Welcome to the fifth and final installment of this year’s Gift Guide! I apologize that it has taken me so far into December to finish these round-ups. Putting this Guide together every year is a bit like childbirth. When it’s over, I quickly forget how grueling it was. Then, smack...
What happens to the resistance of most common metals as the temperature of the metal increases? What is the most important element for creating a magnetic field, and why? Comic-book superheroes are sometimes able to punch holes through steel walls. If the ultimate shear strength of steel is ...
This is the starting point for the below, Feynman being prescient again, but a masterclass. POINT: We know what to do and have come close to understanding much of nature in the last 200 years. In particular the last 20 years when most of the pseudo science of the Agenda 21 movement ha...
a mix of high performance and maximum portable flexibility is going to provide the best overall experience, while others need perfect bang-for-the-buck balance for their budget. But for those who want the power of a tricked-out PC battlestation in ...
“This has the potential to make life much better … I think it’s honestly a layup.” Altman: “I hate to sound like a utopic tech bro here, but the increase in quality of life that AI can deliver is extraordinary.” Pichai: “AI is the most profound technology that humanity is ...
With abundant combat-centered content in the anime genre, it is no big surprise that long-running debates about the most powerful anime characters are a staple of anime popularity.Over time, innumerable hours have been devoted to trying to establish which are the strongest anime characters created...
It's useful for scientists and engineers to group metals from strongest to weakest, but the main obstacle to doing this meaningfully is that strength is defined by several properties. Keeping this in mind, steel and its alloys usually top most lists for general strength. Tungsten is generally ...
When feeling our weakness and the power of our enemies, we most perceive the greatness of that mighty power which effects the conversion of the believer, and is engaged to perfect his salvation. Surely this will constrain us by love to live to our Redeemer's glory. Barnes' Notes on the ...
Okay, it's not bad, but there's this nagging lack of control. Like, you can't fine-tune your targeting to the degree I'd like. Sure, buyer traffic is great, but what about niche buyer traffic? What if I'm selling handmade cat hats (don't judge)? And then there's the subscript...
When Barack Obama walked out to “City of Blinding Lights” by U2, it was the first time that he had appeared and spoken directly to the public since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race. His speech in many ways summed up the energy of the convention and the arc of ...