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Enormous ‘rogue waves’ can appear out of nowhere
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> Why do they run so many scripts, that call other scripts, that call other scripts...? To answer your question with a question, how much money did you take out of your pocket and give to National Geographic in exchange for reading the article?
Well since their website is unusable (never mind the fact that a nature magazine has turned to culture war) I won’t be giving them anything.
The worst part is when you pay for a 12 month subscription and they cancel it after 11 and ask you to renew.
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#54This article is hard to read, like most media outlets these days. Why do they run so many scripts, that call other scripts, that call other scripts...? Here's the nutshell anyway, via Firefox + NoScript + Ublock Origin and selectively blocking certain elements: > "Scientists have since figured out that unlike tsunamis, which are large waves produced by a sudden displacement of water from an event such as an earthquak…
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#55If you've ever double bounced someone on a trampoline it's the same effect. Constructive interference is awesome.
The causes of rogue waves are not understood.
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Firefox mobile allows uBlock and noscript extensions.
I refuse to do actual browsing without NoScript in place. No ads, no popups, nothing. Well, sometimes there's literally nothing, because SPA, but most of time it's just some kind of cover or body opacity set to 0. Totally worth the tradeoff on desktop and mobile. No ads, man. No fucking ads
I use NoScript and have for years but it sure gets exhausting to go to a site and find, in many cases, several dozen scripts that have to be "temp trusted" to get anywhere. I usually give up.
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#57Non subscription link?
Use reader mode. Worked for me in Safari on desktop, anyway.
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#58If you've ever double bounced someone on a trampoline it's the same effect. Constructive interference is awesome.
The causes of rogue waves are not understood.
Is there a lot more to it than "random waves, it's less and less likely for them to overlap more and more, but sometimes that too happens"?
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#60The math of rogue waves is discussed at https://community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/2399430
That page completely locked up Chrome on my Pixel 4a.
https://origin.wolframcdn.com/consent/cookie-consent.php
I think it's because of a cert issue? Locks up my computer, too. I'm surprised Chrome doesn't kill the runaway code.