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sn00tz00ton Breakthrough in 'detonating' hypersonic propulsion

If they want to increase power is the RPM of the detonation wave increased?

sn00tz00ton What will enter the public domain in 2024?

damn thats big brain

sn00tz00ton The Morgan XP-1 is an eccentric English electric vehicle

Imagine all the cool custom cars we could have if tesla actually released the skateboard like they promised.

sn00tz00ton Browsing the Eastern Side of the Personal Web

did mainland china get a chance for the personal website stuff? i feel like I've seen a boatload of japanese/SEA blogs and websites in my years but never chinese. maybe they all skipped that phase and went straight to the social media megacorps over there and its all behind a walled garden

sn00tz00ton The first AI nation? A ship with 10k Nvidia GPUs could be a sovereign nation

Wouldn't it be considered as 'exporting' advanced chips the moment it leaves US waters?

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Literally from the abstract in the link: "The findings reveal that, overall, far-right populist discourses in alt-tech communities predominantly support the processes of democracy and uphold most (though not all) of its values. Understanding these discourses is crucial for safeguarding liberal democracy in a context of rising illiberalism."

sn00tz00ton Governor of Amazonas wants to charge Amazon royalties for use of the brand

Amazon.com Inc is feeding off the egregore of the Amazon rainforest. Its not a coincidence that the Rainforest retreats at the same pace Amazon.com's profits climb.

sn00tz00ton Tyrian purple: Ancient pigment that was more valuable than gold

You can make natural purple dyes with ammonia and some lichens. Smashing up and boiling rare snails sounds like ass compared to that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxi2Up7YhM4

sn00tz00ton Paraguay official resigns after signing agreement with fictional country

I recall a lot of micronations seeking to have their country mentioned in writing by any official, with some beseeching the Queen or other foreign affairs ministries.

Apparently a polite mention in a letter is enough in their interpretation to qualify as an actual nation.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-10/meet-the-micro-nation...

sn00tz00ton Being homeless means not being free − as Americans are supposed to be

Every birth should come with 1 acre of land :)

sn00tz00ton Show HN: YouTube's killing adblockers, so we made an undetectable one

I use Brave - still haven't seen an ad in years.

sn00tz00ton Orthodox Privilege (2020)

Who are the 'real ones™' on HN with the vision to see something that is most often inappropriate or hard to communicate here due to downvoting or lame rules? Take the opportunity to let us know here.

sn00tz00ton No one has yet bought a 100 year plan from WordPress

The 100 year plan from wordpress is $38,000 for 100 years of domain rego, hosting and support.

sn00tz00ton Starcel – A 3D virtual desktop by Recursion

Looks very cool.

sn00tz00ton Canadian coins bearing Charles's image minted

Pretty interesting that it has "D.G. Rex" on them. Australias version doesn't even refer to him as a king - will just say "Charles III"

https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/andrew-leigh-202...

sn00tz00ton Biggest 'Shrinkflation' Scandal Yet: Oreo Fans Think Cookies Have Less Filling

The craziest shrinkflation for me has been loaves of bread. I have a toaster press thing where you place two slices of buttered bread with some cheese or something in between and then you compress it all between two heated plates. The appliance is about 10+ years old now.

The bread used to be too large for the appliance and would spill out the edges making the press 'crimp' the bread so all the liquid cheese would stay within. Nowadays the bread I place inside does not even cover 4/5ths of the plate. Feels like a 30-40% reduction in area of my bread and its like 2x as expensive. The cheese spills out the side and causes big cleanup problems.

The west has fallen.

sn00tz00ton Self-service: Booths supermarket puts staff back behind its tills

I don't enjoy having a camera with facial recognition pointed at my face when purchasing groceries. I also don't enjoy 10:1 ratio of card vs cash registers.

sn00tz00ton Why Is It So Difficult to Map the Ocean?

oh i read the article, its measurements of gravity wew

sn00tz00ton Why Is It So Difficult to Map the Ocean?

how are bathymetric maps made? if i go to google maps i can see the ocean floor in low res - is that done by satellites?

i remember trying to find data of a particular area (near azores) using NOAA maps and all i found was some sort of compendium maps made by different vessels across the years mashed together in a hodge podge of resolutions

life sounds rough for ocean floor researchers lmao

sn00tz00ton Transgender people can be baptized Catholic, serve as godparents, Vatican says

Its a jesuit W and catholic L. Jesuits have always sought to poison the church.

sn00tz00ton World's largest aircraft breaks cover in Silicon Valley

Looks awesome, but I'm reminded of something I read ages ago that planes occasionally land in the USA with bullet holes in them and its "normal" according to ATC. How would something LTA deal with that?

sn00tz00ton The Uprising of Mesopunk Books

seethe

sn00tz00ton China's TikTok users are being told that Aristotle did not exist

I'm actually interested in the reasons but I can't view the article unfortunately. Can anyone give bullet points as to why this Jin Cantong person believes Aristotle isn't real?

A lot of westerners really enjoy Chinese history, and some (Western) Christian sects have even incorporated aspects of it such as the yellow emperor (Huangdi) as a special incarnation.

Just wondering if its some lame ideologically subversive thing or they have inconvenient truths for us.

sn00tz00ton Honda begins selling its silly little briefcase electric scooter in the US

This looks similar to the 'HIMO H1' - some xiaomi miniature e-bike.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrnhd2PGSqw

I bought one and it sucks.

sn00tz00ton Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of AI

Damn there's a lot of stuff in here. Perhaps we should instead recognise these models as "people" to have them fall under existing regulations.

sn00tz00ton Ask HN: How does one move on after a divorce?

foids are evil

sn00tz00ton List Of Adhesive Tapes

Can anyone tell me the benefit of using parafilm over tape/clingwrap in the lab?

Not sure if its just a meme or there's something more to it. Seems like even cling wrap would be better.

sn00tz00ton Psychedelics and mental illness

https://erowid.org/experiences/subs/exp_Mushrooms.shtml

Neat list of mushroom trip experiences.

Ranging from schizophrenic horror unimagined to unenglishable religious experiences.

I've had both experiences in the same trip. I'd hate to be on my deathbed and have a bad trip tho.

sn00tz00ton Germany got its gold back (2017)

Whats the deal with countries keeping their gold overseas anyway?

Here in Australia they tried to audit the bank of England (London?) for our gold and had issues.

sn00tz00ton Reversing hearing loss with regenerative therapy

I've heard anecdotal evidence that psilocybin can help those hard of hearing