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🎵 saaya
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https://willow-scarlet.bandcamp.com/track/saaya
https://open.spotify.com/track/5cudhrTkCjMHRzkNFWWNov

"Tehokkuuspuhe estää meitä ajattelemasta tarkoitusperiä. Sen sijaan se hoputtaa meitä laatimaan laskelmia siitä, kuinka nopeasti jotakin tehdään. Esimerkiksi kaupallinen laäketiede imee
tehokkaasti rahaa sairailta. Ja tämä on se mittapuu, jolla sairaaloita arvioivat niden omistajat. Voiton hyväksyminen tavoitteeksi tarkoittaa kuitenkin elämän ja terveyden unohtamista."
Timothy Snyder, Vapaudesta

"Tulipalot | Vimpelin Veto menetti tulipalossa koripallonsa, seuralta hätähuuto"
https://some.henkkalaukka.fi/@uutisbot/114755355364450421
Onneksi koripallot eivät ole kalliita. Biltemasta saavat uuden alle kympillä

In the hands of someone like Trump,
deals are ways to evade, postpone or subvert the efficient work of markets.
Trump does not like markets,
precisely because they are impersonal and objective.
Their results – for corporations, entrepreneurs, investors and shareholders – are subject to clear measures of success and failure.
Because deals are personal, adversarial and incomplete,
they are perfect grist for Trump’s relentless publicity machine,
and a…

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A US judge dismisses a lawsuit accusing Intel of defrauding shareholders by hiding problems in its foundry unit, news of which led to a $32B one-day stock fall (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa

Data Efficacy for Language Model Training
Yalun Dai, Yangyu Huang, Xin Zhang, Wenshan Wu, Chong Li, Wenhui Lu, Shijie Cao, Li Dong, Scarlett Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21545

Data Efficacy for Language Model Training
Data is fundamental to the training of language models (LM). Recent research has been dedicated to data efficiency, which aims to maximize performance by selecting a minimal or optimal subset of training data. Techniques such as data filtering, sampling, and selection play a crucial role in this area. To complement it, we define Data Efficacy, which focuses on maximizing performance by optimizing the organization of training data and remains relatively underexplored. This work introduces a gene…

Netflix's board keeps Jay Hoag as a director after shareholders voted to oust him, and appoints Airbnb CFO and former Netflix exec Ellie Mertz as a new member (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/netfl

Netflix Board Rejects Jay Hoag Resignation, Names Ellie Mertz to Board
Netflix's board decided to keep Jay Hoag as a director and is adding Ellie Mertz, Airbnb CFO and former Netflix exec, as a director.

Sources detail Intel's two-week roller-coaster ride, from Trump demanding CEO Lip-Bu Tan step down to the US government becoming Intel's biggest shareholder (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/inside-intels-tri

Filing: Intel warns the US taking a 10% stake could trigger "adverse reactions", including in international sales, which made up 76% of revenue last fiscal year (Chris Eudaily/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/25/intel-trump-deal-risks-stock.html
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Intel says Trump deal has risks for shareholders, international sales
President Donald Trump called the agreement "a great Deal for America" and said the building of advanced chips "is fundamental to the future of our Nation."