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Forschung in China: 1000 spezielle Drohnen könnten Taiwan von Starlink abklemmen
In China wird weiter überlegt, wie Taiwan im Falle einer Auseinandersetzung von Starlink abgeklemmt werden könnte. Die jüngste Idee setzt auf tausende Drohnen.

Abgang von Tim Cook: Bericht über schnellen Apple-CEO-Wechsel verfrüht?
Apple sucht langfristig einen neuen CEO. Doch ein Austausch von Tim Cook zwischen Januar und Juni 2026 ist einem Bericht zufolge nicht geplant.

1. Plan going to Opole, via Kościan.
2. When you enter the train to Kościan, you discover that the change to Opole is delayed 15 minutes already. Consider changing in Leszno instead; if the delay increases, you'd have more options there.
3. Discover that there aren't any more options in Leszno today. Your change is delayed 30 minutes already. Return the reservations, and take one the other way, to Poznań instead.
4. Train station in Kościan. The displays aren't showing any delays, trains are announced normally. Tell people about the delays, so they won't stand in the -10°C waiting for the train to arrive.
5. Take the train to Poznań, and try to figure out what to do next.
6. Discover that the only reasonable choice going forward is Inowrocław: no delays and good return connection. It's the same train, so take another reservation. Your current seat is already taken there, so move elsewhere.
7. Your train should be followed by another one in the same direction, that departs from Poznań 6 minutes later. However, your train ends up waiting for another delayed train, so the other train goes first. The delay further increases as your train needs to slow down after the other train.
8. Reach Inowrocław 10 minutes later. That's not a problem, since you didn't have enough to see for all the time there anyway.
9. Discover that the town is more interesting than you thought, and you'd use more time.
10. When you almost get to the station, discover that your train is 10 minutes late. Not that you have any use for that time at this point.
11. When you're at the station, the train keeps increasing delay while waiting at the previous station, in Bydgoszcz. The station displays are completely useless, as they show only a random subset of regional trains, for no apparent reason. The announcements include all trains, but are rarely given.
12. The delay keeps increasing. Start thinking about getting a reservation for the next train to Poznań, in case it arrived first. You can't return the reservation after the planned departure time, and you can't have two reservations simultaneously, so reserve the seat from Mogilno, the next station.
13. The next train arrives first. While on board, you discover that you're not going to have any train home for 1.5 hr. Take another seat reservation to Leszno, where you can change into a suburban train and get home 15 minutes earlier than from Poznań. This time, your seat is still free.
14. The train departs 15 minutes delayed from Poznań. After all, you're changing trains in Kościan.
So I was going to go south, to Opole, via Kościan. Instead, I've ended up slingshotting north to Inowrocław, and getting back home via the same train as if I were in Opole.
#rail

If you:
🔸create an entangled pair of particles,
🔸and then separate them by a very large distance,
🔸and then measure the quantum state of one of them,
🔹the quantum state of the other one is all-of-a-sudden determined,
-- not at the speed of light, but rather instantaneously.
This has now been demonstrated across distances of hundreds of kilometers over time intervals of under 100 nanoseconds.
If information is being transmitted between these two entangled…

Quantum entanglement wins 2022's Nobel Prize in physics
They say that nobody understands quantum mechanics. But thanks to these three pioneers in quantum entanglement, perhaps we do.

You’re Wasting Time in Java Without These #10 Libraries (sic)
https://medium.com/@gaddamnaveen192/youre-wasting-time-in-java-without-these-10-libraries-87a8c5c6f3ab?sk=0ae4f21f22b0c376642a6a72b4c3cd16

Plant-Based Proteins Are Cheaper Than Meat Right Now #plantbased

Plant-Based Proteins Are Cheaper Than Meat Right Now
A new report has found that as the price of animal products skyrockets in the UK, certain plant-based proteins are now cheaper than meat

🏗️ One startup’s paper-thin stainless steel could change how bridges are built
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/one-startups-paper-thin-stainless-steel-could-change-how-bridges-are-built/

Exclusive: One startup’s paper-thin stainless steel could change how bridges are built | TechCrunch
By coating regular rebar with a thin layer of stainless steel, Allium Engineering could reduce the amount of concrete needed to build a bridge while also prolonging its life.

The very little I know (•very• little! grain of salt!) about getting people out of a cult is that arguing with them just makes them dig in — but gentle, persistent questioning that leads to ever-increasing cumulative cognitive dissonance can actually help them find their way out of the psychological maze. Repeated •questions• — just questions — sustained over time. Make the constructed reality require more and more work to maintain. Make the pile of nagging doubts get larger and larger. Be patient and be persistent.

"Mercedes unveils car with 20% efficient ultra-thin solar coating’"
#Cars #Vehicles
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Mercedes unveils car with 20% efficient ultra-thin solar coating
Mercedes-Benz unveiled its first car prototype with a silicon-free, 20%-efficient nanoparticle solar coating that powers the vehicle even when off and uses modules thinner than a human hair.

When a user doesn't understand your product, they can't use it. But when the team doesn't understand their own product, then NO ONE can.
We neglected the conceptual layer of software development, and products have devolved from a coherent experience into Proper Noun soup. To unwind this self-inflicted problem, we must stop "optimizing" for just one part of the job.
Here's how.
(this is a much deeper problem than "just UX vs UI")

When teams don't understand their own product
A usable product starts with the conceptual model, but designers have "optimized" that work out of the profession. It's time to bring it back.