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Jasper Jones writer sent multiple messages about his sexual desire for young boys, Western Australian district court hears

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The award‑winning author Craig Silvey sent multiple messages about his sexual desire for young boys and was caught with explicit images of children and adults.

The young adult novelist was jailed on Monday for seven months after pleading guilty to distributing and possessing child exploitation material earlier this year.

Jasper Jones writer sent multiple messages about his sexual desire for young boys, Western Australian district court hears

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The award‑winning author Craig Silvey sent multiple messages about his sexual desire for young boys and was caught with explicit images of children and adults.

The young adult novelist was jailed on Monday for seven months after pleading guilty to distributing and possessing child exploitation material earlier this year.

It has been three years since Willem-Alexander said sorry, so please use your trip to the Caribbean to follow his example

Dear King Charles,

You are currently on a Caribbean royal tour through the Bahamas, Guyana, and Antigua and Barbuda. I understand that during this tour you will not issue a formal apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, or address the role your own family played in it. You will instead express your “sorrow”, and this will make it easier for politicians to also dodge the question. Whether that is Kemi Badenoch calling an apology a “navel-gazing distraction”, or the prime minister, Andy Burnham, saying he would support an apology, while flatly opposing reparations.

Raoul de Jong is a Dutch novelist

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Mal Evans’s tale of historic meeting among revelations in forthcoming memoir unpublished before his death in 1976

Meeting Elvis Presley was “the biggest day of all the years I have spent with the famous Beatles”, the band’s loyal road manager wrote.

It is among recollections in a memoir that Mal Evans had planned to publish, with the band’s permission, before his death in 1976, aged 40, in a shooting by the Los Angeles police. Distraught over the breakup of his marriage, it is believed to have been “suicide by cop” after he repeatedly pointed an air rifle at police.

Written by Vicar of Dibley co-creator Paul Mayhew-Archer, who has the disease, Onwards and Sideways sees the actors play a couple who bond over their diagnoses – a devastating subject but laced with humour too, they say

Ahead of production on their first job together, Rhys Ifans and Laura Linney didn’t undergo the standard “chemistry read” to make sure they got on. Which is remarkable, given what their characters would have to do to each other in Onwards and Sideways.

In the Norfolk-set BBC film directed by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love), Ifans would have to nearly throttle Linney while in the grip of night terrors, she’d have to collapse in his arms in a weeping mess having bankrupted herself with a gambling addiction; both situations arising from the neurological condition afflicting their characters: Parkinson’s disease.

A hot toddy might make you feel toasty, but drinking in cold conditions can be risky

Hot toddies, red wine, a dram of whisky: alcohol has long been a go-to remedy for keeping warm. But while a drink might make you feel warmer, does it actually help? “There’s a perception of warmth, but in reality, it doesn’t occur,” says Winston Morgan, professor of toxicology, equity and inclusive practice at the University of East London.

Alcohol affects the body’s temperature-regulating system. Our core body temperature is controlled by the hypothalamus, a region of the brain that helps regulate how we respond to changes in temperature. When we get too hot, blood vessels near the surface of the skin widen, a process known as vasodilation. This allows more warm blood to flow close to the skin, where heat can escape into the surrounding air. When we get too cold, the opposite happens. The blood vessels narrow, or constrict, reducing blood flow to the skin and helping to conserve heat.

Прошла очередная конференция SQAdays. Половина выступлений была посвящена использованию ИИ, и они носят вполне прагматичный характер освоения нового инструмента, который вошел в арсенал наряду с другими технологиями. Но были и обзорные выступления и круглые столы для осмысления изменений в целом. Мне лично в ходе обсуждений удалось получить картину будущего, когда нынешняя разработка схлопнется между discovery с вайбкодингом прототипов tiny team из бизнеса и технаря с одной стороны, и расширенной devops-командой, которая будет такие приложения подхватывать. И тестировщику надо выбирать свой путь в новом мире. А еще я засек, что для одних качество приложения – прагматичное понятие, описываемое метриками, а для других остается сакральной ценностью и недостижимым идеалом. Люди говорят о разном, но эту разницу не рефлексируют. Обо всем этом читайте в отчете вместе с конспектами выступлений.

Это вводная статья для серии материалов по классическому машинному обучению. Мы поговорим о том, как оно устроено, какие задачи решаются с помощью ML, какие инструменты используют для этого и, конечно, напишем код. Статьи будут раскрывать основополагающие идеи ML. Я предпочитаю интуитивное объяснение алгоритмов и методов формальной постановке задач и их решению, не умаляя важности последних.

