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Clearing Strait of Hormuz of mines could take 6 months, Pentagon tells Congress

The Pentagon assessment, shared in a classified briefing for lawmakers, suggests gasoline and oil prices could remain elevated through the midterm elections
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-se

Clearing Strait of Hormuz of mines could take 6 months, Pentagon tells Congress
The Pentagon assessment, shared in a classified briefing for lawmakers, suggests gasoline and oil prices could remain elevated through the midterm elections.

So if there is peace today, Hormuz will not be safe for the next six months. And peace is not even close. Governments have to adjust their scenarios if this estimate is correct. Flow of oil will be disrupted for a long time.
#iran #usa

Clearing Strait of Hormuz of mines could take 6 months, Pentagon tells Congress
The Pentagon assessment, shared in a classified briefing for lawmakers, suggests gasoline and oil prices could remain elevated through the midterm elections.

Sources: Patriots promote Kuhr to full-time DC https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47959515/patriots-zak-kuhr-elevated-interim-role-full-d-coordinator

Today's #HamRadio project was making elevated radials for an HF vertical. I have a 25' whip, a JPC-12, and some random parts I made. My idea is to have more efficient elevated radials, but unlike ground-coupled radials, elevated radials need to be tuned.
I thought this would take me 1–2 hours.
It took about 5 hours.
When you have ground-coupled radials, you have only o…

China's smartphone shipments declined 4% YoY in Q1 amid memory shortages; Huawei's shipments grew 2% YoY for a 20% market share, iPhone grew 20% for a 19% share (Ivan Lam/Counterpoint Research)
https://counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/china-smartphone…

Air Canada has announced a temporary suspension of flights from Toronto and Montreal to New York’s John F Kennedy airport
-- citing rising fuel prices.
Airlines worldwide may scale back services as aviation fuel costs climb in the wake of the ongoing war with Iran
Although Iran announced on Friday that the strait of Hormuz had reopened, helping ease oil prices, fuel costs remain significantly elevated after weeks of disruption.

"Until just over a week ago, most policymakers had expected the IMF and World Bank meetings to focus on the conflict in the Middle East, tensions in the private credit market, and elevated levels of government debt," and instead they're focusing on Mythos.
https://www.ft.com/con…

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Apple unveils $549 AirPods Max 2, offering an H2 chip, up to 1.5x more effective ANC, studio-quality audio recording, and camera remote, shipping in early April (Apple)
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-introduces-airpods-max-2-powered-by-h2/…

Apple introduces AirPods Max 2
Apple announced AirPods Max 2, bringing even better ANC, elevated sound quality, and intelligent features to the iconic over-ear design.

Memo: CNN CEO Mark Thompson names CNN's digital chief, Alex MacCallum, as COO, assuming responsibility for consumer strategy, performance tracking, and more (Oliver Darcy/Status)
https://www.status.news/p/cnn-alex-maccallum-mark-thompson-succession-plan

CNN’s Heir Apparent
In a little-noticed move, CNN boss Mark Thompson elevated Alex MacCallum to COO—quietly signaling his preferred succession plan at the network, Status has learned. The move is likely unwelcome news for others at CNN jockeying for the top position.

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Cowboys are wise to place elevated tender on UDFA before free agency https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/02/28/dallas-cowboys-second-round-tender-tj-bass/88897406007/

Experimental Validation of HomHBFEM Simulations of Fast Corrector Magnets for PETRA IV
Jan-Magnus Christmann, Laura Anna Maria D'Angelo, Herbert De Gersem, Sven Pfeiffer, Sajjad Hussain Mirza, Adeel Amjad, Lucas Rousselange, Matthias Thede
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14824 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.14824 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.14824
arXiv:2602.14824v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This paper presents experimental validation of the homogenized harmonic balance finite element method (HomHBFEM), which we have developed as a dedicated simulation technique for magnets with fast excitation cycles, in particular the fast corrector (FC) magnets for PETRA IV at DESY. The HomHBFEM allows efficient three-dimensional nonlinear eddy-current simulations of laminated magnets at elevated frequencies with a relatively coarse finite element (FE) mesh and without computationally expensive time-stepping. This is achieved by combining a frequency-domain-based homogenization technique with the harmonic balance FE method. The simulation results for the magnetic flux density along the axis of the FC magnets as a function of frequency and the resulting integrated transfer function (ITF) are compared to Hall probe and search coil measurements of the first prototype FC magnet for PETRA IV. A good agreement between simulated and measured ITFs is achieved for excitation frequencies from 10 Hz to 10 kHz.
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Word and Excel vs LLMs.
Secretaries became executive assistants, their role evolved to higher-level coordination, communication, and decision support. Accountants gained the ability to do far more analysis, strategic planning, and advisory work. The tools eliminated tedious manual tasks, but the roles themselves weren't eliminated. They were elevated.
The same pattern applies to programmers. LLMs can handle boilerplate, generate first drafts, automate simple tasks.

