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Month: May 2019

Rural Cooperatives Deliver High-Speed Internet for Less

May 27, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

24 May 2019 – IEEE Spectrum TELCOM By Lucas Laursen “Rural Cooperatives Deliver High-Speed Internet for Less,” tired of waiting, some rural residents are funding their own Wi-Fi networks to bring broadband to their homes.

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Finanace, IT Failures, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: broadband, Cooperatives, FCC, High-Speed Internet, IEEE, TELCOM, Wi-Fi network

A Brain Computer Interface for Tackling ADHD in Children

May 27, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

24 May 2019 A IEEE Spectrum article by Anouk Wipprecht “I Built a Brain Computer Interface for Tackling ADHD in Children,” or A playful headpiece called Agent Unicorn incorporates an EEG that detects P300, the neural signature of attention.

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Science, Thinking about Tagged: Adderall, ADHD, Agent Unicorn, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, brain-computer interfaces, EEG, electroencephalography, makers, medication, neural, P300, stimulants

What could go wrong? The U.S. put nuclear waste under a dome on a Pacific island.

May 21, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The Washington Post published an engaging essay about a nuclear waste depository on the Marshall Islands. Some good background and discussion of the meeting of two critical issues, climate change and nuclear waste. Beyond the comments from a shill or two from the pro-nuclear camp, the concerns of us common folk is quite clear in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Nuclear Industry, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: Atomic Heritage Foundation, Bikini Atoll, Castle Bravo, Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, nuclear waste, plutonium-239, Radioactive, radioactive material, Runit Island, toxic substance

We froze the salaries of 20 executives – and it improved the lives of 500 employees

May 17, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From the Guardian: Executive pay is skyrocketing in the US. But I froze the salaries of my top team to benefit other workers – and it worked. What seems like a real world example of how smart leadership can help fix wage disparity.

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Finanace, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: Executive pay, Inequality, minimum wage, Patriotic Millionaires, salaries, wealth

Cost Prohibitive — The last reactor at Three Mile Island is shutting down

May 9, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Plant owner Exelon said the reactor would shut down by September 30. from Ars Technica by Megan Geuss, 05/09/2019.

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Finanace, Nuclear Industry, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: Nuclear, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, reactor, Three Mile Island, TMI

Leona Helmsley, who, like Trump …

May 9, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From a column By Daniel Hemel in the Washington Post: Trump just gave the House a very good reason to look at his tax returns Of course, anyone who has been following Trump-related tax news over the past several years should know by now that the president’s attitude toward tax compliance is cavalier, if not … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Finanace, Politics, Trump Tagged: Donald Trump, IRS, Leona Helmsley, Prison, tax compliance, White House

The Moron’s Dozen

May 8, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

By Dirty Matt Leonardo Traded for a small donation with Mr. Leonardo in Petaluma CA in 2018, a copy of an original 4 x 6 inches in ball point pen

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: art, California, Dirty Matt Leonardo, Moron, Petaluma, Roses

The Foundation Book: Bay Hill Road Bodega Bay

May 8, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

By Dirty Matt Leonardo Traded for a small donation with Mr. Leonardo in Petaluma CA in 2018, original 4 x 10 inches in ball point pen.

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: art, Bodega Bay, California, Dirty Matt Leonardo, Petaluma, The Foundation Book

The Demon Test by Dirty Matt Leonardo

May 8, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Traded for a small donation with Mr. Leonardo in Petaluma CA in 2018, original 4 x 6 inches in ball point pen.

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: art, California, Dirty Matt Leonardo, Petaluma, The Demon Test

Goldilock’s Range – from The Uninhabitable Earth

May 7, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The Uninhabitable Earth, Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells: Page 42: This (environmental warmth) is among the things cosmologists mean when they talk about the utter improbability of anything as advanced as human intelligence evolving anywhere in a universe as inhospitable to life as this one; every uninhabitable planet out there is a reminder of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: climate change, climate equilibrium, David Wallace-Wells, Global Warming, Goldilocks, temperatures, Uninhabitable Earth, Warming

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