With Linus surrendering to the forces that will consume Linux, it’s time to rethink a few things and make some decisions now that could save our nerd bacon, at least locally. This
This is the first post in a series of engineering topics for non-engineers that I plan to write. This topic is Kinetic Energy, and is likely the most relevant to things we all do, are involved in, or are subject
Editor’s Note: Originally written a decade ago, the general content is still relevant. Feel free to offer your own views on the best tractor for the average user. So… the quest for
Trigger pullers frequently point out that a sidearm is something you only use when things have gone terribly wrong and you can’t get to your rifle. Pistols suck, they smugly say. They
What I saw a man do made me question the professed causes and benefits of the industrial revolution, which is the wholesale replacement of skilled craftsmen with autonomic machines. Many of you
Let’s face it, the practice of medicine has some dark chapters, and to many, electro-shock therapy of the 60’s makes up one of the darkest. The images of patience strapped down and
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