2022-11-02

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• As last module docks, China completes its space station

  • HN comments

Horseshit

• Why Functional Programming Should Be the Future of Software

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Compulsion Without a Core - Vertical Thinking Blog

Musk

• Elon Musk floats $8 Twitter subscription that includes verification

• Elon Musk will let you pay $8 to be a verified ‘lord’ on Twitter

• Elon's Twitter and Open Source Algorithm

• Twitter founder Jack Dorsey to remain invested in the company under Elon Musk

• Twitter Blue for $8/Month

  • HN comments

• Elon Musk needs to make Twitter better

• Mastodon gained 70k users after Musk’s Twitter takeover

• Elon Musk Says Blocked Twitter Users Won’t Be Allowed Back Until Process InPlace

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• With whom does Emily Oster want an amnesty?

• "You Murderous Hypocrites": Outrage Ensues After The Atlantic Suggests 'Amnesty' For Pandemic Authoritarians

• Shanghai Disney shuts over Covid, visitors unable to leave

  • HN comments

• ProPublica scrambles to check translation in COVID origin story | Semafor

  part of the initial criticism of the piece focused on the partisan nature of the Senate’s investigation: Vanity Fair and ProPublica seemed to downplay the fact that the investigation was led by Republican minority committee staff.

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Charter raises base Internet to $80 a month; price hikes to hit 9.5M users

• Rumble.com disables access for users in France

  • Rumble says it won’t change its policies to appease France’s censorship demands

• Tumblr will now allow nudity but not explicit sex

• Dwarf Fortress’ big makeover will be out on Steam in December

TechSuck

• OpenSSL 3.0.7 fixes X.509 email address buffer overflows

  • HN comments

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Amazon sell-off pushes market cap below $1T for first time since April 2020

• Fed hikes by another 0.75, taking rates to the highest level since January 2008

  • Fed increases target rate to 3.75-4.00%

Shortages

• The U.S. Diesel Shortage Is Worsening

  • HN comments

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Cook shortage threatens to sink U.S. Coast Guard operations

  • HN comments

Health / Medicine

• Student Infected with Debilitating Virus in Undisclosed Biolab Accident

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• ‘planet killer’ asteroid discovered – and it’s heading our way

• NASA finds super-emitters of methane

  • HN comments

• Microsoft President Wants More Training for Workers to Fight Climate Change

• Europe warming at twice the global average, UN report warns

• Coca-Cola increased plastic use ahead of COP27 summit it is sponsoring