Move fast and break things: now at 36,000 ft.
The United 737 was apparently hit by a WindBorne Systems weather balloon, cracking the windshield and injuring a pilot. The startup's idea is good. Hundreds drifting through airways and falling as waste: not so much. spectrum.ieee.org/amp/ai-weath...

UK per capita electricity use dropped 45% over 25 years while in the Netherlands it barely changed. That is a symptom of deep deindustrialization as most electricity powers industry. The UK focused on the service industry, while we Dutch kept our greenhouses and chemicals. UK's GDP per capita lags.

Very tragic B737 crash in Korea today. The airplane was landing without flaps and gear up, and therefore at a much higher speed. Matching the video to the Google Earth view, touch down was 2/3rd down the 2800m runway, leaving just 1000m to dissipate the kinetic energy.

I had a spectacular view of Silicon Valley after we took off from San Jose in a United A319. Facing north, you can see the entire San Francisco Bay. I annotated the main locations of a few well-known companies.

I’m done with Twitter. Sky Follower seemed to work well with the migration.