Jonathan Merritt
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Looking for a job!
Uilleann piper, highland piper, extreme Gaelic music enthusiast.
https://jmerritt.blog
What kind of an idiot makes that mistake once and then doesn’t just delete the app from their work phone?
He’s either totally oblivious, or so many other insiders are using Signal too that he can’t abandon it.
He’s either totally oblivious, or so many other insiders are using Signal too that he can’t abandon it.
April 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
What kind of an idiot makes that mistake once and then doesn’t just delete the app from their work phone?
He’s either totally oblivious, or so many other insiders are using Signal too that he can’t abandon it.
He’s either totally oblivious, or so many other insiders are using Signal too that he can’t abandon it.
IDK about that: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
People have all sorts of ideas about Trump’s relationship to Putin, but he’s not literally arming Russia!
(Although he’s probably asked his advisors if the US could make more money selling to both side!)
People have all sorts of ideas about Trump’s relationship to Putin, but he’s not literally arming Russia!
(Although he’s probably asked his advisors if the US could make more money selling to both side!)
Ukraine accuses China of supplying weapons to Russia
China has previously projected an image of neutrality on the Ukraine invasion, but has forged closer ties with Russia as the fighting as raged.
www.abc.net.au
April 20, 2025 at 7:14 AM
IDK about that: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
People have all sorts of ideas about Trump’s relationship to Putin, but he’s not literally arming Russia!
(Although he’s probably asked his advisors if the US could make more money selling to both side!)
People have all sorts of ideas about Trump’s relationship to Putin, but he’s not literally arming Russia!
(Although he’s probably asked his advisors if the US could make more money selling to both side!)
When people talk about crazy bureaucracy standing in the way of innovation, this is what they’re talking about.
Are you really going to stand in the way of the most successful US aerospace company just for a small stretch of usually-deserted beach?
Careful is one thing, but this is nuts!
Are you really going to stand in the way of the most successful US aerospace company just for a small stretch of usually-deserted beach?
Careful is one thing, but this is nuts!
April 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
When people talk about crazy bureaucracy standing in the way of innovation, this is what they’re talking about.
Are you really going to stand in the way of the most successful US aerospace company just for a small stretch of usually-deserted beach?
Careful is one thing, but this is nuts!
Are you really going to stand in the way of the most successful US aerospace company just for a small stretch of usually-deserted beach?
Careful is one thing, but this is nuts!
AFAICT, SpaceX, not Musk, wants to control the beach. So that they don’t have to mess around with closures and miscellaneous red tape every time they want to launch something.
Seems like a perfectly reasonable request to me. I’m not a Musk fan, but this article is just stoopid.
Seems like a perfectly reasonable request to me. I’m not a Musk fan, but this article is just stoopid.
April 15, 2025 at 6:10 AM
AFAICT, SpaceX, not Musk, wants to control the beach. So that they don’t have to mess around with closures and miscellaneous red tape every time they want to launch something.
Seems like a perfectly reasonable request to me. I’m not a Musk fan, but this article is just stoopid.
Seems like a perfectly reasonable request to me. I’m not a Musk fan, but this article is just stoopid.
Seems strange. Just accept that you’re going to have to do cardio, and lifting stuff will always be a secondary beneficial activity… not what you should spend most of your time doing!
April 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Seems strange. Just accept that you’re going to have to do cardio, and lifting stuff will always be a secondary beneficial activity… not what you should spend most of your time doing!
When I read these studies, particularly popular coverage, I have to wonder: what’s the obsession with resistance training anyway?
We know aerobic exercise extends life-span and health-span significantly. People seem to hope that RT will be as effective, despite the worse evidence so far.
We know aerobic exercise extends life-span and health-span significantly. People seem to hope that RT will be as effective, despite the worse evidence so far.
April 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
When I read these studies, particularly popular coverage, I have to wonder: what’s the obsession with resistance training anyway?
We know aerobic exercise extends life-span and health-span significantly. People seem to hope that RT will be as effective, despite the worse evidence so far.
We know aerobic exercise extends life-span and health-span significantly. People seem to hope that RT will be as effective, despite the worse evidence so far.
(And Victorian-era people actually thought like that too! Go read literature from that period about scientific and technical advancement. Go and look at how socialites showed up to the opening of things like water processing plants; when they already had plenty of fresh water themselves…)
April 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
(And Victorian-era people actually thought like that too! Go read literature from that period about scientific and technical advancement. Go and look at how socialites showed up to the opening of things like water processing plants; when they already had plenty of fresh water themselves…)
Clearly where we went wrong is the misapprehension that the only way to counter an unjust concentration of wealth and resources is to give everyone the very, very small chance to accumulate their own unjust concentration of wealth and resources.
April 8, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Clearly where we went wrong is the misapprehension that the only way to counter an unjust concentration of wealth and resources is to give everyone the very, very small chance to accumulate their own unjust concentration of wealth and resources.
There was a brilliant Blender Conference talk on this work. If you want to see “behind the scenes” in a technical sense, it’s all there! youtu.be/doln4Txge9g
A Portrait of Tenochtitlan - Reconstructing a city buried 500 years ago — Blender Conference 2024
YouTube video by Blender
youtu.be
April 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
There was a brilliant Blender Conference talk on this work. If you want to see “behind the scenes” in a technical sense, it’s all there! youtu.be/doln4Txge9g
Yes, so NIH funding is acting as a government subsidy for pharmaceutical companies, right?
After all, it’s not as though profits from those new drugs are going to support the NIH, nor are the new drugs contributing enough tax revenue from positive externalities to justify it.
After all, it’s not as though profits from those new drugs are going to support the NIH, nor are the new drugs contributing enough tax revenue from positive externalities to justify it.
March 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Yes, so NIH funding is acting as a government subsidy for pharmaceutical companies, right?
After all, it’s not as though profits from those new drugs are going to support the NIH, nor are the new drugs contributing enough tax revenue from positive externalities to justify it.
After all, it’s not as though profits from those new drugs are going to support the NIH, nor are the new drugs contributing enough tax revenue from positive externalities to justify it.
Also AOC and Bernie both reportedly saw the “split voting” phenomenon, where people voted for both them AND Trump. To me, that suggests a presidential candidate more like AOC or Bernie would have done better.
March 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Also AOC and Bernie both reportedly saw the “split voting” phenomenon, where people voted for both them AND Trump. To me, that suggests a presidential candidate more like AOC or Bernie would have done better.