Sometimes there are more important things than style: www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/o...

Opinion | JD Vance Is Smoother — but No Better — Than Donald Trump

Do not use normal appraisals for an abnormal election.

Haha - excellent!

Was just remembering that in the good old days they didn't have kill-commands, and the result was that they had some satellites jabbering away, interfering with other spacecraft, long after their missions had completed.

Very disappointed in my alma mater today: www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/u...

Students Paid Thousands for a Caltech Boot Camp. Caltech Didn’t Teach It.

Hundreds of universities have lent their names to online programs, plugging budgets but alienating students who feel misled.

Martin Schwarzschild was a world-class birder, as are/were several other astronomers.

So he can phone it in and the race is still tied. WTF?

He chose poorly...

Moore's Multiplets! Needed that book for the first paper I ever wrote.

Haha - I'm originally from Akron, OH and have inherited my parent's cast iron skillet that they got in the 50s. That's a really, really, nasty sign!

I can't imagine the "being eager" part, let alone the "on Mars" bits. The thing's gonna be Biosphere on steroids.