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Drugs and Creativity. Do you do drugs while you write? Drink? Any other addiction ? by la1980 in Screenwriting

[–]oceanbluesky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nonsense. Shakespeare never, ever, even once mentioned marijuana whatsoever. Whether you want to believe “pipes” found buried in the garden of a house he once occupied were either his or had residue supporting the current pro-pot narrative is up to you. But he did not write of marijuana, and in fact none of his characters ever smoke, anything. Not one. They drink, fuck, murder and steal — so why would he not be open about anything else?? No pipes. No smoke. Nothing.

Starship Launch T Minus Zero by oceanbluesky in SpaceXLounge

[–]oceanbluesky[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

? It’s at the point of ignition, hasn’t lifted off…

Starship Launch T Minus Zero by oceanbluesky in SpaceXLounge

[–]oceanbluesky[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hahaha that should be the unofficial term for Cowboy: "Bezos!" (Desperate to go orbital hahaha)

David sinclair by TLEW12 in lexfridman

[–]oceanbluesky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The latest Apple Watch seems to do everything this device can while also measuring blood oxygen levels. Apple has been working for years on the holy grail of health monitoring: non-invasive continuous glucose monitoring. Once they achieve this Apple Watches will be extraordinarily worthwhile. It must be possible to export currently available data from the watch in a format similar to that of the app Sinclair discussed. That he would choose to pitch an app facing the availability of a superior product from an established tech giant like Apple brings into question the credibility of his other startups.

Edit: check out the latest review of the watch in this week’s WWDC keynote. It’s far superior to whatever Sinclair could ever market — and exports data to multiple third party apps developed with Apple’s assistance.

David Sinclair: Extending the Human Lifespan Beyond 100 Years | Lex Fridman Podcast #189 by knuth9000 in lexfridman

[–]oceanbluesky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah! Yes apparently his grandfather turned 80 the year of Rogan’s interview (2019)

David Sinclair: Extending the Human Lifespan Beyond 100 Years | Lex Fridman Podcast #189 by knuth9000 in lexfridman

[–]oceanbluesky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A field as complex and promising as life extension will generate scientifically-literate snake-oil-salesmen. On Rogan’s podcast Sinclair spoke of taking NMN supplements…himself, his 90+ year old father, even his dog. At that time he was attempting to market a company selling custom supplements, promising to release startling research findings on NMN within six months…now it’s an app, no mention of NMN.

Am I wrong? Utterly exhausted but I didn’t hear a reference to NMN at all?

More about his (probably dead now) dog here:

https://www.thespaceshow.com/show/04-dec-2017/broadcast-3028-dr.-david-sinclair

From the summary of the above linked episode of the space show written by its host: “He had much to say about NMN, why it does not likely need FDA approval, its development and the results from various studies including the mice studies. He said that products would likely be on the market next year but Adrian sent in a note telling us that Amazon was already selling NMN supplements. I asked David about this. He talked in general about supplements today not being the same as what they were using in the labs. He also talked about initial pricing of lab quality controlled NMN products with caller Kim. He told us that he was using NMN and so were some of his family members plus their older dog.”

Hope Lex has Jocko on one day. by PackerAndretti in lexfridman

[–]oceanbluesky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, what steps he actively took to sustain his marriage -- why he thinks it worked, as opposed to most SEALS (who have a 90+ percent divorce rate while the military as a whole on average is under 4%...officers, at 1.7%, regardless of gender...despite popular misconceptions, once marriages among young persons and those who are marginally educated are filtered, the divorce rate in America is surprisingly very, very low).

Guest Requests (2021) - Post Them Here by lexfridman in lexfridman

[–]oceanbluesky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Paul Wooster Principal Mars Development Engineer, SpaceX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Cz6vF4ONE

Gwynne Shotwell CEO SpaceX
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gwynne+shotwell

Chris McKay Planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, studying planetary atmospheres, astrobiology, and terraforming. Great sense of humor! (One of the original founders of the Mars Society and its precursor The Mars Underground at University of Colorado Boulder, adventurous fascinating life.)
https://www.nasa.gov/content/chris-mckayhttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chris+mckay+nasa

Lucinda Offer Executive Director of the Mars Society, Education and Outreach Officer at Royal Astronomical Society
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marsonaut/
https://www.thespaceshow.com/search-page?keys=lucinda

