StrategyPage has a photo of a sailor printing a small part.
POHANG, Republic of Korea (April 2, 2018) Lance Cpl. Trevor Wurster, assigned to Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18, observes a Lulzbot Taz 6 3D printer assembling a temporary ratchet aboard the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2) in support of an additive manufacturing test phase. Personnel from Naval Surface Warfare Center joined forces with Marines from Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18 to test the sea-worthiness, interoperability and innovative potential of the 3D printing assets aboard Sacagawea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher A. Veloicaza)
this has all sorts of implications for supply ships etc.
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speaking of logistics: I just finished this romance by Nevil Shute about an archeological expedition to find evidence of Irish settlement in
You can read it as a romance and/or a "ghost" story but most of the novel is about the pilot getting the supplies together: Shute of course was involved in aviation and engineering, so includes details about this sort of stuff that most "historical romances" never notice.
He is most famous for "On the Beach" and "A Town like Alice" and some of his books are available at Internet archive.
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StrategyPage has a long article about the Philippines: the drug war is morphing to include getting rid of bad cops and corruption, and has some stuff about China.
We are holding local elections and Rappler discusses the problem of dynasties.
keep the money in the family, or is it a case of kids learning how to govern by helping their dad or mom run the place? And don't forget the background of private armies of local politicians.
Censorship is in the news: Facebook will use anti Duterte sites to vent Philippine news stories. What could go wrong?
So some of his supporters will quit facebook and change to VKontakte, a Russian social media site.
VERA Files is the “first Philippine fact-checking organization certified through the nonpartisan International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter.”
Apart from having the ability to flag potential false news stories, VERA Files wrote that people will be informed if a story they shared on Facebook is rated as false through the third-party fact-checking program. This is in line with Facebook’s “three-part framework to improve the quality and authenticity of stories in the News Feed.”
Read more: http://technology.inquirer.net/74909/duterte-supporters-plan-to-deactivate-fb-accounts-transfer-to-russian-social-media-vkontakte#ixzz5CyjNRKf0
guess the SJW students in Manila who live in safe gated communities forgot that not everyone opposes the drug war. And they forgot Duterte has leftist roots so knows how to fight back with their own weapons.
is Facebook the new Weibo? China routinely censors stories and topics on the social media.
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Lots of Democrats were mad at Comey for "reopening" the case against Hillary late in the campaign, after closing her email investigation in July. UKMail has timeline
What is not noted: It was done because of classified emails on Anthony Weiner's computer. And I suspect the backstory was that the NYCity cops were going to spill the beans if he didn't do it.
side note: if you watch porn sites, you are very vulnerable for hacking and viruses. So this is actually worse than Hillary's bathroom server or Podesta answering a phishing scam.
The whole kerfuffle is pretty well destroying the reputation of the FBI as being "above politics".
and the attempt to get ordinary folks upset might not work: To quote Lolo: They are all crooks, and one suspects that Trumpie boy's shennanigans are small next to the Clinton Foundation frauds that are only well known to the Haitian community. Huff Post article.
bbc summary:
and this old story the BBC remembers what Wikileaks found: shennanigans, bias, stealing the primaries from Bernie, and corruption. The story has since morphed to trump coordinated this with Russia, but no one has seemed to notice this was a variation of whistle blowing, not making up fake news.
so where is the FBI here?
Hopefully if this movie is made, the "Gmen" might get part of their reputation back.
Efrom Zimbalist Jr, call your office... Robert Stack wants to talk to you...
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the new bioethics: Goldman Sachs asks if curing patients is a sustainable business practice.
The trouble is, it’s hard to reap long-term profits when you’re actually curing the patients who would buy your treatment. The report points to Gilead’s treatments for hepatitis C, which cure more than 90 percent of patients. In 2015, at the height of sales, US sales of the drug hit $12.5 billion. But as people have been cured, sales have fallen. Goldman estimates US sales for Gilead’s hepatitis C treatments will be less than $4 billion this year.
that sounds like all those conspiracy theories that "doctors" have blocked cancer cures so they can make money.
Sigh.
on the other hand, it could be a boon for medical tourism, since China and other Asian countries are pushing their expertise in genetic cures.
more here.
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North and South Korea confrence might lead to the ending of the Korean war.
Trump gives the talks his blessing.
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IRS payment site crashes.
I blame the Russians.(/s) for hacking it. Why not? They are hacking everything else...
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another refugee crisis: Venezuelan refugees in Colombia.
Colombia remembers when Venezuela helped the refugees of "the troubles" and is trying to do their best in the matter.
CFR has a summary here.
corruption corruption corruption... and food is the tipping point.
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