast of rapid technological advancements brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, this study explores perceived needs of students in virtual learning environments supported by emerging technologies. A survey was conducted across five leading open universities in Southeast Asia. The study aimed to identify student preferences regarding features of their virtual learning environments that could better prepare them as productive citizens and prof…

Assessing the Raiders' Production in Minicamp https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/las-vegas-pete-carroll-geno-smith-maxx-crosby-minicamp

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.17613 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_eco…

Coordinated Shirking in Technology Adoption
This paper studies a model of technology adoption: a manager tries to induce a group of workers to exert costly effort to vet a new technology before they choose whether to use it. The manager finds it too costly to simultaneously replace large groups of unproductive workers, so they shirk when coordination is possible. Widely applicable technology expands productive possibilities but also provides an opportunity for coordinated shirking, and can thus lead to widespread production failure. Furt…

Will Carroll's 'Favorite Guy' Become Fan Favorite for the Raiders https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/las-vegas-pete-carroll-laki-tasi-scott-pioli-john-spytek

"Solar panels' shade helps boost Colorado grassland productivity in dry years"
#US #USA #America #Colorado

Solar panels' shade helps boost Colorado grassland productivity in dry years
Grasses growing in the shade of a solar array were only a little less productive than those growing nearby in open grassland during years of average and above-average rainfall—but in a dry year, the shaded plants grew much better than those growing in full sun. That's the result of a four-year study we conducted in a semi-arid grassland of northern Colorado.

This Raiders' Unit Will Have Its Opportunities In 2025 https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/pete-carroll-tom-mcmahon-las-vegas-john-spytek

The Raiders Continue to Get Newest Additions Up to Speed https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/dirk-koetter-boise-state-ashton-jeanty-las-vegas-chip-kelly