We have not been outside in a week
We are now at one week of Air Quality Index values hitting around 500 +/- each day. The outside air is unbreathable. We have been confined to our sealed house…
Air Quality Index
The Air Quality Index (AQI) is a numeric indicator of local air quality. Since last Thursday night, our AQI has been in the 500 to 526 range. The range only…
Google joins AMA, AOPA, and EAA asking the FAA to make fundamental changes to the FAA’s Remote ID proposal
This is significant: AMA, AOPA, EAA and Google’s sister company, Wing, urge FAA to Make Essential Changes to Remote ID Rule | AMA IN ACTION Advocating for Members Last December,…
Computer security failures in the news
On Monday, Public Health Wales disclosed that it accidentally leaked the personal data of 18,105 Welsh residents who tested positive for COVID-19, and that data was visible for 20 hours…
It’s worse than we thought: “Second Analysis of Ferguson’s Model”
In the past I had some comments on Neil Ferguson’s disease model and have repeatedly noted its poor quality. This model was used, last spring, as the basis for setting…
Wild fires: Is everything a single variable problem?
With wild fires out of control in west coast states, the new meme is to blame all of them on climate change. If only we controlled the climate, there would…
Interesting comparison finds ICL disease model was worthless
Disease models have been a fiasco from day one: We can refer to a natural experiment in Sweden for some clarity. Sweden’s government did not lock down the country’s economy,…
Wildfires and Solar Panels – Solarponics
Wildfires-and-solar-panels: The heavy ash sediment has been known to reduce power production by as much as 30% or more if not washed off. Source: Wildfires and Solar Panels – Solarponics…
Police departments nationwide are encrypting their radio communications, just as the public is demanding transparency
Radio “Scanners” have long been used by media, press, and volunteer responders[1] to listen to public safety communications in the U.S. Now, police departments nationwide are digitally encrypting their radio…
Heh – subscription fatigue
Walmart announces an annual subscription called Walmart Plus, similar to Amazon Prime. But this: He added that Walmart will face an uphill battle against “subscription fatigue,” as shoppers have already…