Why would anyone want Japan to re-emerge as a military power?(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)Rubin, Trudy
“For modern day examples of this, you can see how the U.S. Navy is placing lasers on its ships and has used them in exercises to take out drones and boats in military exercises.” Of course this is now. In the 1980s, that kind of technology was rudimentary. Still, Pinsker argues,...
In the 2024 book “Resisting the Nuclear: Art and Activism across the Pacific,” one chapter describes how Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein reenacted the Trinity test in “Atomic Power,” a 1946 film that celebrates the role of science in U.S. military might. They note that in the film’s...
which makes products for both military and civilian use, introduced its take on the material, which it calls QBF, in 2023; Zhejiang Wazam New Material and Guangdong Hinno-tech have also announced similar products in recent years. But all of them are still going ...
After going through this exercise, I understand why I've been able to keep Financial Samurai going since 2009. Writing doesn't feel like work. It's also almostimpossible to stay retired once you retire early. Your Ikigai will drive you to be productive. ...
Have you ever wondered why Easter can fall in either March or April, unlike Christmas which is always on December 25th? For example, last year Easter was on April 9th, while this year it falls on March 31st. The reason behind the shifting date of Easter is quite interesting. Easter is ...
onMalcolm Harris‘s Twitter feed and apparently he deleted it because “he didn’t want to give the whole thing more attention.” See announcement below. His explanation is dumb because this is from a guy who tweets a gazillion times a day, showing that he doesn’t have enough to do. ...
Who started throwing pennies on this rock? When? Why? I decided to go straight to the source and send the Mount Washington Cog Railway a message asking exactly that. This is the response I received: "Hi, It's funny I ride the train all the time and I have never heard about penn...
I see most printed circuit boards are green in color. I’ve seen some blue and yellow boards, but not so many – so I have a question: Why are most PCBs green? The above question is not only asked by electronics hobbyists but also questioned by engineers, so today let’s unravel the...
We also get to sell them our new military equipment, which they promptly test against Palestinians in desert conditions. That provides useful data before our own troops have to take the gear into the field. Limited, but useful to a point. Other than that, we don't get a whole lot, ...