Thoughts from Lileks on web advertising, the history of miracle cures, and China.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Ventilators
Why is JPL building them?
On top of the point that they still have to be mass produced, we now have a surplus, and we’re finding out that in many cases we don’t need them (and may have been killing people with them).
[Update a few minutes later]
Related Twitter thread. Pronation seems to be more effective and safer than ventilators.
SLS
Hey, they’ve only been working on it for a decade. Of course it may have a leaky fuel tank.
Bursts Of Exercise
Doing it intermittently throughout the day may be able to undo the damage caused by sitting all day.
Don’t Force It
…get a bigger hammer.
From Sedentary To Cross Fit
“How I did it in one day.”
Well, started to do it.
Planet Of The Humans
A review of Michael Moore’s latest.
Falcon Heavy First
They’re going to attempt to land both side boosters at sea.
The New Vaccines
…are being developed using genetic engineering. That will hopefully speed things up.
[Update early afternoon]
More from Nature.
Kathy Kinsley
She was a tech nerd and coder who started blogging about the same time I did, I think, back in late aught one. She lived in Cape Coral, and I remember when she went through Hurricane Charlie and her car was damaged, in 2004. I talked to her once when we were living in Boca, on the other side of the state, I don’t recall what about. I never knew how old she was, but apparently she was just a year or so younger than me. Rest in peace.
[Update a while later]
Wow, this post is already in the top 10 Google search for “Kathy Kinsley.” Not sure whether to be proud or frightened.