I think the main idea for starship is fully reusable ( which falcon 9 isn’t) and much larger capacity (both volume and mass). Driving down the cost of getting mass to orbit. I googled and got the following costs per kg…
There’s also “the ruum” by Arthur Porges[0]. We got as part of English class in high school, a long time ago. Try not to read the Wikipedia as it might spoil the short story, there’s the pdf available on the web…
Not sure but one section of the book relates to the establishment of a polity where compute was the underpinnings of the society. Given the current build out of compute in the real world, there is discussion /…
An interesting science fiction book is Neptune's Brood by Charles Stross. A major structural core of the book is how different colonies trade and the finance models across interstellar distances. How does a colony…
I still have my iPhone mini 12, in the desperate hope that it can last until Apple have another outbreak of common sense and decide that a mini iPhone has a place in the market. Battery is starting to fade during the…
I wonder how it evolved into the modern British slang of “git”. To quote Wikipedia [0] “modern British English slang, a git (/ɡɪt/) is a term of insult used to describe someone—usually a man—who is considered stupid,…
The author Terry Pratchett had some of best error messages in his Discworld novels. The Hex computer could produce the following ++?????++ Out of Cheese Error. Redo From Start. +++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please…
And that’s before we look at whether the participants form a quorate group (sufficient people are present to make a valid choice). Then we could consider whether all participants have the same voting power. My son has a…
For me, not so much a decrease in quality but more of an evolution as the landscape of sentient beings expands. The paired covids in the last book, were a great addition. Don’t normally buy a hard cover or kindle (I…
If the wells have been throttled back or stopped. There can be issues when production is reduced (or even worse stopped), restarting & resuming the previous production rates can be very difficult and time consuming.…
We did the poem in secondary school as well. While we didn’t have the acting skills of your teacher, we deconstructed and reviewed each line and it really had a powerful impact on the class. The tortured helplessness of…
Just reacting to the headline (not a telegraph reader). While initially the idea of energy security and base load power is attractive, having worked (as a contractor, long ago) on a nuclear power station simulator for a…
If you can get a cheap electric overnight home charging tariff in the UK, then the electric cost is lower. Mid week, I charged 43kWh for the cost of £3.04 (7p per kWh). My home charger does 7kwh in a hour. Usual mileage…
I suppose butterflies would do for volatile storage but you really need long term memory, such as twig and clay tablet. What was good enough for the Sumerian’s is good enough for me.
Thanks for reminding me, I last saw some of those when visiting Harris in the Outer Hebrides. “The Hearach” malt is pretty good.
While an interesting history, the actual truth is that the haggis is a small mammal which lives in the highlands. While they can be hunted (from St Andrews Day to Burns night), most commercially available haggis is…
I wonder if the executives have realised this
If I remember correctly, the visa free travel (esta) asks about arrests as part of the information. Even if you were never charged, never trialled, declared innocent at trial. I would imagine that this would include a…
There was recently a crisis in older publicly constructed buildings in the UK that were built [0].The aerated concrete had a limited lifespan especially if it was damaged and had contact with water. Lots of people…
A Merry Christmas to everyone !
Do you if there has been any work how lasers affect other animals and insects? Am I being catastrophically pessimistic to think that in addition to swatting insects as it moves forward, the cars lidar is blinding…
My dilemma as a student in Glasgow (a long time) at the start of term when I had some money, Fish supper or deep fried Pizza & chips. With the mandatory bottle of Irn Bru. Delicious but excessive consumption would…
I would really like to send this article out to all the developers in my small company (only 120+ people, about 40 dev & test) but the political path has been chosen and the new shiny tech has people entranced. What we…
Yep, I’m sitting on the same fence. We can all see the circular deals in the high tech sector which has been the recent engine of the stock market. It’s all uncertainty, everywhere you look.
