@Techmeme@techhub.socialInitial benchmarks show Nvidia's Vera CPU, which features 88 in-house-designed Olympus cores, packs a heavy-hitting punch, beating Intel's and AMD's x86_64 CPUs (Michael Larabel/Phoronix)
https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia-vera-benchmarks
@heiseonline@social.heise.deCloud-Hyperscaler nehmen Nvidias Vera Rubin NVL72 in Betrieb
Nvidia will AMDs Helios-Server zuvorkommen und verkündet den Einsatz eigener Vera-Rubin-Racks. Benchmarks sind mit Vorsicht zu genießen.
https://www.…
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk @Techmeme@techhub.socialNvidia details its Vera CPU, its first CPU with a custom core design, featuring 88 cores and 176 threads, and set for general availability in H2 2026 (Jake Roach/Tom's Hardware)
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-component…
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Lil Silva:
🎵 Vera (Judah Speaks)
#LilSilva
https://lilsilva.bandcamp.com/track/vera-judah-speaks
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTop Democrat Seems Sour After Mamdani-Backed Candidates Oust House Incumbents (Kelby Vera/HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hakeem-jeffries-reacts-zohran-mamdani-endorsed-candidates-ousting-democrat-incumbents_n_6a3c0ca4e4b0488a51b2f237
http://www.memeorandum.com/260624/p89#a260624p89
@heiseonline@social.heise.deNvidia will der größte Prozessoranbieter werden
Nvidias Vera-Prozessor erblickt das Licht der Welt. Im ersten Jahr will Nvidia damit bereits 20 Milliarden US-Dollar einnehmen.
https://www.hei…
@cdarwin@c.imAnticipation has built for the start of observations at the
"Vera C. Rubin Observatory"
in the mountains of the Atacama Desert in Chile.
Originally imagined in the mid-1990s as the "Dark Matter Telescope",
Rubin is designed to study our constantly moving and changing universe in greater detail than ever before.
Once every few days for a decade, Rubin will take images of the entire night sky over the Southern Hemisphere,
creating the w…
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzThe Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is shocked and dismayed to hear that the UK's iconic #JodrellBank Observatory is at risk of closure amid a slew of catastrophic budget cuts: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/mass-cuts-and-potential-jodrell-closure-devastating-astronomy - other casualties in the long list of funding cuts include UK withdrawal from the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) located in Hawaii, 20 per cent cuts for the UK's Square Kilometre Array Regional Centre and activities at the Vera Rubin Telescope in Chile, while the BISON solar observing network will suffer cuts of 40 per cent; see also https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/27/jodrell-bank-observatory-facing-closure-uk and https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y6r9rdxygo
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNvidia says its Vera Rubin computing platform is ramping into "full production", with first systems expected to ship in the fall, after a March announcement (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/01/nv
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Hemi Hemingway feat. Vera Ellen:
🎵 Oh, My Albertine
#HemiHemingway #VeraEllen
https://hemihemingway.bandcamp.com/track/oh-my-albertine-feat-vera-ellen
https://open.spotify.com/track/1vWqAeeT5CKkjRBfQ9SONh
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Nvidia has told Chinese clients that its new Vera CPUs for AI data centers could be available as soon as August and that they can begin placing orders (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/nvidia-begins-vera-cpu-…
@detondev@social.linux.pizzaWhen Vera Zasulich attacked a Russian official known for abusing prisoners, she told the court "I am not a criminal, I am a terrorist!" She was acquitted and carried out of the courtroom on the shoulders of the crowd
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Vera:
🎵 Take Me To The Bridge
#Vera
https://nablijvenrecords.bandcamp.com/track/vera-take-me-to-the-bridge-nablijven-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/4swOfLpGpRXhJaJjYjBuIH
@Kingu@sakurajima.moeMost people don't know that back in 1912, Hellmann's mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York.
This would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico. But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York. The ship hit an iceberg and sank, and the cargo was foreve…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz"We’re delighted to announce the first #GalaxyZoo workflow to include images from the NSF-DOE Vera C #Rubin Observatory, using #galaxies drawn from its first Data Preview": https://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2026/05/12/a-first-galaxy-zoorubin-project/ - "[t]he new workflow went live on the site just now, but with only 10,359 subjects it won’t stick around for long, so do jump in and get classifying."
