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More on auto DNA
Random rambling, following from this line of thought. Early automobiles were the child of bicycles and buggies. The body, frame and springs were buggies. The wheels and drivetrain evolved from bicycles and motorcycles. Bicycle: Crank driven by feet, mounted transversely in the middle of the vehicle, driving rear wheel through a chain. Motorcycle: Replace feet…
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A genuine historic first!
As pointed by Shepstone, the US Government has done something unique and perfectly unprecedented. Instead of destroying modular sovereignty of states and counties and Mutual Benefit Societies, just this once it defended modular sovereignty AGAINST the billionaire globalist terrorists. From a government press release: = = = = = START HEADLINE: U.S. District Judge Jennifer…
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Thanks, weather gods.
The weather forecast for the upcoming two weeks is nice by winter standards. Uniquely monotonous, but highly fortunate. If temperatures had been more typical of winter, this would be several FEET of snow. Thanks, weather gods! I’m sure this will change soon, but I’m appreciating the monotony for now.
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If you didn’t want to see…
When evil government allows a problem to grow intolerable, people WILL do something about it. Often the reaction is extreme and uncontrolled because the problem is extreme. Revolutions happen when inequality is too monstrous to stand. When government refuses to punish real criminals, people WILL punish and execute real criminals, whether in neighborhoods or giant…
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Beehiiv’s Mutual Benefit Society
Earlier I read about this and LOVED the idea. Now I’ve read the Society’s website. It’s the Media Collective. The info on the site matches what I read before, and also clarifies the revenue method. What I read before: Health insurance: Monthly stipend and concierge service with our network of insurance partners. Legal support: Pre-publication…
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From annoying to scary
I was already annoyed with TDS Fiber. Last summer they parked their excavators in the middle of my yard and blocked my entry while making noise all day. They were digging tunnels for cables which were NOT NEEDED, since CenturyLink and Comcast already provide service in this neighborhood. But the city dysgovernment gave TDS some…
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Edsels, Trudeaus, Toilets
Reading an old account of how the Edsel was developed. Designers had something better in mind, but corporate management, newly switched from family ownership to Share Value, had to exert raw power regardless of the consequences in profit. Managers stormed into the design studios and ripped up the drawings and clay models that didn’t suit…
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Reprint on bitcoin from 2014
Linked in previous item, worth a reprint. In this 2014 piece I was discussing three different subjects. Ten years later all three turned out right. A rare conjunction, since I’m wrong about many things! = = = = = START 2014 REPRINT: Three beautiful examples of completely ignoring history in today’s news. = = =…
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Craig Wright, the final chapter
Edit: Oooops, I published too soon without waiting for the actual sentence! The Judge sentenced Wright to 1 year but suspended the sentence for 2 years to see if Wright will start paying his fines. Unsatisfying conclusion and won’t stop the chaos that Wright creates every minute of his nasty life. PROFESSIONAL CRIMINALS NEED TO…
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Why I like Quora
I’ve switched most of my time-wasting from Substack to Quora, because (1) Quora is subject based, not forceful. Quora feeds you more of what you like and less of what you don’t like. Substack refuses to set up subject areas and insists on hammering you with the same damn shit no matter how often you…
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Tiny example
Our conventional view of the past is 100% wrong in every way. Everything we learned in school and media is violently wrong, either by giant omissions or perfect falsehoods. This is true in tech and industry as well as politics and economics. Our conventional history of every invention and industry is wrong. One tiny but…
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Mirror
Substack has become the exact mirror image of Twitter. Twitter is RNC trolls pasting RNC talking points in nasty language. Substack is DNC trolls pasting DNC talking points in nasty language. The few remaining independents are either going silent or leaving.
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RTO = LBO
This article at MSN tells the truth about the push for returning to the office. Elon also tells the truth when he proposes forcing federal workers to RTO. The purpose is to fire all workers without going through the trouble of actually firing them. Properly firing them would COST MONEY for unemployment insurance and severance…
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What’s happening? Oh.
This article is another postgame analysis of the “election”. Not especially interesting, too much focus on fine details of redistricting and population trends for my taste. The graph halfway down is far more interesting. Hard to interpret at first, until I realized it’s a parametric graph. The lines zigzag all over the place, sometimes backward…
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Two possibilities?
Big Science, especially the public-facing side in magazines or TV, has been totally corrupt for at least 40 years. Journalism’s public side is permanently corrupt. No history of objectivity at all, except for the years when the Fairness Doctrine ruthlessly censored broadcasters into objectivity. BUT: Out of the public eye, and away from the magazines…
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