Economist shows correlation between economists and idiots
R^2 = 0.25. This is not a correlation. In case he deletes the chart
Instagram no longer intended for photo sharing
Facebook’s head of Instagram said the service plans to start showing users full-screen, recommended videos in their feeds. “We’re no longer a photo-sharing app or a square photo-sharing app,” Head…
Number of People With Master’s and Doctoral Degrees Doubles Since 2000
Stunning: 35% of those age 25-64 now have at least a 4-year degree. About 13.1 percent of U.S. adults had a master’s or doctoral degree in 2018, up from 8.6…
Ignoring the Olympics
It is weird that some think the purpose of the Olympics should be political messaging. American Olympians criticized the International Olympic Committee for its reiteration of a ban on protests…
It’s called density altitude: “Too hot to fly at Portland International Airport?”
An aircraft’s performance is determined by density altitude. At a high altitude airport, the air is less dense. At a hot airport, the air is less dense. Same with humidity.…
California residents asked to avoid charging EVs
To avoid power grid demand problems, residents are asked to please charge EVs early in the day and avoid doing so in the evening. Interestingly, the issued a similar alert…
Why is temperature data so random?
The randomness of temperature measurements. At this minute, the weather source provided via Microsoft says it is 105 degrees F here. At this same minute (from the time stamp) the…
About the high heat here in the PNW
The high heat here in the PNW over the next few days is caused by a combination of factors, including atmospheric waves that have created and inland high pressure system,…
Boeing 777X delayed
A test aircraft experienced an uncommanded pitch up or down event, eerily similar to the 737-MAX fiasco. This is said to push production out until at least 2024: The Boeing…
Another sign the pandemic is over
I had to page about 70% of the way down the news.google.com web page before seeing a Covid-19 related news story – and that article was about disgraced UK Health…