An Interesting (and revealing) Experiment in Social Media “Standards”
Twitter (aka Twatter) demonstrating their double standards policy with one simple experiment, presented in one simple screenshot:
Month: January 2019
Thoughts on Science and God
Can a belief in God be reconciled with scientific thought? Richard Feynman (the great explainer) thought so – by acknowledging the power of uncertainty. Uncertainty and skepticism are cornerstones of good scientific practice, regardless of your metaphysical leanings. When one abandons skepticism and doubt, one devolves into a “tyranny of ideas”, and that’s not good Read More …
Diff on Linux Directory Tree
To recursively compare files quickly between 2 directories: diff –brief -r dir1/ dir2/ The “–brief” flag only shows files that differ – not the details of those differences – and the “-r” flag makes the diff recursive.
HowTo: Killing Screen Outside Screen
I had a command inside a screen session lock up on me. Here’s how to kill it from a detached shell: screen -X -S 33474 quit Where: -X denotes that we want to execute a screen command -S denotes the socket or screen number (here 33474) “quit” is the command to send to the screen
ECT Makes a Comeback?
Electricoconvulsive-therapy (ECT) – better known as “shock treatment” – is attempting yet another comeback. This time, it’s being hailed as a potential breakthrough to treat veterans suffering from PTSD. I remember my dear old mummy wanted ECT, since the other patients she knew in the loony bin said that it “helped them to forget”. Her Read More …
They Live – By Gillette!
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass – and I’m all outta bubblegum!
Aging Solar Panels Create Waste Crisis
Australians who embraced the “solar revolution” with relish are faced with aging and damaged solar voltaic panels. When those panels are no longer serviceable, they go to the landfill. Now the Aussie’s are fretting on what to do with the mass of waste. The end state of “green” technology is rarely considered. Nor are the Read More …
Convert Files in Windows with ImageMagick
An interesting problem – a researcher had a pile of tif files she wanted to batch convert to jpg/jpeg. In the Linux world we use ImageMagick, which is available for Windows, but the Windows command line environment can’t hold a candle to bash. Here’s the solution: Download ImageMagick for Windows and install Place your tif Read More …
Residential Batteries Actually Increase Carbon Emissions
Ars Technica reports that a University of California San Diego (UCSD) study of the use of residential batteries actually results in an increase in air emissions – and that’s for cases where homeowners are “economically rational and trying to minimize costs”. If homeowners were to operate their battery systems in a way that reduced emissions, Read More …
Environmentalist Advocates Nuclear War (Seriously)
The cool kids with PhD’s over at The Trouble have a prescription for solving “Climate Change” – Thermal Nuclear War. Seriously, read it and weep. By the way, the tagline used by “The Trouble” is: AT THE HEART OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS POLITICS. Yes, politics are still ruining science.