Но начнем с главного — со скелета. Разберем, как работает машинное обучение, из каких этапов состоит любой алгоритм и какие задачи вообще существуют. Для понимания материала достаточно базовых знаний математики, статистики и умения работать с данными. Код на Python: pandas и numpy для данных, а в конце покажем тот же алгоритм четырьмя строками на scikit-learn.

In a downpour against the Atlanta Falcons, Tampa Bay decided throwing was for losers. They were proved right

I don’t think I’m being cheeky when I say that passing is the most exciting part of football. A solid hit is nice, and a big run can thrill you, but this is a quarterback-centric game. When a QB is bad, teams usually lose and fans get bored. So, Sunday’s performance by Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had me positively gobsmacked. I wouldn’t say their 16-0 win over the Atlanta Falcons was thrill-a-minute, but it certainly was historic. By completing a grand total of zero passes out of a paltry three attempts, Baker Mayfield led the Bucs to the first game with no passing offense since the Buffalo Bills beat the New York Jets 16-12 on 29 September 1974. If you are miraculously old enough to remember the NFL before the advent of the forward pass in 1906, first off, congratulations on being over 120 years of age. Please email me your full diet and exercise regimen. You’re probably on your feet (if standing is still something physically possible), cheering a bit of hard-nosed, classic football. The rest of us young whippersnappers still grinding through our first century are holding our noses.

Of course, Mayfield – a former No 1 overall pick – can throw. As recently as 2024 he threw for 41 touchdowns and 4,500 passing yards in a season. But Sunday’s game was played in pouring rain that led to farcical moments like this, and Tampa Bay clearly decided that the ground game was the only way to go. That the Bucs could score at all, let alone 16 points, is a credit to Bucky Irving and Kenneth Gainwell running as though their lives depended on it. Irving finished the day with 170 rushing yards and one touchdown, while Gainwell had 140. Combined with Mayfield, they rushed 56 times for 324 yards – the most ever in a single game for the Bucs. They more than made up for Mayfield’s borderline irrelevance in the pocket. Mayfield made himself useful blocking for his runners, but otherwise, I probably could have started at QB for the Buccaneers and the game would have been the same, other than the high likelihood of me suffering at least one gruesome injury.

Marco Rose’s tactics are lifting Bournemouth, Roméo Lavia makes progress with Chelsea and Roberto De Zerbi gives youth a chance at Spurs

Good defending is the mark of champions. At Anfield, where Arsenal had not won in the past 13 visits, Mikel Arteta followed the orthodoxy of locking down once his team took the lead. This time around, it proved successful. Arsenal did not allow the occasion or the stadium to get to them as they have on previous occasions. In April 2023, Granit Xhaka entangling with Trent Alexander-Arnold energised home fans previously despondent that Arsenal were 2-0 up. It finished 2-2. On Sunday, Liverpool zipped around zestfully, as Andoni Iraola requests, though the final-ball quality was lacking. That owed a great deal to the organisation of the Arsenal defence. Ahead of the last international break, Brighton set a blueprint for getting the better of Arsenal in winning 3-0. Liverpool’s squad profile might have made a similar strategy possible though Iraola’s outfit is struggling to create chances in the same volume as Brighton or his Bournemouth team. John Brewin

Match report: Liverpool 0-1 Arsenal

Reaction: Iraola responds to Isak penalty denial

Match report: Aston Villa 1-1 Fulham

Match report: Bournemouth 2-0 Leeds United

Меня зовут Роман Стрельников, я руководитель направления информационной безопасности в 1С-Битрикс. Сегодня разберем, как ИИ изменил кибератаки и способы защиты от них, и какие интересные инциденты раскрыли компании

То, что вы сейчас прочитаете, — полный бред, во всяком случае с точки зрения физики. Но меня это не особенно беспокоит. Теория не обязана быть абсолютной истиной. Важно, чтобы она согласовывалась с наблюдениями, позволяла делать предсказания и выдерживала проверку экспериментом. Моя теория никаких научных проверок пока не проходила, зато удивительно хорошо объясняет то, что я регулярно наблюдаю при работе с искусственным интеллектом.

А началось всё с обычного сайта, нескольких заголовков и моего наивного предположения, что если исполнителю что-то запретить, он не станет этого делать.

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

Yi He, co-founder of Binance, has said that its top priority is to “ensure the environment is secure, after which users can withdraw their funds and Binance can resume operations.”

