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It turns out that having a band of 10 year-olds over to decorate Christmas cookies does not make for the most relaxing afternoon. Not only are they impressively loud, they lose interest in the task at hand almost immediately. So now I have something to keep me out of trouble tonight.

Rethinking Langevin Thompson Sampling from A Stochastic Approximation Perspective
Weixin Wang, Haoyang Zheng, Guang Lin, Wei Deng, Pan Xu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.05023 https:…

Rethinking Langevin Thompson Sampling from A Stochastic Approximation Perspective
Most existing approximate Thompson Sampling (TS) algorithms for multi-armed bandits use Stochastic Gradient Langevin Dynamics (SGLD) or its variants in each round to sample from the posterior, relaxing the need for conjugacy assumptions between priors and reward distributions in vanilla TS. However, they often require approximating a different posterior distribution in different round of the bandit problem. This requires tricky, round-specific tuning of hyperparameters such as dynamic learning …

SelfJudge: Faster Speculative Decoding via Self-Supervised Judge Verification
Kanghoon Yoon, Minsub Kim, Sungjae Lee, Joonhyung Lee, Sunghyeon Woo, Yeonjun In, Se Jung Kwon, Chanyoung Park, Dongsoo Lee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02329

SelfJudge: Faster Speculative Decoding via Self-Supervised Judge Verification
Speculative decoding accelerates LLM inference by verifying candidate tokens from a draft model against a larger target model. Recent judge decoding boosts this process by relaxing verification criteria by accepting draft tokens that may exhibit minor discrepancies from target model output, but existing methods are restricted by their reliance on human annotations or tasks with verifiable ground truths, limiting generalizability across diverse NLP tasks. We propose SelfJudge, which trains judge…

We are going to London for a weekend in a couple of weeks time for a birthday. Mrs LT and I have a Two Together railcard which gives us 1/3 off train prices. So I thought rather than drive we could take the train, much more relaxing, better for the environment, all of that.
Nope, we're driving.

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ClassicalMixtape
- Take time out with a relaxing classical mix
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mkb6

Having a real calm day today with a leisure walk.
(REALLY Calm this time)
#badtölz #tölzerland #bayern

Programming in Forth is oddly relaxing. I want to forget about modern languages and embrace antique ones

Crypto promoters saw Trump as their savior. Then reality set in
Trump has called for relaxing regulations on crypto...
So why are crypto prices plummeting?
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-11-28/the-crypt…

Hiltzik: Despite Trump, it's a bad year for crypto
Trump has called for relaxing regulations on crypto. So why are crypto prices plummeting?

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#SundayMorning
- Three hours of classical sparkle
Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh whether you're relaxing at home or on your way to meet friends
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002k3t3

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ClassicalMixtape
- Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0025cfq