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the smell of spacecraft and other worlds

Cat urine doesn't sound inviting.

 

 

if you have a kid or just like them

The MAHA report on children's health is disturbing.

A tip of the hat to Sukie

 

a sign of america's decline

A tip of the hat to Greg  - there several places like this.  Arguably instrumental in the early training of young scientists and engineers

 

an anniversary

Thank you so much for marrying and putting up with me Sukie!

It's been a ride

 

things you wonder about at night

Tone  vs melody in Mandarin

 

real learning and generative ai

Clay Shirky talks about his recent paper - his factory analogy is good.

The piece has a link to the paper, but you have to sin up (free) to read it.  

 

be like north korea

another brilliant piece by Ann Telnaes

 

musk is stupid

A recent quote:

We found a CIA computer that not only was not connected to the internet but had been deliberately tampered with so it couldn't be connected to the internet we had to print out the stuff and type it into another computer.

A friend notes 'The American affliction is confusing money with brains.

 

 

cheaper holes

Perhaps geothermal energy will become more practical.

Of course there's that induce earthquake thing in some areas - just like fracking does in Texas and Oklahoma.

 

 

a cowardly america retreats

Paul Krugman on the GOP's move to isolationism.  This will cost you and your family down the road.