Broncos HC Sean Payton: Postgame comments 'in no way, shape or form' directed at Russell Wilson https://www.nfl.com/news/broncos-hc-sean-payton-postgame-comments-in-no-way-shape-or-form-directed-at-russell-wilson…

Category-Level Object Shape and Pose Estimation in Less Than a Millisecond
Lorenzo Shaikewitz, Tim Nguyen, Luca Carlone
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18979 https://

NFC Playoff picture takes shape after Week 16 showdowns https://insidethestar.com/nfc-playoff-picture-takes-shape-after-week-16-showdowns

My package arrived!

Smart Cellular Bricks for Decentralized Shape Classification and Damage Recovery
Rodrigo Moreno, Andres Faina, Shyam Sudhakaran, Kathryn Walker, Sebastian Risi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18659

Smart Cellular Bricks for Decentralized Shape Classification and Damage Recovery
Biological systems possess remarkable capabilities for self-recognition and morphological regeneration, often relying solely on local interactions. Inspired by these decentralized processes, we present a novel system of physical 3D bricks--simple cubic units equipped with local communication, processing, and sensing--that are capable of inferring their global shape class and detecting structural damage. Leveraging Neural Cellular Automata (NCA), a learned, fully-distributed algorithm, our syste…

Fencing Upgrades and Unexpected Farewells
This week brought new fencing gear, preparations for a crowded Thanksgiving, and the difficult news of losing several friends. It’s been a time of reflection and appreciating the people who shape our lives.
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/fencing…

Fencing Upgrades and Unexpected Farewells – Bob Mueller
It’s been a week of reflection & appreciating the people who shape our lives as I get ready for Thanksgiving & say goodbye to several friends.

“When you want to include hyperlinks in your PowerPoint presentations, […] you can remove the recognizable underline, yet still maintain the link.
In short, you do this by removing the hyperlink from text and instead laying a transparent shape over the text…”
Haha, that's cute, Microsoft… 😂

This is 1 of my bumper stickers. Yesterday, I looked in my rear view while sitting at a red light, & in the car behind me, the driver was holding up his hand, displaying metal horns & tracing the shape w/ the index finger of his other hand, while explaining the sticker to his passenger. I flashed my own metal horns hand for her. She laughed. He looked back over & laughed. I laughed. It was a fun little moment. Those are needed in these bleak times. 😉

Starting to set up the framing of the north wall of the new workshop. Two interesting problems here:
1. Am I going to want a large door in this wall? I think I can't have one, because I want either the east or the west wall to be removable to allow more light and space in summer; but I really need to think about this!
2. The shape of the foundation is very squint. Consequently, although the north and south walls will be parallel, the east and west won't. I have some int…

Plaque by the new computer and information science building commemorating the old baseball field that used to be at the site
#photo #photography #cornell

But when U.C.L.A.’s campus shut down during the pandemic, something remarkable happened: The beaks of juncos born on campus reverted to their wildland shape.

Both Stellar Mass and Gravitational Potential Shape the Gas-Phase Metallicity
Maria Koller, Roberto Maiolino, William M. Baker
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18961 https://

Both Stellar Mass and Gravitational Potential Shape the Gas-Phase Metallicity
The relation between metallicity and galaxy mass (the so-called mass-metallicity relation) is the strongest and most prominent among scaling relations between chemical enrichment and galactic properties. However, it is unclear whether this relation primarily traces metal retention or the integrated production of metals, as past studies have obtained contrasting results. We investigate this issue through an extensive Random Forest and Partial Correlations analysis of spectral cubes of 4,500 gala…

This isn't even my final form

Jason Kelce Doesn’t Hold Back on Raiders After Loss to Chiefs https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/jason-kelce-las-vegas-chiefs/?adt_ei=[email]

Anthropic launched Claude Code for web 20th October 2025
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/20/claude-code-for-web/
It’s an asynchronous coding agent
—their answer to
OpenAI’s Codex Cloud

Claude Code for web—a new asynchronous coding agent from Anthropic
Anthropic launched Claude Code for web this morning. It’s an asynchronous coding agent—their answer to OpenAI’s Codex Cloud and Google’s Jules, and has a very similar shape. I had preview …

Saturday Night NFC Showdowns May Shape the Playoff Picture https://insidethestar.com/saturday-night-nfc-showdowns-may-shape-the-playoff-picture

More framework added. Dresser shelf/draws and the closet taking some shape.
The varnish/paint arrived and a test shows it way too dark. Almost black to my eyes in that dark room. So some other sample tins ordered. Hopefully one of them will be closer.

