Ralphie ★ Posted December 18, 2018 Share #1 Posted December 18, 2018 Very readable and worthwhile so far, but that's sort of to be expected since i love reading aboot cars, high tech, and company histories as well as biographies, so this sort of checks all the boxes! I am not an Elon Musk or electric car fanboy (at least snot yet!), but ya gotta give it to him for chutzpah and energy! As well as for being able to make a huge jump forward in 'lectric cars which were so moribund for SO long. Of course they credit laptop batteries for making the battery advancements so he was partially in the right place at the right time. It seems to me that the simplicity of 'lectric cars is sort of analogous to CRTs vd LCDs. Just lightyears simpler and cheaper, so that they will eventually win oot seems inevitable. Why the hell make an expensive complicated CRT when an LCD will do? I won't spoil the story behind the title for those of you unfamiliar with it like I was, but it is fun. :D The whole thing with the interplay of tech and automotive really cements how Silicon Valley and Californ-eye-A is the new center of industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted December 18, 2018 Share #2 Posted December 18, 2018 Another Techno shoot em up bad guys are bad go Team America type of book. About a secret service agent teaming up with with some CIA asshats to take down Abu Nidal's son before the world goes to war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted December 18, 2018 Share #3 Posted December 18, 2018 1 minute ago, jsharr said: Another Techno shoot em up bad guys are bad go Team America type of book. About a secret service agent teaming up with with some CIA asshats to take down Abu Nidal's son before the world goes to war. Little know Wiki-fact: 2020 Presidential Campaign[edit] On April 21, 2018, Thor announced his candidacy for President of the United States in the 2020 election.[25] On July 5, 2018, Thor decided against running and left the Republican Party, becoming an Independent, citing frustration with the GOP-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump's divisiveness.[26] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted December 18, 2018 Share #4 Posted December 18, 2018 (listening) "Robin", Robin Williams bio. Just finished "In My Time", Dick Cheney" autobio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted December 18, 2018 Share #5 Posted December 18, 2018 9 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: It seems to me that the simplicity of 'lectric cars is sort of analogous to CRTs vd LCDs. Just lightyears simpler and cheaper, so that they will eventually win oot seems inevitable. Why the hell make an expensive complicated CRT when an LCD will do? I agree in many respects. I do wonder, though, about the availability of resources (eg. fossil fuels are more plentiful than lithium), yet an electric car seems so much better in most respects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted December 18, 2018 Share #6 Posted December 18, 2018 And having been sick last week I'm currently in book 9 of what is at least a 10 book series aboot Lt Leary of the RCN. You can check Amazon for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted December 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: I agree in many respects. I do wonder, though, about the availability of resources (eg. fossil fuels are more plentiful than lithium), yet an electric car seems so much better in most respects. Twue - never heard much aboot lithium, but the rare earths needed are, well, rare! The flexibility of fuel seems like a definite plus - anywheres from coal to NG to nuclear to solar and wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ltdskilz Posted December 18, 2018 Share #8 Posted December 18, 2018 ???☕ "A History of the World in Six Glasses" (picture won't load. ?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted December 18, 2018 Share #9 Posted December 18, 2018 Just finished this. And today I received my monthly Audible credit. What should I get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted December 18, 2018 Share #10 Posted December 18, 2018 Personal Experience Narrative Essays. 120 of them... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted December 18, 2018 Share #11 Posted December 18, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share #12 Posted December 18, 2018 4 hours ago, Ltdskilz said: ???☕ "A History of the World in Six Glasses" (picture won't load. ?) Looks good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted December 18, 2018 Share #13 Posted December 18, 2018 We all have demons, a guide to keeping them is a very practical thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted December 18, 2018 Share #14 Posted December 18, 2018 1 hour ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Looks good! Unless they include tea! Tea is F-O-U-L!!!! Let the Brits keep that swill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted December 19, 2018 Share #15 Posted December 19, 2018 I'm reading an advance author copy of "A Flash of Words" - the anthology with one of my stories. 49 flash fiction stories by different authors. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinneR ★ Posted December 19, 2018 Share #16 Posted December 19, 2018 8 hours ago, jsharr said: Another Techno shoot em up bad guys are bad go Team America type of book. About a secret service agent teaming up with with some CIA asshats to take down Abu Nidal's son before the world goes to war. Have you read the Mitch Rapp series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinneR ★ Posted December 19, 2018 Share #17 Posted December 19, 2018 I'm reading this and this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted December 19, 2018 Share #18 Posted December 19, 2018 The book is a few years old during the time that I was in the USAF. The (un) funny thing is that the military is going through another round of bad accidents recently including Navy ships. I wouldn't doubt that it's from some of the same causes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
