Tweet on Chinese nukes

Oops, need to recalibrate my opinion of Politico.

https://twitter.com/NuclearAnthro/status/1002003458810052610?s=20

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On a scale of 1 to 10, this is a 73 on the Bullshit Meter.

To begin with:

The United States has over 500 W80 ALCMs (5-150kt) and 200 B61 -3, -4s (.3kt-170kt, .3kt-40kt).

China has about 300 or fewer nuclear warheads. TOTAL.

POLITICO
@politico
China is aggressively developing its next generation of “usable” nuclear weapons. The U.S. is far behind. (link: https://politi.co/2IYH6Ji) politi.co/2IYH6Ji

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Microsoft’s Brad Smith explains what Zuckerberg did right, what Microsoft missed, and how the company has changed – GeekWire

Microsoft missed innovation because their top people were prepping for depositions. Uh huh. (Claim is Facebook is working to accommodate with govt, unlike MS.)

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/microsofts-brad-smith-explains-zuckerberg-right-microsoft-missed-company-changed/

«“Having a Bill Gates, a Steve Ballmer, great engineering leaders at our company, spending so much time figuring out how to prepare for a deposition, how to defend themselves on the witness stand, how to implement this, that, or the other thing. You look at the early 2000s. We missed search.”»

Roseanne Canceled: Why Trump Supporters Fell for Her Shtick

Well, I managed to get to the end of a conservative essay without reading something dumb or evil. Must be because it was short.

https://www.weeklystandard.com/jonathan-v-last/roseanne-canceled-why-trump-supporters-fell-for-her-shtick

«It’s pretty clear that there wasn’t going to be a Roseanne show next season, at least not in any recognizable way. All the corporate suits did was ratify the facts on the ground. (And save themselves the inevitable boycott/protest headaches that would have eaten up the next year of their lives.)»

What on Earth Is Elon Musk Doing? – The Atlantic

Ah, yes, the wisdom of the crowds, which never engage in fads or stock market bubbles or other herding behavior, and which never become mobs.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/elon-musk-should-know-better/561377/

Musk’s Twitter mentions are full of people celebrating the wisdom of the crowd, and offering to moderate his new site. All this has a very 1990s feel about it, which is, I guess, appropriate.