Large-Scale, Longitudinal Study of Large Language Models During the 2024 US Election Season
Sarah H. Cen, Andrew Ilyas, Hedi Driss, Charlotte Park, Aspen Hopkins, Chara Podimata, Aleksander M\k{a}dry
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18446

Interpreting a Sum of Third Powers by using a Geometric Assembly in Four Dimensions
Joseph Alfano (Assumption University), Emily Armstrong (University of Pittsburgh), Vincent DeNolf (University of Colorado), Jonah Sagarin (Union College)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19114

"How Libraries Can Shape the Next Era of Open Education" @ Katina Magazine: https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2025/how-libraries-can-shape-the-next-era-of-open-education
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How the Media Shape Our Thinking (Christopher F. Rufo)
https://christopherrufo.com/p/how-the-media-shape-our-thinking
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p55#a251217p55

Quantifying Sand Transport Sensitivity to Dune Shape: Field-Validated CFD with AirSketcher
Wichai Pattanapol, Kanisorn Thanutwutthigorn, Tipaporn Homdee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18513

The secret ingredient is crime

Greek Myth and Religion
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I was lucky enough to be given an M&S voucher by my employer on Friday. I bought a lovely black top that arrived today and works exactly as I'd hoped with my new trousers. I've gone mad and bought a cream one of a similar shape but slightly different design. What's the betting it fits *completely* differently and I hate it?

BRAID: Input-Driven Nonlinear Dynamical Modeling of Neural-Behavioral Data
Parsa Vahidi, Omid G. Sani, Maryam M. Shanechi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18627 https://

BRAID: Input-Driven Nonlinear Dynamical Modeling of Neural-Behavioral Data
Neural populations exhibit complex recurrent structures that drive behavior, while continuously receiving and integrating external inputs from sensory stimuli, upstream regions, and neurostimulation. However, neural populations are often modeled as autonomous dynamical systems, with little consideration given to the influence of external inputs that shape the population activity and behavioral outcomes. Here, we introduce BRAID, a deep learning framework that models nonlinear neural dynamics un…

Tonight (November 21) Carpe Diem Arts has a Fall of Freedom event from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM at Seekers Church, Takoma Park across the street from the Takoma Metro (Red Line). More details in comments.
#DC #WashingtonDC

I, too, think some of the efforts of the CSSWG have gotten ahead of the use cases and I, too, think catching our breath would be good.
“Chris’ Corner: Stage 2”
https://blog.codepen.io/2025/10/20/chris-corner-stage-2/

"World’s first solar park featuring hydrogen-producing PV modules takes shape in Belgium"
#Belgium #SolarPower #Energy

World’s first solar park featuring hydrogen-producing PV modules takes shape in Belgium
A 2 MW solar park in Wallonia, Belgium, will rely 50 kW of hydrogen-producing solar modules developed by Solhyd, a spin-off from KU Lueven. The installation will be the first demonstration of Solhyd’s technology at a commercially-relevant scale.

2 months later my beard grew up in a weird shape... I dislike it. I have beard balds, in a shorthand, my beard is a mess
Is not completely closed. 😭
Time to shave it for this xmas
#beard #beards #mess

New toys and saying goodbye to old friends.
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/fencing-upgrades-and-unexpected-farewells/

Fencing Upgrades and Unexpected Farewells – Bob Mueller
It’s been a week of reflection & appreciating the people who shape our lives as I get ready for Thanksgiving & say goodbye to several friends.