She rejected comparisons with collapsed rival FTX, writing on X:

Every action has a motive. Look at some fraudulent exchanges that absconded, P2P platforms, and commercial banks: their ledgers are opaque; once the website is shut down, they simply abscond with the funds, the company is liquidated or goes bankrupt, and all they need to do is give you an arbitrary excuse. As for how much money was actually in the account and where it went, there is no way to know.

These kinds of closures happen without any warning—they just disappear. There is no real operation, no one comes out to explain what happened, and it is even less possible for withdrawals to be opened.

Во второй половине октября две критические уязвимости в PHP и GitLab заставили компании по всему миру срочно обновлять серверы, а часть государственных и коммерческих сайтов на время ушла в офлайн. Обе позволяют выполнить код на сервере без авторизации, и обе затрагивают версии, выпущенные больше десяти лет назад.

Почему так произошло и что делать прямо сейчас — рассказываем в статье.

Я собирал измерительный стенд для Musical Fidelity M1, а проверять пришлось Michell Gyro SE. После перевозки и установки новой головки обычная проверка настройки превратилась в исследование медленных колебаний скорости — с советскими пластинками, смартфоном, автомобильной шумоизоляцией и искусственным интеллектом.

Я делаю прототип AR-хоррора для iPhone по «Вию» Гоголя: Home Haunt. Игра ставит историю в вашу комнату: стены кровоточат, из гроба на вашем полу встаёт мёртвая панночка. Делаю на Unity с октября: журнал проекта начинается 2 октября, к 30 октября в нём больше 50 номеров сборок. В статье про монстров: чем они сделаны, что пришлось урезать, чтобы тянул телефон, и что пока не готово.

Когда-то я работал DBA, и одной из самых нелюбимых задач было «сделать копию прода для тестов, только без персональных данных». Заменить значения несложно. Сложности начинаются на колонках с уникальным индексом.

Сейчас мы с небольшой командой разрабатываем сервис для маскирования персональных данных в PostgreSQL и SQL Server. Одной из первых серьёзных задач, с которой мы столкнулись, стала проблема уникальности данных. Ниже расскажу, к каким выводам мы пришли: почему случайная замена может приводить к дубликатам, во что обходится их устранение и как перестановка с сохранением формата (format-preserving encryption, FPE) позволяет сохранить уникальность без проверок на занятость значений. В конце разберём, где заканчиваются гарантии этого подхода и чего он не позволяет добиться.

В понедельник сотруднику понадобился доступ к корпоративной системе. Он написал руководителю, тот отправил его в IT. Там попросили согласование службы безопасности. Безопасность уточнила, какие права нужны, на какую систему и кто её владелец. К среде участники переписки разобрались, кто должен согласовать заявку. Доступа пока нет, работа стоит, зато сотрудник уже многое узнал об устройстве компании.

The U.N.'s long-running peacekeeping mission for the disputed Western Sahara ceased operations Sunday after 35 years. Once ruled by Spain, it is claimed by both Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front.

(Image credit: Bernat Armangue)

29 октября из Binance, крупнейшей криптобиржи мира, вывели около $6,3 млрд. По первой версии самой биржи, всё началось со скомпрометированного ноутбука DevOps-инженера.

Через ноутбук атакующий добрался до service container и оттуда отправил транзакции на вывод. Ключи от кошельков не утекли: транзакции подписала сама система биржи, потому что запрос пришёл изнутри.

Криптовалюта здесь вторична. Мне интереснее другое: задачи по безопасности у нас месяцами лежат в бэклоге, а ноутбук инженера с доступом в прод остаётся самым удобным входом в компанию.

From 1945 to 1989 security police relied on tens of thousands of spies to suppress dissent. To rebuild trust, their files will finally be made public

Hungary’s new government will on Wednesday reveal the names of tens of thousands of state informants from the communist era in an attempt to confront the past and rebuild public trust.

From 1945 to 1989, Hungary’s communist state-security services relied on an extensive network of informants to monitor society and suppress dissent. Some were blackmailed or coerced into reporting on neighbours, friends, colleagues and even family members; others were recruited through promises of various advantages.

Мы делаем «Сбор» — сервис для детских футбольных школ: расписание, посещаемость, составы на игры. В прошлой статье рассказывали, что болит у тренеров и родителей. Теперь делаем новую роль — «Организатор турнира». И первое, обо что мы споткнулись, — расписание игр. Организаторы называют его главной своей проблемой.

Работаете над одним проектом в ChatGPT, Claude и других AI-сервисах? Тогда наверняка сталкивались с необходимостью заново передавать требования, ограничения и ранее принятые решения.

