"Want to Avoid a Hit to Your Smart Bassinet’s I.Q.? Better Pay Up." - Sandra Garcia, NYT, 16AUG2024
>last month, Happiest Baby, the company that makes Snoo, began charging for access to some premium features that used to be available at no extra cost. Now, access to app needed to lock in the bassinet’s rocking level, to track the baby’s sleep and to use the weaning mode, will cost $20 a month.
>“Nothing is changing for anyone who bought their Snoo directly from Happiest Baby or any kind of partner before July 15,” Lexi Montée Busch, the head of marketing at Happiest Baby, said. “Those people are grandfathered in.”
>Ajay Patel, a father and physician in a suburb of Atlanta, said that he woke up one morning to his 1-month-old daughter crying and found the Snoo, which he bought for $600, wasn’t activating as it normally would.
>“It updated overnight, and it changed the settings as our daughter was sleeping, which is a little scary, that a company can do that.”
https://archive.ph/nsMQk
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>last month, Happiest Baby, the company that makes Snoo, began charging for access to some premium features that used to be available at no extra cost. Now, access to app needed to lock in the bassinet’s rocking level, to track the baby’s sleep and to use the weaning mode, will cost $20 a month.
>“Nothing is changing for anyone who bought their Snoo directly from Happiest Baby or any kind of partner before July 15,” Lexi Montée Busch, the head of marketing at Happiest Baby, said. “Those people are grandfathered in.”
>Ajay Patel, a father and physician in a suburb of Atlanta, said that he woke up one morning to his 1-month-old daughter crying and found the Snoo, which he bought for $600, wasn’t activating as it normally would.
>“It updated overnight, and it changed the settings as our daughter was sleeping, which is a little scary, that a company can do that.”
https://archive.ph/nsMQk
(Tech L)
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Attached is a video (hidden with spoiler) of a Russian bleeding edge high tech weapon striking a Bushmaster MRAP. The drone is flying impossibly low to the ground without losing signal. This type of hit likely fills the crew compartment with chunks of engine. Included are photos of its construction.
Unlike the West, Russians have never claimed to be in possession of a high tech science weapon equipped army (nukes excluded.) Yet, they have this new weapon, and the science-based West is far from producing a working copy.
This drone is operated via a 10.813km spool of fiber optic cable, with the wire guided control module, and fishing reel. While this design has a few significant drawbacks, it is completely immune to any form of jamming, or loss of signal caused by terrain obstruction.
The bleeding edge science weapon is a fishing reel equipped, wire guided, commercially-available quadcopter armed with a field-taped RPG carrot.
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Unlike the West, Russians have never claimed to be in possession of a high tech science weapon equipped army (nukes excluded.) Yet, they have this new weapon, and the science-based West is far from producing a working copy.
This drone is operated via a 10.813km spool of fiber optic cable, with the wire guided control module, and fishing reel. While this design has a few significant drawbacks, it is completely immune to any form of jamming, or loss of signal caused by terrain obstruction.
The bleeding edge science weapon is a fishing reel equipped, wire guided, commercially-available quadcopter armed with a field-taped RPG carrot.
(science weapon)
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Science Cringe
Attached is a video (hidden with spoiler) of a Russian bleeding edge high tech weapon striking a Bushmaster MRAP. The drone is flying impossibly low to the ground without losing signal. This type of hit likely fills the crew compartment with chunks of engine.…
This is a screenshot and photo of a Russian Tu-95 prop powered nuclear bomber that generated controversy in 2020 by flying close to Alaska. Next to it is a high-tech F-22 jet.
Who would win?
https://archive.ph/eH9k4
(science weapons)
Who would win?
https://archive.ph/eH9k4
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"Smoking, estradiol metabolism and hormone replacement therapy" - Alfred O Mueck, Harald Seeger, Arzneimittelforschung, 2003
>smoking can reduce or completely cancel the efficacy of orally administered estrogens
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12608008/
https://www.libgen.is/scimag/10.1055%2Fs-0031-1297063
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>smoking can reduce or completely cancel the efficacy of orally administered estrogens
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12608008/
https://www.libgen.is/scimag/10.1055%2Fs-0031-1297063
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"Saturn’s majestic rings will vanish in just six months from now" - Eric Ralls, earthcom, 03SEP24
https://archive.ph/oP1px
Republish of Smithsonian article from 2023
https://archive.ph/6i8ei
https://archive.ph/oP1px
Republish of Smithsonian article from 2023
https://archive.ph/6i8ei
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Let's read the wiki page on g and IQ. This is a highly political article, and those who preach equality are extremely sore about this information.
tl;dr: g, which is what an IQ test is a measure of, is extremely predictive of everything, from school test performance, to income, to criminality (negative correlation.) It is highly heritable (genetic,) and is a strong measure of your personal worth to society.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_factor_(psychometrics)
https://archive.ph/wip/gMjbl
tl;dr: g, which is what an IQ test is a measure of, is extremely predictive of everything, from school test performance, to income, to criminality (negative correlation.) It is highly heritable (genetic,) and is a strong measure of your personal worth to society.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_factor_(psychometrics)
https://archive.ph/wip/gMjbl
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"The U.S. Navy Looks Like Its in Serious Decline" - Peter Suciu, National Interest, 08SEP2024
>The U.S. Navy is grappling with persistent mechanical failures and delays across its fleet, from Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) to larger vessels like the USS Iwo Jima and USS Boxer, both of which have been plagued by breakdowns.