How revenue decisions shape #technicaldebt
https://www.hyperact.co.uk/blog/how-revenue-decisions-shape-technical-debt

Beyond 'Templates': Category-Agnostic Object Pose, Size, and Shape Estimation from a Single View
Jinyu Zhang, Haitao Lin, Jiashu Hou, Xiangyang Xue, Yanwei Fu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11687

Beyond 'Templates': Category-Agnostic Object Pose, Size, and Shape Estimation from a Single View
Estimating an object's 6D pose, size, and shape from visual input is a fundamental problem in computer vision, with critical applications in robotic grasping and manipulation. Existing methods either rely on object-specific priors such as CAD models or templates, or suffer from limited generalization across categories due to pose-shape entanglement and multi-stage pipelines. In this work, we propose a unified, category-agnostic framework that simultaneously predicts 6D pose, size, and dense sha…

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@padraig/109542535631847723
I bought myself some Apple AirPods 4th Gen and they fit perfectly. The Pro's would not have worked with the shape of my ears.
Really digging the ANC on these. And a very smooth transition between A…

Wow, just noticed #ThingUmbrella reached 3700 stars on GitHub — I'm celebrating... 🤩🫠
Heartfelt thanks to all of you who've been helping along the way (in any shape & form) and been supporting this work for all these years and across different programming languages/camps! Merci beaucoup!!! Esp. big Thank You's to fellow fediverse people/supporters from various stages…

thi.ng/umbrella

Perceptions of AI Across Sectors: A Comparative Review of Public Attitudes
Filip Bialy, Mark Elliot, Robert Meckin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18233 https://

Perceptions of AI Across Sectors: A Comparative Review of Public Attitudes
This paper offers a domain-mediated comparative review of 251 studies on public attitudes toward AI, published between 2011 and 2025. Drawing on a systematic literature review, we analyse how different factors including perceived benefits and concerns (or risks) shape public acceptance of - or resistance to - artificial intelligence across domains and use-cases, including healthcare, education, security, public administration, generative AI, and autonomous vehicles. The analysis highlights recu…

The way you make an axe haft is you take a straight grained piece of hickory or ash, you split it along the grain with a froe, and then you use a drawknife to do final shaping (including for the eye). The reason you do this is that the shape then follows the natural cellulose fibres of the wood, which are very much stronger along their length than at even at a very slight angle.
(Yes, I'm sub-tooting someone on YouTube).
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🪓 Algorithms do widen the divide: Social media feeds shape political polarization
https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-11-27/algorithms-do-widen-the-divide-social-media-feeds-shape-political-polarizati…

Algorithms do widen the divide: Social media feeds shape political polarization
A study shows that the order in which platforms like X display content to their users affects their animosity towards other ideological groups

"Now China is doing it again. This time with Brain-Computer Interfaces." https://velcodar.substack.com/p/the-shenzhen-precedent-how-chinas The Shenzhen precedent: How China's 5-year BCI plan could shape neurotech's future.

The Shenzhen Precedent: How China's 5-Year BCI Plan Could Shape Neurotech's Future
I spent last week in Shenzhen while speaking at the Blender Conference.

🗳️🇺🇸 Hey, Maine! 2 weeks from tomorrow (Nov 4) you’ve got a referendum that could shape elections for years. It may be an off-year but the outcome will sway every election from now on.
Bipartisan info at https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Sample_Ballot…

Mattress arrived in a ridiculously small box.
Apparently rolled up and vacuum sealed. Good packaging I guess if the mattress can stand being rolled up for months on end.
Instructions seem to imply it'll take up to 72 hours to reach it's full shape and possibly I ought to not be sleeping on it until then. 🤔
It'll get 13 hours or so at least till bedtime but do I really wanna sleep on the sofa for another two nights while it recovers from their abusive packaging? Hummm.
If I follow instructions it'll not be slept on until I get home after Xmas.

Ah yeah! @…’s horror advent calendar has arrived 🙌
Here’s a little taste from last year..