В статье покажу, как организовать общий проектный контекст с помощью GitHub, чтобы разные AI-платформы могли работать с актуальной информацией. В основе подхода - открытый проект AI Context Kit. Разберём его структуру и практический пример передачи контекста между ChatGPT и Claude.

Australia’s central bank expected to hit mortgage holders again on Tuesday, as war in Middle East combines with collapsing house prices

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Australia’s economy is set for a “sharper, longer slowdown”, major bank economists say, as the Reserve Bank is forced to keep interest rates higher to rid the nation of persistent inflationary pressures.

The RBA is widely expected to hit mortgage holders with a fifth rate hike on Tuesday, in a move that will push the cash rate to its highest since 2008 amid rising worries the economy could even be tipped into recession.

After more than two decades of studied neutrality, the journalist delivers some home truths about modern politics

Laura Kuenssberg always swore she would never write a book. Amid all the vitriol hurled her way, the BBC’s political editor turned presenter has largely kept her counsel. She rarely complained even when she needed security to do her job unobstructed at Labour party conference under Jeremy Corbyn, or had to run the gauntlet of aggressive Brexit protesters outside parliament, or when a creepy unnamed minister tried to inveigle her into his hotel room for what an appalled Kuenssberg concluded was intended to be a threesome. Knowing everything she does is minutely parsed for bias, she keeps her cards close to her chest. Until, apparently, something snapped.

Pay Attention is a muted but heartfelt howl of frustration with politicians “who have looked like an absolute shower for a long time” but also, sotto voce, with voters, who she evidently wishes would occasionally take things more seriously. Having covered Westminster since the late noughties, Kuenssberg brings all that weight of experience to bear in spelling out just how far the abnormal is now becoming normalised in British politics.

Sharon Horgan executive produced this moreish road trip story about addiction, mishaps and revelations. Plus, the new one from Serial’s Sarah Koenig

“I never thought I’d be back here with the fluorescent lights and lukewarm coffee,” says recovering addict Tim (Rob Delaney). “But then Lucy Green ruined my life.” So begins this intriguing 10-part drama of bite-size episodes, executive produced by Sharon Horgan. It rewinds to Tim escorting millennial pop star Lucy (Bel Powley) to rehab in Arizona on an eventful road trip. Jameela Jamil and Greg James complete a cracking cast. Hollie Richardson
BBC Sounds, all episodes out on Monday 2 November

Ana Ts’uyeb’s poetic film celebrates the resilience of Indigenous women while exploring the possibility of a different future

Shot in her home village of Naranjatic Alto in the Mexican highlands, Ana Ts’uyeb’s documentary debut is a stirring ode to the courageous women of the Indigenous Tzotzil community. The film centres on three important figures in her life: her mother, Margarita; her aunt, Juana; and her sister-in-law, Faustina. Each is from a different generation, yet they have all suffered at the hands of patriarchal violence.

The patterns of systemic abuse and disenfranchisement are startlingly similar. All three women recall past opportunities to advance their education, hopes and dreams that were squashed by fathers and other male relatives. Also rampant are physical and psychological abuse. There’s a sobering matter-of-fact tone to their reminiscence; their unfortunate experiences appear to be a common reality endured by many Tzotzil women.

Windfall for oil corporations such Saudi Aramco and BP comes on back of soaring fuel prices driven by Iran war

The world’s biggest oil companies are on track to amass profits of more than $95bn (£71bn) in the third quarter as the war in the Middle East drives up the price of fossil fuels.

The windfall war profits have sparked calls for oil corporations such as Saudi Aramco and BP to pay for environmental damage and help the world transition towards renewable energy.

With just a few short hours of daylight, the usual boundaries marking time fall away in Abisko, one of the most reliable places to see the northern lights

Looking over the edge of the snow-smoothed canyon down to dark rushing water, we thought we saw a moose or a reindeer, but it could have been a rock. The light was fading fast so it was hard to tell. It was time to turn back; we didn’t want to get lost in the wood, or fall into the river. By the time we’d retraced our steps to Abisko, the blue world had turned to black and dust-like snowflakes whirled around the little village. Back in our hotel room after our expedition, I looked at my phone – it was only 2pm!

Travelling to the Arctic Circle in winter had always been a dream, but when I realised the sun wouldn’t get above the horizon on my holiday, it made me twitchy. I usually pack my limited annual leave as tightly as I pack my working life. I was already using up three days’ holiday travelling by train from London to Abisko. How would I make the most of my time there with barely any daylight?