HackerNews Summary (2023-05-31 10AM)

Source: Hardy Fox, of the Avant-Garde Band the Residents (Maybe), Dies at 73

Summary
Hardy Fox, a driving force behind the avant-garde band the Residents, known for their subversion of rock music and anonymity, has passed away at 73.

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💿 The Residents embraced cacophonous, absurdist music, becoming forebearers of punk, new wave and industrial music.

🎭 Their performances often came with outlandish costumes, never revealing their true identities.

📼 Music video pioneers, The Residents were also known as performance and visual artists who critiqued pop culture.

🎶 Their music juxtaposed strangled-sounding vocals, low-tech electronic drones, challenging what rock ‘n’ roll had become.

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Source: India cuts periodic table and evolution from school textbooks — experts are baffled

Summary
India has removed the topics of evolution, the periodic table, and sources of energy from the curriculum for students under 16. Other environmental sustainability-themed topics have also been cut for younger learners, while cuts have also been made to biology, chemistry, geography, mathematics, and physics for students in higher years. Over 4,500 scientists and teachers have signed a petition calling for the axed science content to return.

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🎓 The periodic table provides a fundamental understanding of how life’s building blocks combine to generate substances with different properties.

🌍 Chapters on environmental topics such as water, air pollution, and resource management have all been removed from the curriculum.

💡 A chapter on sources of energy, ranging from fossil fuels to renewables, has also been cut.

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Source: Rocket Carrying North Korea’s First Spy Satellite Crashes Into the Sea

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North Korea’s attempt to launch a military satellite failed as the rocket lost thrust mid-flight and crashed into the Sea of Korea. It has been condemned as a violation of international agreements, and North Korea says it will carry out a second launch soon.

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🚀 The Chollima-1 rocket launch was carrying the Malligyong-1 spy satellite.

🌊 The rocket crashed into the sea off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula.

🛰️ North Korea currently has two satellites in orbit, but neither are spy satellites.

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Source: Weight loss surgeries rise substantially among adolescents: research

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Obesity rates in American children have increased, with severe obesity being the fastest-growing subcategory. Metabolic and bariatric surgeries among adolescents between ages 10 and 19 have increased 20% between 2020 and 2021. Additionally, metabolic and bariatric surgeries were found to be safe and effective treatments for severe obesity.

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🩺 Metabolic and bariatric surgeries increased almost 20% among American teenagers and children between 2020-2021.

🍔 Severe obesity rates grew from 5.6% in 2015 to 6.5% in 2018, about 4.8 million youths.

🏥 Metabolic and bariatric surgeries are considered a safe and effective treatment for severe obesity when medically necessary.

🩺 In 2021, 1,349 youths completed metabolic and bariatric surgeries compared to 1,235 in 2020.

🌎 The prevalence of obesity in US children ages 2 to 19 years from 2017 to 2020 was approximately 19.7%, equating to roughly 14.7 million children and adolescents.

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Source: What’s the best AWS S3 protocol alternative?

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This package includes features such as battery support for file grant privilege control and presigned URL with path support.

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🔋 This package includes battery support for file grant privilege control.

🌐 It offers presigned URL with path support.

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