Golden Dome Is Technologically and Financially Infeasible
it doesn’t require a ton of sophisticated analysis to come to these conclusions. still, it’s nice to see them getting some attention.
botwerks
• steve ulrich
Golden Dome Is Technologically and Financially Infeasible
it doesn’t require a ton of sophisticated analysis to come to these conclusions. still, it’s nice to see them getting some attention.
Metod Rybar – Personal Blog
• Metod Rybar
People are hard to coerce by force alone. “why do these fellows feel like they must or ought to serve. A lot of historical fiction or fantasy settings fail to address this particular question or else answer it with a very crude ‘because they have to’ (that is, compulsion) but that’s not usually how this… Read More »Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part I: Why They Fight
A thank-you for your stone circle and standing stone volunteers: site volunteers, recorders, guides, stewards, finds and collection, archive, education, events, oral history, the trustees and the founders. The old stones in the morning mist, a lichen-patterned stone up close or a guide's hand near the tallest stone as a private digital jigsaw with your note at the end. Words first, no-climbing and protected ground safety, photo tips, piece counts, honest pricing and ideas that are not a puzzle.
A thank-you for your hillfort heritage volunteers: site volunteers, recorders, guides, stewards, finds and collection, archive, education, events, oral history, the trustees and the founders. The ramparts against the sky, the old gateway in the frost or a guide's hand pointing across the valley as a private digital jigsaw with your note at the end. Words first, steep bank and protected ground safety, photo tips, piece counts, honest pricing and ideas that are not a puzzle.
Metod Rybar – Personal Blog
• Metod Rybar
Not the old kind. The smart one. “There’s also an impulse to do a sort of “Good Tsar, bad boyars” maneuver, where people say “it’s not the phones, it’s social media”. But this is an argument over whether guns kill people or bullets kill people. Yes, we could access social media from laptops or other… Read More »Phones Are Bad
A thank-you for your Roman fort and villa heritage volunteers: site volunteers, recorders, guides, stewards, finds and collection, archive, education, events, oral history, the trustees and the founders. The low walls on the hillside, a mosaic floor under the shelter roof or a guide's hand beside a carved stone as a private digital jigsaw with your note at the end. Words first, fragile walls and open trench safety, photo tips, piece counts, honest pricing and ideas that are not a puzzle.
A thank-you for your packhorse bridge heritage volunteers: path and site volunteers, recorders, guides, walk leaders, collection, archive, education, events, oral history, the trustees and the founders. The narrow arch over the beck, the worn cobbles in the morning mist or a guide's hand on the low parapet as a private digital jigsaw with your note at the end. Words first, water and slippery stone safety, photo tips, piece counts, honest pricing and ideas that are not a puzzle.
Metod Rybar – Personal Blog
• Metod Rybar
Even famous scientist can argue badly. “The idea that the Haber-Bosch process has “brought nothing like shared prosperity” is an absolutely wild claim. Nitrogen fertilizers are so important to human existence that by the most common estimates, about half of the entire population of Earth — 3.5 billion people — is only sustained thanks to… Read More »Book review: “Power and Progress”
Metod Rybar – Personal Blog
• Metod Rybar
Is it? And why?
Metod Rybar – Personal Blog
• Metod Rybar
And is it really?
Karn Wong
• Unknown
A thank-you for your abbey and priory ruins heritage volunteers: site and recording volunteers, guides, open day stewards, collection, archive, education, events, shop and tea, oral history, the trustees and the founders. The broken arches against the sky, the cloister lawn in the morning light or a guide's hand on a carved stone as a private digital jigsaw with your note at the end. Words first, high walls and loose stone safety, photo tips, piece counts, honest pricing and ideas that are not a puzzle.
When making this week's tiara, the creator was inspired by the opera, The Magic Flute.
A thank-you for your tithe barn heritage volunteers: building and timber volunteers, guides, open day stewards, collection, archive, education, events, shop and tea, oral history, the trustees and the founders. The great barn doors open to the light, the oak roof like an upturned ship or a guide's hand on the old threshing floor as a private digital jigsaw with your note at the end. Words first, height and old timber safety, photo tips, piece counts, honest pricing and ideas that are not a puzzle.