tpc3 | 3 years ago | on: Explore the Silk Roads
Very nice, thanks for sharing!
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tpc3 | 3 years ago | on: Seizing the means of computation – Interview with Cory Doctorow
How popular movements can topple Big Tech monopolies
tpc3 | 3 years ago | on: Glen Canyon Revealed
Colorado River deadline passes with no deal on voluntary water cuts
KEY POINTS
- The seven states that rely on the drought-stricken Colorado River failed to meet a Jan. 31 federal deadline to strike a deal on voluntarily cutting their water use.
- After negotiations reached a standstill, six of the seven states — Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — submitted a “consensus-based modeling alternative.”
- The proposal notably excludes California, the largest user of the Colorado River. Officials said the state will release its own plan. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/31/colorado-river-shortage-stat...
tpc3 | 3 years ago | on: “Internet in space” will transform the satellite imagery industry
Recent (12/21/22) article on the subject: Laser links are great for satellite relay, but challenges abound for taking it to ground https://spacenews.com/walking-a-narrow-beam-laser-links-are-...
tpc3 | 3 years ago | on: Chinese megawatt-level space nuclear reactor passes review
What could go wrong. . .
tpc3 | 3 years ago | on: The carbon capture crux: Lessons learned
From the report: Captured carbon has mostly been used for enhanced oil recovery (EOR): enhancing oil production is not a climate solution.
tpc3 | 3 years ago | on: Rare Russian ICBM Carrier Training Vehicle Had a Nasty Accident
Oops. . .
tpc3 | 3 years ago | on: Zaporizhzhia: Russian rockets damaged part of nuclear plant, Ukraine says
:-( Double-plus ungood. . .
tpc3 | 3 years ago | on: Observer bias and detection probabilities for moose pellet surveys
If a moose poops in the forest, and no one sees it. . . ;-)
tpc3 | 4 years ago | on: Facial recognition technology: How to opt out at the airport
I suspect it's the combination of the defensive medicine effect (if something does go wrong, no one wants to be the one to take responsibility for having said no to a system that someone else will argue (true or not) that that system could have stopped the event), the belief that the security theater aspect makes customers feel safer, the belief that more data and whiz-bang technology is always better, and the decision makers don't have the technical expertise to understand that it is not getting them much in terms of increased security, and they can always make some money on the side by selling the data that they collect.
tpc3 | 7 years ago | on: India successfully shoots down satellite in space
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/27/modi-space-wea... "veteran broadcaster Shekhar Gupta tweeted that the space missile had destroyed two targets: a satellite, and “what remained of the stature [and] reputation of Election Commission of India”"
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