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Artificial Intelligence Propaganda

| April 30, 2023 | 16 Comments
Artificial Intelligence Propaganda

There is an interesting piece of research out garnering a lot of attention about generative language models like Chat GPT. You can read the entire research article, Generative Language Models and Automated Influence Operations: Emerging Threats and Potential Mitigations (you will need to download the .pdf), or click here for a summary take by Open […]

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The Airforce’s Newest Bomber… the A-10?

| April 29, 2023 | 26 Comments
The Airforce’s Newest Bomber… the A-10?

  Seems the lads at the 422 Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES) have been busy. They have updated the software and weapons racks on an A-10 to carry up to 16 GBU-39  Small Diameter Bombs (SDBs). Think of it like this – a flight of 4 A-10s could  carry up to 64 of these “little” […]

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Manipulated, part II

| December 29, 2022 | 5 Comments
Manipulated, part II

Well, I knew the CDC article wasn’t terribly surprising. But it just gets better and better. The NY Post has the story on how both of the last two administrations pressured Twitter to censor data they found inconvenient. The Biden White House pressured Twitter to both “elevate” and “suppress” users based on their stances on […]

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EVs saving us gas

| December 3, 2022 | 72 Comments
EVs saving us gas

Well, now we touch on one of the most polarizing issues around: electric cars. They cost a bunch more than comparable internal combustion cars, some are incredibly ugly, and in the eyes of many, their limited range is a deal killer. But they save the planet, require no gas to run, and give conservation-minded folks […]

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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

| September 27, 2022 | 12 Comments
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

  Originally written Sunday: NASA is going to crash a satellite into a 175 yard asteroid at 14,000 miles an hour Monday in an attempt to change its orbit by a centimeter. The satellite, which weighs in at 360-570 kg depending on the source, is hopefully going to slow the asteroid by a centimeter a […]

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And you thought Iron Man and Starship Troopers were just movies

| September 15, 2022 | 55 Comments
And you thought Iron Man and Starship Troopers were just movies

There are multiple articles out about the new Rostec body armor, which they say “will stop .50 BMG bullets”!  They mean .50 BMG from our beloved Ma Deuce, the longest serving machine gun in history, designed late in WWI, adopted in 1933, and still in enthusiastic use today. While Rostec’s official release was vague regarding […]

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Not enough Lithium to meet targets – Mining CEO

| September 8, 2022 | 66 Comments
Not enough Lithium to meet targets – Mining CEO

  Keith Phillips, CEO of Piedmont Lithium, as an interesting view: Essentially, will we have enough lithium to meet our transportation needs? Sure. Eventually. Will we have it by the time all these ambitious goals like California’s “no-internal-combustion engines (ICE) by 2035” ? Uh, no. “Yes, we’ll [eventually] have enough, but not by that time,” […]

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A military staple is coming to an end

| July 21, 2022 | 10 Comments
A military staple is coming to an end

  Back in the ancient days, when dinosaurs stalked the Earth, daily orders were posted on stone tablets, and the Russians acted like they wanted to conquer Europe (waitaholdit…) probably one of the most common sights around any military installation was the hordes of junior enlisted folks toting SLRs. No, not the legendary Self-Loading Rifle […]

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