How old is he in human years? It turns out that it’s not multiply by seven. It never made a lot of sense to me that it would be a linear relationship. I’d like to see them do cats now.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Tucker
Quantum Computing
This could be an interesting salon on Thursday.
Crew Dragon
Its solar panels are generating much more power than expected.
Well, that’s nice.
[Tuesday-morning update]
NASA is very happy with the Crew Dragon performance so far.
Meanwhile, SpaceX is moving from stage-production mode to fleet-management mode.
Only four cores doesn’t seem like enough to me. One of the reasons we retired Shuttle was that we had too small a fleet with only three. But SpaceX can build more.
[Bumped]
The Latest Misanthropy
I posted this on Twitter, but not here. But Glenn picked it up.
[June 26th update]
Bob Zubrin has read the book, so we didn’t have to. His review is sort of…excoriating.
[Bumped]
Leaving The Cities
Thoughts on the triumph of the country mouse.
Crew Dragon
Everything is going perfectly so far, and they may return on August 2nd.
Black Voters In Detroit
…are fed up with the Democrats, and certain that Trump will win.
Meanwhile, Scott Adams is pessimistic, because of social media.
The Segway
It’s the end of the road for it. Well, sidewalk.
I remember thinking, after all the pre-announcement hype, “That’s it?” It has its uses, but as transport it’s not very practical. No protection from weather, and no cargo capacity.
AB5
California doubles down in its war on employment.