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A look at tech companies' investments in AI startups: Nvidia and NVentures completed a total of 32 deals in 2023, while Microsoft and M12 made 21 investments (Chris Metinko/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/msft-nvda-lead-big-tech-start…

Microsoft, Nvidia Lead In Investing In AI Startups, But Others Close Behind
So far this year, out of the handful of tech titans putting big money in the AI space, Microsoft and Nvidia — along with their respective venture arms — are among the leaders when it comes to investing in VC-backed, AI-related startups.

whoa this is fun, getting off github pages with a handful of lines of redo, cmark, and a 10-line go server that embeds my files in the binary. computers are fun sometimes

Whole Foods' handprint scanning turns grocery shopping into a dystopian reality.
https://slate.com/business/2024/06/whole-foods-handprint-scan-technology-biometric-data-grocery-shopping-dystopian.h…

Amazon’s Grocery Store “Innovation” Is Out of a Bad Sci-Fi Novel. Make It Stop.
Our tech overlords have proven themselves incapable of self-policing for the greater good.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.00929 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csRO_…

GenH2R: Learning Generalizable Human-to-Robot Handover via Scalable Simulation, Demonstration, and Imitation
This paper presents GenH2R, a framework for learning generalizable vision-based human-to-robot (H2R) handover skills. The goal is to equip robots with the ability to reliably receive objects with unseen geometry handed over by humans in various complex trajectories. We acquire such generalizability by learning H2R handover at scale with a comprehensive solution including procedural simulation assets creation, automated demonstration generation, and effective imitation learning. We leverage larg…

2024 Player's Handbook - Everything you need to know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPBnLlqV0Z0
Das neue PHB erscheint am 17. September 2024, das DMG am 12. November 2024 und das MM am 18. Februar 2025

We’re starting to see these HAWK crossings pop up in various locations—there are a handful in the #sfba. These beacons are badly designed, and work poorly for *both* pedestrians/cyclists and motorists. The flashing amber/alternating red/red/dark signal patterns are unfamiliar and require written instructions. The whole thing is a mess, and should be scrapped.
These signals should be replaced by a…

Modified homotopy approach for diffractive production in the saturation region
Carlos Contreras (UTFSM), Jose Garrido (UTFSM), Eugene Levin (Tel Aviv U.), Rodrigo Meneses (U. de Valparaiso)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.11673

Modified homotopy approach for diffractive production in the saturation region
In this paper we continue to develop the homotopy method for solving of the non linear evolution equation for the diffractive production in deep inelastic scattering(DIS). We introduce part of the nonlinear corrections as a first step of this approach. This simplified nonlinear evolution equation is solved analytically taking into account the initial and boundary conditions for the process. At the second step of our approach we demonstrated that the perturbative procedure can be used for the re…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.02713 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_mat…

On rectangular Toda brackets and Oda's extension problems
This paper tackles \textit{N. Oda}'s extension problems for the homotopy groups $π_{39}(S^{6})$, $π_{40}(S^{7})$, and $π_{41}(S^{8})$ localized at 2, the issues having eluded resolution for more than four decades. We introduce a tool for the theory of determinations of unstable homotopy groups, namely, the rectangular Toda bracket, by which we are able to solve the extension problems with respect to these three homotopy groups.

India’s Modi did a rally with Trump a few years ago.
Why are rightwing movements gaining traction globally?
I see a common theme: winning professionals via status threat.
That is, whether NYT criticizes the right, or pumps up “cancel culture” MATTERS. 1/
https://j…

The Hindu Nationalists Using the Pro-Israel Playbook
Inspired by Jewish groups that cast criticism of Israel as antisemitism, Hindu American organizations are advancing a concept of “Hinduphobia” that puts India beyond reproach.

Modified homotopy approach for diffractive production in the saturation region
Carlos Contreras (UTFSM), Jose Garrido (UTFSM), Eugene Levin (Tel Aviv U.), Rodrigo Meneses (U. de Valparaiso)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.11673

Modified homotopy approach for diffractive production in the saturation region
In this paper we continue to develop the homotopy method for solving of the non linear evolution equation for the diffractive production in deep inelastic scattering(DIS). We introduce part of the nonlinear corrections as a first step of this approach. This simplified nonlinear evolution equation is solved analytically taking into account the initial and boundary conditions for the process. At the second step of our approach we demonstrated that the perturbative procedure can be used for the re…