The article details the story of a business that tried to change their address in NZ. Thier documents (while correct to NZ) didn’t match the criteria of Wise and then Wise effectively closed the account. The support and…
I think the main idea for starship is fully reusable ( which falcon 9 isn’t) and much larger capacity (both volume and mass). Driving down the cost of getting mass to orbit. I googled and got the following costs per kg…
There’s also “the ruum” by Arthur Porges[0]. We got as part of English class in high school, a long time ago. Try not to read the Wikipedia as it might spoil the short story, there’s the pdf available on the web…
Not sure but one section of the book relates to the establishment of a polity where compute was the underpinnings of the society. Given the current build out of compute in the real world, there is discussion /…
An interesting science fiction book is Neptune's Brood by Charles Stross. A major structural core of the book is how different colonies trade and the finance models across interstellar distances. How does a colony…
I still have my iPhone mini 12, in the desperate hope that it can last until Apple have another outbreak of common sense and decide that a mini iPhone has a place in the market. Battery is starting to fade during the…
I wonder how it evolved into the modern British slang of “git”. To quote Wikipedia [0] “modern British English slang, a git (/ɡɪt/) is a term of insult used to describe someone—usually a man—who is considered stupid,…
The author Terry Pratchett had some of best error messages in his Discworld novels. The Hex computer could produce the following ++?????++ Out of Cheese Error. Redo From Start. +++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please…
And that’s before we look at whether the participants form a quorate group (sufficient people are present to make a valid choice). Then we could consider whether all participants have the same voting power. My son has a…
For me, not so much a decrease in quality but more of an evolution as the landscape of sentient beings expands. The paired covids in the last book, were a great addition. Don’t normally buy a hard cover or kindle (I…
If the wells have been throttled back or stopped. There can be issues when production is reduced (or even worse stopped), restarting & resuming the previous production rates can be very difficult and time consuming.…
We did the poem in secondary school as well. While we didn’t have the acting skills of your teacher, we deconstructed and reviewed each line and it really had a powerful impact on the class. The tortured helplessness of…
Just reacting to the headline (not a telegraph reader). While initially the idea of energy security and base load power is attractive, having worked (as a contractor, long ago) on a nuclear power station simulator for a…
If you can get a cheap electric overnight home charging tariff in the UK, then the electric cost is lower. Mid week, I charged 43kWh for the cost of £3.04 (7p per kWh). My home charger does 7kwh in a hour. Usual mileage…
I suppose butterflies would do for volatile storage but you really need long term memory, such as twig and clay tablet. What was good enough for the Sumerian’s is good enough for me.
Thanks for reminding me, I last saw some of those when visiting Harris in the Outer Hebrides. “The Hearach” malt is pretty good.
While an interesting history, the actual truth is that the haggis is a small mammal which lives in the highlands. While they can be hunted (from St Andrews Day to Burns night), most commercially available haggis is…
I wonder if the executives have realised this
If I remember correctly, the visa free travel (esta) asks about arrests as part of the information. Even if you were never charged, never trialled, declared innocent at trial. I would imagine that this would include a…
There was recently a crisis in older publicly constructed buildings in the UK that were built [0].The aerated concrete had a limited lifespan especially if it was damaged and had contact with water. Lots of people…
A Merry Christmas to everyone !
Do you if there has been any work how lasers affect other animals and insects? Am I being catastrophically pessimistic to think that in addition to swatting insects as it moves forward, the cars lidar is blinding…
My dilemma as a student in Glasgow (a long time) at the start of term when I had some money, Fish supper or deep fried Pizza & chips. With the mandatory bottle of Irn Bru. Delicious but excessive consumption would…
I would really like to send this article out to all the developers in my small company (only 120+ people, about 40 dev & test) but the political path has been chosen and the new shiny tech has people entranced. What we…
Yep, I’m sitting on the same fence. We can all see the circular deals in the high tech sector which has been the recent engine of the stock market. It’s all uncertainty, everywhere you look.
The article details the story of a business that tried to change their address in NZ. Thier documents (while correct to NZ) didn’t match the criteria of Wise and then Wise effectively closed the account. The support and…