https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/science/sls-engine-test-nasa.html?smid=tw-share<b>NASA’s 2nd Test of Giant New Moon Rocket Is a Success</b>A test earlier this year of the Space Launch System core stage was marred by errors, so the agency conducted a do-over…. That was good news for the American goal of sending astronauts to the moon in the coming years. Despite a budget that has grown by billions of dollars and a schedule that is years late, NASA can now move the vehicle to Kennedy Space Center in Florida and prepare it for an actual launch, with no astronauts aboard, around the moon. …(<b>This</b> is rocket science.)
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March 19, 2021 4:30 pm
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March 19, 2021 4:32 pm
Just 2 comments Fred and Dans. My post at 4:28 did not show up. 4:31 right now.
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March 19, 2021 4:33 pm
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March 19, 2021 4:33 pm
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Fred C. Dobbs
March 22, 2021 9:06 am
Lactating humanoid breasts. Buzz Lightyear with a bloodied chain saw. Donald Trump getting spanked by Abraham Lincoln. These are some of the images contained in Mike Winkelmann’s “EVERYDAYS: THE FIRST 5000 DAYS.” Christie’s auction house sold the digital artwork this month for $69 million. That makes the piece by Mr. Winklemann, also known as Beeple, the third highest sale by a living artist, following Jeff Koons and David Hockney.But unlike a Koons or a Hockney, Mr. Winklemann’s piece was a non-fungible token, or NFT. These tokens are unique digital assets verified by blockchain technology. NFTs may be the new frontier for ownership on the internet — and everyone wants a piece. Brands, musicians, professional athletes, and design studios have all announced NFTs of their own.In this episode of “Sway,” Kara Swisher and Mr. Winkelmann talk about whether his work is actually worth $69 million, how he grapples with the environmental impact of blockchain minting, and how NFTs will change how we buy and flaunt digital ownership.
(It’s a podcast…)https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/opinion/sway-kara-swisher-beeple.html?smid=tw-share<b>What the heck are NFTs?</b>
Amateur+Socialist
March 22, 2021 9:30 am
Unsolicited movie evangelism: I hope a lot of people see Frances McDormand in the very good Nomadland which is now available streaming on Hulu. The movie depicts an older woman who has lost her job and her house and decides to live out of an aging van and travels the country trying to support herself with Amazon fulfillment and seasonal harvesting work. I believe the film is very timely and well done, and there is a small scene where a friend of Fern’s mentions that her social security benefits are merely ~$500/monthly after a lifetime of work. I hope a lot of people see it because I think it might help wake people up to the broken reality of our 40 year experiment with 401Ks. We are going to need to invest in strengthening and expanding social security benefits because it will probably turn out to be a well justified job creation program, moving older workers into retirement to create needed job opportunities for younger people. Limited work and earning potential are already impacting the rates of household formation, even before the pandemic hit.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/science/sls-engine-test-nasa.html?smid=tw-share<b>NASA’s 2nd Test of Giant New Moon Rocket Is a Success</b>A test earlier this year of the Space Launch System core stage was marred by errors, so the agency conducted a do-over…. That was good news for the American goal of sending astronauts to the moon in the coming years. Despite a budget that has grown by billions of dollars and a schedule that is years late, NASA can now move the vehicle to Kennedy Space Center in Florida and prepare it for an actual launch, with no astronauts aboard, around the moon. …(<b>This</b> is rocket science.)
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Just 2 comments Fred and Dans. My post at 4:28 did not show up. 4:31 right now.
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(It’s a podcast…)https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/opinion/sway-kara-swisher-beeple.html?smid=tw-share<b>What the heck are NFTs?</b>
Unsolicited movie evangelism: I hope a lot of people see Frances McDormand in the very good Nomadland which is now available streaming on Hulu. The movie depicts an older woman who has lost her job and her house and decides to live out of an aging van and travels the country trying to support herself with Amazon fulfillment and seasonal harvesting work. I believe the film is very timely and well done, and there is a small scene where a friend of Fern’s mentions that her social security benefits are merely ~$500/monthly after a lifetime of work. I hope a lot of people see it because I think it might help wake people up to the broken reality of our 40 year experiment with 401Ks. We are going to need to invest in strengthening and expanding social security benefits because it will probably turn out to be a well justified job creation program, moving older workers into retirement to create needed job opportunities for younger people. Limited work and earning potential are already impacting the rates of household formation, even before the pandemic hit.