DON’T GET TOO EXCITED ABOUT NUCLEAR FUSION
This breakthrough is checking the first box of many, many, many boxes that have to be checked before a viable fusion reactor can exist. Here’s what you need to know.
Category: Technology
THE TESLA CYBERTRUCK LUNAR ROVER IS DUMB AS HELL
Basically, any dumbass with CAD software can throw together a concept of whatever deranged idea, and then I feel compelled to ruin it.
CHINA WANTS TO PUT A SOLAR FARM IN SPACE BECAUSE NONE OF THEM READ MY BLOG
Remember four years ago when I wrote a blog about how space-based solar power is a terrible idea and won’t work? Now, Engadget is reporting that China wants to do exactly what I was talking about in that post, which will still not be possible for the same reasons and because of science.
ARE MILLENNIALS KILLING THE SUNDIAL INDUSTRY?
According to an article in The Telegraph, sundials are at risk of dying out. This will come as shocking news, no doubt, to anyone that thought sundials had already died out, which is everyone.
COULD THIS BE THE WORLD’S FIRST NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRLINER? (NO.)
On January 5, 2011, I wrote the following: “Designer” is a dangerous term, because it usually means some crazy person with ridiculous ideas who then makes CAD drawings or actual…
4 REASONS SOLAR ROADWAYS ARE FUCKING STUPID
The idea of solar roadways has been around for a while, and I haven’t said anything about it because I thought it was self-evident how stupid it was. I was…
SPACE-BASED SOLAR POWER: DON’T GET TOO EXCITED
This has come up before and never gotten a ton of mainstream attention, but I saw it again and thought I’d address it.
YOU ARE NOT A TETRACHROMAT, AND THIS GRAPHIC IS BULLSHIT
Recently there was a schism on the internet between people about the color of a dress. That led to all kinds of scientific articles about how we perceive color differently, memes…
FACEBOOK: ENEMY OF JESUS
This is the Reverend Cedric Miller. He is one of the leaders of the Living Word Christian Fellowship, and he hates Facebook. So much, in fact that he’s telling all…
YOU PROBABLY JUST SHOULDN’T BUY A COMPUTER AT ALL…
A man named Joshua Kors wrote an article in the Huffington Post. It’s called “Why I’m Returning My iMac.” It turns out that the reason is that he’s a slobbering…
SIX MORE CATASTROPHICALLY USELESS CONCEPT CARS
I have written about concept cars twice before. First up was GM, whose car concepts sucked in a kind of general way, but weren’t really inherently impossible. Then there was…
NO ONE COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING
Let’s say you’re a Swedish schoolgirl. You have a test coming up, and you don’t know what’s on it, because let’s face it, that’s kind of why they do those.
SOMETHING ELSE YOU’RE PROBABLY WRONG ABOUT
It’s a safe assumption that everyone reading this has a cell phone. But what if that cell phone IS TRYING TO KILL YOU? Now, I should warn you right now that…
NINE CONCEPT CARS YOU (WRONGLY) THINK ARE COOL
Here’s the thing about concept cars. They’re specifically designed to be way crazier than the end result. They’re about showing off design ideas and engineering feats, and since they’re not…
Unreasonably Dangerous Onion Rings 