Category Archives: Mathematics

Android Phones

Hundreds of millions of them are vulnerable to having their cameras and mikes hacked.

I’ll have to check the Motorola site to see if they have a patch for my G6. This kind of thing is why I avoid the use of my cell unless I’m traveling.

[Update a couple minutes later]

OK, it seems that one way to prevent this is to not grant an app permission to access device storage. I rarely do that, so I’m probably OK.

[Update a few minutes later]

Sorry, link fixed.

Climate Models Versus Observations

A 2019 update.

TL;DR: They continue to run hot.

[Update a couple minutes later]

Climate utopias and engineering reality.

[Update a few minutes later]

How to trigger a global recession overnight? Ban fracking.

[Late-morning update]

Judith Curry reflects on “Climategate,” a decade later. Hard to believe it’s really been that long.

The Rolling Blackouts In CA

No, they’re not a climate-change story. It’s about rampant insanity and corruption of rent-seeking “green”-energy firms.

And this seems like cheating: Texas lures California businesses with promises of electricity.

What did socialists use to light their homes before candles? Electricity.

[Late-morning update]

California is approaching Puerto Rico territory.

Speaking of which…

[Thursday-morning update]

California is “winning” its way into the Stone Age.

And is the state becoming pre-modern?

Apparently. Pat Brown has to be rolling in his grave at what his idiot son has wrought.

[Bumped]