2023-07-03

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• Pill Bugs And Chitons Get Jobs As Tiny Grippers

• Megalodon shark was warm-blooded

• Self-Driving Cars Are Surveillance Cameras on Wheels

  • HN comments

• With great Empathy comes great Response Ability

• Electric Vehicle Fires Are So Hard to Put Out, It’s Often Best to Let Them Burn

Horseshit

• Economic inequality cannot be explained by individual bad choices, study finds | Hacker News

• A letter to an advice columnist about a problem wedding guest perfectly captures leftism - American Thinker

• The Time for International Space Traffic Management Is Now

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• Macron Demands Platforms Delete Riot Content; Blames Social Media & Video Games For Protest Spread

• Departing CDC Director Rochelle Walensky Warns of Politicized Science: Stepping down after 2 1/2 years, she says public needs to be wary of misinformation.

Musk

• Tesla on track to smash targets after producing almost a million EVs in 6 months | Hacker News

Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation

• No One Is Happy About Diversity Efforts at Work

• German Catholic church ‘dying painful death’ as 500k leave in a year

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• 43% of white Harvard students are legacy, athletes, related to donors or staff

  • HN comments

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Apple forced to make major cuts to Vision Pro headset production plans

  Two components suppliers said Apple had only requested enough parts for 130,000 to 150,000 next year, while plans to launch a 'budget model' were pushed back. If this is the case, Wall Street analysts' 2024 sales forecasts of the Vision Pro could be off by hundreds of thousands. Morgan Stanley has forecasted 850,000 units sold next year, while Goldman Sachs expects 5 million. But maybe the voice of reason is Wedbush, who predicted 150,000 units in the first year.

• Wikipedia switches to CC BY-SA 4.0 license | Hacker News

• New Indiana Jones film pulls in Less Than Half of what Kingdom of the Crystal Skull made on opening weekend

TechSuck

• HN Jobs:

  • Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2023)

  • Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2023)

  • Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2023)

• (Nov 2022) Sending audio to LKV373 HDMI extenders

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Recession canceled? U.S. stock market 'frothy' after S&P 500's strong first half

• Sriracha lovers feel the heat as hot sauce shortage continues

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• Later reports stated it was cocaine: White House grounds evacuated after Secret Service discovers 'unknown item' | Fox News

• We need a serious conversation about Joe Biden’s brain.

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Three D.C. businesses hit by explosive devices, Molotov cocktails in early morning spree - Washington Times

• GOP disdain for FBI jeopardizing renewal of warrantless domestic surveillance

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Poland Wants to Host NATO Nukes to Counter Russia – The Drive

• In NATO’s new north, fresh chances to contain Moscow

• China to Restrict Exports of Metals Critical to Chip Production

• US recommends reconsider China travel due to law enforcement / exit bans

World

• Vietnam bans 'Barbie' movie over South China Sea map

Russia Bad / Ukraine War

• Shell still trading Russian gas despite pledge to stop

Health / Medicine

• Tyson will stop using its ‘no antibiotics ever’ label on chicken