China will win here. This was clear back in 2010 when I wrote a paper about the willingness of the Chinese Metalurgical Company to pursue rare earth minerals in Afghanistan on the back of US security forces. Large deposits like the Aynak Copper Mine can be exploited by Chinese companies that don’t face comparable…

I really hope the next Spiderman movie is titled “Sadie Hawkins” and features an all Reliant K soundtrack. The trilogy can then conclude with “Prom” followed by a “The College Years” trilogy to kick off MCU2.0.

Wawa rocks. If only they would activate the credit card swipe on the side of the ordering machine so you can pay without having to get in line.

Dubrovnik is one of the coolest cities on earth. Game of Thrones has filmed there. So glad that it’s going to be part of the Star Wars universe too.

The best skill is Jeopardy J6.

We went there for our honeymoon. The takeoffs and landings are crazy. It’s like being sandblasted.

Yes, but they have no meaningful enforcement mechanism and Congress passed a law several years ago opening the door to the commercial exploration and development of celestial bodies.

What alarms me is that he’s allegedly watching whenever he has nothing on his public schedule. If true, that means he’s acting as a passive manager. A good, proactive manager would use that time to check in on his subordinates, prep for meetings, studying, and think about what is coming down the pipe. This likely…

They say if you have a lawyer review something, he or she will only see potential liabilities; a businessman, profit; and a general, threats. Undoubtedly, the US military is very concerned about threats posed to our space-based assets because they are the critical backbone behind our UAVs, ground intelligence, and…

Attribution is a serious issue with cyber attacks, but one not entirely unique to the cyber domain. We see similar issues with terrorists and insurgent guerilla groups. Are these lone wolf actors or state-sponsored militants? Often this requires tracking funding or a public declaration stating that they exercised…

But not all kinetic military strikes result in loss of life. I could bomb the bank in the middle of the night or give notice so people can evacuate. I could bomb a bridge when there is no traffic to disrupt transportation. It would still qualify as an armed attack.

When I was doing my masters in cyber law, we met with a General to discuss when military force can be used in retaliation to a cyber attack. The general perspective was that it still requires a kinetic effect, such as a pipeline exploding. However, there was a huge grey area that legal scholars were struggling with,…

Domestication of wild animals also has an interesting physiological ramifications after a couple of generations: floppy ears.

I just landed in Boise for my cousin’s wedding. I opened up Google Maps on my phone to get directions and there was my AirBnB already highlighted on the map with the dates listed. The airport was also marked with the date of our departure. I hope Google keeps reading my emails.

I’m curious if they turn their stores into Faraday Cages to reduce cell service or somehow degrade third-party data connections to force you onto the WiFi.

Maybe, but I’m not sure. A company purchased another to capture revenue and cost synergies. Cost synergies are often much easier to capture as you shut down the G&A costs of the acquired company. Amazon can also likely drive significant cost savings in Whole Foods’ supply chain and procurement. Every cost synergy…

With regard to the civil war, I think we’re likely to see a purge. In the book, they mention multiple purges where records are destroyed. In the season finale, I think someone mentioned rumors of purges in other districts.

I actually think this looks....like fun. I haven’t owned a console in years...and...maybe...if reviews are good...

His cricket wicket keeper pads really completes the outfit. A+.

An academic named Arthur Kantrowitz proposed a science court just like this in the 1970s. The White House even formed a commission to study it, but it was never adopted. I have mixed feelings about it because a courtroom is more often a theater and any hope of an appellate like model with a hot bench of scientists…