Time to dump it.
All posts by Rand Simberg
Recursive Improvement In AI
Thoughts from Eric Drexler.
Inseparable
Sister and brother Ashe and Ember weren’t quite like this when we adopted them, but we did want to keep them together, and they’re a team.
A guy wanted to adopt a cat, but he wouldn't leave his brother's side, so he had to take both of them.pic.twitter.com/Z4YqwB12OI
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 26, 2025
The History Of Palestine
This is brilliant.
Palestinian history (if we're to believe Palestinians)
— The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome (@TheMossadIL) August 26, 2025
1,000,000 BCE:
The first Palestinian emerges from the sea.
20,000 BCE:
Early Palestinians learn how to make fire.
“We make state now?”
“Not yet.”
10,000 BCE:
Early Palestinians invent the wheel.
“We make state now?”
“Not…
Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY!
OK, not tomorrow, but next Sunday, for the next Starship attempt.
[Monday-morning update
Stephen Clark has the story on what went wrong on previous flights, and what they’ve done to prevent a recurrence.
But I have no idea what the phrase “human-rated lander” means.
[Sunday-afternoon update]
Less than two hours to go, weather permitting.
Starship 10 launching tonight https://t.co/EOgGbS3Om7
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 24, 2025
[Bumped]
[Tuesday-morning update]
Third time’s the charm?
A Film Festival
An anti-Communist film festival.
The time is right. People like Castro, Mao, Pol Pot, Stalin, Che, and others should be greeted with at least as much opprobrium as Nazis and Hitler.
Gavin Newsom
The chameleon that destroyed California.
It’s not destroyed yet, and I still hold out hope, but he and the Democrats have certainly done a lot of damage, and it should be a cautionary warning against him as a presidential candidate.
Democrats Demand A New Constitution
Let’s give them one.
The House of Repeal is a good idea, but I’d still like to see a sunset amendment.
Phil McAlister
An interesting interview on the prospects for NASA and commercial space.
“Journalism” School
“Why I left it.”
Much of the blogosphere (including this blog) emerged at the turn of the century because of this.