{"id":10518,"date":"2022-07-10T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=10518"},"modified":"2022-07-10T06:03:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T12:03:23","slug":"7-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=10518","title":{"rendered":"7.10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsense.news\/p\/the-wests-green-delusions-empowered\">banned plastic straws<\/a>, Russia drilled and doubled nuclear energy production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2022\/07\/02\/ukraine-russia-us-assessments\/\">Ukraine war bogs down, U.S. assessments face scrutiny<\/a>.  The growing conjecture is fueled by U.S. assessments of other wars, notably Afghanistan, where officials habitually sidestepped questions of whether success was sustainable<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The kicker here is that Germany was the darling of the &#8216;Third Industrial Revolution&#8217; lauded by Jeremy Rifkin, i.e., the vision to transition to a renewable energy smart grid, an internet of things. This wasn&#8217;t supposed to happen <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cGoOBN3QMZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/cGoOBN3QMZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Snyder (@cognazor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cognazor\/status\/1543599765618827270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<p>But how much can Japan <a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Business\/Tech\/Semiconductors\/Will-TSMC-take-Japanese-taxpayer-money-and-run2\">really<\/a> expect in the way of returns from the subsidies?<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">John McEnroe is on live television calling out the bullshit Djokovic has had to deal with this season due to &#8216;Covid&#8217; insanity and it&#8217;s just what the tennis world needs to hear right now. A total disgrace what has been done to Djokovic this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Unacceptable Gregorio Tolani (@Gregorio_Tolani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gregorio_Tolani\/status\/1543698828636864515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cDutch farmers <a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2022\/07\/dutch-farmers-in-tractor-blockade-protesting-climate-change-restrictions-that-threaten-farms\/\">turned<\/a> out in their thousands to speak out against the World Economic Forum (WEF) climate change policies of their government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The council is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge-news.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/cambridgeshire-council-completely-ignoring-law-17628964\">accused<\/a> of having secret, unannounced meetings, from which no agenda or minutes are ever published, in violation of the Local Government Act 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A one-for-one <a href=\"https:\/\/leehamnews.com\/2022\/07\/04\/pontifications-death-knell-for-the-e175-e2-as-delta-alpa-nixes-scope-change\/\">replacement<\/a> of the E2 for the E1, allowing a much \u201cgreener\u201d airplane is good for the environment and the improved fuel economy is better for the airline\u2019s bottom line as well\u2014which, in theory, helps protect jobs. There are simply routes that do not support mainline jets. Switching to greener airplanes also reduces the ability of the Greta Thunbergs of the world to pressure commercial aviation to the detriment of jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of this, <a href=\"https:\/\/constructionphysics.substack.com\/p\/why-are-nuclear-power-construction-c3c?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\">construction<\/a> on the first sub in the class began when design was only 10% complete. Inevitably, design requirements changed as development proceeded, causing further rework, delays, and cost overruns. There were also difficulties finding vendors who could meet the fabrication requirements of the components, forcing the shipyards to fabricate many of them themselves (at increased cost.) The initial submarine in the class (the USS Seawolf) would ultimately take 6 years to build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get in the habit of Fermi <a href=\"https:\/\/nabeelqu.co\/advice\">estimation<\/a>, looking up key quantities, and using upper and lower bounds. I\u2019ve noticed a lot of the smartest people I know do this: they don\u2019t take any claims at face value, and check for themselves whether they\u2019re plausible. This means, e.g. when they hear a fact, they\u2019ll look it up to assure themselves that it\u2019s true, because often people cite things that are false or partial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Royal Mail\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2022\/jul\/04\/eventually-it-will-just-be-a-barcode-wont-it-why-britains-new-stamps-are-causing-outrage-and-upset\">stamps<\/a> are finally entering the digital world, with printed codes that can be used to track letters or linked to videos. Collectors, traditionalists and royalists are not amused<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/02\/opinion\/maryland-democrats-republicans.html\">campaign<\/a> trail, Mr. Harden has gotten an earful from voters about maddening and arbitrary restrictions: Why are wineries in Maryland limited to serving only 13 kinds of food? Why does a woman who sells her grandmother\u2019s cobbler have to cough up tens of thousands of dollars to build a commercial kitchen? Why does a federal inspector have to be on hand to watch wild catfish get gutted \u2014 but not other kinds of seafood? The short answer is that restaurant associations tend to wield more political clout than wineries, and catfish farmers in Mississippi are more powerful than seafood harvesters in Maryland. Big businesses can