Modeling the TMD shape function in $J/\psi$ electroproduction
Miguel G. Echevarria, Raj Kishore, Samuel F. Romera
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11809 https://…

Modeling the TMD shape function in $J/ψ$ electroproduction
The next-to-leading order hard function for quarkonium electroproduction is calculated within the framework of transverse-momentum-dependent (TMD) factorization in the low-transverse-momentum regime. The structure of the TMD shape function in quarkonium leptoproduction is analyzed through its operator-level definition. Particular attention is given to the convolution of the unpolarized TMD gluon distribution with the TMD shape function, thereby illustrating the latter's phenomenological role. B…

Greek Myth and Religion
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I just completed the Worldle Grand Tour 2025, how will you do?
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Worldle - Guess the Country
A daily geography game where you guess the country from its shape and get clues with every attempt. Play daily or explore the archive.

i found these two gems at the record store up the street and, at twelve bucks each, couldn't resist. i listened to these LPs (and dream weaver and forest flower) a ton in high school.
#jazz #vinyl #vinylrecords

Ethan Mollick makes a good point on BlueSky:
I understand the fear and anger. But also:
1) It is connected to the belief that AI is fake and going to vanish, which means that critics who should be helping shape AI use through policy and collective work are sitting it out
2) Lumping all AI criticism/talk into us vs. "tech bros" doesn't help
#AI

Ethan Mollick (@emollick.bsky.social)
I understand the fear and anger. But also: 1) It is connected to the belief that AI is fake and going to vanish, which means that critics who should be helping shape AI use through policy and collective work are sitting it out 2) Lumping all AI criticism/talk into us vs. "tech bros" doesn't help [contains quote post or other embedded content]

"When #billionaires own major media outlets, “news” becomes something closer to state messaging. Not because the government controls it, but because the financial class that funds political power also owns the platforms that shape public perception."
#kleptocracy
Legacy M…

Legacy Media's License To Kill
We've lived to see the day when a newspaper excuses the man who butchered their journalist By November, 2018, the CIA had concluded that Saudi Arabia was responsible for the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. And moreover—that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally ordered the killing.

You Only Train Once: Differentiable Subset Selection for Omics Data
Daphn\'e Chopard, Jorge da Silva Gon\c{c}alves, Irene Cannistraci, Thomas M. Sutter, Julia E. Vogt
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17678 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.17678 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.17678
arXiv:2512.17678v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Selecting compact and informative gene subsets from single-cell transcriptomic data is essential for biomarker discovery, improving interpretability, and cost-effective profiling. However, most existing feature selection approaches either operate as multi-stage pipelines or rely on post hoc feature attribution, making selection and prediction weakly coupled. In this work, we present YOTO (you only train once), an end-to-end framework that jointly identifies discrete gene subsets and performs prediction within a single differentiable architecture. In our model, the prediction task directly guides which genes are selected, while the learned subsets, in turn, shape the predictive representation. This closed feedback loop enables the model to iteratively refine both what it selects and how it predicts during training. Unlike existing approaches, YOTO enforces sparsity so that only the selected genes contribute to inference, eliminating the need to train additional downstream classifiers. Through a multi-task learning design, the model learns shared representations across related objectives, allowing partially labeled datasets to inform one another, and discovering gene subsets that generalize across tasks without additional training steps. We evaluate YOTO on two representative single-cell RNA-seq datasets, showing that it consistently outperforms state-of-the-art baselines. These results demonstrate that sparse, end-to-end, multi-task gene subset selection improves predictive performance and yields compact and meaningful gene subsets, advancing biomarker discovery and single-cell analysis.
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This week, GÉANT held its first multistakeholder policy event in Brussels—opening a new chapter in how the GÉANT community and European policy makers can work together to shape the #DigitalTransformation of #Europe.
This event laid the groundwork for an ongoing dialogue between GÉANT, …

Shape optimization of a small favorable region in a periodically fragmented environment
Gianmaria Verzini
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09346 https://arxiv.or…

Shape optimization of a small favorable region in a periodically fragmented environment
We consider a shape optimization problem for the persistence threshold of a biological species dispersing in a periodically fragmented environment, the unknown shape corresponding to the portion of the habitat which is favorable to the population. Analytically, this translates in the minimization of a weighted eigenvalue of the periodic Laplacian, with respect to a bang-bang indefinite weight. For such problem, we exploit some recent results obtained in the framework of Dirichlet or Neumann bou…

