Monday Brief: 01 March 2021

A big tech week on Capitol Hill; GCHQ enlists AI; and space is being disrupted

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Hearings Hotwash1

What’s New: Last week, Congress held three important hearings on US national security and technology. Here are some highlights and thoughts on each.

Why This Matters: The 117th United States Congress is beginning its work, and emerging tech and “the cybers” are getting a lot of early attention.

Hearing #1: House Armed Services Committee — Defense Innovation

Key Points:

  • As I mentioned last week, I joined the Hon. Christine Fox — former Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense — and Dr. Victoria Coleman — Former DARPA Director — in testifying before the HASC on Defense Innovation.

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  1. Fritz Anderson

    I'd always understood and used "TL;DR" as "this might be so long and recondite you'd skip it, but here's what it comes down to."

    When I first saw it (long enough ago that I'm not making it up), it was most often applied to the author's own answers in USENET groups. People who contributed to the Linux kernel could hardly say they hadn't read their own code.

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    1. Fritz Anderson

      Oh, forgot: therefore "too long, _don't_ read."

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    Ray Salemi

    I'm the Aerospace and Defense Solutions Manager for Siemens EDA and this newsletter is an incredible compendium. So much detail in one place. I'll be sharing it with coworkers.

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      Klon Kitchen

      Fantastic! Thanks, Ray.

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      Bradley Alpert

      Indeed, today's letter is singularly impressive.

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        Klon Kitchen

        Really appreciate that, Bradley.

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