# Latest **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md?page=2 [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) **Page:** 3 --- ## [Weekly Space Report: Roman On Its Way!](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-roman-on-its-way/6445)
**Author:** [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [6 September 2026 03:10 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-roman-on-its-way/6445 "2026-09-06T03:10:46Z")
Highlights: Post-test fire action with Booster 21 Both Ship and Booster presumably ready for TF14. FAA declaration on Ship re-entry options. Flight termination systems installs on B21 and S41 sp… --- ## [Paging Snake Plisken! Zohran Mamdani Open Forum](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/paging-snake-plisken-zohran-mamdani-open-forum/6111)
**Author:** [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [5 September 2026 19:46 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/paging-snake-plisken-zohran-mamdani-open-forum/6111 "2026-09-05T19:46:04Z")
BREAKING: With Eric Adams dropping out, Zohran Mamdani now has an 83% to win the NYC Mayor Election pic.twitter.com/c5FRZcqVAN — Kalshi (@Kalshi) September 28, 2025 --- ## [Scale of the problem](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/scale-of-the-problem/417)
**Author:** [@Keith\_Henson](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Keith_Henson)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [4 September 2026 17:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/scale-of-the-problem/417 "2026-09-04T17:31:19Z")
(Transferred from https://groups.google.com/g/power-satellite-economics where it did not get much discussion.) At present, the human race uses about 18 TW of energy. One form of energy can be substituted for another o… --- ## [Bureaucracy defeats the US military](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/bureaucracy-defeats-the-us-military/6443)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [3 September 2026 00:46 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/bureaucracy-defeats-the-us-military/6443 "2026-09-03T00:46:55Z")
A bureaucracy has been defined as an organization in which anyone can say no and no-one can say yes. The US Navy’s inability to build a new generation of warships is a classic example. While China outbuilds the US by a… --- ## [AI Lawsuits](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/ai-lawsuits/3381)
**Author:** [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [31 August 2026 21:19 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/ai-lawsuits/3381 "2026-08-31T21:19:58Z")
The one apparently mentioned in the article: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67535351/pm-v-openai-lp/ plus a bonus: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67538258/tremblay-v-openai-inc/ https://www.thestreet.com/… --- ## [The Myth of the Rule of Law](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-myth-of-the-rule-of-law/788)
**Author:** [@drlorentz](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/drlorentz)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [31 August 2026 02:19 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-myth-of-the-rule-of-law/788 "2026-08-31T02:19:07Z")
Michael Malice’s excellent anthology, The Anarchist’s Handbook, includes an essay by John Hasnas, a professor of law and business at Georgetown. He opens his essay with a simple quiz: On the basis of your personal under… --- ## [Hanlon's Razor is Dead](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/hanlons-razor-is-dead/6442)
**Author:** [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [31 August 2026 02:12 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/hanlons-razor-is-dead/6442 "2026-08-31T02:12:57Z")
Hanlon’s razor is an adage or rule of thumb that states, “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”\[1\] It is a philosophical razor that promotes a way of eliminating unlikely explanatio… --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - Empire and Frontier](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-empire-and-frontier/6441)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [30 August 2026 12:12 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-empire-and-frontier/6441 "2026-08-30T12:12:29Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [“It's a pity both sides can't lose"](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/its-a-pity-both-sides-cant-lose/4797)
**Author:** [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [30 August 2026 06:06 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/its-a-pity-both-sides-cant-lose/4797 "2026-08-30T06:06:40Z")
Here we celebrate left-on-left conflict. As a start, Warner Bros. Discovery v. Amazon on NBA broadcast rights: --- ## [Dropping the “T” from LGBT](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/dropping-the-t-from-lgbt/6434)
**Author:** [@civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/civilwestman)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [30 August 2026 05:39 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/dropping-the-t-from-lgbt/6434 "2026-08-30T05:39:34Z")
The Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) have dropped the “T” from their references to groups for which they advocate. This is long overdue, as Bruce Bawer writes on Frontpagemag.com: “That’s right – “gender-affirming treatment… --- ## [Just for fun...](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/just-for-fun/6440)