Barriers that Programming Instructors Face While Performing Emergency Pedagogical Design to Shape Student-AI Interactions with Generative AI Tools
Sam Lau (University of California San Diego), Kianoosh Boroojeni (Florida International University), Harry Keeling (Howard University), Jenn Marroquin (Google)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09492…

Barriers that Programming Instructors Face While Performing Emergency Pedagogical Design to Shape Student-AI Interactions with Generative AI Tools
Generative AI (GenAI) tools are increasingly pervasive, pushing instructors to redesign how students use GenAI tools in coursework. We conceptualize this work as emergency pedagogical design: reactive, indirect efforts by instructors to shape student-AI interactions without control over commercial interfaces. To understand practices of lead users conducting emergency pedagogical design, we conducted interviews (n=13) and a survey (n=169) of computing instructors. These instructors repeatedly en…

🍬 Shape-shifting material could transform future of implantable and ingestible medical devices
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-shifting-material-future-implantable-ingestible.html

Shape-shifting material could transform future of implantable and ingestible medical devices
Researchers led by Rice University's Yong Lin Kong have developed a soft but strong metamaterial that can be controlled remotely to rapidly transform its size and shape.

Ezra Klein is moving from an opinion writer to a powerbroker, as sources say his partisan influence is raising concerns in the Democratic Party and the NYT (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/16/ezra-klein-power-play-democrats

How Ezra Klein's power play is guiding Democrats
The New York Times columnist, podcaster and author has helped shape the party's strategies and policies in President Trump's second term.

I felt quite exhausted at the summit today and assumed that I was quite out of shape.
Back down my wife greeted me with a "back again already?"
It took me about 4:30h up and down including rest. My wife looked up the regular time for the track -- 4:30h... Without rest.
Maybe I wasn't totally out of shape. 🤔

There are 3 fundamental freedoms outlined in Dawn of Everything:
(1) the freedom to move away or relocate from one’s surroundings;
(2) the freedom to ignore or disobey commands issued by others; and
(3) the freedom to shape entirely new social realities, or shift back and forth between different ones.
I think these can all be captured in one statement when reframed as a system constraint: for a system to be free, participation must be optional for all members.
People must be part of *some* system. Even individualistic survivalism is itself a system (if not a very good one). Then there is a corollary as well: any system that is not free, that is not optional, can turn optional systems into mandatory ones, and thus (adopted from the MLK quote) un-freedom anywhere is a threat to freedom everywhere.
Edit:
I'm gonna drop the #Philosophy tag on here because apparently that's where I went with it. Challenges and push-back welcome.
Edit:
Aaaaand Its a blog post
https://anarchoccultism.org/building-zion/an-algorithm-for-liberation
As usual, comments, typos, and questions are always welcome.

California's Prop 50 to combat Trump's blatant rigging of our elections is listed here.
Californians: This is the whole ballgame. Vote YES on Prop 50.
✅ Key Contests This November That Will Shape the Future of Democracy - Democracy Docket
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Key Contests This November That Will Shape the Future of Democracy
Read more here.

Greek Myth and Religion https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20129682/greek-myth-and-religion

Next up at #12Clouds: Balaji Vasudevan talking about Skills that are not in your Resume but shape your career

On The Orbital Evolution of Multiple Wide Super-Jupiters: How Disk Migration and Dispersal Shape the Stability of The PDS 70 System
Clarissa R. Do \'O, Jaehan Bae, Quinn M. Konopacky, Jayke S. Nguyen, Patrick Diamond, Krzysztof Go\'zdziewski, Dawid Jankowski
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11021…

On The Orbital Evolution of Multiple Wide Super-Jupiters: How Disk Migration and Dispersal Shape the Stability of The PDS 70 System
Direct imaging has revealed exoplanet systems hosting multiple wide-orbit Super-Jupiters, where planet-planet interactions can shape their long-term dynamical evolution. These strong perturbations may lead to orbital instability, raising questions about the long-term survival of such systems. Shortly after formation, planet-disk interactions can shepherd planets into mean-motion resonances, which may promote long-term stability as seen in HR 8799. However, early-stage processes such as disk pho…

