Tag Archives for resiliency
90% Solar Powered Canadian Community
This is the best model of a RC I’ve seen in a while. The trick? A cluster of 52 moderately sized homes with boosted insulation: A community in Canada has an unusual form of solar power that can provide over … Continue reading
Emergent Guidance
Jeff Vail spends hundreds of words getting at how to guide emergent thinking. In essence he argues for: Platforms to ‘Keystone’ ecosystems. Engineering by principle rather than by design (Consult Wiggins’ latest post on complexity.) Local systems as critical. Sounds … Continue reading
Piggybacking On Existing Infrastructure
Strikes me as a bad idea . The implication is that you’re trying to shave off just a few cents to beat your competitors (they’re using the same infrastructure). In terms of resiliency, it’s a bad move, redundancy is critical … Continue reading
Slamming 911 Lines
A Hayward man was taken into custody on charges Wednesday that he clogged 911 lines with thousands of phony phone calls. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
USG OSINT Platform
Here is a great status report from the DNI Open Source Center’s Director Doug Naquin who is working hard to stand up the government’s OSINT hub. This could be big if platform logic is applied to leverage a widely dispersed … Continue reading