A good tweet about quantum computers.

A good video about quantum computers (short).

(As a non--physicist, the explanation in the vid is as good as any long description I've ever seen in print.)

Who flew higher faster and with a bigger penis, Branson or Bezos.

Updating Thorstein Veblen, space flight is the new luxury yacht or mega mansion, the latest way of consuming conspicuously.
Come to think of it the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, which probably came about as something to keep Melinda busy once the kiddies all went off to school, is just tax deductible potlach.

C'mon. Gates has a reasonable shot at ending malaria. Sometimes Gates-er Myhrvold also has a design to safely fulfill all our (planetary) needs for energy by using — and in the process, greatly diminishing — our existing nuclear waste.

Even if your cynicism is not inappropriate, billionaires having fun is getting things done for our culture which no other enterprise is inclined to attempt.

This is by far the best, and shortest, piece I've read about Branson and Bezos. Concise truth is my favorite ̶t̶r̶u̶t̶h̶.

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/jeff-bezos-and-richard-branson-owe-you-nothing/

"NPR sucks and is unlistenable, so people are going elsewhere. People like Shapiro are running their strategy in reverse and making fortunes doing it. One of these professional analysts has to figure this one out eventually, right?"

The folks at the NPR don't care at all because, like the good Socialists they all are, they're spending someone else's money.

August 12 - Caitlyn Jenner is kicking off her campaign for governor in Amy's town.

Sadly, Venice will make a good backdrop to talk about the homeless crisis.