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A culture that builds this in 3yrs within one generation of industrialization is a culture that understands metal working.
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The Voith-Schneider Propeller is a vertical-axis marine drive whose spinning blades change pitch continuously, letting a ship generate instant thrust in any direction, like a helicopter rotor underwater. Super-maneuverable, perfect for tugs and ferries.
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Modern industrial civilization runs on metalworking. In the 20th century only two countries took it seriously: Germany and Japan. They treated it like a national religion. We still live off that legacy. Germany and Japan mastered metalworking at scale and made this craft a
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Also because Indians take the bait. Always. Makes for good engagement. Someone wrote a thread objecting to the Chinese flag in SF and barely any Chinese responded. Top replies were the usual techbros and Indians. Russians, Chinese - they get attacked but donât react. Perhaps
Indians are the weakest immigrant group to attack. Besides some issues of civic sense, they are model minority. They keep their head down, work hard, do the jobs no one does and pay taxes. They are private about their culture and frugal with their wealth. Indians are the
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lads, being packed in like sardines isnât how you stand out
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meanwhile in SF... lads, I think Iâve downloaded the wrong map
just achieved single digit indoor AQI at home: >crisp af air, like the mountains >brain fog gone / no allergies >didnât realize itâd boost my mood so much fyi: even dyson / coway / xiaomi canât do this â this magic is by a young disruptive indian startup; breethr
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what if itâs not a psyop what if the people are indeed retarded
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once solid state batteries mature and actuators & control systems etc become more efficient, weâll see 4-6 hrs of work time on a single battery pack for humanoids (~10 yrs) thatâs when things will get genuinely interesting.
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Talent this, talent thatâŚbest place to workâŚall advice is basically useless if youâre a high cortisol tolerant once in a generation entrepreneur
To my knowledge, the entire chain of xAI supervisors all the way to the top (from when I was there) are now gone. I don't know if that's normal turnover for an Elon company but it seems like a lot. Grok's quick check of all public xAI departures recently (there's probably
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and this is on Microsoftâs homepage. they literally own LinkedIn and yet itâs 3rd out of 3 options that shouldnât be there in the first place Apple still makes good devices. I honestly donât know what Microsoft does well except distribution
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cloudflare đ¤ indigo âsignificant traffic outageâ
Cloudflare experienced a significant traffic outage on December 5, 2025, starting approximately at 8:47 UTC, for approximately 25 minutes. We are sorry for the impact that it caused to our customers and the Internet. Here's what happened:
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pocket by @akshaynarisetti is similar, just earlier than plaud. i use it daily. team is shipping nonstop. people ask why not just an app? my phone is nonstop calls (work, kids). i canât juggle another app mid-call. a dedicated device is just easier.
Plaud may be the most successful AI wearable to date: ⢠Records, transcribes and summarizes meetings ⢠1M units sold, largely to doctors/lawyers/salespeople ⢠~$250M annualized revenue ⢠Bootstrapped and now profitable
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Itâs so transparent itâs not even funny actually 1) state a random non fact eg datacenters use water 2) run with it as if itâs a fact 3) tell everyone to stop building because 1) Works everytime.
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Funny how this exact same playbook used to discourage the US from building is now being used on India too âDatacenters are bad, they waste water, only China should build themâ is the current version of the âdonât build nuclear or hydro because reasonsâ
India's data centre boom, with investments seen hitting $100 billion, will stretch the country's resource limits. Data centre players currently see no issues with power or water as state governments are ensuring availabilities, subsidies to draw investment. But tough to ignore
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More of this please.
How severe was the flood which destroyed Hastinapur in c. 800 BCE? It was something extraordinary... Floods of biblical proportions.. Floods which the known world at that time may not have seen... On the wall surrounding Hastinapur, archeologists found slit deposit 10 feet (3
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Moe importantly: Mineral oil is obtained from refining crude oil to make gasoline and other petroleum products. This is petrochemical industry inventing use cases and generating demand for every single byproduct of crude oil (eg Plastic, nylon thatâs everywhere now)
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