THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“A bad system will beat a good person every time.”

— W. Edwards Deming

BIRTHDAYS:

1646 Johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), born in Naumburg, Hesse-Homburg. Nun, ich singe! Gott ist knie, and Gott hilf mir / Psalm 69, 2-14, 17

1796 Walter Hunt, American mechanical engineer.

1805 Alexis de Tocqueville, French aristocrat, diplomat, political philosopher, and historian.

1888 Vladimir Zworykin, Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology.

1953 Geddy Lee, Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the rock band Rush.

MISCELLANEOUS:

NOW IF ONLY HE CAN GET ENOUGH ELECTRICITY TO POWER IT.
Elon Musk says xAI’s Colossus 2 supercomputer in Memphis close to coming online.

MAKING HISTORY. Venus Aerospace Has First High Thrust Rotating Detonation Engine Flight

WORD OF THE DAY. Takiwātanga (15:44)

THE COVID 19 INJECTIONS AND LOCKDOWNS BEGAN ON MARCH 15, 2020. THE TRAGEDY THAT ENSUED WAS ENTIRELY AVOIDABLE. TO ANYONE CONSIDERING DOING THIS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE – HERE IS A HOMEWORK READING ASSIGNMENT:

Nuremberg Code (1947)

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza (2006)

Great Barrington declaration (2020)