Tried to make a square shape New York Cheesecake for the first time yesterday. It was meant to be shared at a party and I thought it would be easier to share in smaller pieces. It came out good I think. The base was solid enough to get the out of the pan. I also properly caramelized the top of the base so it doesn't soak as quickly
#NewYorkCheesecake

#ReleaseWednesday — Thanks to a user suggestion, I've added support for declarative canvas pixel density adjustments in the following packages:
- https://thi.ng/hiccup-canvas
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Hiccup shape tree renderer for vanilla Canvas 2D contexts

Okay, let's admit it, it's rather fun to be able to tell a machine "Let's rock and roll!" and it is able to infer that I mean, "Yeah, that design document is now in great shape, we should start generating code".

NFL playoff picture: Ranking 10 of the most important remaining games that will shape 2025 postseason

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-playoff-picture-ranking-remai…

"I don't have time for checking stuff, Liam. My friends online show me the truth. There are too many inmigrants"
Mary, a nurse whose frustrations spill over into family life. As tensions rise around the dinner table, the film explores how personal struggles can shape beliefs and conversations.
https://www.youtube…

I’ve seen posts about how Democratic politicians have to be “punished” and then they’ll shape up — even one horrifying post basically arguing that we need a couple more years for fascism to fully materialize in order to reform our political system.
My dude…this “people will wake up when it’s bad enough” trope doesn’t work. It’s never worked. It’s been failing spectacularly my whole life — and if one Trump term didn’t do it…what will? And how many people’s lives will be destroyed along the way?
That thinking will kill us all.
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The slow motion of #Uranus in just one day (24 hours ago and tonight), easily visible thanks to the current proximity to the stars 14 and 13 Tauri of similar brightness: https://www.facebook.com/planetarium.bochum/posts/pfbid0pGCePvJoCDXcnfjcPXBtmJHUNFjXYRVheG5tmuwi74w7CxdyUs48wVaaQthkfSidl - one could also see the changing shape of the triangle in binoculars!

Shape-Aware Whole-Body Control for Continuum Robots with Application in Endoluminal Surgical Robotics
Mohammadreza Kasaei, Mostafa Ghobadi, Mohsen Khadem
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12332

Shape-Aware Whole-Body Control for Continuum Robots with Application in Endoluminal Surgical Robotics
This paper presents a shape-aware whole-body control framework for tendon-driven continuum robots with direct application to endoluminal surgical navigation. Endoluminal procedures, such as bronchoscopy, demand precise and safe navigation through tortuous, patient-specific anatomy where conventional tip-only control often leads to wall contact, tissue trauma, or failure to reach distal targets. To address these challenges, our approach combines a physics-informed backbone model with residual le…

First time I've seen a TO220ish shape resistor; I'm used to the chunkier ceramic power resistors; but when I picked it up I assumed this was a diode, but nope, does indeed read somewhere around 270 ohm.

I knew I was cranky about AI, but I guess I didn't realize just how cranky until I filled out this obnoxious and wildly boosterish questionnaire from the government of Canada.
https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/public-co…

Added 'a few' math tests to picolibc today. These create reference values using nickle with its arbitrary precision floating point arithmetic. The result is a list of functions which need work to improve their accuracy. Most are "close", with known errors of 1 or 2 ulp, but tgamma is in rough shape with errors of 56 ulp for binary64 and 97ulp for binary128. The complex functions are almost all in very rough shape with errors of thousands of ulps.

Metropolitana VI - Asymmetry ✅
城 VI - 非对称 ✅
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Ilford Pan 100
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Greek Myth and Religion https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20129683/greek-myth-and-religion

Non-invasive technology can shape the brain's reward-seeking mechanisms https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/non-invasive-technology-can-shape-the-brains-reward-seeking-mechanisms Non-invasive ultrasonic neuromodulation of the human …

Non-invasive technology can shape the brain’s reward-seeking mechanisms
University of Plymouth news: New research led by the University of Plymouth has found that targeted ultrasound can be used to change the function of a...

