This morning.
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“The cartogram is made up of squares, each of which represents half a million people of a countryâs population. The 11.5 million Belgians are represented by 23 squares; the 49.5 million Colombians are represented by 99 squares; the 1.415 billion people in China are represented by 2830 squares; and this yearâs entire world population of 7.633 billion people is represented by the total sum of 15,266 squares.“
Flygdag i Uppsala
I lördags besökte vi flygdagen som anordnades pĂ„ Ărna. Jag kan inte pĂ„stĂ„ att jag Ă€r speciellt intresserad av militĂ€rflyg men visst Ă€r det lite spĂ€nnande att se de mest extrema av maskiner upptrĂ€da. För mig var det hĂ€r ocksĂ„ nĂ„got av en nostalgitripp. Jag har nĂ€mligen varit pĂ„ en flygdag i Uppsala förut. NĂ€r flygflottiljen F 16 i Uppsala Ă„r 1993 fyllde 50 Ă„r ordnades Ă€ven dĂ„ en flygdag. Jag gjorde samtidigt vĂ€rnplikten pĂ„ I 13 i Falun och vi kallades in för att förstĂ€rka sĂ€kerheten. Om vi verkligen gjorde det Ă€r en annan frĂ„ga. Det jag minns tydligast Ă€r att vi gick patrull mitt i natten lĂ€ngs flygfĂ€ltets avspĂ€rrning, utan utrustning för mörkerseende och utan mĂ„nsken. Vi sĂ„g förstĂ„s ingenting. Jag har heller inget minne av att ha sett nĂ„gra flygplan i luften. Kanske Ă„kte vi hem innan sjĂ€lva flygdagen startade.
Enligt programmet skulle tvĂ„ JAS 39 Gripen i vilket fall ha flugit men om de verkligen gjorde det Ă€r tveksamt eftersom planet, tidigare samma mĂ„nad, kraschat pĂ„ LĂ„ngholmen i Stockholm under Vattenfestivalen â den andra kraschen med detta dĂ„ nya flygplan. I Ă„r flög dock flera Gripenplan utan problem, trots att Ă€ven denna flygdag föregicks av en JAS-krasch, den hĂ€r gĂ„ngen dock varken pĂ„ grund av maskin- eller handhavandefel. Den skyldige var nu istĂ€llet en större fĂ„gel.
The 2013 MacBook Air was a good deal
Alternative title: Macs have become expensive.
Apparently, I double processor speed (well, cores at least), RAM, and disk space every time I buy a new computer. The 2010 MacBook Air I could âdoubleâ after less that 3 years for half the price it will cost me to double the 2013 MacBook Air with the computer I buy now (in 2018). Granted, I get a larger and better display in almost the same form factor. This may be worth paying for. But paying for Touch Bar and Touch ID seems like a waste. To get down to the same monthly cost for this yearâs computer as for the MacBook Air I have had since 2013, I will have to keep it for 10 years.
August 2018
MacBook Pro 13-inch
Processor: 2.3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.8 GHz
Memory: 16 GB 2133 Ipddr3
Drive: 512 GB Flash Storage
+ Retina display with True Tone
+ Touch Bar and Touch ID
Price: 25,695 SEK
Monthly cost:
3 yr: 714 SEK
5 yr: 428 SEK
10 yr: 214 SEK
July 2013
MacBook Air 11-inch (mid 2013)
Processor: 1,7 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3,3 GHz
Memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
Drive: 256 GB Flash Storage
Price: 13,454 SEK
Monthly cost: 221 SEK
November 2010
MacBook Air 11-inch (late 2010)
Processor: 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4 GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
Drive: 128 GB Flash Storage
Price 13,655 SEK
Monthly cost: 414 SEK
(VAT included in all prices)
Home again. On the way home we flew over the North sea oil fields. Two observations: (1) the oil rigs look tiny from the air but (2) there were so many more of them than I would ever have expected.
