"pays them money to read their articles" Sounds like capitalism. You'd want a socialist press?

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We used LORAN for boat navigation. The problem we had was when stations were far from orthogonal. We'd have a tight location on one axis and "somewhere in the ocean" on the other.

(Written on 2021/01/29)(Permalink)

Says Private Bonespurs to a Gold Star Family? "May God bless America and may God protect our troops."

(Written on 2021/01/29)(Permalink)

So if a person used a slide rule, pen and paper to come to the same design you'd be good with it.

(Written on 2021/01/29)(Permalink)

My wife and I had Thanksgiving just the two of us. We had planned on our daughter and son-in-law driving in fro a couple of hundred miles away, but waiting to the last minute, mutually cancelled last week. Please be smart and take care of those you love. The virus is not smart and it don't care. It will use someone you love and trust just as easily as some stranger. So it is up to each us.

(Written on 2020/11/27)(Permalink)

I also see outcome bias, and I see hindsight bias.

(Written on 2020/11/20)(Permalink)

"Do you see a link here?" I see an anecdote. Maybe a basis for a hypothesis. I certainly do not see science.

(Written on 2020/11/20)(Permalink)

uh, I mean "oops" <sigh>

(Written on 2020/11/06)(Permalink)

...opps!

(Written on 2020/11/06)(Permalink)

Well, anybody with fuel capacity can beat that record. Just fly really slowly! :-)

(Written on 2020/10/23)(Permalink)