Science and Technology
Silly? Stupid? Malicious?
Seems this Tuesday holds many things…herewith a few that caught my eye: First up, a mind-boggling adder to the ceiling fan bite – in this case, researchers at Dell Hospital in Austin, TX have a new safety suggestion: Researchers from Dell Medical School in Austin, Texas, are warning parents and caregivers not to toss babies […]
Solar Maximum – coming to a planet near you soon
Every 11 years or so, our Sun tends to get its knickers twisted and cycles from minimum to maximum activity levels. At solar minimum, the sun’s magnetic field is strong and organized, with two clear poles like a normal dipole magnet, James said. The magnetic field acts as a “giant forcefield” that contains the sun’s […]
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 […]
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” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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