afford to hire lawyers to help them cut through red tape and lobbyists to bend government rules to their will. Small businesses, especially in rural places, get slammed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ridgely Walsh, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/23188403\/inside-ukraine-foreign-lobbying-blitz-washington-fara-justice\">according<\/a> to Department of Justice filings, had not registered, and in response to Vox\u2019s inquiry, the firm said it would change its status. \u201cAs a prudential matter, we\u2019re gonna go ahead and register immediately to represent the Government of Ukraine on a pro bono basis,\u201d Juleanna Glover, the founder and CEO of the firm, told me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To my mind, the two primary <a href=\"https:\/\/mobiledevmemo.com\/the-digital-markets-act-and-the-content-fortress-ification-of-the-app-economy\/\">accomplishments<\/a> of the DMA are that 1) it restricts the scope with which platform operators can compete directly with businesses that utilize their platforms, and 2) it forces choice and alternatives for core platform functionality for both consumers and businesses (eg. payments and discovery). The restrictions of the DMA apply to so-called \u201c<a class=\"rank-math-link\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Digital_Markets_Act#Criteria_defining_Gatekeepers\" target=\"_blank\">gatekeepers<\/a>,\u201d as defined through qualitative and quantitative criteria (eg. \u201cannual EEA turnover equal to or above EUR 6.5 billion in the last three financial years or has an average market capitalization of EUR 65 billion or higher\u201d). Penalties for non-compliance are stiff at 10% of global turnover for initial infractions and 20% for repeated breaches. I outlined the <a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mobiledevmemo.com\/digital-services-act-impact-on-digital-advertising\/\">DSA\u2019s impact on digital advertising<\/a> back in April, but the DMA was the more popularly annotated and interpreted legislation, in part because of the quixotic and, in some cases, impractical or unworkable requirements it imposes on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/03\/24\/dma-political-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\">feature interoperability<\/a>. <a class=\"rank-math-link\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/voxeu.org\/article\/european-commission-digital-markets-act-translation\" target=\"_blank\">This article<\/a> provides a thorough and even-handed interpretation of the DMA and its impact on large consumer technology platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past 20 years\u2014and particularly the last 10 to 15\u2014the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/movies\/2022\/6\/27\/23181232\/old-actors-aging-tom-cruise-top-gun-maverick\">average age of actors appearing<\/a> toward the top of the bill in film and TV projects has risen significantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/cost-sand-spiked-150-texas-133004967.html\">We\u2019re not brain surgeons here<\/a> \u2014 all we\u2019re doing is finding the best spots and washing and delivering the sand,\u201d said Brock, 34. \u201cFrankly, that it took us this long to get here is pretty wild.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/23188883\/california-republican-lanhee-chen-controller-midterm-gop\">pyrrhic<\/a> victories. The party\u2019s death spiral is over, the body is there, but it\u2019s a zombie,\u201d Mike Madrid, the former political director for the CAGOP and a longtime Republican strategist, told me about the future of the party.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The tech antitrust bill would pass, but Chuck Schumer is going to kill it. This is how Schumer operates, he pretends he&#8217;s for something popular &#8211; like closing a tax loophole for hedge funds &#8211; but then kills it using procedure. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hzS2OEROp0\">https:\/\/t.co\/hzS2OEROp0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewstoller\/status\/1544795061329842178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gov. Gavin Newsom is vacationing in Montana with family, one of the 22 states California has banned for state-funded travel citing policies it deems discriminatory to LGBTQ+ people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ebRE6fHvZd\">https:\/\/t.co\/ebRE6fHvZd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KTVU (@KTVU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KTVU\/status\/1544728006857555968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<p>I posited that these <a href=\"https:\/\/lunduke.substack.com\/p\/microsoft-begins-extinguish-phase\">actions<\/a> by Microsoft bear a striking resemblance to both the \u201cEmbrace\u201d and \u201cExtend\u201d portions of the famous \u201cEmbrace, Extend, Extinguish\u201d strategy that Microsoft has used, in the past, to defeat other competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the main <a href=\"https:\/\/riskmusings.substack.com\/p\/why-linux-succeeded-resilience-of\">takeaway<\/a>\u2014why Linux succeeded where many operating-system startups and projects failed\u2014is: <em>Too much organization leads to fragility. Too little organization leads to ineffectiveness. But the right level of grassroots, distributed community organizing can become unstoppable. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t want an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/06\/magazine\/us-export-liquid-natural-gas.html\">L.N.G. terminal<\/a> next to my home,\u201d he told Forbes in 2005.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we banned plastic straws, Russia drilled and doubled nuclear energy production. As Ukraine war bogs down, U.S. assessments face scrutiny. 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