Brian Potter
@_brianpotter
Writes Construction Physics. Senior infrastructure fellow at @IFP
The People's Republic of China first began to build ships for export in 1975. By 2010, it had become the largest shipbuilder in the world, a title it still holds today. This week on Construction Physics, I look at the history of Chinese shipbuilding. construction-physics.com/p/how-china-be…
Superb history of #China #shipbuilding by @_brianpotter! Glad tables from @NavalWarCollege/@ChinaMaritime volume on "Chinese Naval Shipbuilding" with @NavalInstitute/@USNIBooks were useful... amazon.com/Chinese-Naval-… ...as well as from CMSI's very first "Red Book" monograph!…
The People's Republic of China first began to build ships for export in 1975. By 2010, it had become the largest shipbuilder in the world, a title it still holds today. This week on Construction Physics, I look at the history of Chinese shipbuilding. construction-physics.com/p/how-china-be…
I was talking to a SpaceX engineer ~8 years ago, asking about his day to day work, which just wasn’t making sense what I knew from my days in physical product development (Solidworks, etc). I finally asked what tool he used most when he sat down to do work – “Python” was his…
Patrick Collison says humanity has never cured a complex disease. Not cancer. Not Alzheimer’s. Not Type 1 diabetes. His Arc Institute is trying something new: Simulate biology with AI. Test interventions before touching the body. Build a virtual cell. Test hypotheses in code.…
US Air Force Orbiting Vehicle 1-8
The federal government is the largest landowner in the US: of the 2.3 billion acres of US land area, the US government owns over 600 million. This week on Construction Physics, I look at whether it makes sense to sell some of this land for development. construction-physics.com/p/should-the-f…
Aerospace parts are not 100x overpriced because of paperwork or crazy high standards or any of the reasons folks often think they are. This is a part that would be $50 if it was an aftermarket dingus for your car’s oil pan, if made to the same tolerances/QC and with the same…
The price of a new magnetic oil drain plug for a Challenger 350 engine starter. 📸 by reddit/kunosion Not an ad
Don't say you love the anime if you haven't read the manga construction-physics.com/p/why-are-home…
New @AEI map: US housing shortage visualized by county. Under an estimated ~6M housing shortfall, the geographic imbalance is staggering. Counties in red face deficits ≥15% of their housing stock.
I love it when policymakers listen to @_brianpotter:
U.S. in Talks to Buy 15 Icebreakers from Finland, Trump Says at NATO Summit gcaptain.com/u-s-in-talks-t…
This week on Construction Physics, I look at why homes in the western US are so expensive. construction-physics.com/p/why-are-home…
Philip Koenig on the prospects for countries like the US competing in shipbuilding:
Some interesting stats on the Construction Physics email list: more than a quarter of subscribers have never opened a single email. And more than 10% of subscribers have (somehow) never RECEIVED an email.
This week on Construction Physics: how batteries are making the electrical grid more reliable. construction-physics.com/p/batteries-ar…
husband said "do you ever think about how insane it is that we can just throw away sheet metal" after cooking with tin foil one night
We are insanely rich.
unbothered. moisturized. happy. in my lane. focused. flourishing
Uncut hour-long footage of Figure 02 autonomously transferring and flattening packages for a scanner down the line. The robot is using Figure’s Helix model, a generalist VLA that now incorporates upgrades in temporal memory and force feedback.
Pretty impressive demonstration from a company that already had some of the most impressive demonstrations.
Is this working Dan?
Congrats @mattsclancy !
Excited that @mattsclancy will be permanently leading Open Phil's Abundance and Growth Fund. Matt has been leading the program on an interim basis since we announced it in February, and I can't wait to see what he accomplishes going forward.