Anchovy spawning causes temperature swings and turbulence in ocean layers
Link: hakaimagazine.com/news/anchovy…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…
It’s not the size of the fish that counts, it’s the motion of the ocean.Hakai Magazine
US President Joe Biden said that he would veto the bill if it reached his deskThe Cradle
Tracking what U.S. government agencies do not want the public to know when they try to thwart Freedom of Information Act requests for recordsKevin Gosztola (The Dissenter)
By John Perry on February 6, 2024 Why do United Nations human rights bodies focus on some countries, but not others? Why do organizations like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International appear to…Resumen LatinoAmericano English
News - Middle East: The US military announces carrying out a drone strike against the eastern section of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing three people, including a senior commander of Iraq's Kata'ib Hezbollah resistance group.english.almasirah.net.ye
Ukrainian analysts are sounding the alarm over the rapid decline in the birth rate, which has halved over the past few years.pogribnyack.dasha (English News front)
The data coming from the front allow us to conclude that chemical weapons are being used en masse by Ukraine in special operations.pogribnyack.dasha (English News front)
A distributed systems reading list
Link: ferd.ca/a-distributed-systems-…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…
An old document I surfaced with my quick tour of distributed systems theory fundamentalsferd.ca
At least 18 killed in traffic accident in DR Congo capital-english.news.cn
Web design inspiration catalog
Link: curated.design/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…
Unleash your creativity with out-of-this-world web design inspiration from across the web.www.curated.design
Durch die Rote Wüste Westaustraliens | Karijini-Nationalpark
Sprudelnde Bäche und schattige Wälder inmitten der Roten Wüste Westaustraliens - der Karijini Nationalpark ist eine der ältesten Landschaften der Erde. Geologen wollen hier herausfinden, wie und wann erstes Leben auf dem Planeten entstanden ist.
News - Yemen: The United States and Britain have carried out fresh aerial bombings against two Yemeni provinces in response to the country's pro-Palestinian strikes.english.almasirah.net.ye
In April-May this year, India, now one of the world’s leading powers, will hold general elections to choose the members of its lower house...Владимир Терехов (New Eastern Outlook)
A prisoner of war from Kherson direction, told about how servicemen are deceived by the Ukrainian government.gromoffaleksa (English News front)
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FCC rules AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal
Link: fcc.gov/document/fcc-makes-ai-…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…
The FCC announced the unanimous adoption of a Declaratory Ruling that recognizes calls made with AI-generated voices are "artificial" under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).www.fcc.gov
Ramallah /PNN / President Mahmoud Abbas met with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at the presidential headquarenglish.pnn.ps
Rurik Skywalker of The Slavland Chronicles discusses the false East-West divide and how the real name of the game is convergence: creating a one-world elite.Geopolitics & Empire
By the end of 2034, the public debt of the United States could reach a mark in historical values – 116 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) – and will continue to increase.gromoffaleksa (English News front)
Moscow is one of the key pillars of the economic bloc, Anil Sooklal has saidBRICS
Today, there are twice as many students from Africa enrolled in Russian universities as there were during the USSR.Kolozeg.Org
Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard
Link: blog.google/products/gemini/ba…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…
Bard is now known as Gemini, with a mobile app and an Advanced experience that gives you access to our most capable AI model, Ultra 1.0.Sissie Hsiao (Google)
The power of two random choices
Link: brooker.co.za/blog/2012/01/17/…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to the USA to motivate Congress to vote in favour of aid to Ukraine was unsuccessful. This was reported by the Politico newspaper.gromoffaleksa (English News front)
The United States has assassinated a senior commander of Iranian-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah right in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The commander,...Anonymous669 (South Front)
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Carefully chosen words and turns of phrase serve as lubricant for US-backed military machines With Israel’s punitive operation against Gaza now in its fourth month, it’s impossible not to compare Western outrage regarding other conflicts with the sel…Kolozeg.Org
US officials have admitted on condition of confidentiality that the Russian Il-76 aircraft carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war was shot down using a Patriot surface-to-air missile system. This was reported by The New York Times. “Publicly, U.S.gromoffaleksa (English News front)
China and the League of Arab States are working together amid intensifying major-country competitionBRICS
My experiment in phonelessness was a failure, and it also changed my life
Link: theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…
Two months after Rhik Samadder ended his phone detox, he realises some of its lessons actually stuck with himRhik Samadder (The Guardian)
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said that former US President Ronald Reagan would “turn over in his grave” if he learnt the Republicans’ position on Ukraine’s financing.gromoffaleksa (English News front)
UK arms firms have supplied parts for Israel’s F-16 jets, which bombed a British medical charity in Gaza.JOHN McEVOY (Declassified Media ltd)
Pakistan cuts off phone and internet services on election day
Link: techcrunch.com/2024/02/07/paki…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…
Pakistan has temporarily suspended mobile phone network and internet services across the country to combat any "possible threats," a top ministry said, as Pakistan has temporarily suspended mobile phone services across the country.Manish Singh (TechCrunch)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has removed Valeriy Zaluzhny from the post of commander-in-chief of the country’s Armed Forces and appointed Aleksandr Syrsky to the post.gromoffaleksa (English News front)
By Pavan Kulkarni – Feb 5, 2024 Despite the prohibition by Kenya’s High Court, President William Ruto has vowed to deploy policemen within this week to Haiti. Communist Party of Kenya leade…Orinoco Tribune - News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond
According to a US defense spokesperson, war with Russia isBRICS
Pyongyang, February 8 (KCNA) — Yang Myong Song, secretary general of the DPRK-Arab Association, issued the following article “The only way to the settlement of Middle East crisis lies in the termination of double standards of the U.S.Dermot Hudson (KFAUK.com)
One EU official who wished to remain anonymous told Newsweek that any sanctions would require evidence that Carlson isBRICS
Novel drug could protect brains from damage after repeat concussions
Link: medicalxpress.com/news/2024-02…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…
Repeat concussions, also referred to as repetitive mild traumatic brain injury, can lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and raise the risk of Alzheimer's disease.Science X (Medical Xpress)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping noted that trade turnover between the Russian Federation and China has exceeded 200 billion dollars. This was reported by the Kremlin press service.gromoffaleksa (English News front)
ARTE Journal (08/02/2024) | Wahlen in Pakistan / Wahlausschluss in Russland / Hitzerekord
In Pakistan haben die Menschen unter scharfen Sicherheitsvorkehrungen gewählt, Ex-Premier Sharif gibt sich siegessicher. / In Russland wurde der einzige ernsthafte Gegenkandidat Putins Boris Nadeschdin von der Wahl ausgeschlossen.
