SF Author James S. Aaron

Author of Aeon 14: Sentience Wars and Galactic Law

Saved: Nuclear Conversion for Starship

http://toughsf.blogspot.com/2021/10/nuclear-conversion-for-starship.html

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James Aaron

November 3, 2023

Notes

spacex, starship
Saved: Mars Cyclers by Peter Hague

A description and argument for a “rail” style of transit between Mars and Earth.

https://planetocracy.substack.com/p/mars-cyclers

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James Aaron

October 31, 2023

Notes

interplanetary transit, mars, starship
Saved: Mark Irons Website

http://www.rdrop.com/~half/Creations/Writings/index.html

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James Aaron

October 30, 2023

Notes
Saved: A new view of “Baby” computer

A new view of the Manchester Computer

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James Aaron

October 30, 2023

Notes

baby computer, computer history, manchester, vintage computing
Saved: The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking

The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking

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James Aaron

October 29, 2023

Notes

bullshit detector, carl sagan, science
Saved: USB Power Delivery for Hobby Projects

USB Power Delivery For Hobby Projects

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James Aaron

October 29, 2023

Notes
Saved: Reading in the Conglomerate Era: Or, Do Small Presses Even Exist?

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/reading-in-the-conglomerate-era-or-do-small-presses-even-exist/

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James Aaron

October 26, 2023

Notes

conglomeration, cormac mccarthy, publishing
Saved: The Negative Impact of Mobile-First Web Design on Desktop

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/content-dispersion/

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James Aaron

October 26, 2023

Notes

design, hacker news, minimalism, understanding
Saved: Cold war satellite images reveal hundreds of unknown Roman forts

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/wall-or-a-road-a-remote-sensingbased-investigation-of-fortifications-on-romes-eastern-frontier/8FE59FB0D5476EA329614EEC6DC414FD

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James Aaron

October 26, 2023

Notes

history, rome, syria
Saved: San Francisco moved thousands of bodies to Colma and repurposed the headstones.

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James Aaron

October 26, 2023

Notes

cemetery, ghost stories