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Saturday, July 31, 2021
CONTINUITY: Building and Running an Apple I Replica
I remember seeing an original Apple I when I visited Paul Terrell's original Byte Shop in Mountain View, California in mid-1976. I had forgotten that the Apple I could be assembled to use either the MOS Technology 6502 or the Motorola 6800 microprocessor. The 6502 was much less expensive, and the overwhelming majority of Apple I boards used it.
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THE HAPPENING WORLD: U.S. Government Accountability Office Denies Blue Origin and Dynetics Protests of NASA Lunar Lander Contract
The GAO Friday denied protests that Blue Origin and Dynetics filed of NASA’s award of a single lunar lander contract to SpaceX. https://t.co/VaNeWJbMtj pic.twitter.com/Gn40lasJoL
— SpaceNews (@SpaceNews_Inc) July 30, 2021
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CONTEXT: Fire Erupts at Tesla “Big Battery” Site in Australia
Can renewables and storage catch fire and billow toxic smoke full of nasties? Yes they can.
— Ian King (@IanKing) July 30, 2021
Energy is energy, kids. No matter what form those gigajoules and megawatts take, things can get very scary very fast.https://t.co/Nup27LqgUv
“As power density increases, batteries asymptotically resemble bombs.”
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TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS: Nauka's Troubled Journey to and Arrival at the International Space Station
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