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    • A Beard Cut Short
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        • Photos and video: The Laser That’s Changing the World
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          • Near Earth Autonomy
          • Point Clouds
          • Wallops, Optech, Chu and NCAR
      • Reviews: The Laser That’s Changing the World
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      • Deep Impact multimedia
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  • Books
    • A Beard Cut Short
      • “Beard” Extras
      • “A Beard Cut Short” Errata
    • A Brief History of Automotive Lidar
    • The Laser That’s Changing the World
      • Extras: The Laser That’s Changing the World
        • Lidar History Timeline
        • Photos and video: The Laser That’s Changing the World
          • “Ancient” History
          • Alamosa and NASA’s Airborne Snow Observatory
          • Automotive
          • Carnegie Mellon
          • Cyra Technologies and CyArk
          • Direct Dimensions
          • Firepond
          • ILMF 2018
          • Mcity
          • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the GGAO
          • Near Earth Autonomy
          • Point Clouds
          • Wallops, Optech, Chu and NCAR
      • Reviews: The Laser That’s Changing the World
    • From Jars to the Stars
      • From Jars to the Stars: Reviews
      • Deep Impact multimedia
      • From Jars to the Stars: Errata
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  • Books
    • A Beard Cut Short
      • “Beard” Extras
      • “A Beard Cut Short” Errata
    • A Brief History of Automotive Lidar
    • The Laser That’s Changing the World
      • Extras: The Laser That’s Changing the World
        • Lidar History Timeline
        • Photos and video: The Laser That’s Changing the World
          • “Ancient” History
          • Alamosa and NASA’s Airborne Snow Observatory
          • Automotive
          • Carnegie Mellon
          • Cyra Technologies and CyArk
          • Direct Dimensions
          • Firepond
          • ILMF 2018
          • Mcity
          • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the GGAO
          • Near Earth Autonomy
          • Point Clouds
          • Wallops, Optech, Chu and NCAR
      • Reviews: The Laser That’s Changing the World
    • From Jars to the Stars
      • From Jars to the Stars: Reviews
      • Deep Impact multimedia
      • From Jars to the Stars: Errata
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Questions for immortality-seeking biohackers

General Science, Health Care, MediaApril 16, 202697Views0Likes2Comments
Longevity experts apparently view this as a laudable end goal. AI image by ChatGPT. Dhruv Khullar's article in the April 6 New Yorker, "Why are people injecting themselves with peptides," and the breaking news that our secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is pressing his U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ease…

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Trump should serve at least four terms

Climate, Environment, General Science, MediaMarch 31, 202579Views0Likes0Comments
A president this good should be forever. Trump clearly wants a third presidential term. Never mind the 22nd Amendment. It’s just ink on paper. And why not? I mean, he’s totally crushing it these first couple of months in his second term. Global alliances fostered over eight decades are stronger than ever. Our immediate neighbors to the north and…

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A few thoughts on AI (before it takes over)

Artificial intelligence, General Science, PoliticsOctober 4, 202346Views0Likes1Comment
AI-generated at Canva.com based on the prompt, “an impressionist painting of a squirrel leaping out of the way of an onrushing car in the street.” I’ve been reading up on artificial intelligence – Time Magazine’s recent “100 Most Influential People in AI” and the Atlantic’s excellent piece on Open AI CEO Sam Altman among the many. My…

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Found writing

General ScienceSeptember 8, 202245Views0Likes0Comments
This ocean of improbability is a true measure of the tub of deep time.

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Lidar (and me) on the Curiosityness podcast

Business, General Science, lidar, Media, TransportationSeptember 15, 202048Views0Likes0Comments
Travis on the right, me [sic] on the left Travis DeRose of the excellent Curiosityness podcast -- an eclectic and fascinating smorgasbord with episodes spanning the visual effects of Star Wars, how to get started mountain biking, the Presidential Pet Museum, the science of stand-up comedy, and the history of the Internet. For episode 93, Travis…

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