I’m in Columbia, MO, visiting with Patricia’s family, for the next couple weeks (until I go to Seattle for the Spacefest on November 6th. But I’ve got the laptop, so readers may not notice much difference.
Lois Lerner
Won’t face any charges for her crimes.
Of course she won’t. They protect their own, as long as they’re loyal.
Old Rat Brains
…rejuvenated with an asthma drug.
Faster, please.
The Benghazi Hearing
Hillary’s five biggest lies.
And the bad news for the Democrats is that she is now really inevitable.
My prediction: The FBI will recommend prosecution, Justice will ignore, than a steady drip of leaks from the FBI all the way through election day, and the administration won’t be able to do a damn thing about it.
Mars Is Safe From NASA
More thoughts on my USA Today piece, over at Ricochet.
Carbon Dioxide
Matt Ridley: Its benefits could easily exceed its costs.
That seems likely to me.
Narrow-View Cameras
I have a project in mind for which I have some unique requirements. I’d like a low-res, narrow-field webcam, robust enough for all-weather outdoor use. I can’t find anything that meets the requirement in a search, but wonder if anyone has ideas for how to hack one? For instance, if it’s got like a five megapixel sensor, could I easily just look at the center of it, without having to process the whole image? I’ll probably be hitching it to a Raspberry Pi 2.
[Update a while later]
OK, it looks like a standard webcam hooked up to a Raspberry Pi 2, with this software, should give me sufficient power to do what I want.
Self-Driving Cars
Why they must be programmed to kill.
Mojave
Popular Science takes a deep dive into the town, its past, and perhaps its future. It’s a tough place, for now, to retain employees.
Regulating Medical Devices
A new paper from Mercatus, citing me and the book. In fact, I used the FDA as another example of a risk-averse bureaucracy in the book.