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Simple sabotage for software
https://erikbern.com/2023/12/13/simple-sabotage-for-software.html

Red herrings (not so red actually).
Neither GDP growth nor increased labour productivity are necessary for an increase in government spending on health (and don't forget, care) services.
It's a matter of policy choice.
Spend less on the military, tax appropriately, transform society so more sickness and disability is prevented.
Choose what we want and don't want.
"The Guardian view on

The California Labor Commissioner's Office fines Amazon $5.9M for violating a 2022 state law by failing to properly inform workers of quotas at two warehouses (Caroline O'Donovan/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/

Amazon fined $5.9 million for breaking labor law in California
The company is among the first to run afoul of a union-backed law aimed at protecting warehouse workers from aggressive productivity quotas.

Hovering Over the Key to Text Input in XR
Mar Gonzalez-Franco, Diar Abdlkarim, Arpit Bhatia, Stuart Macgregor, Jason Alexander Fotso-Puepi, Eric J Gonzalez, Hasti Seifi, Massimiliano Di Luca, Karan Ahuja
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.09579

Hovering Over the Key to Text Input in XR
Virtual, Mixed, and Augmented Reality (XR) technologies hold immense potential for transforming productivity beyond PC. Therefore there is a critical need for improved text input solutions for XR. However, achieving efficient text input in these environments remains a significant challenge. This paper examines the current landscape of XR text input techniques, focusing on the importance of keyboards (both physical and virtual) as essential tools. We discuss the unique challenges and opportuniti…

Validation of human benchmark models for Automated Driving System approval: How competent and careful are they really?
Pierluigi Olleja, Gustav Markkula, Jonas B\"argman
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.09493

Validation of human benchmark models for Automated Driving System approval: How competent and careful are they really?
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Automated Driving Systems (ADS) are expected to improve comfort, productivity and, most importantly, safety for all road users. To ensure that the systems are safe, rules and regulations describing the systems' approval and validation procedures are in effect in Europe. The UNECE Regulation 157 (R157) is one of those. Annex 3 of R157 describes two driver models, representing the performance of a "competent and careful" driver, which can be used as b…

Improved absolute abundance estimates from spatial count data with simulation and microfossil case studies
Chris Mays, Marcos Amores, Anthony Mays
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.10921

Improved absolute abundance estimates from spatial count data with simulation and microfossil case studies
Many fundamental parameters of biological systems -- eg. productivity, population sizes and biomass -- are most effectively expressed in absolute terms. In contrast to proportional data (eg. percentages), absolute values provide standardised metrics on the functioning of biological entities (eg. organisism, species, ecosystems). These are particularly valuable when comparing assemblages across time and space. Since it is almost always impractical to count entire populations, estimates of popula…