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Reading List 03/08/2025

China’s industrial diplomacy, streetlights and crime, deorbiting Starlink satellites, a proposed canal across Thailand, a looming gas turbine shortage, and more.

6 days ago 6 votes
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a week ago 11 votes
Reading List 03/01/25

Nissan courting Tesla, Europe’s Starlink competitor, Chinese semiconductor progress, ways to use existing interconnection capacity, and more.

a week ago 10 votes
Why it's so hard to build a jet engine

Civilization's toughest technical challenges are those that require extraordinary (and constantly improving) performance to be delivered at a low cost.

a week ago 12 votes
Reading list 02/22/25

Waymo’s factory, a map of US land values, ships in the Arctic Circle, battery industry trends, and more.

2 weeks ago 18 votes

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