The fact that China is now trashing H20s and banning large companies from using them is convincing me that it’s actually a good move to sell them.

I no longer have a strong opinion on whether Intel should spin off the foundry business, I have seen good arguments on both sides. What I do know very well is that TSMC is not a particularly well run company. It is 100% possible to catch up to them, it’s mostly a matter of cash.

They might get away with it for AMD and Nvidia because nobody wants to sue, but reminder that export taxes are *very* clearly unconstitutional

Once again, taking a stake in Intel is fine but the better solution is to the problem of “Intel needs customers to start up its foundry business” is to just *be the customer*. Commit to building 10 national supercomputers with chips made by IFS.

Last night: patching drywall, cooking steak, working out. This morning: replacing shocks and break pads.

This is why I just replaced my own shocks and break pads. $200 in parts or $3000 at a shop.

In general it seems like policy thinkers have expanded the success criteria of anti-poverty programs because of early research showing they may *also* solve education, health, and other issues. Turns out anti-poverty programs might “merely” reduce poverty.

If we were a serious nation Ne Zha 2 would be a Sputnik moment.

Without any coolant is unhinged

Unironically just re-release Brother Bear, one of the most criminally underrated movies of all time.

The IRS put out a hilariously biased poll on free tax-preparation: irs.gov/newsroom/irs-a…

Idk where they got this figure, but it costs upward of $70/return to use private tax prep services so it seems like a good deal to me.