Covid didn’t cause this so much as accelerate it. These trends were inevitable. And when it comes to education, this is good news. Start funding students, and not “school systems.”
Category Archives: Business
Yes, He Does
Fox News
What to do about it?
I hate to boycott Tucker, but as Ace says, that may be the only way to hit these morons between the eyes with a two by four. And yeah, maybe Newsmax and OAN could merge, or maybe if he doesn’t pull it out, Trump could start a new network.
The Election And Space
Briefly, I don’t think a Biden win is great news, particularly given that Bridenstine has stated that he won’t serve in a Biden administration even if asked. But someone asked me on Twitter what it means for the Artemis Accords, and that will at least partially depend on who the new Secretary of State will be. I’ve heard rumors that Romney might be up for the job, as someone who would be easy to get confirmed, but that would be bad news indeed, given his opinions about space. I wrote about it during the 2012 campaign, and thought that my readers might find it of interest.
As far as a new administrator, an obvious choice would be Lori Garver, but I don’t think she’s confirmable, regardless of how the Senate ends up, just because of enmity from the space porkers like Shelby. Whether she becomes administrator or not, we can be sure that there will be a much bigger emphasis on climate for NASA.
[Afternoon update]
The transition team has been announced. Pam Melroy is the point person for NASA. If she ends up being administrator, we could do a lot worse, and have.
Fedora Problem
I’m running Fedora 31 (I know, I should update to at least 32), with two monitors. One monitor is always in Workspace 3 (its primary function is to display a virtual Windows installation). Sometimes, when the machine wakes up, only the main monitor will wake up. I can activate the other one by going into settings, changing it from “Join” to “Mirror,” then reverting. But the problem with this is that, in addition to being a PITA, it for some reason jumbles up my work spaces, moving things around that I then have to rearrange the way I want them. Does anyone have any suggestions?
[Update on November 6th)]
I upgraded to 32, and the problem seems to have gone away. So I guess it wasn’t just me.
[Bumped]
Retro
This is great.
Space
Yes, let’s make it a free-market frontier.
Space Solar Power
The Aerospace Corporation is calling for international collaboration to develop the tech for it. Despite Elon’s opposition to it, ironically, Starship may be one of the enablers for it. I think that space-to-space use is more likely than terrestrial applications, though, at least initially.
International Law
Elon Musk says it will not apply on Mars.
Does that imply that he won’t abide by the Outer Space Treaty?
Seattle’s Aid To CHOP
…may have been a taking. Sure looks like it to me.