NV3D: Leveraging Spatial Shape Through Normal Vector-based 3D Object Detection
Krittin Chaowakarn, Paramin Sangwongngam, Nang Htet Htet Aung, Chalie Charoenlarpnopparut
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11632

NV3D: Leveraging Spatial Shape Through Normal Vector-based 3D Object Detection
Recent studies in 3D object detection for autonomous vehicles aim to enrich features through the utilization of multi-modal setups or the extraction of local patterns within LiDAR point clouds. However, multi-modal methods face significant challenges in feature alignment, and gaining features locally can be oversimplified for complex 3D object detection tasks. In this paper, we propose a novel model, NV3D, which utilizes local features acquired from voxel neighbors, as normal vectors computed p…

Jerry Jones says Paul Tagliabue helped shape NFL into a global institution. https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/jerry-jones-says-paul-tagliabue-helped-shape-nfl-into-a-global-institution

Replaced article(s) found for cs.LG. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.LG/new
[3/5]:
- Look-Ahead Reasoning on Learning Platforms
Haiqing Zhu, Tijana Zrnic, Celestine Mendler-D\"unner
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.14745 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csLG_bot/115575981129228810
- Deep Gaussian Process Proximal Policy Optimization
Matthijs van der Lende, Juan Cardenas-Cartagena
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.18214 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csLG_bot/115610315210502140
- Spectral Concentration at the Edge of Stability: Information Geometry of Kernel Associative Memory
Akira Tamamori
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.23083 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csLG_bot/115644325602130493
- xGR: Efficient Generative Recommendation Serving at Scale
Sun, Liu, Zhang, Wu, Yang, Liang, Li, Ma, Liang, Ren, Zhang, Liu, Zhang, Qian, Yang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.11529 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csLG_bot/115723008170311172
- Credit Risk Estimation with Non-Financial Features: Evidence from a Synthetic Istanbul Dataset
Atalay Denknalbant, Emre Sezdi, Zeki Furkan Kutlu, Polat Goktas
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.12783 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csLG_bot/115729287232895097
- The Semantic Illusion: Certified Limits of Embedding-Based Hallucination Detection in RAG Systems
Debu Sinha
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.15068 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csLG_bot/115740048142898391
- Towards Reproducibility in Predictive Process Mining: SPICE -- A Deep Learning Library
Stritzel, H\"uhnerbein, Rauch, Zarate, Fleischmann, Buck, Lischka, Frey
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.16715 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csLG_bot/115745910810427061
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Abhisek Chakraborty, Saptati Datta
https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.15502 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_statML_bot/111843467510507382
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Paul Mangold, Sergey Samsonov, Safwan Labbi, Ilya Levin, Reda Alami, Alexey Naumov, Eric Moulines
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.04114
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https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.07588 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_statML_bot/112965266196097314
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Mathis Gerdes, Pim de Haan, Roberto Bondesan, Miranda C. N. Cheng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.13161 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_heplat_bot/113327593338897860
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Sun, Zhang, Xia, Sun, Chen, Yang, Liu, Zhu, Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.22674 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_eessIV_bot/113401026110345647
- Targeted Learning for Variable Importance
Xiaohan Wang, Yunzhe Zhou, Giles Hooker
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.02221 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_statML_bot/113429912435819479
- Refined Analysis of Federated Averaging and Federated Richardson-Romberg
Paul Mangold, Alain Durmus, Aymeric Dieuleveut, Sergey Samsonov, Eric Moulines
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.01389 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_statML_bot/113588027268311334
- Embedding-Driven Data Distillation for 360-Degree IQA With Residual-Aware Refinement
Abderrezzaq Sendjasni, Seif-Eddine Benkabou, Mohamed-Chaker Larabi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.12667 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCV_bot/113672538318570349
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Peter Chen, Bryan Chang, Olivia A Creasey, Julie Beth Sneddon, Zev J Gartner, Yining Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.01890 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCV_bot/113949981686723660
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Shashank Sharma, Janina Hoffmann, Vinay Namboodiri
https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.01956 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csRO_bot/113949997485625086
- Foundation for unbiased cross-validation of spatio-temporal models for species distribution modeling
Diana Koldasbayeva, Alexey Zaytsev
https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.03480
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Juheon Lee (Rachel), Lei (Rachel), Chen, Juan Carlos Catana, Hui Wang, Jun Zeng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.09652 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCV_bot/114017924551186136
- LookAhead Tuning: Safer Language Models via Partial Answer Previews
Liu, Wang, Luo, Yuan, Sun, Liang, Zhang, Zhou, Hooi, Deng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.19041 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/114227502448008352
- Constraint-based causal discovery with tiered background knowledge and latent variables in single...
Christine W. Bang, Vanessa Didelez
https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.21526 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_statML_bot/114238919468512990
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Initial-state geometry and multiplicity distributions in pPb collisions
R. Terra, A. V. Giannini, F. S. Navarra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12561 https://ar…

