Re: [FRIAM] Bad news about the climate

Some would argue that the rail network has not only been neglected but sabotaged in favor of automobiles. For instance, the Los Angeles trolly system was bought by car companies and basically dismantled. The system was sold in 1944 by Huntington's estate to American City Lines, > Inc., of

[FRIAM] 0 years ago today - Our Owen Densmore as a leading star on stage with Jobs unveiling the first Macintosh

The 1984 Macintosh Ad shown during the Jan 22 Superbowl teased the Jan 26, 1984 introduction of the Mac at the Apple Shareholders meeting (I don't have the video). Jobs did a demo and then a panel discussion with 8 members

Re: [FRIAM] 0 years ago today - Our Owen Densmore as a leading star on stage with Jobs unveiling the first Macintosh

Wow, the young Steve Jobs and Owen on the same stage, together with Andrew Hertzfeld and Bill Atkinson. I didn't know he knew all of them. Has he got Apple shares as compensation back then? Apple shares from 1984 must be worth a fortune now.-J. Original message From: Stephen

Re: [FRIAM] 0 years ago today - Our Owen Densmore as a leading star on stage with Jobs unveiling the first Macintosh

Jobs and Dad (Owen) had some differences (being polite). Was one of the reasons he went to SUN, IIRC it also had a infamously unhealthy work/life balance. The mac team also was cutting it very close to get a working(ish) computer for steve jobs to show off. The mac team had some 'unexpected

Re: [FRIAM] Bad news about the climate

The U.S. could develop high speed rail to avoid use of aircraft. Aircraft could be based on H2. Because of the low specific gravity of H2, that would mean devoting more space to storage of H2. That would increase the price, which itself is a fine way to moderate use of air travel and

[FRIAM] Policy Modeling

I'm confident many of y'all have seen this. But each of the snippets below, from Roger & Merle's nihilistic takes to Leigh and Cody's optimistic takes, bounce around policy modeling. What can one estimate in the face of overwhelming uncertainty? And given one's high uncertainty estimates,

Re: [FRIAM] Bad news about the climate

Yeah, I'm not so sure that's the right tack. I mean, airlines (and airplane mfgs) aren't the most earth friendly enterprises, at their core. Even if we could magically swap out a zero emissions fuel (which we can't: https://www.wri.org/insights/us-sustainable-aviation-fuel-emissions-impacts),

Re: [FRIAM] Policy Modeling

glen - Excellent and concise summary of this thread following your main point about policy modeling... I'm sure an LLM couldn't begin to be as on-point and succinct!   I feel remiss in not analyzing existing threads as carefully as you must have before I stick my fat foot in my fat mouth: