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ano-ther··on Every Boeing and Airbus engine is held onto the wing by only 2 bolts
Would love to see pictures of that facility.
ano-ther··on Kids are getting ruder, teachers say. And new research backs that up
Thanks. (I don’t have access to the full text).

So not the exact same population, but still a comparison of “adolescents in grade 5-9 at time 1 and grade 8-12 at time 2”?

That would compare a pre-puberty to a puberty population, with the unsurprising result of them being less compliant.

But again, I don’t have access to the full text.

ano-ther··on Kids are getting ruder, teachers say. And new research backs that up
This seems to be the study (gated): https://psycnet.apa.org/buy/2025-40514-001

Can somebody see if they asked the same students (between 9 and 14, an age range where behavior changes quite a bit)?

> The goal of the current work was to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic school shutdowns may have impacted classroom incivility in children and adolescents.

> Study 1 compared prepandemic (Fall 2019) to postpandemic school shutdown (Fall 2022) rates of classroom incivility in a sample of 308 adolescents (49.7% boys; 61.0% White) between the ages of 9 and 14 (M = 12.06; SD = 1.38). Classroom incivility was significantly higher postpandemic shutdowns, while bullying, emotional problems, and friendships remained stable.

> In Study 2, we surveyed 101 primary educators (95% females; 88.1% White). Findings suggested that young students lacked social skills and knowledge of classroom expectations, contributing to increased classroom incivility. Our results highlight the need to monitor ongoing levels of classroom incivility.

ano-ther··on Highest-resolution images ever captured of the sun’s entire surface
How do they picture the magnetic field from far away like this? I would have thought that the probe can only sense the local field.
ano-ther··on Prince Nico Mbarga’s biggest hit outsold any of The Beatles’ (2017)
Prince Nico Mbarga “Sweet Mother”: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3mecNrIaWOA
ano-ther··on Anxiety drug taken by millions recalled over 'life-threatening' label mistake
The more sober announcement from FDA: https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety...

They printed the wrong strength on packages.

> Endo Expands Voluntary Recall of Clonazepam Orally Disintegrating Tablets, USP (C-IV) Due to Potential Product Carton Strength Mislabeling

ano-ther··on Boeing overcharged the U.S. Air Force 8,000% above market for soap dispensers
Here is the original report and the press release with pictures [1,2]

> The DoD OIG found that overpayment occurred because the Air Force did not:

> Validate the accuracy of data used for contract negotiation.

> Conduct contract surveillance to identify price increases during contract execution.

> Review invoices to determine fair and reasonable prices before payment.

> In addition, the DoD OIG found that the DoD did not require the contracting officer to verify the accuracy of the bill of materials before negotiation or to review invoices for allowable, allocable, and reasonable costs before payment.

This does not sound like expensive MilSpec. Wouldn’t it be fair to assume that the DoD Inspector General is aware of these before making such accusations?

[1] https://www.dodig.mil/reports.html/Article/3948601/audit-of-...

[2] https://www.dodig.mil/In-the-Spotlight/Article/3948604/press...

ano-ther··on Coca-Cola causes controversy with AI-made ad
Good for them. They created an apparently bland remake of a 1995 ad that even I (without TV and not drinking soda) remember.

They’re only accused of being boring and a bit creepy, not some political transgression. Typical internet controversy stuff. Gives additional coverage for free.

ano-ther··on Maslow 4: Large format CNC routing made accessible
I guess the wheeled approach quickly loses traction when trying to exert force. The Shaper Origin avoids that by being hand-pushed (with human-level force feedback and control).
ano-ther··on Rim/Blackberry tales – reply all
This happens often enough (even MS itself broke their internal Exchange servers).

And every story seems to end with admins having to improvise. Am curious: (why) isn’t there a “kill reply-all chain” button as a feature?

(The article explains that this didn’t work for RIM because of BB’s architecture, but for Exchange?)

ano-ther··on Apple added a feature called "inactivity reboot" in iOS 18.1
I like how in the initial reports, police officers speculated about some (complicated) coordination between Apple devices in a Faraday cage, while the actual solution seems to be simply a timeout-reboot.
ano-ther··on Spanish police arrest ex-fraud chief after €20M found in walls of his house
You are right and it seems I misread the media articles.

Wouldn’t recommend it to GP though because they asked about circumventing AML and this would catch the fraud chief from the article.

ano-ther··on JPL Workforce Update
They seem to have a really slow HR system - several hours for 5,500 internal emails.

> Because of system limitations, the individual email notifications will take place over several hours tomorrow.

ano-ther··on Spanish police arrest ex-fraud chief after €20M found in walls of his house
Good question. In Switzerland you could buy real estate with cash until very recently.

