matt harbowyDoing experiments on my power usageSo, I’ve been doing some experiments to help uncover the sources of my power usage and to better understand areas where I can conserve more…Aug 18, 2022Aug 18, 2022
matt harbowyChina ADRsI’m just taking a second to write a quick note: I think, personally, that the market nervousness for the Chinese ADRs is overblown. While…Jul 7, 2021Jul 7, 2021
matt harbowyIs now the time to be buying shipping companies?I’m a big follower of shipping companies. My grandfather worked on Liberty Ships during World War 2 for Bethlehem Steel, and so you might…Nov 6, 2019Nov 6, 2019
matt harbowyTSLA gets interestingIt’s been a while since Tesla stock has gone on sale. The worry about these “sales” is, of course, that the stock is going to keep…May 17, 2019May 17, 2019
matt harbowyDo creams with “plant stem cells” help to fade scars?This question really has two parts.Jan 12, 2018Jan 12, 2018
matt harbowyCan you propel a rocket by combining an electron and positron in a controlled chamber?Take a small battery, and put a switch between the positive and negative terminals. Now press the switch. What happens?Nov 16, 2017Nov 16, 2017
matt harbowyHow much energy is released when hydrogen is fused to produce one kilo of helium?One kilo of helium what? Which hydrogen? :)Nov 11, 20172Nov 11, 20172
matt harbowyWhy don’t physicists write human-readable formulas, like developers do?For example, energy = mass * speed_of_light ** 2 instead of E = mc²Nov 5, 2017Nov 5, 2017
matt harbowyHow/where does one invest in natural resources, like gold, wood, and so on?Strictly speaking, you don’t.Oct 15, 2017Oct 15, 2017
matt harbowyThe tragedy of the question: “what if we could go faster than light?”There’s nothing tragic about approaching the speed of light. There is, on the other hand, something tragic about the human mind, which is…Oct 9, 2017Oct 9, 2017
