2023-08-05

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LK-99 is an online sensation – but replication efforts fall short | Hacker News
- Flux Pinning in sample of LK-99 | Hacker News
Ford Transit Van on Rails Is Basically a Stick-Shift Diesel Locomotive

While the vans have a reverse gear, the poor visibility out the back (and the need to crane one's neck) means they're apparently not often run in reverse. Instead, the vans turn around by extending what looks like a repurposed screw press underneath, allowing the entire thing to be pivoted by hand in a new direction. It's a similar principle to a roundtable, just a whole lot more Macgyver.
NASA announces astronauts who will fly by the moon next year

Bram Moolenaar Passed Away | Hacker News

Bram Moolenaar was the original author, maintainer, release manager, and benevolent dictator for life of Vim, a popular text editor.

Support J6 Prisoner Charles Bradford Smith
Trump and Math: Deal or No Deal?

Facing prosecutions in at least three jurisdictions, it’s likely, if he is not reelected, Trump will be tried, convicted, and sent to prison. I don’t believe this will happen, as a plea deal serves everyone’s interests. Trump and the prosecutors, I speculate, will settle for a lifetime ban on serving in public office in exchange for the resolution of criminal proceedings against him. As the political map comes into focus, a plea deal will emerge as the best outcome for Trump. And as the knock-on effects of imprisoning a former president become a reality, a deal will also become the best (or least bad) outcome for the nation.

New Evidence Suggests Vaccinated Can Transmit Covid-19 Vax Antibodies Through The Air | ZeroHedge
- I recall multiple anecdata reports, shortly after COVID vaccines starting being distributed, of women who had not been vaccinated complaining of the menstrual problems that were known to have affected those who had received the shot.

U.S. Bank customers report unexpected account closures
Wells Fargo customers scramble after deposits disappear from their accounts
Apple's sales fall for the third consecutive quarter
BOJ makes bold shift as yen risks grow too big to ignore
Has E-Commerce Peaked?
The Unicorn Fire Sales Ahead — The Information

Hopin had reached a unicorn valuation in record time before fetching a whopping $7.8 billion valuation in 2021. ... Now Hopin’s core business is worth just hundreds of millions, according to Axios—a fraction of its former price. But what appears to be the beginning of the end for Hopin hardly stands out in a sea of struggling startups. Slowly, an entire cohort of unicorns that raised capital effortlessly in 2020 and 2021 is dying or finding buyers at fire-sale prices.
Major Shipper Maersk Warns Of Prolonged And Deeper Downturn In Global Trade | ZeroHedge