Tapping into Sam Darnold's mind: How abandoning pursuit of perfection elevated Seahawks QB https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7022865/2026/02/06/sam-darnold-seahawks-super-bowl-ghosts-mind/

Ant, which elevated its health unit to the same level as Alipay and its lending businesses, is betting on AI-powered healthcare to fuel its next phase of growth (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-10/ja…

The three leading Democratic contenders facing off for #Illinois' open Senate seat on Tuesday have
✅ vowed to extensively reform or eliminate U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
-- a reflection of how the killings of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota earlier this year have elevated immigration as a top issue for the party in this year's midterm elections.
A strong stance agai…

With YIMBYs like this, who needs NIMBYs?
*yes, SF YIMBY endorsed the two sponsors of this ordinance, Matt Dorsey and Bilal Mahmood
https://missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-soma-store-ban-drug-crime-deterrence/

S.F. supervisors vote to expand late-night store ban to parts of SoMa  
Board of Supervisors committee elevated a proposed store-closure ordinance, following public support from some community stakeholders

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It seems more and more clear that even if the war ends tomorrow, we are looking at elevated gas price for a long time.
Another miscalculation of Trump in this idiotic war, expert at shooting hims…

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-confirms-claude-is-down-in-a-worldwide-outage/

Anthropic confirms Claude is down in a worldwide outage
Claude appears to be having a major outage right now, with elevated errors reported across all platforms.

Disney names Dana Walden, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment, as its president and chief creative officer, a newly created role, effective March 18 (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/disney-ceo-josh-damaro-bob-iger-1236707115/

Disney Names Josh D’Amaro CEO, Dana Walden President & Chief Creative Officer
Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D'Amaro has been elevated to CEO of the Walt Disney Co., capping a lengthy process of picking Bob Iger's successor.

In a boring Super Bowl, NBC's Mike Tirico was the best quarterback https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7032159/2026/02/09/super-bowl-60-nbc-mike-tirico/

Anthropic reports elevated errors on claude.ai, console, and Claude Code, starting at 11:49 UTC and impacting logins, and says the API "is working as intended" (Mayank Parmar/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/arti…

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Anthropic says "a fix is being implemented" after elevated errors on claude.ai and Claude Code, starting at 11:49 UTC; the Claude API remained functional (Mayank Parmar/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/arti

Seahawks elevate two RBs from practice squad https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47862073/seahawks-elevate-cam-akers-velus-jones-jr-ahead-sb-lx

Financial markets fall to new 2026 low as oil rises again
The longer oil prices remain elevated, it’s going to be harder to avoid a bad economic outcome,”
said Tom Porcelli, chief economist at Wells Fargo.
If the increase in oil prices holds for the next several months, that economic headwind could cancel out the tax cuts and other stimulus that the Trump administration was counting on, he added.

Financial leaders around the world have begun to warn that the global econo…

Financial markets fall to new 2026 low as oil rises again
Consumer sentiment in the economy dropped to its lowest level since December, as investors, businesses and consumers worry about the Iran conflict.

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If you think #vibecoding is fine, let me ask you a single question: would you use a medical device whose software was vibecoded? And by "medical device" I mean something where a bug could literally kill you.
If you answered "oh, gawd, no!" then consider that anytime you use an #LLM to contribute to or develop an #OpenSource project, there's a chance that this code will end up powering such a device. And even if it doesn't, you're setting a trend, and it will be even more likely that the software used by these devices will be vibecoded.
I have type 1 #diabetes. I also lead a physically active life. This is both a blessing and a curse. My doctors keep suggesting Constant Glucose Monitoring systems and insulin pumps to me. And I do realize that such hardware would likely improve my blood glucose, and definitely make my life much easier (especially with a closed loop system).
So why do my fingertips look like crap, and I keep using a glucometer and insulin pens? Because I don't want to risk my life to an unnecessarily complex technology.
Admittedly, I occasionally get things wrong and suffer consequences. Or I suspect I got them wrong and worry. Or meet an unexpected situation and need to figure out a way out. Or even accept having elevated glucose levels (as in nearing 200 mg/dl) because there's just no way to safely fit insulin doses on a particular day.
But still, I prefer having control and risking my own mistakes to a device that could suddenly start pumping insulin because of a bug. And that was even before the story of the application that stripped the decimal point and gave people ten times the dose. Or the one about CGMs giving wrong high glucose alerts. Or the whole vibecoding fancy.
Back then, I could have considered such a device. Now, I'm more worried than ever. And honestly, I'm hoping that relatively simple glucometers will remain available. To think that my worst fear used to be of a mechanical fault…
#AI #NoAI #NoLLM

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