Casey Handmer
Person on 4 sites
Founder of Terraform Industries and formerly a physicist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory; writes about energy, space and manufacturing.
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6 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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83 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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New technology and standards provide a lower cost and higher reliability method for establishing travel credentials than current processes. (opens korrents.com)
“The purpose of this post is to make explicit that what passed for a state-of-the-art identity verification process in ~1980 no longer passes muster and that new technology and standards provide simultaneously a far…”
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The current Australian citizenship and passport application process for children born overseas is ineffective and inefficient. (opens korrents.com)
“The result is a system that bleeds cash, bleeds good will, actively deters legitimate diaspora from retaining ties with the old country while doing nothing to stop anyone sophisticated enough to ask an AI to edit a JPEG.”
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Updating Home Affairs processes would be cost-effective with a payback period of less than a year. (opens korrents.com)
“By my estimate the fix costs A$3–5M, once, and saves Australians A$6–30M every year, depending on volume. Payback inside a year.”
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New technology and standards provide a lower cost and higher reliability method for establishing travel credentials than current processes. (opens korrents.com)
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8 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Poor Charlie's Almanack (opens rcmnd.app)
“Fascinating book, good to have a web browser handy when reading it.”
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The Martian (opens rcmnd.app)
“I love this book.”
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The Right Kind of Crazy (opens rcmnd.app)
“The best book I've read on actual Mars exploration as historically conducted by actual humans, some of whom are colleagues and good friends.”
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Poor Charlie's Almanack (opens rcmnd.app)