**Author:** [@Gerard](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gerard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [30 August 2026 02:23 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/just-for-fun/6440 "2026-08-30T02:23:51Z")
Well in browsing the web, via Pinterest, I found a link to Harry Bliss’s storefront. He’s one of those revered cartoonists like Charles M. Schultz. For a pick me up, I encourage you to peruse his site, maybe, if the mo… --- ## [From 1945—“The Atom Strikes!”](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/from-1945-the-atom-strikes/1824)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [29 August 2026 14:00 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/from-1945-the-atom-strikes/1824 "2026-08-29T14:00:25Z")
Shortly after the surrender of Japan in 1945 and the arrival of U.S. occupation forces in the country, the Manhattan Project sent a team to Japan to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the targets of the atomic b… --- ## [Weekly Space Report: Louisiana!](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-louisiana/6439)
**Author:** [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [29 August 2026 13:52 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-louisiana/6439 "2026-08-29T13:52:17Z")
Highlights: Ship 41 test campaign complete–final inspections before flight Pad 2 scaffolding removed, water deluge tests this week. Booster 21 moved to Pad 2, QDs engaged, successful full duration … --- ## [How To Nuke Large Language Model Bias?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-to-nuke-large-language-model-bias/2592)
**Author:** [@jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jabowery)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [29 August 2026 12:43 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-to-nuke-large-language-model-bias/2592 "2026-08-29T12:43:12Z")
We need to nuke what might be called “large language model bias”. The bias of which I speak is in two interdependent senses: Bias toward large models The most principled definition of “bias”: Bias operationally ident… --- ## [NVIDIA—Real Time Rendering with Artificial Intelligence De-Noising](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nvidia-real-time-rendering-with-artificial-intelligence-de-noising/3351)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [29 August 2026 02:35 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nvidia-real-time-rendering-with-artificial-intelligence-de-noising/3351 "2026-08-29T02:35:30Z")
Ray tracing allows creation of photorealistic images from three-dimensional computer models, incorporating multiple light sources, shadows, reflection, refraction, and material properties. Ray tracing is, h… --- ## [Measles in Pennsylvania?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/measles-in-pennsylvania/6436)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [29 August 2026 02:21 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/measles-in-pennsylvania/6436 "2026-08-29T02:21:00Z")
Hypatia – I hope you don’t mind me asking you about this directly. You are in PA, and may be getting more complete information on the Great Measles Epidemic of 2026 than those of us in the sticks. If you have had a few… --- ## [Weight Watchers to be designated a Terrorist Organization?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weight-watchers-to-be-designated-a-terrorist-organization/6438)
**Author:** [@Hypatia](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Hypatia)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [28 August 2026 23:34 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weight-watchers-to-be-designated-a-terrorist-organization/6438 "2026-08-28T23:34:35Z")
It almost happened just a few short years ago, when in these pages we were commenting on the lamentable obesity of the young in our country. The mantra then was “Fat is Beautiful!” And body-shaming was the new Jim Crow. … --- ## [Camp of the Saints](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/camp-of-the-saints/6302)
**Author:** [@Hypatia](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Hypatia)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [28 August 2026 09:55 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/camp-of-the-saints/6302 "2026-08-28T09:55:46Z")
I never read it before, I just kinda took it as read, but: please read the new Rundell translation. I gave up making notes of passages I wanted to remember or quote; there are too many on every page. If, (like I did… --- ## [Subsea Mining](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/subsea-mining/6437)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [28 August 2026 00:18 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/subsea-mining/6437 "2026-08-28T00:18:35Z")
A fascinating article – well worth reading. Non-Grok summary – Mother Nature has created enormous resources of valuable metals on the deep sea-bed – multiples of terrestrial reserves. Half a century of data collection … --- ## [Weekly Space Report: China's Landspace Success](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-chinas-landspace-success/6431)
**Author:** [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [24 August 2026 00:58 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-chinas-landspace-success/6431 "2026-08-24T00:58:37Z")
Highlights: Ship 40 reaches Christmas Island. Cool photos. Held up relatively well. Will attempt to return Ship 40 to Starbase via semi-submersible “Forte”. Forecast 43-48 day trip. Ship 41 heade… --- ## [Clarkson’s Farm](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/clarkson-s-farm/6430)
