Eli Dourado
Tech and growth at @cgousu. All I want is for GDP per capita to be $200k by 2050. I believe in hard tech, megaprojects, fast planes, neomedievalism, and karma.
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r/Starlink - Starlink Beta Terms of Service
0 votes and 7 comments so far on Reddit
Eli Dourado
Here is what seems to be the full Starlink ToS
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Congress and the Public
Do you approve or disapprove of the way [ROTATED -- The Republicans in Congress. The Democrats in Congress.] are handling their job? Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job?
Eli Dourado
Just once I want a tech company CEO to point out in a hearing that the tech industry has a higher approval rating than Congress.
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SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service is priced at $99 per month, according to e-mail
SpaceX is expanding the beta test of its Starlink satellite internet service according to emails seen by CNBC, with service priced at $99 a month.
Eli Dourado
Starlink announces pricing for its low-expectations “Better Than Nothing” beta program
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I Lost 4 Pounds In 2 Weeks On The Croissant Diet
I think I could make millions on my new croissant diet
Eli Dourado
Someone did the croissant diet way back in 2015 betterafter50.com/i-lost-4-pound… 🥐
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The Oldest Tools Ever Found Outside of Africa
Ancient humans appear to have migrated into Eurasia earlier than previously thought.
'Economist' Failed to Disclose Lucrative Beijing Ties - Washington Free Beacon
The Economist provided sympathetic coverage of a Chinese tech giant widely considered a national security risk without disclosing the publication’s lucrative business relationship with the firm that spanned nearly a decade.
Brad's Inflammation Blood Test Numbers - Don't Conflate Inflammation and ROS! - Fire In A Bottle
Brad has VERY low markers of inflammation despite a diet high in saturated fat, gluten, alcohol and a lack of sleep.
Ball lightning is so strange it might just come from another dimension
Mysterious floating orbs of light have puzzled scientists for centuries, inspiring no end of creative explanations. A new idea suggests they aren't entirely of this world
OSIRIS-REx TAGs Surface of Asteroid Bennu
Captured on Oct. 20, 2020 during the OSIRIS-REx mission’s Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event, this series of images shows the SamCam imager’s field of view as the NASA spacecraft approaches and touches down on asteroid Bennu’s surface, over...
"Exciting" Moon News Next Monday. More Water? - NASA Watch
Eli Dourado
Apparently NASA is going to announce on Monday that they’ve detected water on the moon using infrared, and the beans were spilled by somebody’s dissertation.
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Geothermal energy is poised for a big breakout
"An engineering problem that, when solved, solves energy."
Social Media is an Engineering Disaster Waiting to Happen - American Compass
Fake news pales in its power to real news presented with misleading frequency.
OSIRIS-REx Mission
The first U.S. mission to return samples from an asteroid to Earth, addressing multiple NASA Solar System Exploration objectives.
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Eli Dourado
In about 5 hours, a spacecraft is going to collect a soil sample from an asteroid called Bennu, which will make a close approach to Earth in 2060, 2135, 2175, and 2196.
You can livestream the soil sample collection.
asteroidmission.org pic.twitter.com/Uh4y7lAWuS
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Drug Reformation: End Government’s Power to Require Prescriptions
Government‐imposed prescription requirements violate the rights of individuals to access the medicines they want. Evidence suggests that government‐imposed prescription requirements make patients less safe, not more.
Greece finalizes plan to build wall on border with Turkey
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government says it has finalized plans to build a wall along its northeast border with Turkey, over concerns that migrants may try to stage mass crossings into...
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Eli Dourado
Flanders is trying to figure out if it can invoke a “Fisheries Privilege Charter” granted by King Charles II in 1666 in the event of no deal.
ft.com/content/9355bf…
It is amazing how much EU governments care about fishing.
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How Failures of the Obama-Era Stimulus Could Guide a Biden Administration
One crucial lesson: aim big, because there may be only one chance, and an overheating economy is easier to fix than a halting recovery.
The Social Dilemma and the naming/knowing dichotomy
If there were to be a nutgraf for the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, it comes near the beginning when Justin Rosenstein observes that there is no single succinct problem with tech and soci…
Innovation is not linear - Works in Progress
Many have argued that innovation develops in a simple linear fashion – from research to experimentation to engineering. History suggests the relationship between science & innovation is reciprocal.