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Without humans sending great gobs of CO2 into the atmosphere the climate at this point would be starting to tip into another ice age. So, yes, all scientifically aware humans agree…

Cybertruck was not love at first sight for me. But after 24 hrs I signed up because of the value. 4x4, adjustable suspension, locking bed, 240v, pneumatic air and much more for $50…

In 2020 the Netherlands bought more ebikes than pedal bikes for the first time. They also paid on average $2000 for their ebikes compared with $1000 for their pedal bikes. So in te…

On the other hand productivity in the developing world has been spiking markedly.

I would trade my dishwasher for Google.

Between the steam engine and the telegraph it's fair to say it was the biggest step change over a hundred years in the history of humans so far.

If it's a tiny tiny football field.

Pretty sure it has nothing to do with Starlink.

If it's safe to ship tons of LNG on big ships there's almost certainly a way to ship batteries safely. It might take a few 'incidents' though before best practise becomes clear.

The Smart.

One data point. I have had difficult to control plaque for at least two decades. According to my dentist others have continuing problems with cavities. I don't. For the past three …

With the steam engine.

The quote is,"Wilson said in reference to ants "Karl Marx was right, socialism works, it is just that he had the wrong species". Which seems a bit odd as Karl Marx was a communist …

Not surprisingly Wilson's comment of "Great idea, wrong species." was about communism for which it was very apt (communism doesn't scale for humans), not socialism. Socialism works…

One of the giants. "Consilience" is one of his books that's well worth reading. Small book, small words, short sentences and huge ideas.

Lots of problems with this idea. I doubt it will ever see the light of day.

So masculine women on TV is ok then I suppose.

In theory this is correct. In practice, when all your assets leave the building via the elevator every afternoon, it's not like running a gold mine. In theory, practice and theory …

Put an MBA in charge of a hugely technical enterprise where lives are at stake by the plane load. What could possibly go wrong?

You learn something new everyday, whether you want to or not. :P

I've had a few living at 49degrees north and it happens in spring with temperatures around 20. You feel comfortable, light cloud cover makes the sun unnoticeable and you're playing…

What's a little decapitation between friends?

If it's not clear the reason Tesla is so keen on FSD is because they need that for their future robotaxi service which would be big dollars. To get there they need the data from th…

Antibodies for which variant?

Is there any country that hasn't been wrong footed by covid at some point? And with Delta at R value of 7 (?) and lots of populations with no effective cold chain for vaccines thin…