2023-08-03

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• Observation of zero resistance above 100 K in Pb₁₀₋ₓCuₓ(PO₄)₆O | Hacker News

  • The DIY Race to Replicate LK-99

Horseshit

• Why are people drinking borax cleaning powder on TikTok?

• Longtermism is a direct threat to huamntiy's future

• Man Spends Entire Career Mastering Crappy Codebase | Hacker News

• Most in U.S. (57%) prefer big houses, even if amenities farther away

• Longshot targets $10/kg launch costs with Nazi Uber-cannon on steroids

• This Book of Poetry Written by AI Should Scare the Hell Out of You

celebrity gossip

• Lizzo expressed interest in banana sex-shows years before allegations.

• YouTuber Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson sues company that developed his burgers

• There’s Something Very Strange About the Death of Obama’s Personal Chef.

Obit

• Jim Larkin, Backpage Exec, Dies by Suicide a Week Before His Trial

Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering

• ‘Everything you’ve been told is a lie ’ Inside the wellness-to-fascism pipeline

Musk

• Twitter HQ Neighbor: ‘Dennis the Menace Moved into the Neighborhood’

• Twitter's Blue Ticks are now so toxic that paid users can choose to hide them

• So, What Do We Call Twitter Now Anyway?

• Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features | Hacker News

Trump / War against the Right / Jan6

• random comment:

  Ashli Babbit's shooting makes sense if someone had to die to establish a pretext for charging Trump with a death penalty offense.

• Former Capitol Police Chief told Tucker Carlson events surrounding Jan 6 ‘appear to be a cover-up’ in unaired interview.

• The Trump Indictment Criminalizes Political Dissent | Frontpage Mag

• Judge In Trump Election Case Worked At Same Law Firm As Hunter Biden.

Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult

• Illegal California Lab Run by Chinese Biotech Had Mice with HIV, Covid, E. Coli

• Cypriot cats to get human Covid drugs after thousands die of feline variant

Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts

• I Was a Child Prodigy. Here’s the Dark Truth No One Ever Talks About

Media / ShowBiz / Advertising

• Microsoft Now Offering Parts And Repair Guides For Xbox Controllers

• Internet providers that won FCC grants try to escape broadband commitments

• The magical math behind Disney's content purge

TechSuck

• Raspberry Pi availability is visibly improving after years of shortages

• Meta’s Reality Labs prototype hardware | Hacker News

• A non-mathematical introduction to Kalman Filters for programmers - Pravesh Koirala

  • HN comments

• The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movement Set Us Free?

• Nice mitigation recipes: Wave of spam hits IRC - UnrealIRCd Forums

• Tell HN: I think I found Toyota's battery | Hacker News

Crypto con games

• Worldcoin says will allow companies, governments to use its ID system

Economicon / Business / Finance

• Fitch Downgrades US Debt

• Qualcomm, Stung by Sluggish Smartphone Market, Plans Layoffs

• How the Recession Doomers Got the U.S. Economy So Wrong

Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making

• IRS Launches Paperless Processing Initiative

  • IRS expects faster refunds in 2024 for people who stop using paper

• Vivek Ramaswamy Wants a Second American Revolution | The Free Press

  the American bargain was built on the idea that we, the people, determine how we settle our political differences through free speech and open debate in the public square where every person’s voice and vote counts equally. That is self-governance. And I think that there is the Old World vision now rearing its head in multiple forms that says, no, we the people cannot be trusted. The citizens of a nation cannot be trusted to determine what’s actually good for them—so we, the intelligentsia, must make that determination centrally at large. I stand on the side of the American Revolution, the ideals that birthed this nation. I think we live in a moment where we have to confront those radical ideals. I think that the American ideals are very fundamentally radical ideals: self-governance, free speech, like absolute free speech, the idea that you get ahead through unbridled meritocracy, the unbridled pursuit of excellence, the steadfast commitment to the rule of law rather than the whims of men. These are radical ideals, because for most of human history, it was done the other way. I think it is the radicalism of the American Revolution and those ideals that are our last best chance for national unity, because that is what actually binds us together across our diverse attributes. And without embracing that radicalism, I think we’re nothing.

  I think the part that’s most persuasive is the truth: thirty percent of this country becomes psychiatrically ill, maybe deranged, when Trump is in office. It’s just a fact. It’s like a law of nature in the United States of America in the 2020s. Republicans start identifying as Democrats. You have people who disagree with things that they otherwise would have agreed with because of the person who’s actually articulating the view. You have people agreeing with things they would have never agreed with because a particular person happens to be in the White House. It’s psychological derangement for at least thirty percent or more of this country.

• There's a Reason All of DC and The Regime Is So Defensive About Joe Biden: They're All on Ukraine's and China's and Russia's Payroll

• Evidence Of Biden Burisma Corruption Is Overwhelming

• Busted: Stephen L. Miller catches media updating old stories about the number of Biden's grandchildren – Twitchy

• Hunter Biden Raked In Millions Amid 'Nonstop Debauchery' | ZeroHedge

Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security

• Thieves target Seattle fire fighting units while fire fighters respond to calls.

External Security / Militaria / Diplomania

• Insane proposal for military recruiting issue: A new draft.

Health / Medicine

• A New Mode of Cancer Treatment | Science | AAAS

  • HN comments

• US preterm birth and maternal mortality rates are alarmingly high

• Medicaid drops nearly 4M people since pandemic protections expired

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• California waves have grown a foot taller because of climate change

• Pollution cuts have diminished “ship track” clouds, adding to global warming

• Air conditioning: the benefits, problems and alternatives

• It’s midwinter, but it’s over 100 degrees in South America

• The Gulf Stream isn’t going to collapse