2023-06-01

Cool

• Nicholson glimpses at the camera. a lot: Overlooked: A detail in “The Shining” that you’ve never seen

Horseshit

• The “death of self-driving cars” has been greatly exaggerated

  • HN comment

• Maryland License Plates Now Inadvertently Advertising Filipino Online Casino | Hacker News

• Automatic emergency braking should become mandatory, feds say

celebrity gossip

• Dimon Says He Never Discussed Epstein's Accounts at JPM; Jes Staley Says He Did

Musk

• Tesla Confirms Automated Driving Systems Were Engaged During Fatal Crash

  • HN comments

• Hey, Remember How Tesla Used to Celebrate Pride Month?

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• The Explosive Legacy of the Pandemic Hand Sanitizer Boom | WIRED

  What happened next is a lesson about leaving disaster response to the whims of capitalism. Without the threat of an FDA inspection, thousands of companies that had never made or sold hand sanitizer before, let alone any other over-the-counter drug, immediately began distribution. From whiskey and vodka distillers to manufacturers of CBD oils, beauty products, and drilling fluids, anyone with access to ethanol seemed to rebrand, overnight, as a sanitizer maker. (This was in addition to a DIY frenzy. WIRED’s second-most-popular story of 2020 was “How to Make Your Own Hand Sanitizer.”)

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• The DEI Industry Needs to Check Its Privilege

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• Why Scientists Need to Get High

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $499.99

  • Zuckerberg unveils Meta’s newest VR headset days before Apple reveals its own

• Meta vows to remove news from Facebook if CA bill passes – The Sacramento Bee

TechSuck

HN Jobs:

+ [Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June
  2023)](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36152014)

+ [Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June
  2023)](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36152012)

+ [Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June
  2023)](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36152013)

• 1000W 12V –> 220V Inverter | Hacker News

• Sensor Fingerprints: Camera Identification and Beyond

• EPYC 7002 CPUs may hang after 1042 days of uptime | Hacker News

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Wages Are Not an Important Driver of US Inflation, San Francisco Fed Study Finds

• US banks lost $472B in deposits in the Q1 2023

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• WATCH: Reporter Leaves John Kirby Speechless With Question About Biden Family Corruption | The Daily Wire

• Justice Department sues West Virginia governor's coal empire seeking unpaid fines | CNN Politics

  The lawsuit comes weeks after Gov. Justice launched his US Senate campaign in West Virginia, setting up a potential challenge to Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin.

• Math Has Changed the Shape of Gerrymandering

• Millennials Are Not an Exception. They’ve Moved to the Right

• Huge Trove of Photos from Hunter Biden’s Laptop Released – PJ Media

  • Marco Polo

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• ‘America First’ case for supporting Ukraine

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Russia says U.S. accessed thousands of Apple phones in spy plot

  • What is the Russian theory on Apple hacking their phones?

Health / Medicine

• ‘Poison in every puff’: Canada to put warning labels on individual cigarettes

• Autoimmune disease can attack the brain, cause psychiatric symptoms

• Male babies 'talk' more in the first year than female babies do, finds study

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Global Warming Could Make Some Fish Less Nutritious