I’m upvoting this post for visibility cause I thought it was interesting, but definitely a bit controversial from a dev perspective (hn comments hit the main points about that)

They had to let him go because quote “there were no laws”

Did we need to play devils advocate today?

I feel like this is definitely the other way around

Nah, he was always kind of a dick. Doesn’t mean his work wasn’t meaningful but it was kind of always there

Asking the important questions

This is super cool. So it was anywhere from 100-1k anti protons transported 5 km, and my fave bit from the article

According to CERN, if the trap fails during transport, the energy released will be around one millionth of a joule – about as much as it takes to press a keyboard key.

Neat!

*22.3% of Americans. Not trying to be pedantic but overestimating the number of fascist supporters emboldens them. Most Americans did not choose this, voter suppression, potential manipulation, and regulatory/political capture did and that’s where the work is needed