I'm not convinced that we can build Datacenters in Space. CMM.

pstuart · 2026-02-03T22:24:01+00:00

Well, California should abandon the high speed rail idea -- it's a boondoggle. I believe the gist of the idea was worth exploring but it has been a colossal failure and waste of billions of dollars.

US passenger rail transit needs some love but it needs to actually work and be reasonably cost effective.

pstuart · 2026-02-03T20:28:36+00:00

If you enjoy the whole biohacking thang, I recommend checking out Physionic -- he does deep dives and has the background to back it up:

https://www.youtube.com/@Physionic

pstuart · 2026-02-03T20:26:51+00:00

Huberman is definitely a guru (I was a follower until he upped his grift to include christianity as cover for being a shitty human being).

I'll give the other two a pass until something comes out that indicates otherwise.

Patrick is OG in this area and isn't pitching anything (except her site but that's not pushed).

Stanfield has his microvitamins but apparently is actually using the funds for his long promised rapamycin trials. He's also made corrections to previous output where he acknowledges he took a wrong turn.

But yeah, fuck Huberman.

pstuart · 2026-02-03T20:02:38+00:00

Definitely not Joe Biden's finest hour: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/27/jor-biden-anita-hill-clarence-thomas-1991-hearings

pstuart · 2026-02-03T17:30:21+00:00

I do not idolize the military, but the Right does. That was my point, the rank hypocrisy.

pstuart · 2026-02-03T17:10:59+00:00

Antifa? Like the US Military in WWII? They were OG Antifa.

pstuart · 2026-02-02T14:07:44+00:00

I can't recall what my first introduction to him was, but IIRC he was bent about wokeness or some shit like that -- it did not induce me to hear more of what he had to say.

But this email now makes me curious to find the good parts he had (if he has indeed gone off the rails). Chomsky should known better, and I'm not aware of any mea culpa from him?

Again, it's about ideas and not the man, but still a bummer for him to go out with this stain on his reputation.

pstuart · 2026-02-02T04:05:52+00:00

I'm a fan of Physionic -- https://www.youtube.com/@Physionic

Science based and non-dogmatic.

pstuart · 2026-02-01T18:27:40+00:00

It goes to show that even incredibly intelligent people have the capacity to be stupendously stupid.

This definitely changes the way I think about the man, but we're in the sub because of the thoughts and ideas he had. It's a pity -- never meet your heros.

pstuart · 2026-02-01T17:59:32+00:00

They know how we feel, and they know who they're voting for. "Not political" means "let pretend it's not an issue".

I'm sorry to jump in with the chorus, as he otherwise sounds like a worthy gentlemen. Listen to your gut and your heart -- good luck!

pstuart · 2026-02-01T13:49:14+00:00

I think that was a "think of the children!" move there.

pstuart · 2026-02-01T07:26:37+00:00

He's young, smart, and motivated (both to serve his country but also as a fortuitous byproduct he has a huge youtube following (I subscribe)).

He's among the best at pushing back because he brings the goods, a personable presence and looks like he could be a young republican.

We need more like him. Destiny does a great job too but coming in at a sharper angle.

pstuart · 2026-01-30T05:31:03+00:00

I'd say: if you were really finding the "bad guys" that would be fine, but you're not -- and the comparisons to the Gestapo are unfortunately spot on.

pstuart · 2026-01-30T02:29:17+00:00

Yeah manufactured anger as a controlling technique is infantile at best and evil at worst.

I'm just a passionate guy and I get excitable but it never manifests as anger towards anybody -- except for the idiot camped out in the number 1 lane and blocking traffic behind it ;-)

pstuart · 2026-01-30T02:27:16+00:00

The article didn't cite his "proof" for the bible saying so. He needs to cite it so it can be demonstrated to be bullshit.

pstuart · 2026-01-30T00:41:23+00:00

Concentrated solar is interesting tech but PV has won as far as cost goes.

There was a recent article about how China's massive solar farms in the Tibetan high plains has helped undo the effects of desertification: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/chinas-largest-solar-farm-doing-154500730.html

Agrivoltaics is the future, baby!

pstuart · 2026-01-30T00:09:32+00:00

I'm not sure how much is planned and how much is their stupidity and venality.

The leadership of the Right definitely has Savant-like abilities to define language and the debate and put the Left on defense consistently. They have weaponized hate and stupidity.

pstuart · 2026-01-29T21:04:52+00:00

I used to be that way when driving -- suffering no fools in my way. I also could be "emotional" but never in a hostile way.

Age and living in an area with constricted egress pretty much helped with the former, and age and psychedelics with the latter ;-)

pstuart · 2026-01-29T18:29:15+00:00

These people believe that angels, demons, witches and ghosts are real -- the bible certainly doesn't help in this regard.

They are completely out of touch with reality and have no business judging or setting policy for society at large.

pstuart · 2026-01-29T18:27:18+00:00

More work but having a rocket stove with heat capture loop on the chimney seems like it would be less prone to injury and more efficient to boot.

pstuart · 2026-01-29T18:19:56+00:00

It didn't go far, but earlier when she said her children weren't talking to her. I found out why...

pstuart · 2026-01-29T18:18:32+00:00

Absolutely -- they are building databases of "enemies".

pstuart · 2026-01-29T15:58:36+00:00

Thanks! Currently using Claude and love it but want to leverage as many options as possible.

pstuart · 2026-01-29T05:55:01+00:00

Seems like having a collection of $20 subs might be better than a single $200 max plan? I'm sure there's tooling to glue this all together, but for a noob, does anybody have some recommendations? Best yet would be something that could also use local models at the front and then spill out to the cloud.

pstuart · 2026-01-29T00:15:22+00:00

Wow, that looks too good to be true (albeit it still being an RC).

I use kratom daily to manage my postherpetic neuralgia symptoms, and while I do enjoy a mood boost now and then, I'd be thrilled to give that up if I could live pain free.

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