[Update a while later]
Link fixed, sorry.
people And Cats
The relationship goes back to neolithic times.
A Cold-War Antiseptic
This seems like it should be a bigger deal:
“The drug, miramistin, was developed for the Soviet Space Program. While little known in the West, it blocks or kills flu, human papillomaviruses (HPV), coronaviruses, adenoviruses and HIV, according to University of Manchester scientists.” [Emphasis added]
Congressional Space Follies
Linux Problem
When I do a ‘dnf update’ I get the following message:
Package skypeforlinux_8.62.0.83-1.x86_64.rpm is not signed
The downloaded packages were saved in cache until the next successful transaction.
You can remove cached packages by executing ‘dnf clean packages’.
Error: GPG check FAILED
It won’t update anything until I resolve this, but I have no idea how to do so. I don’t understand why it won’t install anything because there’s a problem with one package.
[Update a while later]
OK, new mystery. I want to set up Windows as a virtual machine, so I hooked up an SSD to put it on. But when I do so, I don’t see anything in the file manager. What’s even weirder is that when I look at /dev, all I see is sdb and sdb1, with no sda. But I know that my OS is on an SSD (presumably sda1), and /home is on a separate hard drive (which would be sdb1). How is this machine even running?
[Update a few minutes later]
OK, I’ve tried two different SSDs with two different cables, but I am not getting an sdc. I shouldn’t have to reboot, should I?
[Update a few more minutes later]
Never mind, bad power connector. But I still don’t understand why I’m not seeing my boot/root drive as sda.
[Update a while later]
OK, I rebooted, and now I see all the drives.
Renaming The Redskins
Some suggestions that better reflect the DC culture.
My pick would be the Washington Parasites, though the word “Washington” itself is problematic.
How To Stop Cancel Culture
Amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
As noted, it’s currently cost free for an employer to kowtow to the woke mob. That has to change.
[Update a few minutes later]
Related: Corporations must answer for their support of BLM.
It’s always ironic that people foolishly think that corporations support free-market capitalism.
Twinklings Canceled
Which Is It?
This is a thing on Facebook, but I’ll do it here. I’ll list five famous people whom I’ve been within a few feet of, but one of them is a lie:
Mitt Romney
Buzz Aldrin
Fred Smith
Newt Gingrich
Bill Nelson
[Evening update]
All right, since everyone is guessing Mittens, I’ll start the slow process of elimination. I met him at the Conservative Summit in DC right after the disastrous 2006 election. I tried to talk to him briefly about space and advising him on it, but (as he later demonstrated), he didn’t give a rat’s patoot.
Monday-afternoon update]
OK, I’ve had enough guesses. I’ve known Buzz for decades; he used to call me in the middle of the night. I had lunch with Fred Smith at the Atheneum at Caltech in the 90s, when we were pitching him for funding for supersonic research. I talked to Newt for a while at a reception at the State Department a year ago. I’ve never been in physical proximity to Bill Nelson, or communicated with him.
Robin DiAngelo
An open letter to the true racist.
Only racists obsess about race.
[Sunday-afternoon update
The unbearable whiteness of being.
[Bumped]