Walter Isaacson got to know Steve Jobs, now he publishes Elon Musk’s biography. I just watched Sunday Morning’s interview of Isaacson and found a few more odd things about Musk. Elon Musk Biography Reveals Internal Tesla Battle Regarding $25,000 Car & Robotaxis Watch More here. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/walter-isaacson-on-the-volatile-elon-musk/
Archive for the ‘biography’ Category:
2023-09-09 History: Presidents After The Election
It’s a damned shame that one ex-president had to ruin an unblemished record of peaceful transfer of power. 郎 https://www.facebook.com/reel/1358510031678588?mibextid=9drbnH
2023-08-30 The Apple //e Memory Is Not Tested For Errors
Long ago, I was typing away on my Apple //e and Applewrite, and I noticed that one of the words was misspelled – instead of garden it said farden. So I corrected it and went on. Then later, I noticed it was still misspelled! So I corrected it, and went on. Just out of curiosity,
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2023-08-12 Moore’s Law Is Dead? – Sabine
Sabine Hossenfelder goes over the history and ways that Moore’s Law may still make progress. Also a few good comments.
2023-08-07 When Republicans and Democrats Were The Opposite
A 15.5 min. YouTube video lesson in history explaining what happened. Especially interesting is the Compromise of 1877. https://fb.watch/mgTOlXuojS/?mibextid=RLVjjA The Compromise of 1877 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_1877
2023-07-27 Elon Musk’s Opinion About His Opinions
I think that the problem is *not* with Elon’s opinions, whether or not I agree with them. The problem is with those who mistakenly judge the quality of his companies by what he says. It’s obvious that a majority of people don’t care or don’t know what he says; they buy millions of his products
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2023-07-23 I Was Into Rockets When I Was A Kid
I joined the Reaction Research Society when I was a teenager. It’s a rocket club, still going strong: rrs.org. We went out to the Mojave desert to launch homemade rockets. Some went up to a mile high, some exploded on the launch pad. They used a mixture of powdered zinc and sulfur, which burns very
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2023-07-16 26H20 Radar Repair At Ft. Monmouth, NJ
In 1966 I completed basic training and went to Ft. Monmouth, NJ for 10 months of Radar repair training. The last half of the course we got to work on the actual Radars in *that* barn-like building in the photo. I was on the graveyard shift. There were birds flying around up in the rafters
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2023-07-12 DC-DC Converters That Used Germanium Power Transistors
Me and my high school friend made a DC to DC converter that would give us 30 or so volts at a couple amps from a 12 volt battery. We used germanium power transistors which could not go much above 10 kHz. The Delco’s and the 2N458A’s were our favorites – we managed to push
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2023-06-20 Bureaucracy – California vs. Texas
I agree that there is a lot of bureaucracy in California. But it’s there for a reason – many reasons. I think Texas will eventually be the same way when their population continues to grow.
