Recent content by Ken Fabian

Hard to say who I like best and my exposure to jazz is limited (but heard a lot of Dixieland as a child - dad liked it). The tunes/songs I like best are probably the more widely heard 'commercial' sorts the dedicated fans might call selling out. eg ones like Take Five, Watermelon Man, Girl...

The comparison to human skin is yours - it never occurred to me. Ugliness is in the eyes of the beholder and familiarity brings with it acceptance of things as they are.

If it were orbiting Earth it would not be like it is, although the high sulfur content may have coloured those Lunar Maria and given a yellow/orange appearance.

They will learn to use renewable energy better from it - and the lesson will NOT be to rely less on renewable energy. More big batteries with grid forming inverters are going to add a grid stabilising buffer - given the pace of global uptake, probably significant amounts have been added already...

Some of Django (and Stefan's) backing guitarists were excellent in their own right and sometimes got to show off. And yes, for as long as there were guitars there were guitar solos as well as soloists.

Almost that far back - and well worthy of mention - the one and only Django. Mostly playing with 2 left fingers. Were guitar solos even a thing before Django Reinhardt?

The understated excellence of JJ Cale comes to my mind. Not blistering virtuosity (I do like those too) but somehow doing more with less, often seeming simple but he could give a depth of feel to just a few notes played slow and sweet that I find moving in ways far flashier playing doesn't...

Like with shipping any dangerous goods, including regular ICE as well as battery electric vehicles, improving the safety standards and safety protocols as problems become apparent - rather than banning the goods - seems indicated. Probably for EV's they should be at low state of charge and...

Could be arguing over sloppy language but AI itself doesn't compete for the resources - AI aren't choosing to build themselves or choosing to exploit water that could be used for other purposes, the 'industry' and companies (people) making AI do those things. I suppose that could change, if an...

Not convinced AI competes with humans directly - rather it allows some humans to compete better with other humans. And to track, influence, direct and control them for their makers. Not convinced there is anything about it that corresponds with 'capitalist vs socialist' or good or bad - those...

A lot I liked about 2001, especially visually, ie the depictions of space technologies and zero gravity, which so many SF movies get wrong. But better the first time around. Re-watching I found the pacing far too slow - something I have found with some other Kubrick movies too. Were I to watch...

Ah, good catch. I got that very wrong - thinking 1200 metres per second when it is 1,200 (approx) km per hour. Post has been edited. Thanks.

A lightning bolt can be many kilometres long as well as reach high altitudes. There is sound transmitted through the ground as well as air - faster through ground than air but more usually felt as ground vibration than heard - and lightning hitting the ground can be (but not always) the first...

The largest part of the long tail of methane warming is going to be from the CO2 produced - persisting long after the methane itself has decomposed. The water vapor produced likely does add some small amount to enhanced greenhouse but it doesn't persist the way the CO2 does. I think it is...

Surely average residence time is not the same as how long before it has all decayed to CH4 and H2O from contact with OH radicals - some will decompose sooner than the average and some will decompose later. Because some will still be present in the atmosphere after the average time has passed it...