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The government announced that pensions will increase by 3 percent in January 2027, which will result in varying increases for those with the smallest pensions, and alongside the payment of the 13th monthly pension, a new SZÉP card will also be issued for retirees. #nyugdíj #nyugdíjemelés #költségvetés (translated)

Max Hübner wrote that the belief that Nawrocki fell into a trap set by Domański was "copium." In his opinion, Tusk transferred all advantages to Nawrocki. Hübner predicted that Nawrocki would likely nominate Domański but would publicly humiliate him, just as — according to the author — Domański had previously treated the Polish budget. #Polityka #Domański #Nawrocki (translated)

CT24 reported that a thirty-four-year-old garbage collector found a case containing 20,000 euros, approximately 500,000 Czech crowns, documents, and payment cards while working in Pilsen. He handed it over to the police, which, according to CT24, determined that it was likely thrown away by the daughters of a deceased man by mistake. #Plzeň #policie #nález (translated)

Union members from the uniformed services hope to reach an agreement with the Ministry of the Interior and Administration regarding the implementation of demands related to salaries and the Uniformed Services Family Charter, but they fear that decisions made before the meeting could undermine these negotiations, leading to the possibility of protests in the absence of agreement. #MSWiA #protesty #KartaRodzinyMundurowej (translated)

Remek Kinas reported that version 2.3.1 of the basal engine, released on October 21, has accelerated the performance of the basal-omni models. He wrote that in version 2.3, the engine with CUDA graphs began to fully support basal-omni (Gemma 4), previously available in fast mode via vLLM or slower PyTorch. Among the solutions implemented, he mentioned single calculations of document states for multiple questions as well as FlashAttention 3 and FlexAttention. In tests on a single H100 card, with 16 parallel queries, basal-omni-1.0-mini achieved 61.2 decisions per second compared to 10.0 in version 2.2, basal-omni-1.1-max — 16.2 compared to 4.8, and basal-omni-1.0-ultra — 6.1 compared to 2.0. For five questions about a long document, the results were 21.4 compared to 1.6, 10.6 compared to 0.72, and 4.8 compared to 0.28 decisions per second, respectively. Kinas noted that out of 10,606 test decisions, the best response matched version 2.2 in 99.85–99.99% of cases where the model was confident. The share of automated decisions at 1% error was expected to change by at most 0.1 points. Among the new features in version 2.3.1, he mentioned support for documents of up to 82,000 tokens by the ultra model on a single H100 card; previously, he noted that memory was insufficient above about 32,000. He also mentioned that in JevBench, basal did not provide 15 responses due to exceeding the limit. He added that agents and conversations only process the new part of the state, and the step for basal-omni-1.1-max was shortened from 0.79 to 0.27 seconds. In the case of multiple questions about a long document, the throughput of the mini model increased from 21.9 to 33.7 questions per second, a 54% increase. Kinas also wrote that Blackwell cards use the fast engine by default, and basal-2.0 (Bielik) in eager mode on H100 reduced response time from 591 to 52 ms. He listed clearer HTTP codes 422, 503, and 500, load available at /health, the basal-calibrate message about too few labels, and support for images and audio through vLLM for the mini model, which he described as 6–8 times faster. He also thanked the contributors and testers: Miłosz (Butterski), Grzegorz Brzezinka, from Piotrków, and Kamil (kamilrosa), as well as edurdias and the company BRAUN SI / NovaraX for testing on their own data. Special thanks were given to Damian Plewa and the IT SOL team for the basal-rs engine. #basal #AI #inference (translated)

Andrzej Śledź wrote that despite initial problems, Cyberpunk has become a very strong brand. He mentioned the game, the series, the book, and the cards, adding that he is pleased with such a wide range of offerings. He noted that he knows the role-playing system, but before the game's premiere, only 12 people in the world were supposed to know about it. https://t.co/3S8QV95SgZ #Cyberpunk #gry #rozrywka (translated)

Adaś contrasted the current narrative of the "imperfect family" and its nuances with the way it was portrayed a month earlier as normal. He criticized the narrative surrounding the issue, referring to two unopened beers, the insult and attack on people expressing doubts, and the sentimental interviews with the family, which he claimed had three Blue Cards. He ironized that such an approach was "healthy." https://t.co/ibdWyinU9m #rodzina #życie #społeczeństwo (translated)

