I propose the word “Anankean” ( ἀνάγκη ) for “horrible but inevitable” (View Post)

The visits are cursory. Hence accounts of insulation missing on all the houses but the one inspected. Or concrete pours that fail strength criteria. For lack of testing. (View Post)

It’s accretion. Over time, regulation and laws build up. The fix is always more. This creates a constituency of regulators whose job is to believe in more and more paperwork. This in turn provides bo… (View Post)

What I believe is that we need *more effective regulation*. Building laws and regulations are, in some areas, less effective than Victorian law. Because we combine orders of magnitude more paperwork … (View Post)

The bases in question are large and fixed. You can see them from space. Literally. But the Russians are pretty nearly out of the space recon business. Their program has collapsed. Thos will be from c… (View Post)