Wesley R. Elsberry

Another Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, Another Poseur Exposed

2017/08/14 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments dan nidess, labor statistics, ubi, universal basic income, wall street journal

The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by Dan Nidess expressing concern over a universal basic income. The WSJ Opinion

Antievolution Law and Politics

Anybody Up for Paying $40 to Visit a Theme Park Valued at $10?

2017/07/242017/07/24 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments answers in genesis, ken ham, underhanded

I will note here that Answers In Genesis has accomplished the second sale of its Ark Encounter theme park near

Computation Science

Neural Nets and the Passage of Time

2017/06/22 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments dan levine, harold szu, neural networks

Thirty years ago, Diane and I were engaged in a madcap dash across the country, a 25-hour road-trip from our

Antievolution Law and Politics Philosophy

Confusion on Falsifiability Still Prevalent at Discovery Institute

2017/06/10 Wesley R. Elsberry 1 Comment contrived dualism, david klinghoffer, kitzmiller v. dover area school district, mclean v. arkansas

Yes, this is another “dog bites man” story, but it is probably worth memorializing that various and sundry “intelligent design”

Law and Politics Trump

One Century and Almost Two Months

2017/05/31 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments

The United States officially entered World War I on April 6th, 1917. For countries not named “Spain”, this marked the

Climate Change Science Wildlife

Our Changing Oceans

2017/05/292022/02/17 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments

Even people who pay attention to climate change tend to think in terrestrial terms: aridity, extreme weather, crop management changes,

Wildlife

Cooperative Hunting by Cuban Boas

2017/05/27 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments animal behavior, hunting

A news item I ran across talked about research showing coordinated hunting by Cuban boas. As someone associating with one

Electronics

In Hot Water: Second Sous Vide Dinner

2017/05/22 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments anova, beef, eye of round, sous vide

The maiden voyage with the new Anova Bluetooth Sous Vide Precision Cooker was a dinner with pork chops cooked to

Computation Electronics RepRap

New Thing for Me: RepRap

2017/05/212017/05/21 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments 3d printing, folger tech, ft-5

I’ve got a Folger Tech FT-5 3D printer kit that I’m putting together. I’ve just gotten the mechanical parts of

Law and Politics Trump

The Big Leak

2017/05/162017/05/18 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments

There are a couple of things that were said in defense of President Donald Trump’s release of sensitive, formerly classified

Electronics

In Hot Water: Cooking with Sous Vide

2017/05/14 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments cooking, sous vide

For several years now, I’ve been thinking about home-brew approaches to sous vide cooking. When I first heard of this,

Acoustics Electronics Journalism Media

The Zombie MP3

2017/05/13 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments flac, mp3, npr, public domain

This is an interesting article from NPR, not just for the content on how better alternatives to the MP3 lossy

Computation

The End of Win32

2017/05/10 Wesley R. Elsberry 1 Comment

An article on ZDNet discusses impending changes in Microsoft Windows products. In order for the Windows brand and Microsoft’s software

Law and Politics Net neutrality

Net Neutrality for Opponents

2017/05/09 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments

There seems to be a lot of confusion about net neutrality. Of course, there’s also a lot of corporate propaganda

Acoustics Antievolution Wildlife

Hunter and Biosonar — Again

2017/05/08 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments biosonar, echolocation

The Discovery Institute featured a post by Cornelius Hunter on how echolocation (biosonar) is a problem for evolution. This has

Climate Change Law and Politics

Climate Change: Another Denialist Site

2017/04/28 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments

People link to the weirdest things. A Facebook discussion with a local climate change denier had him posting: Here’s a

Education Florida Law and Politics

Florida: Full-Bore Libertarianism Around the Corner

2017/04/27 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments florida citizens for science, instructional materials

Brandon Haught of Florida Citizens for Science discusses taking action concerning a Florida Senate bill about instructional materials. The bill

Law and Politics Net neutrality

Net Neutrality and Nincompoops

2017/04/272017/04/27 Wesley R. Elsberry 0 Comments ajit pai, fcc, reason

Reason’s Nick Gillespie gave a fawning interview to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai with the topic of net neutrality. Along the