I’m planning to go to the Foresight Vision Weekend next month, but I am not looking forward to going into the city.
[Monday-morning update]
An interview with Heather McDonald. San Francisco’s government is insane.
Category Archives: Business
The New G-File
Jonah is back, with thoughts on lots of things, but most bitingly on fascist Beta O’Dourke.
What Jeff Bezos Wants
I largely agree with him on space. I will say, though, that I’m not as big a Star Trek fan as he is, and particularly with regard to the cheese-eating surrender monkey Picard.
[Update a few minutes later]
OK, having just skimmed the whole (long) thing, it’s more about Amazon than space, so be forewarned.
Separating Oxygen And Metals From Lunar Regolith
This looks like an interesting new method. I wonder how much it needs in reagents, and if they can be recycled?
Frequent-Flyer Programs
Are they coming to an end?
I hope American doesn’t follow suit; I’ve got a lot of miles there.
Male Infertility
Caused by vegetable oils?
Not a problem for me at this stage of my life, but there are lots of reasons to avoid vegetable oils.
More Basketball Idiocy
For the first time in my life, I regret that I’m not a fan of the sport, so that I could boycott these vile leftist morons.
“Journalists” on Drugs
This would explain a lot.
The Flip Flop On Meat
It’s finally based on the best science, instead of best guesses.
Basically, everything you thought you knew about nutrition for the past half century is wrong.
Cheap Smartphones
Buyer beware.
[Wednesday-morning update]
Related: A law to require disclosure of microphones and cameras in devices. Yes. I consider selling a device with a mic and camera, that the seller doesn’t tell you about, to be an invasion of privacy. I keep a shutter over the camera on my laptop, but I don’t have an easy way to disable its mic. Fortunately, since I run Linux on it, it’s unlikely that it’s spying on me.
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