Initial-state geometry and multiplicity distributions in pPb collisions
This work investigates the possibility of accessing the initial geometric shape of the proton in proton-nucleus collisions at the LHC, in particular the configuration in which the proton is made of three quarks linked by a Y-shape gluon string, called baryon junction. This initial state spatial configuration has been used in the past to describe data on baryon rapidity distributions, diffractive $J/ψ$ production and multiplicity distributions in pp collisions. In spite of its success in explai…

📔 Exploring how storytelling strategies shape memories
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Exploring how storytelling strategies shape memories
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Final day of having the carpenter here. A lot of sawing. Built the dresser desk drawers, cut all the perspex into shape for the windowed doors that fit together now but still need gluing.
The dresser drawers are just about big enough to put the hairdryer in, so that's nice.
Still quite a bit for the other workers to do. Detailing for panels on the doors, gluing and hanging the window doors, handles and painting and touch ups. They reckon another 5 days work still, only two of which can be next week because I have stuff to do.
Must be weird being a builder and finishing your part of the job then never seeing it completed. He's done all this great work on it but will only see the completed work if he has to come back for something else. And he doesn't want to come back coz he's fed up of driving across London 😆

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Learning Generalizable Shape Completion with SIM(3) Equivariance
Yuqing Wang, Zhaiyu Chen, Xiao Xiang Zhu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26631 https://arxiv.or…

Learning Generalizable Shape Completion with SIM(3) Equivariance
3D shape completion methods typically assume scans are pre-aligned to a canonical frame. This leaks pose and scale cues that networks may exploit to memorize absolute positions rather than inferring intrinsic geometry. When such alignment is absent in real data, performance collapses. We argue that robust generalization demands architectural equivariance to the similarity group, SIM(3), so the model remains agnostic to pose and scale. Following this principle, we introduce the first SIM(3)-equi…

How Does the Pretraining Distribution Shape In-Context Learning? Task Selection, Generalization, and Robustness
Wa\"iss Azizian, Ali Hasan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01163 …

How Does the Pretraining Distribution Shape In-Context Learning? Task Selection, Generalization, and Robustness
The emergence of in-context learning (ICL) in large language models (LLMs) remains poorly understood despite its consistent effectiveness, enabling models to adapt to new tasks from only a handful of examples. To clarify and improve these capabilities, we characterize how the statistical properties of the pretraining distribution (e.g., tail behavior, coverage) shape ICL on numerical tasks. We develop a theoretical framework that unifies task selection and generalization, extending and sharpeni…

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Actual flat-panel wood attached to build the sides and tops of some of the wardrobes and storage boxes done today.
Starting to take shape.

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he framework upon which the wardrobes will be built starts to take shape.
The headboard sockets are at about the right height :phew:
He was asking if the wardrobe should be backed with some kind of board or if these support struts should remain visible inside the wardrobe.
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I guess it looks neater if you back it, but then there's also some lost space. It'd be painted either way of course.

📽️ Pirated film quality and ticket costs shape U.S. moviegoers' viewing choices
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Pirated film quality and ticket costs shape U.S. moviegoers' viewing choices
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