I just stumbled across this… this is so cool. But, it starts to get WAY cooler… My alma mater CU-Boulder designed plans and schematics for a space station: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19890010809/downloads/19890010809.pdf https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19890010809 L1 (more…)
“Is there life in the universe” isn’t the same question as “have aliens visited us”, to the extent we should also stop using “UFO” to spontaneously assume “Alien Spacecraft”. COME ON PEOPLE!
Is there life out there? Infinite universe. Yup. Do they exist before us? Not likely, as it takes awhile to evolve. Maybe one go round. Have they not existed yet, and we’ll be long dead when (more…)
My new flip phone, and why… or “legit no one wants to talk about smartphone addiction because we’re alcoholics that aren’t ready to admit it”
This was about a simple feature on a new smart dumbphone that I am pretty amped about… the phone in general, as well as what it means in general. $60 a month savings, and not losing a thing from modern (more…)
The Next Intellectual Property Gold Rush is coming, ie the post-comic push for meaningful use of video gaming intellectual property
I sort of wish I had known / realized that the Resident Evil 2 game I am finishing up was so different as a remade/remastered version of the original from 20 years ago. I wasn’t even thinking of 90s graphics (more…)
A quick thought on The Expanse vs Battlestar Galactica.
If you like physics… that alone is enough to start The Expanse. I’m in my little pandemic bubble and echo chamber, so I’ve been watching this show with jaw-dropped amazement, and isolated such that I (more…)
“Remember the Whigs, Larry?” or the march towards equality, and where we lost it along the way…
A non-sequitur about Trump’s America, and where we’re heading. This is from Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72. Sounds like Trump’s GOP: “Remember the Whigs, Larry? They (more…)
Ignore this, or “the community I engaged”.
I did this out of bored curiosity. I am happy to see my contributions range over so many subreddits. I really only hang out in a specific few, so this is surprising. I know it means legitimately nothing (more…)
Robocop and The Wire aren’t too different, you and I: How each deals with the dark side of The American Dream, and the collapse of city governance.
Dan Harmon is right. A film lazily titled “Robocop” should be a disaster. A forgettable B-film that is best for Mystery Science Theatre 3000. But that’s not what happened, and here we are. Re-watching (more…)
Top 10 video games in Uncle Fishbits’ history, no particular order with some nice honorable mention nostalgia
1) Half-Life:Alyx (VR) 2) Alien: Isolation (VR) 3) Metroid (NES) 4) Goldeneye (N64) 5) Mariokart (Super Nintendo, N64) 6) Zelda (NES) & Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) 7) (more…)
If you haven’t checked out Google Maps’ “Timeline” feature, it might be incredibly useful in your daily life.
My memory isn’t failing, but it can be pretty bad. I think Google Maps’ Timeline, which is an opt-out thing (it’s likely recording your location based information without you even being aware of it) could (more…)