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Elon’s brain in a catapult

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Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images

Elon’s just another guy. He slipped into a fast moving stream and rode the wave at the right time. That was his smartest move to date. Except for the US Defense contracts, his companies all lose money. But that’s nothing new in the Tech industry.

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Sci-fi readers already know where this is going: Musk is thinking about building a mass driver, which is essentially a coilgun for launching payloads instead of deadly projectiles. Paired with the lunar facility, Musk views it as a necessary step in building out computing power for his AI empire, which must not be bound by the finitude of terrestrial real estate.

“You have to go to the Moon,” Musk said at an all-hands meeting, per the NYT.  “It’s difficult to imagine what an intelligence of that scale would think about, but it’s going to be incredibly exciting to see it happen,”

Read the whole article at source: https://futurism.com/space/elon-musk-catapult-moon

Local accounts versus Microsoft accounts.

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“To use Windows, login to your Microsoft.com account or we will arrest you. In the process deliver to us all the current meta data required to have a successful experience. Otherwise, you may find yourself creating a Local Account, and using your software locally and not making use of our extensive library of Cloud Tools.”
~~Random MS Engineer Certificate holder

Being a Mac person who made a lot of money off of poor Windows users this sounds like the end of computing as I know it. Honestly, Microsoft needs to be broken up, taken apart, forensically analyzed and hosed down for all manner of viruses and bugs.

In case you don’t understand, They’re Spying on Us!

https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-cracking-down-people-creating-local-accounts-windows

Every Noise

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A must have in the song lover’s toolbox. Every music genre with a sample of each sound.

https://everynoise.com

The Art of Clear Thinking

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His book offers a contemporary approach to timeless wisdom. The nonfiction work incorporates practical tips and methods that are immediately applicable to a range of situations, from business decisions to everyday problems. But before Mr. Lee explains just how we can learn to think better, he first takes us into the high-speed professional life of a fighter pilot.

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/stealth-fighter-pilots-timeless-rules-making-tough-decisions

Mainstream Media ft. Douglas Murray, Matt Taibbi, Malcolm Gladwell, Michelle Goldberg

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvaf7XOOFHc

The Munk Debate on the Mainstream Media was held on November 30, 2022. The resolution to be debated was, “Be it resolved, don’t trust the mainstream media.” On the PRO side of the debate were Douglas Murray (The Spectator) and Matt Taibbi (TK News on Substack). On the CON side of the debate were Malcolm ‘Malc’ Gladwell (The New Yorker, Revisionist History) and Michelle Goldberg (The New York Times). At the beginning of the debate, 48% voted in favour of the resolution, while 52% voted against the resolution. At the end of the debate, 67% voted in favour of the resolution, while 33% voted against it, representing a 39% switch to the PRO side, the biggest switch in Munk history.