Honda has an alternative to both HSR and the Hyperloop.
Makes a lot more sense to me.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
The Martian
io9 likes it.
If it’s true to the book, it would be hard to screw up. Well, other than casting Matt Damon, anyway.
Space Situational Awareness
I haven’t read it yet, but this looks like an interesting paper on doing it commercially, from some people at Analytical Graphics.
Dean Ornish
First, Nina Teichholz, and now Scientific American dismantles the quack.
[Early-afternoon update]
Should we eat meat? Thoughts from (of all people) Bill Gates.
“Deniers” And Ideologues
Judith Curry’s warning to Bjorn Stevens: “In my quest to objectively evaluate the IPCC’s attribution argument and stand up for research integrity post Climategate, I was not ‘pulled’ away from the establishment community by ‘deniers’; rather I was ‘pushed’ away by scientists who were IPCC ideologues and advocates. Watch out.”
#ProTip: Use of the phrase "climate denier" makes you look like a derriere fedora.
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) April 22, 2015
The EPA Carbon Rules
States should rebel against them. This isn’t about the planet, it’s about power. Raw political power.
[Update a couple minutes later]
“We’ll observe Earth Day when the EPA obeys the law.”
Don’t hold your breath on that one.
Rules For Healthy Eating
I actually tend to follow most of these. I eat mostly at home, unless I’m traveling (and even then I’ll cook, if I have a kitchen), and rarely go out. I shop the outer perimeter of the grocery store (meat and produce), and tend to avoid the inner aisles.
Integrated Vehicle Fluids
The Lyrid Meteor Shower
New Ubuntu Question
I’m running it in VirtualBox. It looks like crap, and I want to adjust the appearance (e.g. resolution). But when I load that window, it’s bigger than the screen, with no way to scroll or get to other parts of it. Any suggestions?