Archive for April, 2015
Whatever Tesla Announces Today… Wait
April 30th, 2015Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in NZ. — Tesla Powerwall Press Kit Leaks Before Presentation The Powerwall Home Battery increases the capacity for a household’s solar consumption, while also offering backup functionality during grid outages. The Powerwall is available in 10kWh, optimized for backup applications or 7kWh optimized for daily use applications. Both can […]
Scientists Achieve Critical Steps to Building First Practical Quantum Computer
April 29th, 2015Via: PhysOrg: IBM scientists today unveiled two critical advances towards the realization of a practical quantum computer. For the first time, they showed the ability to detect and measure both kinds of quantum errors simultaneously, as well as demonstrated a new, square quantum bit circuit design that is the only physical architecture that could successfully […]
Chipotle Removes All GMO Ingredients From Its Menu
April 28th, 2015Via: Guardian: Chipotle will no longer use genetically modified food in its stores, the company announced on Monday. The fast-growing Mexican restaurant chain will be the first US company to use only non-GM ingredients. “There is a lot of debate about genetically modified foods,” Steve Ells, the founder, chairman and co-CEO of Chipotle, said. “Though […]
Marin County School Nixes Sedentary Education With Standing Desks For Students
April 28th, 2015Knowing that I sit too much, I ran the standing desk idea past my chiropractor. She rolled her eyes like, “Oh god, here’s another one.” Sitting too much. Bad. Standing too much. Bad. She likes the idea of a desk that switches between sitting and standing positions and changing every half hour with a walk […]
Baltimore: Weeklong Citywide Curfew
April 28th, 2015Via: Baltimore Sun: Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced a weeklong, citywide 10 p.m. curfew starting Tuesday night to quell riots and looting that broke out on Baltimore’s west side Monday. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency and requested the Maryland National Guard to assist Baltimore police and several other state and local agencies […]
Like Shale Oil, Solar Power Is Shaking Up Global Energy
April 27th, 2015Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in NZ. — Unlike shale oil, however, solar power isn’t an unmitigated environmental disaster. Via: Reuters: One by one, Japan is turning off the lights at the giant oil-fired power plants that propelled it to the ranks of the world’s top industrialized nations. With nuclear power in the doldrums […]
Maryland Governor Declares State of Emergency, Activates National Guard
April 27th, 2015Via: Baltimore Sun: The Maryland National Guard has been activated in response to violence following the funeral of Freddie Gray Monday, the governor’s office said. Gov. Larry Hogan signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency and said he would hold a press conference Monday evening to address the situation. “Today’s looting and acts […]
The Supreme Court Stole Your Right to Check the Feds Power
April 27th, 2015Via: The Truth About the Law: What do you call a situation where the law is ignored? Tyranny. What about where the law is turned on its head? Fraud. What about where the government steals the rights of the people to expand its own powers? Corruption. … And so is your “right to petition the […]
“Experts Gathered in Nepal a Week Ago to Ready for Earthquake”
April 27th, 2015Via: AP: Nepal’s devastating earthquake was the disaster experts knew was coming. Just a week ago, about 50 earthquake and social scientists from around the world came to Kathmandu, Nepal, to figure out how to get this poor, congested, overdeveloped, shoddily built area to prepare better for the big one, a repeat of the 1934 […]
China: Social Credit System
April 27th, 2015Via: de Volkskrant: The Chinese government is currently implementing a nationwide electronic system, called the Social Credit System, attributing to each of its 1,3 billion citizens a score for his or her behavior. The system will be based on various criteria, ranging from financial credibility and criminal record to social media behavior. From 2020 onwards […]
