Lately I've been thinking about what shape the future will look like, and how it will evolve. The most likely candidate for a severe break with traditional civilization and the way the world will unfold I imagine will be simulation of baby brains ( Read more... )

I've made a livejournal for my coding project at ( Read more... )

We've been mutually avoiding each other for eight years after a falling out. It was nice to finally talk again.

But slightly awkward.

So I was thinking about spaceship design for fun and one of them that pops in my head is using VASIMR plasma rockets in conjunction with ion drives. See, plasma rockets require low mass elements for the fuel like hydrogen because they're generally just thermal expansion rockets for efficiency, but require hellish amounts of power. (like 1 MW per ( Read more... )

I lost it several weeks ago darn it. I expect its in the couch cushions or underneath the rug in the car. It'll probably turn up just after I give up and buy a new one.

If you've ever wondered about pure mathematics, metamath is an awesome site ( Read more... )

So everyone knows eventually all the fossil fuels run out, the big question is when, and who cares ( Read more... )

That Lew Rockwell blog brought this to my attention ( Read more... )

Take for instance cops. When I was younger I had no reason not to assume they were pure hearted servants of a benevolant state... but apparently theres no end of corruption that can happen when you endow a monopoly of violance on an organization ( Read more... )

Bah I'm old now life sucks.

Now I guess I'll make little obscene soap carvings and pester youngsters about the dangers of the reefer.