Die Filmmusik von Maurice Jarre | Lawrence von Arabien
Zur Feier des 100. Geburtstags von Maurice Jarre besinnen sich Bastien Stil und das Orchestre Philharmonique von Radio France auf die Filmmusik des französischen Komponisten.
On 1 and 6 February 2024, education personnel were called upon to strike in order to denounce the government’s reforms and its disregard for them.Worker Wire Services (Labor Today)
Flenn | Dans le Club
Trotz seiner Jugend zählt Flenn zu den ganz Großen in der angesagten Hip-Hop-Szene von Alger. Bei dieser Spezialausgabe von Dans le Club über algerischen Hip Hop ist ein Auftritt von ihm ein Muss.
Stadt Land Kunst | Neapel und Le Corbusier / Wales / Mekka
Linda Lorin lädt auf eine Reise an besondere Orte ein, die sich durch ihr künstlerisches, kulturelles oder landschaftliches Erbe auszeichnen.
Russia and China are becoming increasingly dependent on each other in the aluminium marketBRICS
Show HN: Daily price tracking for Trader Joe's
Link: traderjoesprices.com
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…
Former US military intelligence officer Scott Ritter has said America would “go crazy” over the truth Russian President Vladimir Putin told in an interview with former Fox News journalist Tucker Carlson.gromoffaleksa (English News front)
DPRK Foreign Ministry Researcher on Porous “Missile Information-sharing System” Pyongyang, February 8 (KCNA) — Kim Sol Hwa, a researcher of the Institute for Japan Studies under the DPRK Foreign Ministry, issued the following article “A porous umbrel…Dermot Hudson (KFAUK.com)
Jamaika: Insel der Champions | Stadt Land Kunst (07/02/2024)
Auf die Plätze, fertig, los! Diesen Ruf hört fast jedes jamaikanische Kind einmal, egal ob Mädchen oder Junge. Leichtathletik und insbesondere Kurzstreckenlauf ist hier mehr als nur ein Sport.
Ninety years ago (1934), the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig began writing the book published posthumously in 1942 as Die Welt von Gestern. In 1932, Joseph Roth published Radetzkymarsch.Dissident Voice | a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice
San Salvador, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) The vice president of El Salvador, Felix Ulloa, today questioned the U.S. newspaper The New York Times (NYT) for taking out of context his words that democracy was being eliminated in the country.Ana Luisa Brown (Prensa Latina)
Washington, Jan 7 (Prensa Latina) A group of scientists concluded that global warming is giving rise to hurricanes that deserve to be classified in category 6, the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published.Alina Ramos Martin (Prensa Latina)
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Simple Precision Time Protocol at Meta
Link: engineering.fb.com/2024/02/07/…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…
While deploying Precision Time Protocol (PTP) at Meta, we’ve developed a simplified version of the protocol (Simple Precision Time Protocol – SPTP), that can offer the same level of clock syn…Ahmad Byagowi (Meta)
Washington, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Interruptions to your sleep have been linked to cognitive problems later in life, according to a new study.Pavel López Lazo (Prensa Latina)
Nvidia's "Grace" Arm CPU holds its own against x86 for HPC
Link: nextplatform.com/2024/02/06/nv…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…
In many ways, the “Grace” CG100 server processor created by Nvidia – its first true server CPU and a very useful adjunct for extending the memory space ofTimothy Prickett Morgan (The Next Platform)
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed at dawn Wednesday different areas of the West Bank, raided homes and kidnaped several Palestinian citizens, amid clashes with local youths and resistance fighters.The Palestinian Information Center
Europe's deepest mine to become giant gravity battery
Link: independent.co.uk/tech/gravity…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…
Estimates suggest abandoned mine shafts could store enough electricity to power the planetAnthony Cuthbertson (The Independent)
BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday slammed Taiwan's Democraticenglish.people.com.cn
The Russian Defense Ministry has released footage showing the Kornet portable anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) operated by the Zabaikalsk paratroopers destroying a group of Ukrainian infantry west of Artemovsk.Sputnik International
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IfAmericansKnew | February 5, 2024 Colonel Douglas MacGregor is a 28-year veteran of the US Army who previously served as Senior Advisor to the US Secretary of Defense. During this interview with R…Aletho News
Matt Ehret’s Insights | February 6, 2024 Throughout the past week, I received dozens of requests to share my thoughts on Bret Weinstein’s recent appearance on Tucker Carlson where the intrepi…Aletho News
Although it is well known that China has become the world’s largest and fastest growing economy in the world- outpacing the USA since the unveiling of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, it…the Canadian patriot
