Ayer tuvimos un conversatorio virtual, organizado por nuestro grupo ambiental Reaccíon Climática. Quiero agradecerles a mis amigos Carmen Capriles y Johan Yugar por organizar el evento y a la Diputada Cecilia Requena por dar la clausura del conversatorio. Se puede ver el video del evento en Facebook. Acá están mi presentación, si alguien quiere verla: [ ]
Last month, I wrote a 35 page report about why New Jersey s 2026 e-bike law makes little sense on the grounds of public safety. Sadly, a number of other American states are also contemplating similarly wrongheaded crackdowns on e-bikes, which simply aren t justified if the goal is to minimize traffic fatalities. My report argues that [ ]
The rise of social media over the last 2 decades has dramatically transformed how people learn about and interact with the products that they buy. Traditionally, people were largely passive recipients of commercial advertising, but social media has dramatically changed that relationship. People could turn down the TV or radio or switch the channel, but [ ]
The two-seat Aptera solar car is arguably the most important automobile currently under development, despite the fact that some don t consider the three-wheeled autocycle to be a real car at all. The Aptera represents a paradigm shift in the auto industry, not just because it will be the first production solar car on the market, [ ]
On January 19, 2026, New Jersey’s governor Phil Murphy used his last day in office to sign into law the controversial bill S4834/A6235 that will give New Jersey the most restrictive regulation of e-bikes in the nation. This new law is shocking bad, not only in its regulation, but simply in terms of its drafting [ ]
Wired charges $250 extra to ship its 60 volt models to the 48 contiguous states in the U.S., plus $75 in shipping insurance, so buyers end up paying $325 for shipping. Other bike sellers take responsibility for fixing any problems if a bike is damaged in transit, but Wired holds its customers responsible, so they [ ]
After publishing my 35 page report that critiques New Jersey s 2026 law that regulates e-bikes, I received the following comment by Mysana on Reddit: I do think some of the comparisons to cars weakened your argument, especially in the conclusion. Specifically the line, However, there have been no cases of e-bikes killing the passengers of [ ]
On January 19, 2026, New Jersey s governor Phil Murphy used his last day in office to sign into law the controversial bill S4834/A6235 that will give New Jersey the most restrictive regulation of e-bikes in the nation. The new law is based on a number of faulty assumptions about e-bikes, which the empirical evidence does [ ]
PDF / ODT for printing, License: CC BY 4.0 The Rust programming language has been consistently gaining developer mind share and acquiring corporate support over time, which has given the language the kind of momentum that will likely take it into the top tier of programming languages in the future. It is worth examining how [ ]
Microsoft is no longer considered the Great Satan by the free/open source (FOSS) community, since Satya Nadella took over the helm of the corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Unlike Microsoft s former CEO Steve Ballmer, who called Linux a cancer, Nadella famously declared in October 2014 that Microsoft loves Linux. This embrace of Linux made strategic [ ]