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I just read a series of his books involving "unspace" so nice to see a recommendation. Will check out Shroud.

Been following this movie's development for over 20 years. I give props to Morgan Freeman for trying so hard all this time to get it made. Denis Villeneuve would be a great directo…

Economics rules everything. How much does this cost vs simply planting trees, when the value of harvesting the trees is included? Since tree farms are generally profitable, and woo…

I stopped when he flubbed the first point. No, it’s not correct users have to just hope big miners will mine their transactions. For two reasons: 1. They pay them. Do you trust “bi…

That money will be provided via a loan, from the US Government, at a reasonable interest rate. USG doesn't lose money, TSMC gets to expand into all of Intels fabs (when they raise …

This isn't corruption or coercion. This is a deal. These are terms being offered. They can say no, or counter. But these terms benefit all parties-- TSMC can eventually buy out int…

It actually wouldn't. The sale price will be pretty close to the current market price, maybe %10 more. If the Government kicks in funds to underwrite the deal (say a loan to TSMC) …

This is like an old fashioned Civilization game trade. Taiwan gets a significant ownership in a blue chip US company, TSMC should then take %51 control over intel, and turn it arou…

These cuts are absolutely not the ones I would make, but the reality is not as it is being portrayed. The claim that SpaceX does not do science is false. Not only do they launch mo…

The traditional finance system is that a single central bank, owned by a cartel of rich banks- chase, jpm, etc-- issue the currency, charge us to use it and get first dibs on the b…

Apollo took up an appreciable percentage of the GDP… this is a small startup with a fraction of the funding. Firefly landed successfully, but they are bigger. This is a hardware ri…

It's been announced, and is surely being designed, but they are only building hardware for V2 right now. Most likely V2 will continue as long as they need to get dialed in what the…

Going somewhere and paying for things to boost the local economy is not "exploitation". This is just agitprop.

The internet was originally designed to be robust in the face of nuclear war, but that meant packets could be routed over the network even when individual point to point connection…

It's kinda amazing the results you get just by putting your collection together in something like Jellyfin, and getting the metadata etc. Like having your own Netflix service.... I…

From the CEO: https://x.com/lindayax/status/1820838625245880634

Government using force, whitewashed with a thin veneer of an NGO to cartelize advertisers and censor twitter is not “free speech”. You pretended to be unaware of the situation then…

Except he is not suing advertisers. The Verge is fake news. He is suing a literal cartel after their crime was exposed in congress.

Active users on the site is setting records pretty regularly, according to Linda. Usability and performance of the site is far higher than before in my experience as well. Revenue …

Criminality on the part of government will only tend to increase as legal recourse is denied, until or unless, illegal recourse becomes fashionable.

Yes, and every civil asset forfeiture, every traffic stop, is a felony under 18 U.S. Code § 241. Conspiracy against rights - https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/241 or 18 U.…

The "Citizens United" ruling simply said that citizens who pool money to pay for political media do not lose their first amendment rights by doing so in the form of a corporation. …

There are so many false premises here that it’s not worth listing them. But if the power in the area is coming from coal then every use of that power is equally coal based. Hair dr…

I have similar needs, but aldo need them to be outdoor/waterproof and PoE capable. I looked at DIY with Raspberry Pi high quality cameras, but the outdoor requirements mean I reall…

Ah the old “violence makes it moral” argument. The government cannot do those things under the law, but only by violating the laws. Problem is they have done it so much you think i…