“Shambolic?” “Smoldering rat droppings?” Yeah, that sounds about right. I refuse to do retrospectives because everybody else does them and they feel self-indulgent.
This one feels about right, though. 2022 was fucked up in the places one would’ve expected...and a few one wouldn’t. I do feel sorry for Dan Price, who genuinely seemed like the exception to the “Tech Bro Asshole” rule.
Boy, was I wrong. 🤷🏻♂️
I hope 2023 will have good things in store for you. I feel privileged to have you as a friend and fan, and I continue to admire your work and perspective.
-- Looking at that photo of Musk, it suddenly struck me that he is the perfect candidate for a neck beard.
-- JWST has provided images of fully formed galaxies at what should be the very beginning of the (or, at least this) universe. For those who don't know, SMGC (Standard Model of Gravitational Cosmology) says this is absolutely impossible. This is yet another catastrophic falsification of SMGC, which is rooted in GR (Einstein's General theory of Relativity.) But I'm taking bets that, just like all the other catastrophic falsifications (that led to the fabrication of such fairy tale things as "Dark Matter" and "Dark Energy") the gatekeepers will once again demonstrate just how far SMGC has abandoned any pretense of being a real science, and simply fabricate another free parameter, devoid of any empirical content, that will magically "prove" how GR was "right" all along. By the way, I *never* bet. But I'll bet on this.
-- Point of irrelevant trivia, "gutted like a sea bass" and "gutted like a catfish" are both phrases that appeared in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer."
-- As frequently damned as they are, US Military Intel and the CIA both deserve props for being essentially the only intelligence units in the world who accurately predicted the Russian invasion. Everyone in Europe openly pooh-poohed the idea until even after the Russian tanks were rolling.
-- 'nother point of trivia: my VPN, "VPN Unlimited" from KeepSolid, comes from Ukraine. They've since changed the motto at the base of their screen to, "We Ukrainians are good at defending things."
No wonder we all need a good night's sleep. It's beyond sobering seeing all that so neatly summed up. What could possibly go wrong this year?
“Shambolic?” “Smoldering rat droppings?” Yeah, that sounds about right. I refuse to do retrospectives because everybody else does them and they feel self-indulgent.
This one feels about right, though. 2022 was fucked up in the places one would’ve expected...and a few one wouldn’t. I do feel sorry for Dan Price, who genuinely seemed like the exception to the “Tech Bro Asshole” rule.
Boy, was I wrong. 🤷🏻♂️
I hope 2023 will have good things in store for you. I feel privileged to have you as a friend and fan, and I continue to admire your work and perspective.
Perhaps someday our paths will cross. 😝😁
-- Looking at that photo of Musk, it suddenly struck me that he is the perfect candidate for a neck beard.
-- JWST has provided images of fully formed galaxies at what should be the very beginning of the (or, at least this) universe. For those who don't know, SMGC (Standard Model of Gravitational Cosmology) says this is absolutely impossible. This is yet another catastrophic falsification of SMGC, which is rooted in GR (Einstein's General theory of Relativity.) But I'm taking bets that, just like all the other catastrophic falsifications (that led to the fabrication of such fairy tale things as "Dark Matter" and "Dark Energy") the gatekeepers will once again demonstrate just how far SMGC has abandoned any pretense of being a real science, and simply fabricate another free parameter, devoid of any empirical content, that will magically "prove" how GR was "right" all along. By the way, I *never* bet. But I'll bet on this.
-- Point of irrelevant trivia, "gutted like a sea bass" and "gutted like a catfish" are both phrases that appeared in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer."
-- As frequently damned as they are, US Military Intel and the CIA both deserve props for being essentially the only intelligence units in the world who accurately predicted the Russian invasion. Everyone in Europe openly pooh-poohed the idea until even after the Russian tanks were rolling.
-- 'nother point of trivia: my VPN, "VPN Unlimited" from KeepSolid, comes from Ukraine. They've since changed the motto at the base of their screen to, "We Ukrainians are good at defending things."
Stacey: "I'm pretty sure it will go down as the weirdest year in history."
2023: "Hold my beer."