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The Court of Appeal of Rome acquitted the defendants De Vito, Mezzacapo, Lanzalone, Bardelli, and Statuto in the maxi trial regarding the project for the Stadio della Roma, while the sentences for Parnasi and Palozzi were recalculated, and the statute of limitations was declared for Centemero and Manzoni. #StadioRoma #Giustizia #Corruzione (translated)

Renato Rovai stated that the Fórum website was under attack, with at least 50 networks trying to invade it simultaneously. In an ironic tone, he said that this would be a coincidence and that it would have no relation to the campaign of an unidentified candidate. He explained that a redirect message displayed to visitors would serve to mitigate the attack and asked for the publication to be widely shared. #AtaqueCibernético #SegurançaDigital #Fórum (translated)

Calibrating an instrument is like tuning a piano or a guitar before a concert. "Calibrating an instrument is like tuning a piano or a guitar before a concert," explains Maxime Rizzo, another of the engineers responsible for this element. #TelescopioRoman #NASA #Astronomía (translated)

"We will see a greater impact towards the end of this year, at the beginning of next year and possibly throughout next year," said Maximo Torero, the chief economist of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). #prețurialimente #crizaalimentară #inflațiealimentară (translated)

Guibson Dantas wrote that, after what he had seen the previous day, the issue had ceased to be merely political or ideological and had become, in his assessment, civilizational. He questioned how someone with a minimum of education could support a figure he deemed despicable to occupy the highest office in their own country. Dantas also wished a good day and a good week to those people who, according to him, had a minimum of civility. #Política #Civilização #Educação (translated)

Karina Michelin wrote that on the same day the Federal Police's request to investigate Flávio Bolsonaro was made public, which was sent to Minister Alexandre de Moraes, Lula threatened his opponent during the Band debate on October 18, with statements about possible judicial consequences. According to her, the PF's representation, forwarded to the Supreme Federal Court, dealt with suspicions of money laundering and connections with those investigated in the INSS scandal. The request was randomly assigned to Moraes, who was to decide on opening the inquiry. Michelin also reported that Roberta Luchsinger, who is being investigated in the INSS case, told CNN Brazil that she intended to negotiate a plea deal involving Lulinha. Luchsinger accused Lula of using state apparatus against her and stated that she would hold the president responsible if anything happened to her or her two daughters. Regarding the Banco Master case, involving Daniel Vorcaro, Michelin mentioned his allegations that attempts at plea collaboration had been blocked when references to Lula came up. The author claimed that the disclosure of a possible investigation against a presidential candidate on the eve of the second round, combined with Lula's statements in the debate, raised concerns about prosecutorial judicial decisions in the final stretch of the dispute. She advocated for vigilance and transparency and said it was unacceptable for Republic institutions to be instrumentalized to pursue opponents, interfere with the popular will, or remove an opposition candidate from the race through judicial means on the eve of the election. #PolíticaBrasil #Justiça #Eleições2023 (translated)

Laffalot criticized the "time bank" format and asked that it not be repeated, saying it required superficial answers. According to the author, a question about opposition to price fixing would take one second to ask and more than a minute to receive a minimally adequate answer. He stated that those answering could waste their time and leave their opponent talking alone for the final five minutes. For the author, the strategy in this format would be to make quick provocations, including personal insults, and preserve as much time as possible. #civismo #debate #comunicação (translated)

Considering the diverse geographical and operational characteristics of the southwestern region, we believe it is essential to have the capacity to deploy forces quickly and flexibly. The fact that the exercise reached a scale close to the maximum level reflects both an acute perception of the crisis and a pronounced need for training. The Chief of Joint Staff, Hiroaki Uchikura, conveyed: “Considering the diverse geographical and operational characteristics of the southwestern region, we believe it is essential to have the capacity to deploy forces quickly and flexibly. The fact that the exercise reached a scale close to the maximum level reflects both an acute perception of the crisis and a pronounced need for training.” #exercițimilitare #Japonia #StateleUnite (translated)

Remek Kinas announced the release of basal 2.2, which—he wrote—introduces the basal-calibrate tool for adjusting model calibration to the user's local data. According to him, the tool uses labeled examples from a given process, and the data is not shared externally or used for training the model. Kinas stated that he tested the solution in a new field where the model had not been trained. He wrote that using the "1%" setting from the provided file would result in automatically accepting every eighth decision, with 8% of those being incorrect. After calibration on the user's data, the calibration error for choice questions decreased from 0.268 to 0.083. In the case of the verify statements, the model automatically accepted 54.8% of the cases and made no errors in doing so. The release also included FP8 and GGUF ports for basal-omni-1.0-mini and max, as well as MLX ports for Apple Silicon Macs: mini, max, and 1.1-max. Kinas thanked Piotr Durlej for GGUF export, Kuba Sołtys for implementation on Google TPU, Michał Kardyś for work related to AMD Strix Halo, user lukaspoloki for basal-viz, and Paweł Kiszczak for exports to Apple Silicon MLX. The author also expressed gratitude for the posts and comments from the past weekend. He mentioned that he had responded to some of them and then worked on further improvements; he also announced that he would publish comments in the evening. #sztucznainteligencja #uczenieMaszynowe #technologia (translated)

Max von Kreyfelt stated in his column that the government should first cut its own spending before asking citizens to be frugal. He cited the renovation of the Binnenhof as an example: it was estimated in 2015 to cost 475 million euros, but according to him, the costs had risen to at least 2.7 billion euros by 2026. He wrote that the Court of Audit had called the original estimate unrealistically low. Von Kreyfelt urged ministries to demonstrate what their expenditures yielded. He mentioned European contributions, nitrogen policy, climate programs, migration, and development aid, and asked what problem was being solved, at what cost, and when funding would stop. He also suggested that it should first be demonstrated at 2.5 percent of GDP what Defense could purchase, organize, and staff. According to him, the NATO agreement for 2035 required 5 percent: at least 3.5 percent for defense and a maximum of 1.5 percent for broader security. He wrote that Donald Trump had requested 5 percent. The columnist also criticized the use of consultants and administrative layers. According to him, budget deficits could arise from overly ambitious promises, poor estimates, and too few cuts, and these did not prove that citizens were paying too little. He concluded that the government needed to shrink first. https://t.co/V2P6pFuNy1 #Overheid #Financiën #Soberheid (translated)

In a debate about the risks associated with artificial intelligence, Maxime Fournes and Irénée Régnauld express concerns about the impact of this technology on the future of humanity and emphasize the need for a moratorium. #IntelligenceArtificielle #RisqueTechnologique #Société (translated)

I find that absolutely absurd. This is a leader who leads by example. Yes, he is somehow the face, if you will, of a team that hasn't been very successful in tournaments in recent years. But for me, Joshua Kimmich is an outstanding German player, and we should be grateful to have such a player in our ranks! Sports director Max Eberl (53) recently defended Kimmich vehemently: "I find that absolutely absurd." #Kimmich #DFB #Fußball (translated)

Fútbolgate.com stated that Álvaro Echeverría, director of the Office of the President of Telefónica, was the brother of Alejandro Echeverría, whom he described as Laporta's former brother-in-law and a man of his utmost trust, with influence at Barça. He also noted that Álvaro Echevarría was one of Marc Murtra's closest collaborators and one of the most influential figures within Telefónica. #Telefónica #FCBarcelona #Influencia (translated)