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Rounding errors may cause winners to become losers and losers winners, Bezos and James Webb both fall to Earth, and beyond lobster shortages, now crabs.
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The floating point: Rounding error in timing devices (American Journal of Physics)

Apple’s weather app won’t say it’s 69 degrees (The Verge)

Progressives call out Jeff Bezos’s space flight as “self-indulgent” and renew calls for wealth tax (CNN)

NASA investigates renaming James Webb telescope after anti-LGBT+ claims (Nature)

Consider the $34 Lobster Roll (New York Times)

Record lobster prices sign of sky-high demand (SeafoodSource)

Mysterious blue crab shortage spawns big-time sticker shock (E&E News)

Glenn on Twitter (Twitter)

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