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Posts by Barry McKernan

Yep, we're winning the war on adding CO2 (solar/wind+batteries is winning the world over & is the near-term future for all). Now we just gotta capture CO2. Lots of rapid grassland growth (prairies) in NH plus subsequent plowing under + sea-blooms should do it for O(100)yrs.

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Every human who has ever lived, lived on this ball.
It is precious, in the darkness.

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Now that's a proper office!

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This guy is SO good. This is how you do it!

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Clannad - Theme from Harry's Game (Official HD Video)
Clannad - Theme from Harry's Game (Official HD Video) YouTube video by ClannadVEVO

I remember hearing this for the 1st time & it blew my mind. Alien & yet mine. RIP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zHT...

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Today's winner!

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Yep. If the federal budget is 1 mile (~2300 steps say), NASA is 9 steps (Military is ~350).

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Very good!

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Pithy. Accurate!

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Yep. We're poor at judging collective reality & always have been!

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It's real Nero level stuff! Historians will love this era (Future historians; present historians are suffering with the rest of us...!)

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Brilliant!

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The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.

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Important point here. He knew his life would end if he attempted to hang on. Govts should be wary of their people.

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Yep, they Vanced Orban!

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Excellent piece!
"The problem isn't that we'll decide to stop thinking. The problem is that we'll barely notice when we do."

Failure is key to building intuition in science. Early AI use can circumvent this step & is dangerous for early scientists.

Caveat coder!

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Yep. Price of Oil should make this the *last* oil crisis.

Solar/wind + batteries is cheaper & more reliable; locally controllable.

End Oil.

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Why Do We Tell Ourselves Scary Stories About AI? | Quanta Magazine Our tales of AI developing the will to survive, commandeer resources, and manipulate people say more about us than they do about language models.

B/c AI CEOs repeatedly say they'll take our jobs & have a small probability of ending us:
www.quantamagazine.org/why-do-we-te...

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Very good!

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Are Strings Still Our Best Hope for a Theory of Everything? | Quanta Magazine Columnist Natalie Wolchover examines the latest developments in the “forever war” over whether string theory can describe the world.

No.

www.quantamagazine.org/are-strings-...

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Indeed. Where the GOP goes after this personality cult will shape our futures.

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Wow, this is insane. From the I want to say helicopter? to the meteor to the wizard in the sky. It's not AI Slop, it's AI Slurm!

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If the US were like Ireland, Dolly would be President!

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Yep!

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Yep. Life under historical Kings/Emperors (or Dictators anytime) was like this. Random Insanities b/c 1 unchecked man.
Lessons from
History for Slow Learners: Part CCL

iandunt.substack.com/p/the-battle...

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Bumps the size of ~Queens,NY on the surface of the Moon. About 25,000 Queens,NY to get to Earth!

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When this light was emitted, Martin Luther was calling Copernicans fools for thinking the Earth was not at the center of the Universe.

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If private companies had invented nukes back in the 1930s what would have happened?
Rule 0: Govt maintains monopoly on things that can alter balance of power.
Nationalization is around the corner.

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Bingo!

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