The health evidence continues to pour in.
Most days I don’t eat anything until dinner time, unless I’m traveling, or doing a business/social lunch.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
A Very Libertarian Christmas
Climate “Science”
The New Vette
It looks like a very interesting car, but I would miss the manual gearbox, too.
Boeing’s Annus Horribilis
…continues with today’s failure of Starliner to get to the ISS. Stories from Eric Berger , Marina Koren, and Tim Fernholz.
The question is whether or not they’ll insist on another uncrewed test flight before putting in crew. Given the cost of an Atlas V, I’d be inclined to say no, given that this failure wouldn’t have resulted in loss of crew. Worst case for a crewed flight would be failure to dock, which would just mean a mission abort back to White Sands. But as we all know, SAFETY IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY.
[Late-morning update]
Loren Grush has another take.
[Update mid-afternoon]
Here’s a story from Emilee Speck in Orlando.
The GAO On Artemis
A nice Christmas present from them to those of us who have to analyze this stuff. Not sure when I’ll actually get around to reading it, but it can’t be pretty.
Sex Robots
…with coding errors could cause them to engage in violence and strangle people.
Hey, sex is always risky. At least it’s not like a black widow spider.
The Rise Of Skywalker
Peter Suderman gives it a hearty thumbs down:
Skywalker is a frantic, disjointed mess—not a movie with good ideas poorly executed, not even a movie with bad ideas, but a movie with no ideas at all, save for saccharine paeans to fandom and nostalgia. As a story, it is empty and unengaging to the point of boredom. As a cinematic product, it is surprisingly lackluster, with shoddy effects and muddy visuals. And as an entry in the Star Wars franchise, an ostensibly major part of the pop-culture canon, it is a wasted opportunity: a total failure of both creative imagination and corporate brand management.
But other than that, I’m sure it’s great.
A Setback For Space Traffic Management
This is not great news. I don’t understand why Ross hasn’t gone to Congress, but I also don’t understand how he thought he was going to get the funding without doing so.
The Far Side
It may be coming back. I always wondered by Larson quit doing it, but it sounds like maybe he’s recharged his batteries.