While I do agree with the sentiment that spyware like this should not only be regulated, but better yet, not be allowed to exist at all, this article seems to be terribly written.

It implies many things by cherry-picking quotes and implying the magnitude of numbers where none exist (see their point regarding the slice of the European budget of the worldwide spyware industry). It also seems odd to portray the US as a winning contender, when 70% of the US’ national intelligence budget goes to private companies. In fact, one of the companies criticized – the british BAE Systems – receives nearly $2 Billion in intelligence spending alone from the US (according to their own 2021 fiscal report). Here might a good time to highlight how ridiculous their pointed criticism of Europe’s lack of a “common regulatory framework” is, since here the US has even less regulatory power than the EU would have for it’s internal market.This article seems to be attacking what it can see, which are publicly visible European intelligence firms as opposed to the classified going-ons of their American counterparts.

TL;DR:

1. Am I stupid?
2. Is the author stupid?
3. Is this news outlet stupid?

Oh shit looks like you got em’

Who wouldn’t? They are doing some of the most advanced rocket science on the planet. Of course, trusting corporations statements and research is an entire topic of it’s own. Taking Elon Musk seriously on the other hand…

Thanks! Both look like very decent studies so I am not certain where the difference comes from. I suspect that the division into age brackets, or averaging across all of the them may be the cause. Either way, it seems that the effects of being slightly overweight are barely statistically significant. The more you know

After some cursory research ([1] among other meta-analyses), this does not seem to be true below the age of 80. Could you cite a source?

[1] https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30175-1

The difference between an orbit that lasts 5 years and one that lasts a hundred is approximately 100-200km, the limit is quite sharp and actually quite tricky to get exactly right. That will cost you about a millisecond or two in latency tops. It is more likely that SpaceX is required to adhere to rules made by the FCC/FAA.

Feeling pretty called out, ngl

What the hell is this? I am wondering if the people in this picture ever even met boys and men that wrote fan fiction, because it sure as hell never was cool. Writing in general in many genres like romance, poetry - and of course fan fiction - got young men I knew bullied. The girls I knew also were made of fun of for it, but typically less so. Except for creative writing being more normalized for women in the cultures I have experienced, I would argue this is a gender agnostic issue. The later posts get it, imo

Huh. Apparently we justed needed to start a new platform to start dropping the real life pro tips. Seriously, where have you guys been keeping these??!?