Democracy and Being Wrongtl;dr: The basic idea of Democracy is that “political” issues should always be open to discussion, since nobody knows for sure which answer…Oct 28, 2021Oct 28, 2021
I'd always assumed that these types of steel were made from wrought iron by repeatedly heating in a…But AFAIK real wrought iron could not have contained impurities of vanadium or chromium because those metals would have been removed by…Apr 14, 2021Apr 14, 2021
Technology in Solving Global ProblemsHuman problems have been perceived, historically, in a series of expanding perspectives, from local/individual, through local or larger…Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
Improving the Efficiency of Coronavirus Testingtl;dr: A method to get fully reliable testing for large numbers of people while reducing the number of tests: combine PCR with pooling and…Aug 28, 2020Aug 28, 2020
Another FAKE “Fact-Check” from Snopes!tl;dr: The President’s “phony source” really was a phony source.May 27, 20182May 27, 20182
Syria: Unexploded MissilesAccording to Sputnik International (H/T Partisangirl):Apr 20, 2018Apr 20, 2018
Carbon and CapitalismA story last month in the Atlantic, Democrats Are Shockingly Unprepared to Fight Climate Change, reminded me that nobody is actually…Dec 18, 2017Dec 18, 2017
TransCanada: Madness or Genius?tl;dr: TransCanada’s decision to sell solar assets to buy pipelines may well be the right one, perhaps even brilliant.Nov 3, 2017Nov 3, 2017
Electric Truck Economics and future Technologytl;dr: Even the most optimistic predictions of eTruck penetration are far too pessimistic.Nov 1, 2017Nov 1, 2017
