Flying Spider Catches Drones

 

An innovative defense flying robot spreads out a net to catch enemy drones. It is being used by the IDF. Seems a good idea. 

The Long War

 Rainy and cold outside. I have the flu and slept till midday. Trying to do some urgent work but my mind is not clear and "לא בא לי " as Gefen said yesterday. ICL is down and The Marker explains its problems: Russian and Bielorussian competition, flooding the markets, and the Yemeni pirates, endangering the maritime route to the markets. In addition, it appears that Israel's credit rating will be downgraded, damaging the economy as a whole. This Gaza war is depressing, and there is no happy end in view.  

No one wants Gaza people

 

Egypt reinforced its frontier with Gaza so no one would try to escape from Gaza. They are trapped and we are trapped.

The Muriate of Potash Mystery

 

The price of potash has fallen to 300 US$/ton which is a tenth, in real terms, of its price a decade ago. Canada has launched large potash mines (see photo Jensen) and agricultural commodities are cheap. Should I get out of this sector? Yes, but now? Could the shares fall even more? 

Upside-Down World

Israel is the victim of genocide even as it battles false claims of genocide leveled against it by South Africa at the International Court of Justice, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday.

“Today, again, we saw an upside-down world, in which the State of Israel is accused of genocide at a time when it is fighting genocide,” Netanyahu said in a video message from Jerusalem.

He spoke as Israel prepared to present a defense against South Africa’s allegations that the Palestinian fatalities in the Gaza war were part of a plan by Israel to eliminate the Palestinian people.

Second car

 New car.  My old car (model 2012) is working perfectly and passed the annual test for the year 2024. But my wife was not satisfied and I had to buy her a new model 2024. Spent the day receiving the car near Ashdod and driving back home. The car is full of electronics, and it will take time to get used to it. I'll keep driving the old car, till I sell it. 

Backup computer

 
After the crash of my two computers, I researched which model was the best for Autocad. It appears that i7 is the fastest and most suitable because Autoad does not use multiple cores. I bought the Lenovo Tiny model for 1000 shekel. This chip is twenty years old yet apparently the best suited for my needs. Let's see if it is true. Computers are becoming cheap, I paid 10000 shekels for my first (20000 sh in current money).