Interview dated 2012-09-07 at Tesla Fremont. A 26.7 min. YouTube video. Talked about starting Tesla. Example of first principles.
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2023-11-26 Kirschner Predicts Judge Chutkan Will Put Convicted Former President In Jail
Ben Meiselas plays an interview of former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner by Michael Cohen on the blue Mea Culpa channel. Kirschner Predicts Judge Chutkan of the federal prosecution of Trump in Washington D.C. for the federal classified information crimes. Kirschner also said he believes Trump will be sentenced to life in prison, and no deal
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2023-11-22 Private Enterprise Is Not Good At Doing Expensive Things That Have Never Been Done Before
A YouTube short, Dr. Tyson says Private enterprise is not good at doing expensive things that have never been done before. The government does it first. He gives some examples.
2023-11-14 Amsec, Gary Lorenz, John Darjany – history of campus card
I finally found a bit of history about Gary Lorenz. He and I were high school friends. In 1972 he and John Darjany founded a company, Amsec, to make a “campus card system” for California Polytechnic University, Pomona. In 1974, Amsec was purchased by R.D. Products. A brief history of the campus card industry This
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2023-11-13 Dolivo-Dobrovolski, A Contemporary Of N. Tesla, Invents 3-phase Generation In Germany.
Kathy tells about Dolivo-Dobrovolski, a contemporary of N. Tesla, invents 3-phase generation in Germany. History Of 3-Phase Electricity And It’s Distribution
2023-11-09 Fire Destroys Blimp Hangar, MCAS Tustin
The 2 blimp hangars on what used to be the Marine Corps Air Station, Tustin, have been there since World War II. Now there is only one; fire destroyed one a few days ago. They are on the National Registry of Historic Places. That’s such a shame. If investigations sho it was arson, I hope
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2023-11-07 Elon Musk Is First To Get Rockets To Fly Backwards!
Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX is the first ever to get rockets to fly backwards!
2023-11-06 Reproduction Antique Radio Tubes and sets
I’ve been discussing the restoration of a hundred y.o. radio, and I thought about the retro light bulbs that look like incandescents but use LED filaments. Someone should make some old tubes that are actually using LEDs that look like the filaments, but just for decorative purposes. The glass envelope would look like the tube;
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2023-10-30 Trump Issues Unhinged Threat Against Biden
The Orange Man seems to have mashed bananas for brains. Just pause and read his BS.
2023-10-29 SpaceX Building Roberts Road Campus In Florida
This 26.5 min. YouTube video is overwhelming in the amount of activity that Spacex is doing to “Make the machines that make the rockets and launches”.
