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OpenAI is open sourcing the Agentic Commerce Protocol, a standard for AI commerce that powers its Instant Checkout feature and was co-developed with Stripe (Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/chatgpt-just

ChatGPT can buy stuff for you now - forever changing online shopping
Transactions between AI agents are on the rise. Here's how to try ChatGPT's new Instant Checkout feature.

Fundamental Limits of Distributed Computing for Linearly Separable Functions
K. K. Krishnan Namboodiri, Elizabath Peter, Derya Malak, Petros Elia
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23447

Fundamental Limits of Distributed Computing for Linearly Separable Functions
This work addresses the problem of distributed computation of linearly separable functions, where a master node with access to $K$ datasets, employs $N$ servers to compute $L$ user-requested functions, each defined over the datasets. Servers are instructed to compute subfunctions of the datasets and must communicate computed outputs to the user, who reconstructs the requested outputs. The central challenge is to reduce the per-server computational load and the communication cost from servers to…

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The Declarative configuration journey: Why it took 5 years to ignore health check endpoints in tracing
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My youngest tends to wear a Casio LA-20WH most of the time. When I bought it for them it cost me around $25. Recently they broke the strap. So I looked at the options. An official Casio strap for a LA-20WH costs around $16. With tax/shipping I am likely to pay around $20, which feels … kinda silly, given the price of a new watch.

Last night, Sümac hosted two Lebanese chefs for a pop-up tasting menu. I’m still thinking about the kibbeh. If you’re in Reykjavík tonight, you might be able to eat at the bar there.

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“By 2040, the Locational scenario could reduce the total system cost by 23 – 59 Bn. EUR annually. These savings are in the order of magnitude of those associated with the integration of European electricity markets.”
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/J…

Locational Price Signals in Europe
As Europe strives to become the first climate neutral continent, grid congestion is becoming an increasingly urgent issue, with the potential to lead to large-scale curtailment of renewables and undermine the system’s security. Accordingly, the Mission Letter to Commissioner for Energy and Affordable Housing Dan Jørgensen lists the task to improve locational price signals. These aim to ensure that investments occur where they are most beneficial to the system, while incentivizing an efficien…

Fascinating:
A feature in the Financial Times reveals some very rich people have started selling up and living in motorhomes.
Obviously, they’re ultra-luxurious motorhomes. The owner of a private equity firm interviewed has a 30-tonne behemoth with air conditioning and high-speed internet, a kitchen, dining room, two bathrooms, a “spacious master bedroom” and “a range of modern hi-tech appliances”. which cost
“around $2.7m” (£2m)
I read something else about ultra-high…