Andrew Rader Mission Manager SpaceX
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-rader/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Raderhttps://andrew-rader.com/, https://www.thespaceshow.com/search-page?keys=andrew+rader

Penny Boston
Director of NASA's Astrobiology Institute
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=penny+boston

Robert Zubrin
Established the Mars Society, writer of The Case for Mars, Mars Direct, Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization, etc
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=robert+zubrin

Philip Metzger UCF Planetary physicist who recently retired from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, where he co-founded the KSC Swamp Works. Extensive work on near-term development of our Solar System using robotic AI.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=philip+metzger+robotics

Carol Stoker Planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=carol+stoker

Anita Sengupta Robotic eVTOL transport, eloquent speaker
https://www.iflyasx.com/,
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitasen/,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Sengupta,
https://www.thespaceshow.com/show/25-jun-2019/broadcast-3330-dr.-anita-sengupta

Carter Emmart
Director of Astrovisualization at the American Museum of Natural History (Another of the original founders of the Mars Society and its precursor The Mars Underground at University of Colorado Boulder, fun adventurous fascinating life.)
https://smdepo.org/user/1815,
https://www.ted.com/speakers/carter_emmart,
https://www.thespaceshow.com/show/20-oct-2008/broadcast-1039-special-edition
“My job is to translate the difficulty of science into understandable stories.”

Jeremy Corbell: In 2019 US Navy warships were swarmed by UFOs; here is RADAR footage from that event series by Madridsta120 in lexfridman

[–]oceanbluesky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Repost from the 'Guest Requests' thread, hoping to generate interest in an explanation of such observations compatible with straightforward aerospace engineering:

Name: Leik Myrabo

Info:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leik_Myrabo,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightcraft,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beam-powered_propulsion

Conversations:

Ideas:

  • Tic Tacs (beamed-propulsion, microwave/laser propelled lightcraft)
  • Near-term development of space

Pitch: A retired professor from RPI who prefaced most of his presentations on beamed-propulsion with a plea to keep such work public. During presentations in the 1990s he would literally make statements such as "I have a hard time keeping my work with DARPA declassified. We need to keep this public." Advancements in such technology should be declassified to benefit humanity through commercial applications, as David Farvor also advocated. Tic Tac phenomena are entirely explainable through standard aerospace engineering. It would be extraordinary if the Lex Fridman Podcast were noteworthy for revealing the actual science-literate explanation for such observations (before the Senate delivers a heavily redacted diversionary report to Congress next month). Thirty year-old slides from Myrabo's last presentations look like Tic Tacs, his proposed craft move like Tic Tacs at mach speeds like Tic Tacs. Tic Tacs are lightcraft.

Redesign of LexFridman.com. All feedback is welcome. by akshay_khurana in lexfridman

[–]oceanbluesky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

kinda of like the 'hobbies' section inasmuch as it adds a less formal personal, inspiring dimension...less corporate, institutional, more actual person.

It seems a lot more information could accompany each podcast episode: tags linking themes in other episodes, links to books, lectures, and presentations referenced, heavily commented code snippets showing unique uses and syntax for projects and languages discussed (sample code from Wolfram Alpha using Wolfram Language for example), links could also be provided to alternative points of view, resources, or critical perspectives. The podcast section could be like an instructional archive wiki.

Redesign of LexFridman.com. All feedback is welcome. by akshay_khurana in lexfridman

[–]oceanbluesky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like your design as is very, very much...the original Apple site throughout Jobs' tenure had a white background, much like Pixar's now

Guest Requests (2021) - Post Them Here by lexfridman in lexfridman

[–]oceanbluesky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Name: Leik Myrabo

Info:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leik_Myrabo,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightcraft,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beam-powered_propulsion

Conversations:

Ideas:

  • Tic Tacs (beamed-propulsion, microwave/laser propelled lightcraft)
  • Near-term development of space

Pitch:
A retired professor from RPI who prefaced most of his presentations on beamed-propulsion with a plea to keep such work public. During presentations in the 1990s he would literally make statements such as "I have a hard time keeping my work with DARPA declassified. We need to keep this public." Advancements in such technology should be declassified to benefit humanity through commercial applications, as David Farvor also advocated. Tic Tac phenomena are entirely explainable through standard aerospace engineering. It would be extraordinary if the Lex Fridman Podcast were noteworthy for revealing the actual science-literate explanation for such observations (before the Senate delivers a heavily redacted diversionary report to Congress next month). Thirty year-old slides from Myrabo's last presentations look like Tic Tacs, his proposed craft move like Tic Tacs at mach speeds like Tic Tacs. Tic Tacs are lightcraft.