az_cyclist Posted December 19, 2018 Share #19 Posted December 19, 2018 If You Can Keep It, by Eric Metaxas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted December 19, 2018 Share #20 Posted December 19, 2018 I've been reading this book...for 2nd time. She writes and lifts history off the pages. About the history of Alberta. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted December 19, 2018 Share #21 Posted December 19, 2018 I have acquired some of Stanislaw Lem's sci-fi books for the New Year that I haven't read: Solaris (also the George Clooney movie), Cyberiad, and Fiasco. I also have Henry Adams' (son of John Quincy Adams and grandson of John Adams) History of the Jefferson and Madison Administrations, which includes the War of 1812. I read a excerpted version of the war part of the 9 volumes and it was fascinated reading of what Adams got from men who fought the war and were still alive to provide Adams with details. Did you know the New England states were ready to secede from the USA than fight the war and were barely turned away from that path? We don't hear any of the dissention, idiocies, etc. in the modern versions, so I hope to get to it soon. I also have some Marco Polo books. The original book he dictated to a fellow prisoner while held as a prisoner of war has been lost but a modern translation of the 1400's version of the book, believed to be solidly based on the original, exists and I have a modern translation. I also have books that claim he made it all up and that he really went to China. Some claim the fact he never mentioned the Great Wall of China shows he wasn't there, but no other Europeans there at the time did either: the Mongols the wall tried to keep out were ruling China and it had fallen into disrepair. I going to read it assuming it's a true story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ltdskilz Posted December 19, 2018 Share #22 Posted December 19, 2018 17 hours ago, Razors Edge said: Unless they include tea! Tea is F-O-U-L!!!! Let the Brits keep that swill. Hah! Spoiler alert: He includes tea. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share #23 Posted December 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, Ltdskilz said: Hah! Spoiler alert: He includes tea. ? Shirley the beer chapter is the longest and most interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share #24 Posted December 23, 2018 Good article on the founding of Tesla. https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-the-origin-story-2014-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted December 23, 2018 Share #25 Posted December 23, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted December 23, 2018 Share #26 Posted December 23, 2018 Am reading for 2nd time: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted December 23, 2018 Share #27 Posted December 23, 2018 1 minute ago, Square Wheels said: Fascinating... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted December 23, 2018 Share #28 Posted December 23, 2018 9 minutes ago, Kzoo said: Fascinating... he Technical Manual is a top-notch resource that gives both newcomers and seasoned professionals the information needed to succeed in the rapidly changing field of transfusion medicine. Experts provide the benefit of their knowledge and experience in 28 chapters and approximately 100 procedures—all of which have been reviewed by standing committees of the AABB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapr ★ Posted December 23, 2018 Share #29 Posted December 23, 2018 He is local to us. Pretty good synopsis of the emotions. Spoiler alert...he survives! finished it today in the coffee shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted December 24, 2018 Share #30 Posted December 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Kzoo said: Fascinating... Sadly to me, it is. 3 hours ago, maddmaxx said: he Technical Manual is a top-notch resource that gives both newcomers and seasoned professionals the information needed to succeed in the rapidly changing field of transfusion medicine. Experts provide the benefit of their knowledge and experience in 28 chapters and approximately 100 procedures—all of which have been reviewed by standing committees of the AABB. What he said. Technically the procedures aren't part of the book, they come on a chip and need to be downloaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted December 24, 2018 Share #31 Posted December 24, 2018 7 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: Sadly to me, it is. What he said. Technically the procedures aren't part of the book, they come on a chip and need to be downloaded. I've done similar with books about the math involved in Synthetic Aperture Radar for work on similar devices using lasers instead of radio waves (lidar). It's very dry reading and thankfully I don't need to do that anymore. Now I can pass some time just reading space opera scifi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc2000 Posted December 24, 2018 Share #32 Posted December 24, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tybeegb Posted December 24, 2018 Share #33 Posted December 24, 2018 'The Seventh Scroll' by Wilbur Smith. Should have read 'The River God' before this one as it keeps referring to it. Kind of long, but what else am I going to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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