Follow up: Disease modeling for Ontario, Canada
Another moment in accurate disease model projections: When Ontario lifted public health protective measures in March, the expectation was that we might see a small but manageable bump in COVID-19…
Energy: Use abandoned oil wells for geothermal?
It may be possible to use existing but no longer used oil and gas wells to tap underground geothermal heat as energy sources. Source: The US may have an unexpected…
Good: Government sues HobbyKing over sale of illegal RC transmitters
The U.S. government Thursday filed a civil action in federal court in Portland against drone distributor HobbyKing to collect a $2.8 million fine for selling and marketing unauthorized communication devices…
“Tech” companies turn to apprenticeships
When you hear the word “tech” in the news, it almost always, as in this article, means “software”. Not sure we needed to invent a redundant term for “software”. Employers…
Children should be screened for anxiety at age 8
It was not the pandemic but the policies issued by public health officials who fixated on a single disease: All children should be screened for anxiety starting as young as…
Alaska Airlines to retire all Q400 turboprops by end of 2023
Sad to hear this: Alaska Airlines has announced that by the end of 2023, the Seattle-based carrier’s fleet will consist exclusively of Boeing 737s for mainline flights, and Embraer E175s…
Why go to college? :” Walmart to Pay In-House Truckers Up to $110,000″
Serious question – why invest so much in a 4-year degree that probably starts at far less and which has limited upside as well when you can make $100k as…
Economics “experts” were just as wrong as the epidemiology “experts”
Epidemiologists have been wrong about most everything pandemic related. The economists who said the government could print money without worrying about inflation – to cover the costs of the inept…
Probably: Government spending the cause of inflation?
The US government issued more stimulus money than needed. When economic output fell by $2.3T, the government spent $3 trillion to prop things up. That excess money leads to excess…
Follow up: “Feb 1, 2022 – Infections will rise in Norway”
On Feb 1, 2022, the Chief of Norway's National Institute of Public Health said that "infections will rise when restrictions are lifted" and there would be a new "wave of…