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Excellent writing about the physical world.
Alexis, Oakland, and the Port
In ways that are almost spooky, Oakland ends up concentrating so many of the problems of the Bay Area…
Reliability Compounds
The magical fact isn’t that we have jet planes. It’s that modern airliners are reliable to the tune of one accident per 1.13 million flights.…
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Notes, 2025-03-03
If you want to make a strong slingshot out of wood, you need to find a good forked branch to start with.…
Notes, 2025-02-16
Let's start at an airport, and see where we go.…
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Postcards, Part 5
Another week, another dozen or so postcards. I've got at least three dozen left to write; as always,…
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