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En Route To Fellaria
(This is just a tiny fragment, but it was one of the most memorable days and places I had a chance to visit in 2025... Surreal not just because of the many colors and textures at this time of year [late September], but also the vastness and traces of processes so much larger & older than life...)
#MountainMonday

"Across a variety of tasks, including mathematical reasoning and reading comprehension, we find that although AI assistance improves performance in the short-term, people perform significantly worse without AI and are more likely to give up."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.04721

AI Assistance Reduces Persistence and Hurts Independent Performance
People often optimize for long-term goals in collaboration: A mentor or companion doesn't just answer questions, but also scaffolds learning, tracks progress, and prioritizes the other person's growth over immediate results. In contrast, current AI systems are fundamentally short-sighted collaborators - optimized for providing instant and complete responses, without ever saying no (unless for safety reasons). What are the consequences of this dynamic? Here, through a series of randomized contro…

The #COLIBRE project - calibrating subgrid feedback in cosmological simulations that include a cold gas phase / Cosmological hydrodynamical #simulations of #GalaxyFormation and evolution: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/548/1/stag300/8650960 / https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/548/1/stag375/8650959 -> New simulations reveal the cold, dusty reality of galaxy formation: https://www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/en/new-simulations-reveal-the-cold-dusty-reality-of-galaxy-formation-4807

"Unsere Zivilisation steht in Flammen. Jetzt ist von uns gefragt, den Blick nicht nur auf das zu richten, was zu Ende geht, sondern auf das, was durch dieses Ereignis am Horizont möglich wird."
Otto Scharmer
Dieses Zitat ist einem Interview des aktuell laufenden Pioneers of Change Summits mit Scharmer entnommen, das ich sehr inspirierend und ermutigend finde. Es ist noch bis morgen, Mittwoch 18.03. um 18.00 Uhr online.

Wurzeln für Morgen - 10. Pioneers of Change Online Summit
Die Welt wankt – was trägt jetzt wirklich? Entdecke Inspiration & Praxis beim Online Summit „Wurzeln für Morgen“. Kostenlos vom 12.–23. März 2026.

Anthropic's Project Glasswing includes AWS, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, Palo Alto Networks, and others (David Gewirtz/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/project-glasswing-microsoft-google-apple-anthropic/

Apple, Google, and Microsoft join Anthropic's Project Glasswing to defend world's most critical software
Is this AI's Manhattan Project? Twelve tech rivals are banding together and using Anthropic's unreleased Mythos model to find thousands of vulnerabilities before adversaries do.

Das EnergiePortal des Kreises Schleswig-Flensburg informiert über aktuelle Entwicklungen zur #Energiewende.
Ein integriertes #Solardachkataster zeigt, ob sich #Photovoltaik auf…

Energieportal
Willkommen im EnergiePortal des Kreises Schleswig-Flensburg! Hier informieren wir Sie aktuell über wichtige Themen rund um Energiewende und Nachhaltigkeit. Außerdem können Sie berechnen lassen, wie gut sich Ihr Hausdach für die Installation von Solarmodulen oder als Gründach eignet und sich auch gleich ein neues Heizungssystem vorschlagen und optimieren lassen.  Viel Erfolg beim Ausprobieren.  Projektpartner Fördermittelgeber

A Polling Miss Foretold: The Scottish Greens
"The Greens are running in 6 seats. [...]
Our 1000x model gives them a non-zero chance of winning all 6, although for Shetland it’s just about non-zero. Glasgow Kelvin & Maryhill and Edinburgh Central are favoured to go Green. Edinburgh North Eastern & Leith and Glasgow Southside are pure toss ups, with Edinburgh Northern being less likely."

Devolved Elections - Devolved Parliament Projection Tool
Create and share your own Devolved Parliament election projections. Interactive, educational, and up-to-date!

Remember folks, it’s not “genocide”, it’s “genocide libel”.
Report and block for genocide denial, please and thank you.
#israel #genocide #hasbara

Anthropic commits up to $100M in usage credits for Project Glasswing, along with $4M in direct donations to open-source security organizations (Greg Otto/CyberScoop)
https://cyberscoop.com/project-glasswing-anthropic-ai-open-source-software-vulnera…

Tech giants launch AI-powered ‘Project Glasswing’ to identify critical software vulnerabilities
Anthropic unveils Project Glasswing with major tech partners, using an unreleased model to find and fix long-hidden software vulnerabilities.

Random #ThingUmbrella tip & tidbit about unit conversions: I've been sourcing materials for a larger contact printing setup for my kallitype process, incl. getting a much heavier ultra-clear glass plate than what I've been using so far.
Using the https://

Extensible SI unit creation, conversions, quantities & calculations (incl. ~170 predefined units & constants)