Will Haering
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Saturday, January 1st 2022
2022 Climate Notes
Fixing our planet’s atmosphere is a key challenge for this century. Here are my beliefs about focus areas for climate action in 2022.
Wednesday, May 27th 2020
Licenses in a Subscription World
Most new startups default to a subscription model for their software. Should they consider selling licenses instead?
Wednesday, April 29th 2020
A Proposal for Cloud Translation Layers
We have reached peak cloud. It's time we standardize productivity data.
Monday, April 13th 2020
News Is Failing Us
The age of immutable opinions has dawned. So how do we protect objective reality?
Friday, December 20th 2019
Considering New Operating Systems
Software's history holds the key to an evolutionary step for cloud infrastructure.
Wednesday, November 27th 2019
News Review V
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell
Sunday, November 17th 2019
News Review IV
In the news: Venice floods. Wind and solar projects. Storing a movie in glass. Surveillance of Americans. Impeachment. Expose or protect whistleblowers? Epstein's death. Russian hacking, Russian money, conservative politics.
Saturday, November 9th 2019
What's Happening to Our Water?
The WHO estimates that nearly half of the global population will live in water-stressed areas by 2025. As temperatures rise, what happens to our most important resource?
Wednesday, November 6th 2019
State of Nuclear
Why we don't have time to focus on molten salt reactors right now and where we should be spending money instead.
Wednesday, October 30th 2019
News Review III
We Didn't Start the Fire. Markets reflect climate change. Ukraine and Trump swirl. Freedom slips away from Hong Kong. Concentration camps make a return in China.
Sunday, October 20th 2019
Turkey Invades Syria
It is evident that the American retreat from Syria is a strategic and humanitarian disaster.
Sunday, October 20th 2019
News Review II
Boil more water: why we need a global push for more nuclear energy. Also: China is great at climate policy but bad at freedom. Trump blunders on. Premier of 'Hopefully Hanlon's Razor'.
Thursday, October 10th 2019
News Review I
Where to begin. Planting trees. Endless drought. Impeachment proceedings. U.S. retreats from Syria and Turkey invades.