Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 5, 2008
The final stop for my Micronesia trip was Guam, a U.S. Arriving on Guam felt like coming back to the United States, although it's more like Hawaii than the mainland! Guam has a huge American military presence: the armed forces control about a third of the island. The military and tourism are Guam's two big industry.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 8, 2008
Guam has special building codes for typhoons, kind of like California's earthquake-inspired building codes. But the dried version I had on Guam was better, and gives you a warm feeling. I couldn't find out much about them, other than that they were relatively recently wrecked (don't know if that means ten years ago or thirty).
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 22, 2008
In addition to meeting with key leaders and visiting schools, Donna McNear really wanted me to see blind children in their homes. But, she's a teacher with a national reputation and a fierce dedication to improving and reforming the system for educating blind children. She has also made Micronesia her professional mission focus.
The Verge
DECEMBER 10, 2020
If successful, the FTC’s case — which was joined by 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam — could force the company to divest itself of Instagram and WhatsApp, radically reshaping the digital economy. It’s clear that Facebook faces a real challenge from TikTok.
The AI Alignment Forum
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
These angry Americans raised their children for a different future. Missiles from the PRC fly toward strategic targets in Hawaii, Guam, Alaska, and California. In the first month after Novas release, 5% percent of employees at major software companies lose their jobs. Many more can see the writing on the wall. Caption: The war begins.
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