Monthly Archives: January 2025

Grok plays Path of Exile 2 for Elon

Posted on January 18, 2025 by engineerzero

I mean, I don’t know this for sure, but that’s how I would place the bet. If you’ve been living on Earth more than week or two, you probably know who Elon Musk is, but you may not know who … Continue reading →

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Was Newton All That?

Posted on January 14, 2025 by engineerzero

This book was written in 1958. I like older books for biographies because they focus on what the person did rather than his personal life. In the case of Newton, a modern book would probably spend an inordinate amount of … Continue reading →

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Firefighting Drone Train

Posted on January 8, 2025 by engineerzero

Imagine a train with rail cars filled with thousands of drones that are programmed to fly buckets out to the Pacific Ocean, scoop up water, and drop on brush fires. The train goes along the California coast to where its … Continue reading →

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Re-Entry: Space vs. The 40 Hour Workweek

Posted on January 6, 2025 by engineerzero

This is Eric Berger’s second book on SpaceX, the first being Liftoff. Liftoff was about the founding of SpaceX up to the successful launch of the Falcon 1. In this book, Berger covers the story of SpaceX up to the … Continue reading →

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