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samson8989··on An experimental beach barrier could be key to rebuilding eroding coastlines
In melbourne australia, we have been preserving our beaches with rocks forever, at least since the 1930's. We were losing 20m every 10 years, not 10m per year. I dont think this is a new concept.
samson8989··on What’s Gone at Twitter? A Data Center, Janitors, Some Toilet Paper
https://archive.ph/b2ib9 Paywall free link
samson8989··on Twitter restores suicide prevention feature after Reuters report
https://archive.ph/5x3Ye Unpaywalled version
samson8989··on The great decline in adolescent risk behaviours
The greatest decline occurred during the social media era, when most kids were taught about how to avoid alcohol and drug use. I guess social media is useful.
samson8989··on Toyota to outline 3-year EV plan changes to suppliers
https://archive.ph/5kJMS
samson8989··on Physical and Mental Activity and Risk of Dementia: A Prospective Cohort Study
so a healthy body has extra capacity to support brain functioning and repair. Major Science magazines have been saying this since the early 2000s.
samson8989··on Strangest pieces of Russian equipment found in Ukraine – Sandboxx
It's obvious what these " strange equipment" does. Talk about retro hardware. All of this was out of date by 1990.

If the USA armed forces really didn't understand, I would be worried!

samson8989··on A Simple and Convenient Synthesis of Pseudoephedrine from Meth (2012) [pdf]
Because the government continues to restrict Sudafed supply, while Crystal meth improves in purity while reduces in price over recently!
samson8989··on The Netherlands may be the first country to hit the limits of growth
https://archive.ph/kWbfR Paywall free link
samson8989··on Tell HN: Living without electricity in Kyiv
Russian media has continually repeats all the "terror" attacks that ukraine has committed on russian soil. The ones ukraine boasts about, and the ones ukraine denies any responsability.
samson8989··on EasyList is in trouble and so are many ad blockers
Just report these bad apps to google playstore, and get them taken down for D.O.S.ing your website.

Google playstore will remove them.

Trust in the process.

samson8989··on More U.S. companies charging employees for job training if they quit
https://archive.ph/z8GdX Bypass paywall
samson8989··on Toyota was a hybrid pioneer with the Prius but struggles to leap to electric
https://archive.ph/Og3f3
samson8989··on Obesity: A Chemical Hunger (2021)
Too long didn't read? Instead imagine someone didn't want the United States to make lithium batteries and blames lithium in the water supply!
samson8989··on Pentagon in talks to fund Ukrainian troop access to Musk’s Starlink
https://archive.ph/0wvEe Bypass the paywall!
samson8989··on Intel plans thousands of job cuts in face of PC slowdown
The cause is the international economic downturn/ high inflation, combined with a collapse in cloud computing orders.

Around 30%-40% of PC sales were going to cloud compute. This is slowing.

samson8989··on Can brown noise turn off your brain?
We should reduce noise controls, because people actually work better with more noise.! Or maybe not.
samson8989··on One country took on the world’s biggest commercial landlord
If you read the article, it says they didn't do Anything except force them to do energy efficient and safe housing upgrades. So Denmark actually failed.
samson8989··on Julia Back-End for LFortran (LFortran – Julia Transpilation)
Julia is such a popular language.
samson8989··on Typical Chinese adult is now richer than the typical European adult
This is unsurprising given that china is ocd about money(wealth) leaving china mainland.

The trick to remember is that china had set up government run shopping or purchasing unions, that allow everyone to buy things cheaper, but only Chinese products.

The Chinese government regularly boasts that Chinese citizens effectively earn 20% more due to these unions, and describe it like capital gains that will help everyone year on year.

samson8989··on US 4-star General says Russia will lose next year
Remember the elite commando, air rangers, s.a.s & navy seals from many countries are in the Ukraine. with their drones etc.

They compete with a Russian force that of 18 year olds completing compulsory National service.

At least 35,000 to 50,000 foreign personel vs 100,000 Russian amateurs.

samson8989··on California Students Are Struggling in Math. Will Reforms Make the Problem Worse?
That old story that marijuana impairs maths capability until you stop smoking, while alcohol impairs judgement coordination etc. I wonder if all those science articles were accurate, and whether it applies in this case.
samson8989··on China orders tech companies to 'improve traceability' of users
Sounds like china can't even control the internal Chinese internet! Perhaps a richer economy means they can afford more anonymous web sites.
samson8989··on How Many Equations of Motion Describe a Moving Human?
Omg! You cant derive science from first principles and give up all the physics/maths techniques used in the last 200 years. They didn't even take into account the error would increase is the you added more time derivatives.
samson8989··on PAL Colour Recovery from black-and-white ‘telerecordings’ (2008)
Israel had a huge balance of trade problem, and color television was an expensive import. So they sold the trade restriction through moral arguments!