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Apple debuts Magic Keyboard for M4 iPad Pro with a larger trackpad and a row of function keys, available for $299 for 11-inch and $349 for 13-inch models (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/07/apple-debuts-pro-magic-keyboard/

Apple debuts Magic Keyboard for M4 iPad Pro with larger trackpad, function row - 9to5Mac
Apple announces a brand new Magic Keyboard for the 2024 iPad Pro with M4

Microsoft Research developed #Garnet, a remote cache store with good throughput and latency that can work with existing #Redis clients. #linktuesday

GitHub - microsoft/garnet: Garnet is a remote cache-store from Microsoft Research that offers strong performance (throughput and latency), scalability, storage, recovery, cluster sharding, key migration, and replication features. Garnet can work with existing Redis clients.
Garnet is a remote cache-store from Microsoft Research that offers strong performance (throughput and latency), scalability, storage, recovery, cluster sharding, key migration, and replication feat...

1. From follow-up to responses to this[1] article that was published 13 years ago.
2. From Apple's website, today.
[1] https://worrydream.com/ABriefRantOnTheFutureOfInteractionDesign/

CNN-Based Equalization for Communications: Achieving Gigabit Throughput with a Flexible FPGA Hardware Architecture
Jonas Ney, Christoph F\"ullner, Vincent Lauinger, Laurent Schmalen, Sebastian Randel, Norbert Wehn
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.02323

CNN-Based Equalization for Communications: Achieving Gigabit Throughput with a Flexible FPGA Hardware Architecture
To satisfy the growing throughput demand of data-intensive applications, the performance of optical communication systems increased dramatically in recent years. With higher throughput, more advanced equalizers are crucial, to compensate for impairments caused by inter-symbol interference (ISI). The latest research shows that artificial neural network (ANN)-based equalizers are promising candidates to replace traditional algorithms for high-throughput communications. On the other hand, not only…

An Empirical Calibration of the Tip of the Red Giant Branch Distance Method in the Near Infrared. I. HST WFC3/IR F110W and F160W Filters
Max J. B. Newman, Kristen B. W. McQuinn, Evan D. Skillman, Martha L. Boyer, Roger E. Cohen, Andrew E. Dolphin, O. Grace Telford
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.03086 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.03086
arXiv:2403.03086v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The Tip of the Red Giant Branch (TRGB)-based distance method in the I band is one of the most efficient and precise techniques for measuring distances to nearby galaxies (D <= 15 Mpc). The TRGB in the near infrared (NIR) is 1 to 2 magnitudes brighter relative to the I band, and has the potential to expand the range over which distance measurements to nearby galaxies are feasible. Using Hubble Space Telescope (HST) imaging of 12 fields in 8 nearby galaxies, we determine color-based corrections and zero points of the TRGB in the Wide Field Camera 3 IR (WFC3/IR) F110W and F160W filters. First, we measure TRGB distances in the I band equivalent Advanced Camera System (ACS) F814W filter from resolved stellar populations with the HST. The TRGB in the ACS F814W filter is used for our distance anchor and to place the WFC3/IR magnitudes on an absolute scale. We then determine the color dependence (a proxy for metallicity/age) and zero point of the NIR TRGB from photometry of WFC3/IR fields which overlap with the ACS fields. The new calibration is accurate to ~1% in distance, relative to the F814W TRGB. Validating the accuracy of the calibrations, we find that the distance modulus for each field using the NIR TRGB calibration agrees with the distance modulus of the same fields as determined from the F814W TRGB. This is a JWST preparatory program and the work done here will directly inform our approach to calibrating the TRGB in JWST NIRCam and NIRISS photometric filters.

Daar wordt minstens een halve generatie blij van. https://mastodon.online/@NOSRSS/112405512256054738

A sitting president paid a porn star to keep quiet. When does Bill Clinton start his rehab tour? 😜

Trump signed off on Michael Cohen's invoices after they were sent to White House, accountant says | Salon.com
https://www.sa…

Trump signed Michael Cohen's invoices at the White House, accountant Deborah Tarasoff testifies
Deborah Tarasoff, who still works at the Trump Organization, said Trump or sons had to approve large payments.

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Tears For Fears:
🎵 Sowing The Seeds Of Love
#NowPlaying #TearsForFears
https://open.spotify.com/track/3rDZkzQpTqjM3IsDVTwe1h
https://rockpopclassics.bandcamp.com/track/tears-for-fears-sowing-the-seeds-of-love-ext-intro-remix

iPad Pro hands-on: its thin design is the first thing you notice, the upgraded Magic Keyboard's body and trackpad are much higher-end than in the previous model (David Pierce/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/24151128/apple-ipad-pro-2024-hands-on

Hands-on with Apple’s new iPad Pro: it’s thin, light, and OLED
There’s a new screen, a new keyboard, and a new chip. But the design is the thing you notice first on the 2024 iPad Pro.

🔊 Auf radioeins läuft...
Tears For Fears:
🎵 Sowing The Seeds Of Love
#NowPlaying #TearsForFears
https://open.spotify.com/track/3rDZkzQpTqjM3IsDVTwe1h
https://rockpopclassics.bandcamp.com/track/tears-for-fears-sowing-the-seeds-of-love-ext-intro-remix