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by jqpabc123 3mo ago
I somehow learned to do this by accident. I used to have terrifying dreams of falling. Now, instead of falling, I fly. Super empowering --- and I don't have these dreams much anymore.
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
https://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2025/07/31/trump-admin-bloc... https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/06/05/views-on-trum...
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
‘the abundance of [AI] will be limited by the abundance of energy’. And the reason current US policy opposes clean, renewable energy is --- purely political.
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
Because no one would ever block or reject "???@burneremail24.com"?
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
We're on the same page. All it takes is more people to say "no" to the Metaverse.
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
ETTD
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
Yes, it is still tough to compete on the desktop with Microsoft and Apple, but things are moving in a positive direction. The basics haven't changed. There is still little concern for compatibility with Linux. What exists is an ugly
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
Some impact is still possible but it can only be less if you haven't willingly identified yourself to the "Metaverse".
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
It has to run through energy, because every serious industry sits on top of power. Very astute observation. Now explain why cheap, renewable power isn't part of the strategy. The only obvious reason is political and nostalgic. Unt
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
Easy solution --- just opt out of all things Metaverse related.
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
https://www.ufinebattery.com/blog/what-is-a-gravity-battery/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352152X2... Pumped hydro is an alternative form of gravity battery t
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
Corruption is the most significant threat China has left now that Western capitalism has surrendered. Tariffs on all things Chinese is pretty much an open admission that the West can't compete.
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
I use a different approach --- data hidden in plain site. I have a generic micro-SD memory card filled with innocuous looking files --- lots of photos and music. Some of these files have encrypted data embedded in them. An attacker needs to
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
It's called a gravity battery and this is far from being the first.
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
Nice work Jim! But qrcode.js offers a much smaller payload.
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
Low cost power is pure evil --- according to current US policy. We aim for maximum environmental and pocketbook impact ... the way Jesus intended.
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
Time to wake up and smell the coffee. China has achieved what western thought and rhetoric has long written off as being impossible --- they have developed their own hybrid economic system that has broken western "free market" cap
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
In other words, this is how we avoid lower cost foreign AI competition. And if this doesn't work, we'll outright ban it. An isolated America is a strong America.
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
The gap between “we use AI” and “AI is making our business measurably better” is the largest it has ever been. Bubble
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
Bubble.
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/industry/ai
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
company’s bets on the new structure “haven’t come to fruition yet. It's metaverse deja vu.
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
Some of the criticisms that the technology doesn’t work at all go a bit too far. It's not enough for it to "work". It has to work in a way that is affordable and cost effective for widespread use. Otherwise, people/com
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
Some logic for those who don't do numbers: Token rates need to double in order for the industry to "break even". In reality, just "breaking even" is not enough. Venture capital expects a sizeable return on their in
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
A big portion of the global economy is pure wishful thinking and hype. No one wants to admit it for the obvious reason that the ruse is very profitable.
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
Personally, I like 2FA and I use it in some of my SAAS apps. It is relatively simple and just works. All I really care about the person I issue a 2FA secret to is that they pay to use my system. I don't give them access to source code
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
"Don't be evil" was just a diversion from a path that was laid out from the beginning. And it worked --- for a while. Until the path became impossible to deny.
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
Israel first!
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
Impressive work! Not mentioned is the fact that the resulting QR Fonts are huge --- much larger than the javascript needed to render a QR code.
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by jqpabc123 4mo ago
They don't believe it can be Then they are truly naive. Living in isolation is not really practical and not much fun even if it was.

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