“Trump is going to win in November, you know.”
Don’t get cocky. And I’m still not convinced that Biden is going to be the candidate.
Category Archives: Business
A catalog of the worst kinds of people on the platform.
The Toilet-Paper Shortage
It’s not about hoarding.
That makes sense. It would imply that places who specialize in supplying businesses, like Smart and Final in LA, would have plenty.
[Update a while later]
It’s disrupting the locavore supply chain as well.
We’re now seeing the fragility of our civilizational infrastructure. It needs to be more robust and resilient.
The Latest Starship Mishap
Dang.
I was hoping for some good news on at least one front. Well, at least they’re getting practice at building them.
[Late-afternoon update]
Here’s the story from Eric Berger.
This Could Work For California, Too
New York will raise taxes on the coronavirus to encourage it to flee the state.
The FDA’s Death Toll
It’s long past time to track it.
Bureaucracy kills.
[Update a while later]
I should add that, when this is over, we should have a national commission to review all federal regulatory actions and legislation, and see how much of it is still necessary (if it ever was) and how much of it is actively harmful (e.g., plastic-bag bans) with little benefit/cost ratio. At least we never got that nonsense at a federal level. So it would also be useful to examine state-level regs, for info purposes for those states. But unfortunately, contra bulls**t claims from the Democrats about being the “party of science,” this nonsense will likely continue.
A Fit Of Sanity
San Francisco (!) has reversed its plastic-bag ban, and instead (finally) banned reusable bags.
Hopefully this won’t be temporary; it was always stupid.
[Update a few minutes later]
Katherine was prescient (as was I).
Innovation, Privacy, And Nature
How the pandemic will change our views of them.
Building Moon Bases
…with astronaut pee.
Blue Origin
Is the pandemic going to delay its next test flight?
It seems fairly low risk to me, at least to Texas, given how far out in the boonies it is. The main issue is the risk of flying there, I’d think. Maybe they should do a road trip.
[Update a few minutes later]
Meanwhile, if you want to fly on Starship, SpaceX has released a Users Guide. I’ll have to check it out.