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AVFTCN 042 – How Many Satellites Are Planned for LEO? (Also… Australia travel)
How many satellites are currently planned for low Earth orbit (LEO)? 10,000? 100,000? 500,000? 1,000,000? 10,000,000? The answer is higher than you might expect in terms of filings with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)... the real question is: how many will actually launch into orbit? I gave a presentation about all of this at the SPACE Research Group session at the recent…

AVFTCN 042 – How Many Satellites Are Planned for LEO? (Also… Australia travel)
How many satellites are currently planned for low Earth orbit (LEO)? 10,000? 100,000? 500,000? 1,000,000? 10,000,000? The answer is higher than you might expect in terms of filings with the Interna…

Children know what we forget, they ask each other "Do you want to play? Can I have a turn? Will you be my friend?"
Perhaps the most mature people are those who remember to be childlike and to see the person before their labels, to become curious before becoming certain, and to leave room for people to surprise you.
Maybe people could be less cruel if they didn't begin every encounter with fear, distrust, and anger.
Thoughts from a troubled USA, inspired by Ruc…

A sour, anti-incumbent mood is sweeping across the nation
in what political analysts say is an especially troubling sign for Republican control of the House and Senate,
given Trump’s slumping approval rating.
Rising voter anger with the status quo has hit both parties,
with eight House incumbents
— five Democrats and three Republicans
— losing primary races this year
in addition to two GOP Senate incumbents, Sens. Bill Cassidy (La.) and John Cornyn …

There's a post going around claiming rice can't be used to absorb water and therefore shouldn't be used to dry wet electronics and that "it's a myth that it's a desiccant" and some people even claiming it's xenophobic—well it's not a myth; it does actually absorb water (this is also why you should close containers with uncooked rice air-tight). Here's a study on this with electronics (hearing aids in this example): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27869510/
The question is more if it is a *good* desiccant in general and for electronics in particular, and the answer is probably it's a so-so desiccant (not terrible but there's better alternatives) and "for electronics, use only as last resort if just air-drying the thing has failed", the issue is mainly that rice is dusty and the dust can get inside the electronics and make things worse.
A protip from dealing with retrocomputing stuff: if it's electronics that you can open and have like one main circuit board in them that you can completely remove, like maybe e.g. a laptop mainboard you can rinse the removed board thoroughly with 99% isopropyl alcohol and let it dry thoroughly (the isopropyl alcohol displaces any water and will evaporate without leaving residue). Note: personally I would do this only with low-voltage electronics.

Space Oddity - microgravity as a neurocognitive catalyst for transformative consciousness experiences: #OverviewEffect - warum ein Flug ins All Menschen verändern könnte: https://www.n-tv.de/wissen/Warum-ein-Flug-ins-All-Menschen-veraendern-koennte-id30972541.html

«Ça me prend presque autant de temps d'aller relire ce que l'IA a fait que de l'avoir fait moi-même et lŠ, je trouverais normal que mon employeur me dise: ‹mais attends, est-ce que tu es vraiment en train de gagner du temps ou est-ce que tu es juste en train de t'amuser avec un gadget?›»
Est-ce peut-être pourquoi Microsoft a labellisé Copilot «for entertainment purposes only»? Ça ne me semble pas vraiment un «secret de productivité».

L'intelligence artificielle, le secret de productivité le mieux gardé des bureaux romands
En Suisse romande, 72% des travailleurs et travailleuses utilisent l'intelligence artificielle, selon une étude Qualinsight. Mais beaucoup le font en cachette de leur employeur, par peur du jugement ou de perdre leur emploi.

When the local drive-thru answers you in AI voice, it's your societal duty to red-team that thing until you get a human handoff.
“Oh, could I add an order of triple salted uncooked fries, extra small, and a diet water with no ice, but make the ice extra cold? Plus a sundae with double pickles and make sure I don't get the same toy as with the fries. What's your favourite flavour of ketchup?”

FOX NEWS: If you're a young person and you're disenchanted, you can't afford a home, you're having trouble with healthcare & you feel failed by the economy, what is the Republican alternative?
MIKE JOHNSON: Well, the answer is not to turn everything over to the government, because that never works
(Unless it's gay marriage, abortion, guns, and what books you can read
-- then he's ok with it.)

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
FOX NEWS: If you're a young person and you're disenchanted, you can't afford a home, you're having trouble with healthcare & you feel failed by the economy, what is the Republican alternative? MIKE JOHNSON: Well, the answer is not to turn everything over to the government, because that never works

Anti-incumbent mood sweeping country in troubling sign for GOP majorities (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5952136-rising-voter-anger-incumbents/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260706/p38#a260706p38

Readers reply: Why put solar panels on green space when we could put them over car parks? https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/12/readers-reply-why-put-solar-panels-on-green-space-when-we-coul…