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Sharing everything I could understand about gradient noise / Perlin noise.
https://blog.pkh.me/p/42-sharing-everything-i-could-understand-about-gradient-noise.html
saved 2025-06-06

Cheap fantasy football wide receivers with the best point-scoring floors https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6546878/2025/08/12/fantasy-football-draft-wrs-scoring/

My son's becoming a true master with #WorldPainter & #WorldMachine and has been creating some stunning and super detailed landscapes (not just alpines ones) for #Minecraft/Ardacraft/…

Nekso (@Nekso@mastodon.gamedev.place)
Attached: 2 images The new map is officially out! Download here: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/etelande-free-custom-realistic-minecraft-mountain-range-2-5k-x-2-5k-1-21-5/ #minecraft #minecraftmap #terrain

Well, about that. Sounds like obeying in advance...
As Trump Comes for Your Social Media, It’s Time You Consider What’s Worth Sharing
https://gizmodo.com/as-trump-comes-for-your-social-media-its-time-you-consider-whats-worth-sharing-2000610736

SGD Convergence under Stepsize Shrinkage in Low-Precision Training
Vincent-Daniel Yun
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07142 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.07142

SGD Convergence under Stepsize Shrinkage in Low-Precision Training
Low-precision training has become essential for reducing the computational and memory costs of large-scale deep learning. However, quantization of gradients introduces both magnitude shrinkage and additive noise, which can alter the convergence behavior of stochastic gradient descent (SGD). In this work, we study the convergence of SGD under a gradient shrinkage model, where each stochastic gradient is scaled by a factor $q_k \in (0,1]$ and perturbed by zero-mean quantization noise. We show tha…

"How do you even know that stuff?": Barriers to expertise sharing among spreadsheet users
Qing (Nancy), Xia, Advait Sarkar, Duncan Brumby, Anna Cox
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09216

"How do you even know that stuff?": Barriers to expertise sharing among spreadsheet users
Spreadsheet collaboration provides valuable opportunities for learning and expertise sharing between colleagues. Sharing expertise is essential for the retention of important technical skillsets within organisations, but previous studies suggest that spreadsheet experts often fail to disseminate their knowledge to others. We suggest that social norms and beliefs surrounding the value of spreadsheet use significantly influence user engagement in sharing behaviours. To explore this, we conducted …

This is the future #Republicans want for you and your children

Analysis: YC picked just four Indian startups in 2024 vs. 66 in 2021, amid a growing trend of startups shifting their parent entities to India for domestic IPOs (The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.…

From 66 to 4: Why Y Combinator backed fewer Indian startups in 2024
Y Combinator's selection of Indian startups has decreased significantly. This decline is attributed to factors like YC's US incorporation requirement and the rise of domestic IPOs. Indian startups are shifting focus to local funding options. They find domestic markets favorable for listing. YC is also prioritizing AI-focused startups. This shift impacts Indian participation. Domestic capital is growing with regulatory support.

Quantum secret sharing in a triangular superconducting quantum network
Haoxiong Yan, Allen Zang, Joel Grebel, Xuntao Wu, Ming-Han Chou, Gustav Andersson, Christopher R. Conner, Yash J. Joshi, Shiheng Li, Jacob M. Miller, Rhys G. Povey, Hong Qiao, Eric Chitambar, Andrew N. Cleland
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10878

Quantum secret sharing in a triangular superconducting quantum network
We present a three-node quantum communication testbed with a triangular topology, each side of the triangle formed by a 1.3-meter-long transmission line. We demonstrate state transfer and entanglement generation between any two nodes, generate genuine multipartite entangled GHZ states, and implement quantum secret sharing (QSS) of classical information. Our experiments show that the QSS protocol can effectively detect eavesdropping, ensuring the secure sharing of secrets. This device forms a te…

Interesting
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/soaring-electric-truck-sales-deal-new-blow-diesel-use-china-2025-07-11/