TWeaK

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TWeaK , to Microblog Memes in It's really not a big deal.

Dude this is the internet, the burden of proof is on the person anyone says "Source?" to first.

In seriousness though, we're shooting the shit here. The burden of proof is shared equally. Someone said something, they gave reasoning (a form of evidence) why they think that thing, and you just came and said "No you're wrong." The ball is firmly in your court to explain why.

TWeaK , to Today I Learned in TIL of research into genetically engineering humans for space and living on other planets.

Could well be needed. It's not fully understood, but human space travel - even to the surface of relatively nearby Mars - might not even be viable. Aside from the radiation issue after leaving the Earth's magnetosphere, zero gravity changes the body. When astronauts land they're carefully assisted to get out and placed onto soft bedding. From Chris Hadfield's autobiography, merely standing up after coming home from a few weeks/couple months on the ISS was like standing on a bed of needles. It took about 2 weeks to be able to move around again, which makes me wonder how we'll ever get people on the surface of Mars. The Moon is pretty easy in comparison, much lower gravity and not that far away.

TWeaK , to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics. in Nearly 175 arrested as climate protesters target France’s TotalEnergies and key investor

Pouyanné, who last month floated the idea of a New York listing for the company, told shareholders there was “no question” of TotalEnergies leaving France.

He said in April that there was “a case” to move from the Paris CAC 40 index to New York in search of higher valuations and larger markets.

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, asked by Bloomberg if he would be “happy” with such a move, responded: “Not at all and I would be very surprised.”

Sounds like market manipulation to me.

TWeaK , to Technology in Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue

Just as bad as pineapple on pizza.

Fuck you.

Pineapple contains an enzyme that dissolves flesh. When you eat raw pineapple, it eats you back. This is why your mouth goes kind of numb if you eat a lot of it.

However, with a little bit of heating the enzyme denatures and becomes nonfunctional. Thus, pineapple belongs on pizza.

TWeaK , to NonCredibleDefense in China Uses Giant Rail Gun to Shoot Smart Bomb Nine Miles Into the Sky

Wow.
Meet Your Macher

China's navy has apparently tested out a hypersonic rail gun — basically a device that uses a series of electromagnets to accelerate a projectile to incredible speeds — but during a demonstration of its power, things didn't go quite as planned.

As the South China Morning Post reports, the rail gun test lobbed a precision-guided projectile — or smart bomb — nine miles into the stratosphere. But because it apparently didn't go up as high as it was supposed to, the test was ultimately declared unsuccessful.

This conclusion came after an analysis led by Naval Engineering University professor Lu Junyong, whose team found with the help of AI that even though the winged smart bomb exceeded Mach 5 speeds, it didn't perform as well as it could have.

This occurred, as Lu's team found, because the projectile was spinning too fast during its ascent, resulting in an "undesirable tilt."
Gun for Everybody

Successful or not, news of the test is a pretty big deal given that it was just a few months ago that reports emerged about China's other proposed super-powered rail gun, which is intended to send astronauts on a Boeing 737-size ship into space (NASA had begun building its own astronaut-shooting railgun in the 1990s, but had to abandon it due to lack of dinero.)

As with many space technologies, there's the propensity for some messy overlap with military tech. As such, news about the smart bomb rail gun test, which for the record did not make it all the way to space, could well freak out officials stateside.

Chinese officials, meanwhile, are paying lip service to the hypersonic rail gun technology's potential to revolutionize civilian travel by creating even faster railways and consumer space launches, too.

Despite the big promises of politicos, there are still lots of technical kinks that'll need to be ironed out before a giant rail gun is ready to shoot humans — or weapons — into space, not least of which the spinning and tilt issues demonstrated by the Naval Engineering University researchers in this test.

More on Chinese military tech: China Working on Super-Fast Submarines Powered by Lasers

TWeaK , to NonCredibleDefense in China Uses Giant Rail Gun to Shoot Smart Bomb Nine Miles Into the Sky

Mulch + uBlock Origin makes it clean enough.

TWeaK , to Political Memes in 45%

45% overall would be far higher than 125k. You would have 20% tax up to £50k, 40% tax between £50k and £125k, and then 45% tax above £125k. So in order to be taxed 45% overall you would have to earn well over £125k, as a significant portion of your earnings would still be taxed at the lower rates. You don't start paying the higher rate until you're earning it, and even then you pay the lower rate for any earnings below the threshold.

The UK tax system also has a werid position between about £100k and £125k. There is a tax free allowance between 0 and around £12.5k, when you earn over £100k this starts to reduce until £125k where it is entirely removed. After £125k you start making money again, but with earnings of between £100k and £125k per year you can actually take home less.

There is specific maths that clear this up more consisely (not least because thresholds change every year) but that's the general gist of it.

TWeaK , to Security in New Wi-Fi Vulnerability Enables Network Eavesdropping via Downgrade Attacks

Damn, this could be huge, it sounds like it affects everything.

Also, I'll be damned if I'm going to use AitM. It's Man in the Middle. If you want it to be de-gendered just think of it as 'man, ie an abbreviation for human.

TWeaK , to Political Memes in 45%

When Reagan was in office I think it was 95% for income over $1,000,000. He claimed that if he was getting taxed 95% for making a movie, he wouldn't make a movie, and everyone else involved would be out of work. Because sure, they're not going to just hire another actor instead... Unfortunately idiots believed him.

TWeaK , to Political Memes in 45%

Actually the UK's Higher Tax Rate is 40% for income above £50k, but when you add in National Insurance tax the total rate of tax is 42% (with 28% for earnings between £12k and £50k).

For incomes over £125k under the Additional Tax Rate it's 45% (47% with National Insurance. So a significant number of high income workers do get taxed 45% or above, at least for a portion of their salaried/wage income.

The kicker is that the wealthy don't earn most of their money working for an income, they do it through investments, which is covered under capital gains tax. Income tax starts at 20% and goes up with income, meanwhile capital gains tax starts at 20% and goes down through loopholes.

The issue isn't income tax, that's just making the plebs fight against one another. The issue is capital gains tax and all the loopholes the ultra wealthy use to avoid paying their share. These people don't contribute to society, they don't work, they just make money off of their money and other peoples' work.

TWeaK , to Cool Guides in Map of Drug Cartels in Mexico 2024

What's with Coahuila? Almost looks like the cartels intentionally stay out.

TWeaK , to Portland in Cans are raining down from a Portland highrise...and nobody knows who is behind it

It's just soup for your family.

TWeaK , to Technology in Google declares the end of the World Wide Web

Meanwhile they're hiding the Maps button and forcing you to use maps in situ on the main search page.

TWeaK , to Solarpunk in Prominent Android manufacturers commit to supporting phone software for 7 years

You can provide software updates while still having planned obsolescence.

TWeaK , to Map Enthusiasts in EU states signing declaration committing to legal equality, protection, national strategies and work for social acceptance of LGBTIQ people

Good ol' Estonia

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