You could also open a front, say a barbershop or a restaurant, though convincing authorities you earned a million or more through that could be a stretch.

ano-ther··on Ask HN: Have you ever emailed your way into a job?
Mid-2000s. They had a terrible SAP-based recruitment form, which didn’t work with my Mac.

So I googled how their email addresses looked like and sent hiring manager + HR recruiter an email.

Got hired a few weeks later.

ano-ther··on I Don't Have Spotify
Beware of the full integration though. It deleted the files I had from my CDs and replaced it with the Apple Music version.

Some items now stay greyed out because they don’t have a license. And some versions got replaced (eg, to the remastered ones).

ano-ther··on Beating the bookies with their own numbers
Interestingly, the gambling platforms restricted them after they got too successful.

This is from 2017, so I am wondering if the strategy would still work (and how much faster they would be blocked).

ano-ther··on Boeing Wonderland: The Fake Cities on America's West Coast (2013)
Fascinating. Funny side effect:

> Warner Brothers executives later insisted that their own lot receive the “Kelley Treatment.” They decided that their sound stages looked too much like aircraft hangers from the air, and feared that Japanese bombardiers, fooled by the Clover Field camouflage—or by Lockheed’s, only three miles to the north—would bomb their studio instead!

ano-ther··on We Know One Big Loser in This Election: The Mainstream Media
Audience (Oct 2024)

CBS: 4,963,000

ABC: 4,441,000

NBC: 3,703,000

Fox News: 3,253,000

https://www.nationalmediaspots.com/stats-us-cable-broadcast-...

ano-ther··on OpenAI builds first chip with Broadcom and TSMC, scales back foundry ambition
Have a look at the TSMC executives: https://www.tsmc.com/english/aboutTSMC/executives

There’s a 68% chance that Altman met with someone who got their degree in the US (if only one executive attended, otherwise chances are higher).

And the others probably also have little difficulty communicating in English or calculating the cost of 36 fabs in any currency, since that’s their business.

ano-ther··on OpenAI builds first chip with Broadcom and TSMC, scales back foundry ambition
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/business/openai-plan-elec...

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tsmc-execs-allege...

ano-ther··on Germany's Mittelstand Is Collapsing
And it was the conservative administration in the 90s which introduced the first renewable feed-in law (sponsored by a Bavarian MP), and another conservative one which decided the nuclear exit.

So it’s fair to say there had been a broad consensus across the political spectrum in Germany.

ano-ther··on Pollutants from gas stoves kill 40k Europeans each year
Study here: https://repositori.uji.es/items/156fbd65-070d-4ca4-9856-9415...
ano-ther··on More families making over $150k are living paycheck to paycheck
…while living in large houses bought in anticipation of bonuses and sending their kids to expensive schools — the main reasons, according to the article, for spending 95% of income on necessities.
ano-ther··on Saturated fat: the making and unmaking of a scientific consensus (2022)
Nutrition science is hard. The effects are long-term and easily confounded by all the other things one eats. Randomized controlled trials are not easy to pull off. It's only loosely regulated and and a big market. And everyone eats, so everyone has an opinion.

Perhaps that's why there is a lot of sketchy results, hyperbole in communication, and a cycle of debunking (of the debunking) around.

ano-ther··on Ask HN: What books have most influenced your coding style?
The Pasta Codex: 1001 Recipes
ano-ther··on Some Clarity on Linux Kernel "Compliance Requirements" Around Russian Sanctions
Not surprising to anyone who had to consider these sanctions. But not everyone does. By not explaining from the beginning, they left the field wide open to drama and Russian trolls.

> all of the Linux infrastructure and a lot of its maintainers are in the US and we can't ignore the requirements of US law.

> If your company is on the U.S. OFAC SDN lists, subject to an OFAC sanctions program, or owned/controlled by a company on the list, our ability to collaborate with you will be subject to restrictions, and you cannot be in the MAINTAINERS file.

ano-ther··on Lost Silk Road Cities Discovered High in the Mountains of Central Asia
Here is the Lidar data: https://github.com/JasonLiu2024/high-resolution-lidar-traces...
ano-ther··on A Physicist's Review of Wolfram's Theory of Everything
This starts out rather confrontational, but ends with saying it’s a clever idea that is worth considering.

What I would like to know: if there is a new description of physics using a graph model, how does it change our understanding of the world? Is this just a different language or are there additional insights?

ano-ther··on Do bike lanes cause more traffic congestion? What the research says
I see what you mean. The continuous stream of bikes in the (outer) bike lane trapping the cars that want to exit.

How do they do that in France? My only solution would be to merge bikes and cars ahead of the roundabout which requires some caution especially from the car drivers.

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