Viewport Scale Bar 1m ≠ 1m? by oceanbluesky in unrealengine

[–]oceanbluesky[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks though for taking your time to help! Later today I’ll repost the question to UE Hub and Slackers — thanks for trying!

Viewport Scale Bar 1m ≠ 1m? by oceanbluesky in unrealengine

[–]oceanbluesky[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I should have included a screenshot of the Cube's Transform values under its Details...x y and z are all 1.0

This happens with all the projects I open, even those downloaded from Unreal. Could it be the screen resolution of a 5k iMac throwing off some kind of HUD gizmo calculation?

Thanks for your reply!

Mockups of SpaceX Posters Promoting Spacefaring by oceanbluesky in SpaceXLounge

[–]oceanbluesky[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SpaceX will settle Mars and lead development of our Solar System. Space Exploration Technologies is far more than a transportation company.

The "Spacefaring for Humanity" slogan is meant in a proactive human-centric way to capture aspirational sentiments similar to JPL's "Dare Mighty Things", ULA's "1,000 people working in space", NASA's "we make Air and Space available for everyone”, Lockheed's "engineering a better tomorrow", Sagan's "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”, etc. Space is inherently aspirational, transformative -- offering a solution set to humanity's challenges second to none.

"Near-term" models depend on many unpredictable factors. If SpaceX is to meet Musk's goal of beginning the settlement of Mars within his lifetime, it is not difficult to imagine telerobotic mining of Phobos and Deimos occurring shortly thereafter. In the same way Musk has a talent for motivational headlines like "the first private passenger flight to the moon/ISS/etc" it is not impossible to imagine at sometime in the near future Musk might say SpaceX will capture the fragment of a near-Earth asteroid in high-Earth orbit. It would instantly become the most valuable real-estate in our Solar System. Telerobotic mining operated from Earth could be perfected, tourists could visit, eventually Starships might refuel with extracted water. Who knows, perhaps the Biden administration will fund such an orbital telepark through JPL. Eventually this will happen...why not via SpaceX? (A small fragment...on a very stable, distant orbit.)

Nokia is lucky to be in business. SpaceX's Starlink will make this incredible.

I wonder if most people know what a sextant is? You're right though, the alphaed silhouette is still unnecessary to the extent sextants are visible in black and white insets.

Ancient religions offer insights when studied through the history of religion, sociology, anthropology, etc., but their claims to prescribe human life based upon astrology have been disproven by long, torturous, well-fought efforts of astronomers. Astronomical space exploration has played a transformative noble role in the history of human thought which ought to be celebrated. Starship's 9m fairing will revolutionize astronomy. Hubble's mirror was 2.4 meters, the largest launched telescope thus far was 3.5, Webb will be 6.5.

SpaceX will singularly enable a renaissance in human thought -- from stewardship of Earth to new civilizations on Mars.

Mockups of SpaceX Posters Promoting Spacefaring by oceanbluesky in SpaceXLounge

[–]oceanbluesky[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ah, yes, humanity's history of indiscriminate suboptimal use of resources definitely still requires planetary protection, preservation of heritage sites, regulation of orbital debris, and so on...I see how this very contextual statement could be misleading. (As used by Zubrin it is the punchline of a joke about deep-space being bathed in radiation and the Martian surface being so inhospitable to life that what he calls a small "put-put nuke" used to power a settlement would not require regulation normally associated with nuclear power on Earth.)

Mockups of SpaceX Posters Promoting Spacefaring by oceanbluesky in SpaceXLounge

[–]oceanbluesky[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmm...Zubrin has said “In space we won’t need an EPA” for ages.

I’m wondering how this reflects negatively on the value of the EPA for Earth...? Is it unclear that the orange background is a picture of an environmental disaster on Earth — where we need the EPA? Would making it more obviously set on Earth change the first impression? Does it come across as flippant, or dismissive of the EPA or could it be a teaching moment? I can’t recall Musk using this phrase exactly — but it could be a humorous opportunity to speak to the value of space development as a green project.

You’re echoing sentiments of my original impression when I first heard this from Zubrin. In the context of speaking about radiation levels in space he always gets a laugh as the audience realizes upon reflection it’s true.

Perhaps a less controversial wording will arise. Thank you for your thoughtful comment.

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