Episode 719: Technically, the Glass is Always Half Full

Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: Facebook Avner Braverman: Subscription renewal. This is why everyone is watching small fires inside empty old CRT sets On This Day In History for August 2, 2023 This is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 151 days remaining in 2023. It was on this date in 1610, that During Henry Hudson’s search for the Northwest Passage, he sailed into what is now known as Hudson Bay On August 2, 1790, The first United States Census was conducted August 2, 1870, Tower Subway, the world’s first underground tube railway, opened in London, England, United Kingdom Also today in 1873, The Clay Street Hill Railroad began operating the first cable car in San Francisco’s famous cable car system It was on this date in 1932, that The positron (antiparticle of the electron) was discovered by Carl D. Anderson Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard wrote a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon on this date in 1939 It was 41 years ago today that The Helsinki Metro, the first rapid transit system of Finland, was opened to the general public. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: Swiss paleontologist and scholar, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, born on this date in 1672. Born August 2, 1754, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. Pierre Charles L’Enfant. Elisha Gray, American businessman, co-founded Western Electric was born on that same date in 1835. Indian chemist and academic, Prafulla Chandra Ray was born 162 years ago today. Born August 2, 1892, Canadian-born American production manager and producer, co-founded