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Cartilage

October 10, 2019 Rand Simberg

Humans may possess some ability to regrow it. Doesn’t look like it will help that much for knees and hips, though. But you never know what they’ll find next. Fortunately, I’ve never had any joint problems, yet.

Business, Culinary, Education, General Science, Health, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Science And Society, Technology and Society

The Flip Flop On Meat

October 9, 2019 Rand Simberg 5 Comments

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.

Rank Structure For The Space Force

October 9, 2019 Rand Simberg 20 Comments

An interesting history, and discussion.

Business, Technology and Society

Cheap Smartphones

October 9, 2019 Rand Simberg 13 Comments

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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