Tag: Metrology
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Randomly related
Random crap, vaguely related to previous random story about the bitcoin rapping power couple… Some smart observers have concluded that the bitcoin racket is the male equivalent of MLMs. Most MLMs are explicitly aimed at women, selling cosmetics, weight reduction, and cooking supplies. Bitcoin is selling pure numbers. Competition is based on X > Y…
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Constants and Variables 169
More from the trust-inducing 2/2/51 news report, which was ordinary mainstream CBS output at the time. This story deserves respectful verbatim transcription. Note the literary level as well as the content…… = = = = = With all the troubles that beset us, and perhaps more to come, this is an inevitable corollary. The AP…
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How to create trust
It’s easy to say that trust requires truth. But truth is an asymptote, not a binary on/off measure. In any area of life we try to get closer to a useful set of facts and observations, but we never hit the plateau. Here’s a better and more achievable rule: In science and in journalism, trust…
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Neat graph
The Tonga eruption sent out a shockwave in the air as well as an underwater wave. A meteorologist in Iowa created an animated graph showing the wave passing over the entire US from west to east, based on sudden changes in barometer readings.
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I used to know this
Here’s a fact I recognized a long time ago and then forgot. Antivaxxers are OCD. The Public “Health” demons are also OCD. This explains one peculiar twist in the current fake “debates”. Antivax is a more natural and less contrived outcome of OCD. The provax position was imposed in 2020 by the ALL OR NOTHING…
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Weird GIF stuff in WordPress
After a month of using WP, I have mixed feelings. On the pro side: My reason for switching was to get away from censors and takedowns. So far there haven’t been any takedowns. I’ve been speaking the same truth in the same hard language, and nothing has been censored YET. On the con side, WP…
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