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The latest Starship failure had me contemplating the strange mode of capitalism that Elon Musk operates in. He owns a bunch of shares in Tesla, which are, on paper, worth lots of money. He uses those shares as collateral to borrow money to buy and control other companies. The value of the shares is ...

I'm pursuing power saving measures. I just did a minor reconfiguration of my audio-visual setup, so I can conveniently shut it off from the mains and avoid wasting standby power from the following devices:

TV
Surround sound receiver
Subwoofer
Bluray player
Nintendo Switch
VCR
Turntable
Raspberry Pi ...

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I find it striking that Israel, Iran and Maga America all have theocratic motivations. They're also lead by, as the article headlines, 'angry old men'. It's right to question the sanity of each of them, as Tisdall does. As long as each of them remain in power, and with Putin watching on ...

Slightly more on topic, Trump's parade was pathetic.

https://www.indy100.com/politics/trump/ ... c-reaction

Netanyahu is insane.

I remember when the world's most insane country, North Korea got nukes, and it was a disturbing moment. Iran, a candidate for the world's second most insane country, is well on the way. The already nuclear armed countries, including Israel, Russia and the US, are becoming ...

Took longer than I thought but here it is, the Pentagon is reviewing the AUKUS agreement to see if it is in line with the Presidents Agenda. Now lets be clear, the Pentagon on its own doesn't suddenly decide to review a military agreement between 2, or possibly 3, countries, they would only do ...

Hambone wrote: ↑Fri Jun 06, 2025 10:20 amI do hope Leon has some receipts. We know somebody does.

He makes shit up with the same zest as his orange adversary, so it's hard to know.

I note that the Starship test flight since this article was written managed to get a bit further than the previous failures, before blowing/breaking up.

The same author has another article about the latest failure. I like his comparisons to Apollo. SpaceX and its ilk to me have always ...

I can't verify the assertions in this article - after all, it IS rocket science you know. But I find it believable.

Whenever one of Musk's rockets blows up it reminds me of the Soviet N1 rocket, which was intended to beat Apollo to the moon. Two tests in 1969 failed, and the Soviets were ...

This video, very interesting, upgrading old Mitsubishi MiEV with new battery and assist technology, just the advantage from better understanding of how best to use electric power in the car is remarkable. Original 70km range, just under double the battery capacity, but with the new technology and ...