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YouGov: 59% of US adults use smart assistants to check the weather, 51% for music, 47% to get answers on the web, and 40% for timers, mirroring usage in 2018 (Rani Molla/Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/tech/people-use-google-amazon…

People use Google, Amazon, and Apple’s smart assistants for weather, timers, and music — the same stuff we were doing a decade ago
Digital assistants can do more but not well or consistently.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music
The Americojones Experience:
🎵 Pain (Part 1 of 2)
#TheAmericojonesExperience
https://theamericojonesexperience13.bandcamp.com/track/pain
https://open.spotify.com/track/0m3kahWiwRZJH30EJmU6jH

RecBayes: Recurrent Bayesian Ad Hoc Teamwork in Large Partially Observable Domains
Jo\~ao G. Ribeiro, Yaniv Oren, Alberto Sardinha, Matthijs Spaan, Francisco S. Melo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15756

RecBayes: Recurrent Bayesian Ad Hoc Teamwork in Large Partially Observable Domains
This paper proposes RecBayes, a novel approach for ad hoc teamwork under partial observability, a setting where agents are deployed on-the-fly to environments where pre-existing teams operate, that never requires, at any stage, access to the states of the environment or the actions of its teammates. We show that by relying on a recurrent Bayesian classifier trained using past experiences, an ad hoc agent is effectively able to identify known teams and tasks being performed from observations alo…

One card from Maria Popova's book of cards. They're also available as stationery cards.
#Poetry

A Prior-Guided Joint Diffusion Model in Projection Domain for PET Tracer Conversion
Fang Chen, Weifeng Zhang, Xingyu Ai, BingXuan Li, An Li, Qiegen Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16733

A Prior-Guided Joint Diffusion Model in Projection Domain for PET Tracer Conversion
Positron emission tomography (PET) is widely used to assess metabolic activity, but its application is limited by the availability of radiotracers. 18F-labeled fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) is the most commonly used tracer but shows limited effectiveness for certain tumors. In contrast, 6-18F-fluoro-3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine (18F-DOPA) offers higher specificity for neuroendocrine tumors and neurological disorders. However, its complex synthesis and limitations in transportation and clinical …

Har efter ca 2 timmars forskande och experimenterande fått min telefon att fungera hjälpligt efter uppdateringen till ios 18.5 Resultatet av uppdateringen var att den inte visade notiser, inte spelade upp ljud, inte visade push-notiser och mute'ade alarmet. Även haptiken la ner. Precis allt en användare kan önska av en uppdatering ! B E S V I K E N
After about 2 hours of research and experimentation, I got my phone to work properly after updating to iOS 18.5. The result of the upd…

Cleaning out my garage after our move prompted this morning's post. I have a milk crate full of stones that, when assembled, creates a small Inukshuk. It was originally built by my teenage daughters, from rocks they collected, some 25 years ago and has now traveled to it's 3rd home. I think his name is Tomrak, but I'll have to confirm that. I apologized to the movers about having to haul the rocks on their truck, but they assured me they've moved much stranger stuff.
I think I have a new location for Tomrak out front, and I'll post an update when he's settled.
Edited - added photo.
#Moving #Landscaping

Tammerkoski water pictured from the Tampellanraitti 23-Jul-25.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
The Mars Volta:
🎵 Enlazan las tinieblas
#TheMarsVolta
https://themarsvoltaofficial.bandcamp.com/track/enlazan-las-tinieblas
https://open.spotify.com/track/1svAYL8gxicTE2qRvtNy3e

Investigation: healthcare exchanges in Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island share sensitive data with Google, LinkedIn, and Snapchat via web trackers (The Markup)
https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2025/06/17/w…

We caught 4 more states sharing personal health data with Big Tech – The Markup
Healthcare exchanges in Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island shared users’ sensitive health data with companies like Google and LinkedIn