US Shoots Down IRBM with THAAD (opens the source in a new tab)
14th straight, successful interception of a missile target. Not bad.
One-Shots
Great Thread on Marvel/DC SJW Shenanigans (opens the source in a new tab)
Discussing the one-shot from the other day
Abandoned Soviet Space Shuttles (opens the source in a new tab)
All we'd need is a working USSR to get those flying. Good img gallery
Microsoft Will Offer Local Azure Cloud Stacks (opens the source in a new tab)
Microsoft is pivoting on cloud services - like the 365/win10 bundle
Shadow of War & the Truman Show Effect (opens the source in a new tab)
Good article from Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Quantum Currency (opens the source in a new tab)
Better than blockchain? Scaling issues? This isn't imminent.
Trump Begins to End Startup Visas (opens the source in a new tab)
Increase the numbers, decrease the value
China to Block Private VPNs by Next Year (opens the source in a new tab)
Cyber-sovereignty in our time
Burden of Command Trying to be the Wargame I've Always Wanted (opens the source in a new tab)
Good preview at Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Syphilis, Genius, Madness and History (opens the source in a new tab)
Via Isegoria - several good links, and another book for my list
Interview with the Creators of Salvation (opens the source in a new tab)
Boing Boing interviews creators of new Salvation asteroid impact show
Visualizing Subatomic Particles (opens the source in a new tab)
Pretty pictures, good overview
Microsoft to Sell Windows, Office as a Bundle (opens the source in a new tab)
Wasn't there rather a fuss last time Microsoft bundled OS and apps?
Carriers at Bottom of EFF's "Who Has Your Back?" Scorecard (opens the source in a new tab)
Unsurprising. Uber and Lyft both got a 5, which surprised me
Recreating an Extinct Virus (opens the source in a new tab)
Team did it with $100k. Implications for warfare are obvious...
Electrified Droplets Create Mini Saturn Planets (opens the source in a new tab)
Doesn't say what the effect might be on larger Saturn planets
Oculus Drops Price Again (opens the source in a new tab)
May indicate sales issues or other problems.
Red Meat is Health Food (opens the source in a new tab)
Mangan looks at the evidence. I'd want to believe this regardless.
Gravitational Waves Might Be Just Noise (opens the source in a new tab)
LIGO has two sites - the signal is correlated - but so is the noise
Robert Recorde, Inventor of the Equals Sign (opens the source in a new tab)
Good read - had never heard of the man, though perhaps I should have