I haven’t discussed the most recent developments, but Jonathan Adler is.
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Sorry, that’s not news. The news is that the court recently refused to rehear our appeal en banc, but that’s not what this story over two years old is about.
…with nothing but light and sound. Unfortunately, it’s only in mice for now, but it seems promising.
…don’t reduce gun violence or suicides.
Just one more aspect of the Left’s denial of science.
Going all in on stainless steel for the new spaceship, SpaceX has scrapped its composite tooling.
Eight alternatives. I did go eventually, but it was to community college first, after a gap year.
Some tips on updating and protecting your routers. We got an Orbi with a single satellite for upstairs, and it’s the best wireless we’ve ever had.
This is not a good look. Looks like regulatory capture.
I’ve always thought it was a bad idea to let Boeing have a monopoly on American air transports, and this is probably one of the consequences.
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Some aviation-safety experts have been predicting this sort of “automation surprise” for years.
I think part of the problem is that pilots don’t fly the planes any more; they manage them.
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It’s not being made any better by idiocy in Sacramento.
Over at The Space Review, Jeff Foust has the story on last week’s events.
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Also over there a sort of debate on the pros and cons of NASA’s approach to getting back to the moon. I’d note that Hedman’s objection to transpiration cooling is both weak (in the sense that even if Starship was expended, it would still deliver more payload for much less money than SLS ever will) and moot, since Elon has stated that with the steel and standard thermal protection, they may only use it in areas that are scorched when they return.
…want to blacklist academics who write for Quillette.
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Speaking of Quillette, “Why We Should Read Marx.”