Where the Wild Typewriters Roam

Your love is like  the bad kind of mushrooms

Hookworms Successfully Prevent Type 2 Diabetes In Human Trial

I got them from my dog.

Microsoft May Bring AI Capabilities To Apps Like Paint and Photos On Windows 11 17

"Paint me a 1980 Cadillac Sedan de Ville in my living room" 

IBM Says Its Generative AI Tool Can Convert Old COBOL Code To Java 

Do you wanna be on the rollercoaster when they test it? 

Scientists Want To Fix Tooth Decay With Stem Cells 

Republicans in Texas have already banned it. 

 

Space junk targeted for cleanup mission was hit by different space junk, making more space junk

And this, Honey, is why I can't vacuum.  

 

'Millions' of spammy emails with no opt-out? That'll cost you $650K, Experian

Experian, in trouble yearly for some egregious practice, once again receives a stinging slap on the wrist. They claim their wrist is beginning to hurt.

 

Global Warming 

Yesterday it was 93. Today it's 63.

CEO Zooms through the bad news on Q2 earnings call

It's called the Faceyspaces Effect. "No one ever went broke overestimating the stupidity of the public".

 

The false promises of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving

ThermionicEmissions prides itself on the Truth. To expose the truth of the above, remove 'Tesla'. I've been saying "Not ready for prime time" ever since the concept was announced.  Ok. you can fault Musk a little, for saying his cars could do it.

• Mrs. lefty is visiting relatives this week. All I can say is God, I miss her. It's just not the same without her. It's too quiet. I miss the kisses most. I hope she brings the dog home soon.

The old nose hair is getting long again. Wife suggested a perm. I suggested a new battery for the nasal weed whacker. No word from the dog yet.

After shopping, Wife appears with a bag that says "Jewish rolls" on it.

This sparked interesting conversations.

What makes a roll Jewish? Is it cheap? Does it own the bakery? Does it have all the flour? Has the dough been persecuted? Did 6 million rolls go bad at the bakery? As Bradley Cooper just found out, rolls don't have big noses, and if they did, it would be antisemitic to point it out. I am now in trouble with the Anti Roll Defamation League. Don't even get me started on matzoh.

Congrats and well done to India, upon landing its Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon. 

Space Patrol wants to blow it up, but needs 5 years and $25 billion from President Giveaway to get the job done. 

 

Thousands of Octopuses Gather at This Mysterious Spot. Now, We Know Why.

free wi-fi

Walmart is adding Wing drone deliveries to limited Superstores this year

Project held up while they teach the drones to lose packages.

Space Force - a Special Edition

Warning:
lefty babbles skeptically about Space Force, in which he proves that Space Force ain't what it seems.



So, we have Space Force [insert deep voice with lots of echo].
I never really heard what it was about - just that we had it. We've been messing around in space for a long time: this is not our first ride.

Here's their site.

Here's their about page:

MISSION:
The USSF is a military service that organizes, trains, and equips space forces in order to protect U.S. and allied interests in space and to provide space capabilities to the joint force. USSF responsibilities include developing military space professionals, acquiring military space systems, maturing the military doctrine for space power, and organizing space forces to present to our Combatant Commands.


The Space Force was established under the Department of the Air Force.

What are we fighting against?
The page claims things like nuclear missiles. We can already see nuclear missiles. Our existing satellites can see a license plate on a car in detail. Then there's NORAD, which can also see all sorts of interesting things, like nuclear missiles and craft of unknown origin. They claim watching satellites and space debris. Sorry, guys, we already have every satellite and piece of junk cataloged very carefully, by the likes of Satview - Tracking satellites and Spacejunk in Real time. Oops - inconvenient facts.


This is Public information

1. JAPAN FIRM TO DEVELOP SATELLITE TO REMOVE SPACE DEBRIS
How do they know where it is without Space Force?

2. ROCKET LAB TO LAUNCH SATELLITES FOR US SPYSAT AGENCY AND NASA
Keep it in the open so no one will see it

3. Space debris is a major challenge as the chances of collision are high. If there is a collision, then the outgoing satellite or space vehicle will be totally damaged. At present the chances of near-by passage of space debris to working satellites is 20,000 approaches per week. This will steadily climb up to 50,000 close-by per week by 2050
How do they know where all of it is?

4. See all the satellites and space junk
Shit - Space Force vs web page. Only one can be correct.

5. Space Junk: Tracking & Removing Orbital Debris
Uh-oh

6. How Satellites Avoid Attacks And Space Junk While Circling The Earth

7. A global network of space surveillance sensors provide vital information on the location of satellites and space debris for the nation and the world. Maintaining space superiority is an emerging capability required to protect U.S. space assets from hostile attacks.
Are you going to tell us there's already a system in place?

So if we already have these capabilities, what is Space Force (aside from a huge bonus for the Military Industrial Complex)? Again?

Many suspect that some of our space weapons are actually pointed out, instead of at Earth. The Department of Defense never told me, so I remain neutral.


Warning 2: I (damn near) proved that Space Force is not what it's advertised as, but cannot say what it is.
 



Stupid Space Fact of the Day
A couple of years ago, I monitored the Space Station as it flew over my region. I could hear the Earthbound amateur radio guys contacting it. Fun day.