…is what Warren and the Democrats want to create.
Category Archives: Business
Finally
Most of my British friends (who are mostly libertarian-ish) are quite pleased.
Electric-Car Safety
“I mowed down a lady.”
I rode a Tesla for the first time a couple weeks ago, and the silence was eerie. They really do need some kind of sound effect. I wonder if its horn is a real horn, or a speaker with a synthesized horn sound? If the latter, seems like it already has the hardware to update the software to make sounds at low speeds. It could be like selecting a ringtone.
Greta In Davos
Why are “elites” so thrilled to be lectured by a school dropout?
777X
Boeing really needs this new plane to be successful.
Campus Kooks
Taxpayers are getting tired of funding them.
Starliner
I said post mission that I saw no need for another uncrewed demonstration prior to a crewed flight, but this story is changing my mind on that. Just how many ways can Boeing screw up?
Under Trump
…America may be its strongest since the end of WW II. Makes sense to me; we defeated the Soviets, and we’re a net energy exporter.
Tomorrow’s Abort Test
Here’s the story from Emilee Speck.
There’s no instantaneous launch window, and while launch weather looks good, recovery weather looks maybe iffy for the beginning of the window. I think the odds of it actually launching at the beginning of the window are sufficiently low that I’m not going to drag myself out of bed at 0430 on a Saturday morning to view it.
[Saturday-morning update]
I made the right choice; scrubbed for weather.
[Sunday noon update]
Looks like it went off without a hitch. Bob Zimmerman has some thoughts.
[Bumped]
Efficient Aircraft Boarding
Let the slow pokes on first.
This doesn’t address the issue that the benefit of early boarding is room in the overhead for a carry on, now that they’re charging to check.