Window Flickers

Window Flickers	October 22nd, 2011
	tv `[html]`

Walking home past a tall apartment building, I saw some synchronized blue flickers in the dusk. I stopped for a bit and watched. Five floors apart, the light levels of two different apartments were moving in parallel. I wonder what it would be like to walk past a similar building forty years ago when there were only a few television channels.

←

Getting a Cell Phone How Might a Country Leave the Eurozone?

→

Comment via: google plus, facebook

Recent posts on blogs I like:

Randal O’Toole Gets High-Speed Rail Wrong

Now that there’s decent chance of US investment in rail, Randal O’Toole is resurrecting his takes from the early Obama era, warning that high-speed rail is a multi-trillion dollar money sink. It’s not a good analysis, and in particular it gets the reality…

via Pedestrian Observations May 12, 2021

Collections: Teaching Paradox, Europa Universalis IV, Part II: Red Queens

This is the second part in a series (I) that examines the historical assumptions behind Paradox Interactive’s grand strategy computer game set in the early modern period, Europa Universalis IV (EU4). Last time, we took a look at how EU4 was a game fundame…

via A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry May 7, 2021

Books and websites on babies

Several people I know are expecting a first baby soon, and I wrote up notes for one of them. Might as well share here too: Medical:Scott Alexander’s Biodeterminist’s Guide to Parenting is an interesting read, and some parts are actionable. If you live in…

via The whole sky April 14, 2021

More Posts