Army builds new 18.6-mile-range tank-killing weapon
The U.S. Army and Raytheon are working on a newly configured tank-killing “Shaped Charge” 155m precision-guided artillery round as part of a large-scale strategic attempt to outrange enemies and destroy approaching enemy armored columns at safer standoff ranges.
Social-media fact-checking has become a political weapon: Kevin Hassett
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett says social-media platforms like Twitter should be treated like publications if they choose to exercise editorial control and believes leaving fact-checking up to them will lead to political bias. He also believes the economy is on track for a historic second half of the year.
Harry Connick Jr., Brad Pitt and more stars team up for upcoming Grammys special to honor essential workers
Harry Connick Jr., Brad Pitt and more celebrities are teaming up for an upcoming star-studded special, "United We Sing: A Grammy Salute to the Unsung Heroes," which will honor essential workers across America.
Victoria's Secret Angel Romee Strijd pregnant with first child after PCOS diagnosis
Victoria’s Secret Angel Romee Strijd is expecting her first child with husband Laurens van Leeuwen two years after being diagnosed with Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal disorder that can cause fertility issues.
Ask HN: Making meetings compete with each other (not with your ability to work)?
2 by genevpd | 0 comments on Hacker News. I’m working on a meeting app for remote teams that’s unique in that it doesn’t allow people to select times for meetings. It makes meetings compete with each other for a limited number of hours dedicated to all meetings. This forces everyone to change their habits and embrace shorter, focused meetings with fewer people. As a result, the median duration of meetings is 10 minutes, 4% of meetings are 5 only minutes, and some users are reporting a 6+ hour productivity boost every week. This is somewhat like CPU scheduling that makes the system efficient, fast, and fair. For some reason, this concept doesn’t resonate well enough with people of an engineering mindset to take action. At the same time, it’s these same people who suffer most from inefficiently scheduled and very long meetings. Can anyone share any insight on why that might be? If you are an engineer, what’s your take on reading this?