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I want to be an ASCAN*
When asked, between 5% to 11% of children want to be astronauts when they grow up – a number large enough to make it a cliche. Of course, the number of boys who want to be astronauts far outweighs the girls, but, if you walk into any kindergarten class in the world, it’s a good…
On the etymology of Batteries.
Sometimes when I feel contemplative, I start to think about the finer workings of our world, the sheer improbability of it all and the improbable happenstance of history. The long arc that encodes our hope, beauty, truth as well as our profoundly savage nature and despair. And it is at these moments I often arrive…
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On Conspiracy Theories.
On Saturday afternoon, I held a technical session on Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) with a friend. He’s working towards his Ph.D. in the space, working on the material’s end of the problem. We went over why this was an important focal point for future research and explained the history of NTP in general, including its…
On Apple’s “Expanded Protections for Children” – A Personal Story
These efforts will evolve and expand over time. – Apple on their “Expanded Protections for Children” I am broke “non-liquid” right now. Normally, that sentence doesn’t have geopolitical ramifications on the creation of hybrid private-public surveillance state. But in my case it does. It started rather innocuously. Someone couldn’t send me money. No matter what…
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