The guy that wrote Shogun fought in WW2, where he was shot in the face and kept as a Prisoner of War by the Japanese. Despite this, his greatest life's work is basically a novel about how cool and fascinating they are. "You wouldn't get it"

“Water, soil, and oxygen should not be infinitely accessible. They are assets that should be included in global economic balance sheets.” This is not satire. The World Economic Forum wants to monetise breathing.

Translated: “I could have bought Bitcoin ‘long ago’, but I didn’t. And now I am going to fabricate a reason Bitcoin is bad and must fail, so I can feel better about not buying any.”

i will change my my mind if presented with new information that is incompatible with my previous opinion i've learned that some people entrench themselves more deeply in their previous opinion to remain consistent and avoid embarrassment fascinating

Eggs contain retinol. The supplement aisle sells retinol capsules. Beef contains CoQ10. The supplement aisle sells CoQ10 capsules. Salmon contains EPA and DHA. The supplement aisle sells omega-3 capsules. Sardines contain selenium. The supplement aisle sells selenium tablets.

"To maintain growth in complexity, hierarchies levy heavier taxes on their populations. At some point even this yields declining marginal returns. This happens when rates are so high that avoidance increases, and taxation-induced inflation erodes the value of the money collected

AMD Senior AI Director confirms Claude has been nerfed. She analyzed Claude's session logs from Janurary to March: > median thinking dropped from ~2,200 to ~600 chars > API requests went up 80x from Feb to Mar. less thinking and failed attempts meaning more retries, burning more

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SOMEONE BUILT A MAP THAT SHOWS EXACTLY WHERE EVERY POWER PLANT, TRANSMISSION LINE, SUBSTATION & DATA CENTER SITS ON THE US GRID all on one interactive map. all free you can see how the grid is laid out... where the datacenters cluster... which transmission corridors carry the

Attention spans are down, IQ is lower for the 1st time ever, gender wars are exploding, political extremism is everywhere, and insane cancel culture has destroyed lives. TikTok destroyed a generation- watch today's mini-documentary: youtu.be/Ks0MoiuUYQw

When my 17 year old came home from school I turned this on- started around minute 9 at 1.25x speed- and she was sucked in. Highly recommend.

the trillionaire screeches are starting to begin

It’s easier to understand something when you feel no need to endorse or condemn it.

fascinating