2021-11-05 19:26
I have an idea (not entirely original) kicking around in my head with regards to the remarkably contentious notions of life (as in what does it means for something to be alive), and furtherm… Read More
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2019-11-18 19:34
It seems strange, but the world is running out of sand (see here; there’s also a fantastic book on the topic). The problem, in particular, is that sand is used in producing concrete… Read More
2019-07-04 15:45
How long can a computer last?
There’s a few extant working examples from the dawn of the computer age, say the 1940s. And while not currently very old, there’s a working model… Read More
2019-06-19 00:27
In case you haven’t heard, Facebook is launching a “cryptocurrency”.
There’s quite a bit of hype, and an equal amount of criticism (particularly vis-a-vis Faceboo… Read More
2019-06-05 02:29
The past few years I’ve received fewer spam phone calls on my cellphone than in the past, but I’ve noticed an uptick recently. It’s an irritant for me, but a severe problem… Read More
2018-11-16 02:01
The Earth is getting hotter.
I don’t feel like having a heated (pun intended) argument over anthropomorphic climate change, so let’s just say for the sake of argument that in thi… Read More
2017-11-30 02:23
The following is, I suspect, an important point, and one that I haven’t heard anyone make so far.
Bitcoin is currently (and this changes regularly, so will be out of date shortly after… Read More
2017-11-24 20:31
Flickr Creative Commons – Copyright SangudoThis one’s an exercise in scalability.
If glaciers in Antarctica and Greenland continue melting at current rates, the world is looking… Read More
2017-10-09 03:59
The economist, Robin Hanson, proposed a solution to the Fermi Paradox about 20 years ago. Commonly referred to as the Great Filter, Hanson theorized a set of potential barriers to intelligen… Read More
2017-07-27 18:00
There’s an ongoing argument in the tech community regarding whether advancements in AI are likely to be beneficial or harmful to humanity. Although they’ve previously staked out… Read More
2017-03-24 15:13
There’s a lot of talk in the Bitcoin community about the possibility of a hard fork in the blockchain at some point.
The underlying issue has to do with the size limit of transact… Read More
2017-03-10 17:38
Just a quick thought: If shipping containers had a long door down one side, instead of a smaller door at the back, then it would be possible to load/unload them faster, and also to more read… Read More
2017-03-06 19:53
I’ve been told that there isn’t currently a market for this idea (large construction projects that feature escalators are currently highly price sensitive). Perhaps somebody can… Read More
2016-08-04 11:59
There’s been a flurry of press about stalling productivity growth in the West over the past few years. The usual explanations from economists tend to revolve around low levels of capit… Read More
2016-04-03 19:14
I’m not sure if this is an original idea, but sharing just in case.
Many modern cars have push-button starters that do not require a key to start the ignition. Usually, the proximity o… Read More
2015-10-20 14:08
What has more strings than a Rock Ock, spins around like a whirling dervish, and sounds like a cross between a steel drum and an electric violin? Why, a spin-tar, of course.
Somebody stop me… Read More
2015-06-24 20:23
I was thinking about the old problem of how to warn people not to dig open a nuclear waste repository that may be unsafe for an extremely extended period of time. There’s an article on… Read More
2015-06-12 00:41
In case you haven’t heard yet, Dick Costolo is out as CEO at Twitter. I’m an outsider, so I have no idea whether this is deserved or not, but when analysts question a CEO’s… Read More
2015-05-10 19:49
In case you haven’t seen this posted, NASA has a NASA cosmic ray challenge (with $29,000 prize) posted on Innocentive for ways to reduce the impact of cosmic rays on astronauts on exte… Read More
2015-02-25 14:56
I wish I’d spotted this story (also on QZ) a few days earlier, as it would have been a nice one to add to my Five Year Retrospective.
The company implementing the Hyperloop demonstrato… Read More
2015-02-20 00:34
I realized today that I’ve been writing this blog for more than five years. I’ve kept everything up here (even the stuff that now appears hopelessly naive or even downright embar… Read More
2015-01-14 15:08
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you (at least occasionally) play games online in your browser. You’ve probably noticed that client-side games, and particularl… Read More
2014-09-11 13:00
I’ve been watching the price of oil lately (what, don’t you do that also?). I just read this on Bloomberg this morning, which implies further declines in the price of crude throu… Read More
2014-08-07 15:33
I wrote about VW’s vaunted platform streamlining process about a year and a half ago (you can read my post here), and predicted at the time that it would eventually cause them grief.
I… Read More
2014-06-11 11:21
I just read this article about how Cisco believes that net neutrality rules need to allow for bandwidth shaping.
I believe they’re missing the point entirely.
Right now the issue is th… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This week, the US Supreme Court struck down the FCC’s ruling on network neutrality, which defines telco companies as common carriers, who are therefore forced to treat all network traf… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Google just announced that it has bought Nest (producers of smart thermostats, and now smoke alarms too). Both sides (for now) are indicating that they’ll take privacy seriously. Its c… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I recently read an interesting book called Dogfight, about the war between Apple and Google over the cellphone market. If you haven’t read it, it covers some of the background behind t… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I’ve been thinking about alternative power-trains lately. I believe I’ve come up with something that is at least partially novel, and that might have applications for nanotechnol… Read More
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