For the lazy among us, here a link to a velocity calculator. https://www.calculatorsoup.com... s = (v^2 - u^2) / 2a where: s = distance v = final velocity - orbital velocity = 7800 m/s u = initial velocity = 0 m/s a = acceleration m/s^2 So for a constant 10 g acceleration (questionably survivable for humans for that period of time) it would require a railgun barrel 310 km long. Are the Chinese really trying to put a 737 sized spacecraft into orbit with a railgun? Plus, the article first describes a coil or gauss gun. Something very different than a railgun. Makes me think that the author doesn't have a clue about wha the is talking about.

How can they claim that there has been little to no investment in broadband while Starlink is in beta? And there are several more constellations already being launched or close to it. I guess satellite broadband doesn't count as investment.

"announcing that he would work with Microsoft founder Bill Gates to 'reimagine education' (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source)" This pretty much sums it up, doesn't it.

Hmmm, Facebook but run by the government. Nope, can't see any potential abuses there. Let's do it!

So last week all the tech conferences were moving to Canada: https://news.slashdot.org/stor... Two weeks ago all the Engineers were moving to Canada: https://news.slashdot.org/stor... And this week all Canadian tech is moving to Silicon Valley.

What makes me abhor this petulant bitching even more is the fact that she is bitching about the incompetence of the DNC when the DNC was run by her hand picked BFF Debbie Wasserman-Shultz. So Hillary really has no one to blame but herself.

You haven't been to Denver lately.

Play has been irrelevant for at least 20 years. It's funny that they now want to become Maxim since Maxim has higher circulation numbers. But in the mean time Maxim wants to become something else with their first male on the cover. Why even bother with a print edition?

It's funny that he mentioned Trent Reznor because there probably isn't another artist out there that has been screwed more by the record companies. He only started making money when he got his music out there on torrent sites and let his fans pay a reasonable fee to download his music directly from his site. He's the model for what all artists should be doing now. Cut out the record companies and let the artists be supported directly by the fans. Trent is making more money today then he ever did using the old record company promotional model.

The best boss I ever had actually managed. He served as the conduit for all requests from other mangers and directors then set priorities, goals and time frames. He served as a buffer between our development team and the outside groups. It was great because it allowed us to do our jobs without random interruption and requests from people who shouldn't have been doing those things in the first place. He established processes to make sure that we had the requirements and goals before we took on a task. He set reasonable goals because he understood what it took to do software development because he had been there. I really miss working with him.

What you say about multiple large displays is true but these days that doesn't limit you to a desktop. I have a docking station with 2 displays at home and at work. Plus, both my work and home laptops are Dell's with the same docking port so I can use either one of them at home.

Who really thinks that handing your phone to a cop is a good idea?

The problem is that I only see ads for something I'm interested in after I've bought the product and I'm not interested anymore. Last week I bought a pair of yoga socks online and now I'm being inundated for the product I just bought. I'll probably never need to buy another pair in my life so what's the point?

It also causes a lot of problems. In my professional experience, I've had two ex-military managers. One was the best boss ever. But the other one was one of the worst because he had that get it DONE! attitude.While I liked him personally, I was always over-worked and under-paid (70 hour weeks were the norm) when I worked for him. Several times when I tried to take a vacation he would be calling me on the second day saying how desperate they were to get me back on the job and I always relented until the last time when I quit. Three weeks later I had a better job for 50% more pay. So it really depends on the person, not on their background.

We are testing deploying Dozuki at work. It's the software used to create iFixit manuals and is built around Open Manual http://omanual.org./ Can't say if I would recommend it at this point but the Open Manual standard looks interesting.