@arXiv_physicsmedph_bot@mastoxiv.pageSensitivity of silicon-to-water dose conversion and Bragg-peak metrics to stopping-power datasets in proton dosimetry
F. Matias, J. M. B. Shorto, P. de Vera, R. Garcia-Molina, I. Abril, T. F. Silva, J. Pereira, H. Yoriyaz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.16441 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.16441 https://arxiv.org/html/2607.16441
arXiv:2607.16441v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Accurate proton dosimetry requires consistent stopping-power data for detector-to-water conversion and Monte Carlo radiation transport. We quantify the sensitivity of water-to-silicon stopping-power ratios, converted dose-to-water distributions, and Bragg-peak metrics to the stopping-power dataset for a 67.5 MeV pristine proton beam in water. PHITS simulations used SRIM-2013, PSTAR/NIST, ATIMA, and TDDFT-Penn stopping powers up to 10 MeV, together with a common SBETHE-based extension at higher energies. The water-to-silicon stopping-power ratio showed relative entrance-to-distal variations of 17.40%$-$22.10%. Conversion of normalized PTW silicon-diode percentage-depth-ionization data yielded relative percentage-depth-dose curves with a common maximum at 36.86 mm, consistent with the experimental Bragg-peak depth of (36.81 $\pm$ 0.15) mm. The converted curves were approximately 3% below the reference throughout the entrance and plateau regions, while deviations of up to 2.1% occurred near the Bragg peak. Direct PHITS calculations predicted Bragg-peak depths of 36.575$-$36.675 mm; only the TDDFT-Penn result lay within the quoted experimental uncertainty. These results show that stopping-power treatment affects the magnitude of the converted dose more strongly than the Bragg-peak position does, and that it should be harmonized or explicitly included in uncertainty budgets for proton-beam calibration, commissioning, quality assurance, and Monte Carlo validation.
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialJensen Huang says Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX are among the first big users for Nvidia's new Vera CPUs, which are 1.8x faster for AI workloads than x86 chips (Ian King/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Vera Ellen:
🎵 walking in vegas
#VeraEllen
https://veraellen.bandcamp.com/track/walking-in-vegas
https://open.spotify.com/track/2DGV3VzogInLogpkhqa4hX
@arXiv_statAP_bot@mastoxiv.pageSpatial emergence of acceleration in global warming
Tanja Korsten Bugajski, Nicolai Peder Bulow Pedersen, J. Eduardo Vera-Valdes
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.18806 https://…
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz"As of June 2026, the delivered image quality from the Vera C. #Rubin Observatory is not yet meeting design specifications for the total system contribution to the PSF FWHM, ellipticity, and uniformity of the PSF size and shape across the field of view. A technical pathway exists to meet all of the SRD design specifications with continued work on the Active Optics System (AOS) and environment control. We present an image quality improvement plan based [on] analyses and experience from the Early Operations system optimization period, including strategy, priorities, and milestones for image quality improvements" - here it is: https://sotn-004.lsst.io/ h/t @…
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jonathan Brown, Vera Martínez Mehner, Abel Tomas, Arnau Tomas & Casals Quartet:
🎵 String Quartet in C major, K.465, "Dissonance"
#WolfgangAmadeusMozart #JonathanBrown #VeraMartínezMehner #AbelTomas
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialNvidia and SK Hynix signed a multi-year pact to develop next-gen memory tailored for Nvidia's AI infrastructure roadmap, including for Vera Rubin (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-07/nv…
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzFrom a mountaintop in Chile the Vera C. #Rubin Observatory has finally begun the revolutionary Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST): https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2616/ - the ten-year survey is Rubin’s signature campaign to create the most comprehensive, cinematic record of the Universe in history.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comCongresswoman Says 'Homoerotic' Side Of GOP's Masculinity Mania Can't Be Ignored (Kelby Vera/HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hegseth-testosterone-tests-masculinity-homoerotic_n_6a5d1ec1e4b0ab756517782f
http://www.memeorandum.com/260720/p4#a260720p4
@memeorandum@universeodon.comBorder Czar Blames 3 ICE Deaths On Failure To Comply -- Before Making Shocking Admission (Kelby Vera/HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-homan-ice-deaths-comply-video-evidence_n_6a5ce697e4b063a1f5f1b626
http://www.memeorandum.com/260720/p3#a260720p3
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalLive
Gustav Mahler, Vera Panitch, Monika Henschel, Mathias Beyer-KarlshŸj & Denis Kozhukhin:
🎵 Piano Quartet in A minor
#GustavMahler #VeraPanitch #MonikaHenschel #MathiasBeyerKarlshøj #DenisKozhukhin
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DreamTime
David Attenborough:
🎵 Panambi Vera
#DavidAttenborough
https://open.spotify.com/track/5vbl5T0oVsrp5mlkau03gH
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Hemi Hemingway feat. Vera Ellen:
🎵 Oh, My Albertine
#HemiHemingway #VeraEllen
https://open.spotify.com/track/1vWqAeeT5CKkjRBfQ9SONh
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vera Kooper & Wolf Matthias Friedrich:
🎵 Abendempfindung an Laura, K.523
#WolfgangAmadeusMozart #VeraKooper #WolfMatthiasFriedrich
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NewMusicFix
Rashco:
🎵 6666 Vera
#Rashco
https://open.spotify.com/track/23LRGssLKT2bFPeahmKQHW
