Bitchin Dave's Newsletter - September 12

  

September 12, 2023 Insights, news, ramblings, and other serious nonsense from Dave

Dave’s Musings

As I navigate through a professional career change, I am reminded of a quote from Mark Twain that you may find valuable as well: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you did not do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

Take personal stock of where you are in life and explore, dream, and discover!

  

What is believed to be an asteroid collided with Jupiter a couple of weeks ago. And an amateur astronomer happened to capture an image of it in real time. It is worth a look! Asteroid impact	MIT has developed a cooling system that uses no electricity, and provides 300% better cooling than a similar evaporative cooling system. Its still in a development stage, but the solution could provide a low cost solution to large portions of the world that are experience extreme heat. interestingengineering.com

Disney made some big announcements related to Disney World at the D23 event last week. In short, Disney is planning to invest $10s of billions into the Florida theme parks, in spite of the nonsense with Florida's governor. The plan is update some rides and attractions, to further incorporate Intellectual Property, and to enhance guest experiences. While so far the details are about relatively small changes, I look forward to seeing how this evolve.

Science continues to find solutions to problems. Here's an article about a "Win-Win for Climate" In short, scientists ground up silicate rock and applied it to a field, and saw a reduction in CO2 production from the plants, which otherwise would have wound up in the atmosphere. As I've noted before, simple solutions are sometimes the best ones, and are easy to overlook at times. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-climate-win-win-quantifies-benefits-weathering.amp

One Little Spark …  … for your imagination

New York City is having a bit of an immigration problem. There are a large number  mostly legal immigrants (primarily from Venezuela), at least some of whom were bussed to NY from other states that are essentially stirring the anti-immigrant pot.

Some blowhard politicians are trying to frame it as a "border crisis," which is not accurate.  Most of these immigrants did not cross through the southern border.  Meanwhile, the media doesn't quite know how to cover it.  

And what you get is a lot of bluster from the mayor and governor of NY, governors from other states, and the white house.

Its a complicated and nuanced problem that can't be solved by people just pointing fingers.  In fact, this is long-standing problem (dating back to the early 20th century) with immigrants coming over on ships and reaching NY, and going through Ellis Island.

If you've never studied what happened there, I highly recommend a visit or you can start with a little light reading: https://www.statueofliberty.org/ellis-island/overview-history/

In a sense, what you are seeing is history repeating itself.  Large numbers of immigrants have arrived in NY and no one knows what, exactly, should be done with them - and whether immigration laws should change.

Dave’s latest video

Data privacy, as it relates to cars is a topic that doesn't get much attention. I've made a short video on the topic. https://youtu.be/a142IplEnO8?si=xRX3pcUMaGkobvsr

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