>Compounding the issue, the Navy's supercarrier midlife refueling process, designed to take three years, has stretched to nearly six.
>With older vessels breaking down and new projects like the Zumwalt-class destroyers proving costly, the Navy faces operational challenges and billions in additional costs.
>The United States Navy's littoral combat ships (LCS) have been plagued by numerous breakdowns that the small coastal vessels have earned the nickname " Little Crappy Ships." Several of the oldest vessels have already been retired, many have been pulled from service more than a decade ahead of schedule.
https://archive.ph/4IWKs
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>The U.S. Navy is grappling with persistent mechanical failures and delays across its fleet, from Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) to larger vessels like the USS Iwo Jima and USS Boxer, both of which have been plagued by breakdowns.
>Compounding the issue, the Navy's supercarrier midlife refueling process, designed to take three years, has stretched to nearly six.
>With older vessels breaking down and new projects like the Zumwalt-class destroyers proving costly, the Navy faces operational challenges and billions in additional costs.
>The United States Navy's littoral combat ships (LCS) have been plagued by numerous breakdowns that the small coastal vessels have earned the nickname " Little Crappy Ships." Several of the oldest vessels have already been retired, many have been pulled from service more than a decade ahead of schedule.
https://archive.ph/4IWKs
(Dark Age of Technology)
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"Russia set to ‘build fake London out of plywood then nuke it’ in warning to West" - Oliver Trapnell, GBNews, 08SEP24
https://archive.ph/OqdjW
(science weapons)
https://archive.ph/OqdjW
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"Beer glasses are too big, scientists say — here’s why they want to shrink down the traditional pint" - Brooke Steinberg, NYPost, 18SEP2024
>Your beer glass might soon become smaller — and this time, it’s not about shrinkflation.
>A group of scientists in the UK — interested in finding innovative ways to encourage the public to cut back on excessive drinking — have released findings of a study involving a dozen pubs, bars and restaurants where pint glasses were swapped out for something slightly smaller.
>The research, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, suggested that offering two-thirds of a pint as the largest size in drinkeries nationwide might be a boon for public health.
https://archive.ph/zIFGK
(science?)
>Your beer glass might soon become smaller — and this time, it’s not about shrinkflation.
>A group of scientists in the UK — interested in finding innovative ways to encourage the public to cut back on excessive drinking — have released findings of a study involving a dozen pubs, bars and restaurants where pint glasses were swapped out for something slightly smaller.
>The research, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, suggested that offering two-thirds of a pint as the largest size in drinkeries nationwide might be a boon for public health.
https://archive.ph/zIFGK
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Science Cringe
"Russia set to ‘build fake London out of plywood then nuke it’ in warning to West" - Oliver Trapnell, GBNews, 08SEP24 https://archive.ph/OqdjW (science weapons)
"Satellite Images Reveal Russia's Failed Nuclear Missile Test: Report" - Flynn Nicholls, Newsweek, 22SEP2024
>Satellite imagery revealed that a recent Russian test of the RS-28 Sarmat ICBM ended in failure, according to OSINT.
>The test, which took place on Saturday at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwest Russia, resulted in the missile exploding in its launch silo, leaving a massive crater and causing significant damage to the test site.
>This is the fourth unsuccessful test of the Sarmat ICBM. Russia claims the missile is already on "combat alert."
>Report comesdays after Sergey Lavrov warned that Moscow's nuclear weapons are at "full combat readiness."
>Lavrov said "We talk about red lines, expecting that our assessments, statements will be heard by intelligent, decision-making people. It is not serious to say that if tomorrow you do not do what I demand of you, we will press the 'red button.'
https://archive.ph/2Y8lI
(Science Weapons)
>Satellite imagery revealed that a recent Russian test of the RS-28 Sarmat ICBM ended in failure, according to OSINT.
>The test, which took place on Saturday at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwest Russia, resulted in the missile exploding in its launch silo, leaving a massive crater and causing significant damage to the test site.
>This is the fourth unsuccessful test of the Sarmat ICBM. Russia claims the missile is already on "combat alert."
>Report comesdays after Sergey Lavrov warned that Moscow's nuclear weapons are at "full combat readiness."
>Lavrov said "We talk about red lines, expecting that our assessments, statements will be heard by intelligent, decision-making people. It is not serious to say that if tomorrow you do not do what I demand of you, we will press the 'red button.'
https://archive.ph/2Y8lI
(Science Weapons)
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