Intentional criminal acts are being reported in North Carolina, as utilities describe a wide and “complicated” recovery ahead. Utility company Duke Energy said nearly 38,000 customers were without power in Moore County, while the Randolph Electric Membership Corporation reported outages affected nearly 3,000 customers in the county’s southern area, WRAL-TV reported. Both Moore County Sheriff … Continue reading “Vandalism” Suspected in NC Utility Outage, Foreign Influence Not Ruled Out →

People often falsely believe the private sector always delivers better technology than a government. The public sector instead is capable of delivering dramatically better results, if you measure properly (safety). First, let’s just set aside the point that terrible public sector technology is truly terrible. Boston is home to Harvard, MIT and… the MTBA. In … Continue reading Simple Economics Explains Why Gov Tech Safer Than Private Sector →

The definitive study so far of Ukraine air tactics in 2022 against Russia offers many insights. Kudos to Justin Bronk (LSE alum), Nick Reynolds and Jack Watling from the Royal United Services Institute in London. In a nutshell (and with a nod to what to expect in future “robot” wars) humans using creative mobility can … Continue reading How Ukraine Quickly Achieved Air Superiority Against Russia →

I’ve warned before that Tesla is unsafe by design. Here’s yet another example of the incompetent and malicious engineering culture of Elon Musk that intentionally puts society in danger. The North Collier Fire District told the station that it has had to cut into four Teslas in the past week to put out fires. Four … Continue reading Even More Florida Teslas Spontaneously Erupt Into Fire →