**Author:** [@civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/civilwestman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [23 August 2026 15:17 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/clarkson-s-farm/6430 "2026-08-23T15:17:42Z")
Along with various family members, I’ve been watching the Prime Video series, Clarkson’s Farm. At one level, it is quite entertaining. Jeremy Clarkson, the protagonist, owns and runs a 1000 acre farm on Oxfordshire, UK. … --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - Captain Drew's World](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-captain-drews-world/6432)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [23 August 2026 12:19 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-captain-drews-world/6432 "2026-08-23T12:19:01Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [Agility Robotics “Digit” Human-Centric Robot](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/agility-robotics-digit-human-centric-robot/3016)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [23 August 2026 01:17 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/agility-robotics-digit-human-centric-robot/3016 "2026-08-23T01:17:59Z")
Agility Robotics describes its “Digit” robot as “human-centric”—designed to work in human environments alongside humans—but not humanoid: any resemblance to the human form is due to functional requirements. The legs, fo… --- ## [Everyone Has Problems - Real Estate Edition](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/everyone-has-problems-real-estate-edition/6429)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [22 August 2026 14:33 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/everyone-has-problems-real-estate-edition/6429 "2026-08-22T14:33:08Z")
Flood of discounted auction homes deepens China’s property slump - Asia Times One wonders what will be the longer-term ramifications of this decline in property prices – in a country that has a declining population and … --- ## [Weekly Space Report: SpaceX IPO!](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-spacex-ipo/6371)
**Author:** [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [21 August 2026 04:32 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-spacex-ipo/6371 "2026-08-21T04:32:41Z")
Highlights: Booster 20 Cryo Testing at Massey’s, now back for engine install Massey’s small test fire stand cleaned up. Ship hot fires expected soon. Booster 21 spotted nearing completion Gigas… --- ## [Long March Competition for Spacex](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/long-march-competition-for-spacex/6398)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [19 August 2026 13:50 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/long-march-competition-for-spacex/6398 "2026-08-19T13:50:56Z")
Earlier today, first Chinese successful recovery of a reusable Long March 10B rocket – using a “net”-type capture mechanism rather than Spacex’s very precise engine control on Falcon or the capture arms for Starship. St… --- ## [Tunnel vs Bridge](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/tunnel-vs-bridge/6315)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [18 August 2026 13:46 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/tunnel-vs-bridge/6315 "2026-08-18T13:46:36Z")
I know this will annoy some Scanalysts who are living in the past, when the US could build giant civil engineering works like the Hoover Dam and the Empire State Building. But that was before we were all born. So let’s… --- ## [An Experiment to Form a Radio Communication Channel in a Marine Environment](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/an-experiment-to-form-a-radio-communication-channel-in-a-marine-environment/2208)
**Author:** [@jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jabowery)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [16 August 2026 15:47 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/an-experiment-to-form-a-radio-communication-channel-in-a-marine-environment/2208 "2026-08-16T15:47:19Z")
The 2021 paper, An Experiment to Form a Radio Communication Channel in a Marine Environment will, of course, strike most as crackpot physics since not only is it from a Russian institute (Tomsk Polytechnic University) it… --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - Tomato Wyrm](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-tomato-wyrm/6428)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [16 August 2026 13:20 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-tomato-wyrm/6428 "2026-08-16T13:20:50Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [Weekly Space Report: Ship 40 Still Floating!](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-ship-40-still-floating/6427)
**Author:** [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [15 August 2026 14:33 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-ship-40-still-floating/6427 "2026-08-15T14:33:53Z")
Highlights: Ship 40 recovery mixed progress Static fire delayed? Pad 2 refurbishment may be the reason. Pad servicing “jig” constructed to replace scaffold each time. Tower cladding being added,… [Previous page](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md?page=1) [Next page](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md?page=3)