Mateusz Baczyński wrote that the case was presented as the story of an official who took children away from their parents due to two beers in the refrigerator. According to him, there were at least three blue cards in the family, a curator, fights, and police interventions, and there were bugs in the apartment. https://t.co/yo2kSi1N0g #polska #sprawyrodzinne #interwencje (translated)

The Soviet Union's Koneser praised Jan Czura for his work and described it as true journalism, in contrast to the materials of Channel Zero. He wrote that Wirtualna Polska had established new facts concerning a one-sided report about a mother, children, and the Child Advocate. He assessed that this information was devastating for the family and the reliability of Channel Zero. According to the author, starting in 2024, parental authority was limited and a curator's supervision was established, as well as at least 2–3 Blue Cards. He mentioned police interventions and reports of a concerning situation, threats from the partner towards the grandmother, and a court letter from April 2026 regarding a "highly concerning situation for minors." He also wrote that in April 2026, the family court directed the police to prepare for an emergency removal of the children. Among other findings, he noted the presence of vermin in the apartment, the partner's aggression towards the social worker, and misleading the services. #dziennikarstwo #rodzina #prawadziecka (translated)

Michał Janczura wrote that the matter should not be reduced to two beers in the fridge or pulling a child on the street. He pointed to at least three blue cards, the presence of a probation officer since 2024, quarrels and police interventions, aggression towards the social worker, and bugs in the apartment. He added that the material discussed 12 points related to the case. Janczura appealed not to speak about it without context and knowledge of the whole situation, nor to present it in a sensational manner. He warned that society might then stop reacting to the harm done to children, and asked who will protect them from violence then. #przemoc #dzieci #ochrona (translated)

Among the most important news from October 19, 2026, is that changes to the 2027 budget will include the introduction of the Wekerle Plus program, a 9% income tax will be applied to the minimum wage, and a decision has been made to introduce a retirement SZÉP card, while curfews have been imposed in several French cities due to looting, Marine Le Pen may capitalize on the unrest, and Ursula von der Leyen will give a speech in Budapest on October 23. #költségvetés #franciaországiZavargások #OrbánViktor (translated)

The sports magazine reported that Tomáš Chorý ranked among the five players most frequently sent off from Slavia in the history of the First League, although he has only played 64 league matches for the club so far. According to him, he collected red cards during 30 matches, with the last three received within just 12 games. https://t.co/Q09LRUtTTM #fotbal #Slavia #ČeskáLiga (translated)

Krzysztof Mazur listed European companies and technologies from various industries, arguing that Europe still has significant industrial achievements. Among the examples he cited were Porsche, BMW, Ferrari, Mercedes, and Rolls-Royce cars, Bosch and Siemens automation, ABB robotics, ASML lithography, Airbus A350 aircraft, Ariane 6 rocket, Rafale and Gripen fighters from SAAB, and TRUMPF industrial lasers. He also mentioned, among others, EDF and Schneider in nuclear energy, STMicroelectronics and Infineon in semiconductor manufacturing, Nokia and Ericsson in telecommunications, Siemens Healthineers, Novo Nordisk, BioNTech, AstraZeneca, and Roche in medicine, as well as the Galileo and Copernicus systems and ICEYE and OHB satellites. The list also included Thales radars, Naval Group submarines, Rheinmetall artillery systems, Leonardo helicopters, Kongsberg missiles, Vestas and Siemens turbines, and trains from Alstom, Siemens, Newag, and Pesa. Among further examples, he mentioned the Mistral AI language models, Pasqal and IQM quantum computers, Wilk Electronics memory cards, and prototypes for fusion reactors from Proxima Fusion. Mazur wrote that Europe should regain its technological pride. He assessed that the continent missed the digital revolution but still has excellent companies and technologies. #technologia #innowacje #przemysł (translated)

Ondřej Kundra mentioned Marek Švehla and the Respekt account in a post and wrote that Trump revealed his cards and that the paths with America are diverging. According to him, the United States were trying to get Zelensky to lose. https://t.co/RVsQbKZjZD #Trump #Zelensky #USA (translated)