FormerPothead
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FormerPothead
9mo ago
Check out this video that discusses how an early versions of this tech is potentially used on the B2.
B2 chapter about 30 min in.
FormerPothead
9mo ago
What strikes me the most is that I don’t know for certain that the Taliban ever learned the lesson: don’t harbor terrorist. The state department seems to think that they’ll be satisfied as the rulers of their little domain and we appear to be paying them millions of dollars a week to keep them mollified.
If Sarah Adams is to be believed, the taliban is actively working with AQ again right now. They (AQ) have been using Bagram, and all our infrastructure to train up a group of fedayeen that have already been inserted to the west.
FormerPothead
10mo ago
Sarah Adam’s is reporting that Hamsa Bin Laden is now commander of an Islamic Army that brings Aq isis and other groups under one command. Accomplished through him marrying into influential Islamist families.
She also reports that he and they are now less concerned with getting credit for terror and more concerned with opsec and covert tactics.
She seems credible.
FormerPothead
10mo ago
I thought I was pretty clear that I’m speculating - not claiming claiming anything. But address some of your points.
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Secrets. There is no shortage of people out there giving interviews, claiming to be part of programs, publishing book, patents etc. These people are generally ignored, mocked, or written off as cranks no better than some skitzo in his basement. The political economy of academia makes dissent from the party line unthinkable. And for what? It’s not unreasonable to think that some step function change in our understanding of physics could be legitimate threat to humanity.
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Ridicule. The second part of your reply is building a strawman of my alleged claim and then mocking it. At its most basic level, I’m saying that that the USG, having just unlocked nuclear weapons through physics, decided it was best to have a black fundamental physics program and made advances over the last 70 years. It would almost be irresponsible for them to have not done something like this. If I had to guess, I’d guess that they made progress manipulating another fundamental force - gravity. There appears to have been at least a lot of talk about that in public before everything and everyone involved vanished and mainstream physics focused string theory. No time travel or antigrav chairs needed. Just a relatively small group of scientists, in the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, already nearly merged into the MIC, deciding that this is the most responsible path for physics.
It seems plausible that the USSR and China came to similar conclusions either independently or loosely connected. We seemed to be able to understand the importance of a hotline or other space research despite hostilities. Given the stakes involved, it doesn’t seem ridiculous to me to think that everyone agrees to not make this public. Of course these other programs would likely be far behind the US. In fact I’ve heard speculation that the US governments abrupt change in UAP policy in the last 10 years could be a result of these other programs having finally caught up with us.
Again. None of this sounds even remotely ridiculous to me. Yet people get their backs up on even the most mild version of this story. Why is that?
As I said, the whole topic is a lot of fun. There is so much interesting stuff out there. And it’s easier than ever to find.
FormerPothead
10mo ago
I didn’t realize this was an investment question. You are correct that there are not many good public companies out there for this industry. You’ve got scams on the low end and private capital at the high end.
I thought this was for career advice.
FormerPothead
10mo ago
Key word being “most of them”. There are a non insignificant number of very strange things that people are observing.
FormerPothead
10mo ago
Despite the current new administration, energy transition is a good bet. Decarbonization, electrification, GenAI. Energy companies will continue with low carbon and distributed generation buildout for the next 30 years. Nuclear maybe get little bit of investment, but I expect it will not be material to overall new generation. Gas turbines will be the backbone but expect more renewables regardless of fed policy.
FormerPothead
10mo ago
I know this is a rat forum, but I’m still surprised people are so incredulous about non-conventional explanations. I’m not necessarily suggesting that these are extraterrestrials, but it seems like there are a mix of three categories of things being seen:
- Misidentified fixed wing aircraft/helicopters and lens flares.
- These large drones with novel characteristics
- Other orbs, lights, or unexplained things.
You seem quite certain about what these things are. I’m going to guess you haven’t looked at it too closely are are either repeating others analysis or just playing the adds and speculating a likely explainstion.
It seems to me that the government/media/expert class have no problem either outright lying or are happy to just be flat out wrong.
It would be more interesting to talk about what’s new about this latest episode - because there are some novel aspects to it.
FormerPothead
10mo ago
Tell that to the commanders.
FormerPothead
10mo ago
Wow! That’s interesting. Learned something new here.
FormerPothead
10mo ago
Is anyone else surprised that they never excised “chief” from modern PC English? As in chief executive officer? I can’t think of any other context for chief other than an Indian chief. Maybe some military ranks? But it’s all based off Indians.
Thoughts?
FormerPothead
10mo ago
What’s so frustrating about this topic is that there is almost Zero chance it’s addressed by the government, even under trump. It’s too niche. Too many incumbents. Someone needs to get this on Elons or Vivek’s radar and hope someone takes interest. It’s the only way.
FormerPothead
11mo ago
I think the “idea” that Spotify used to bootstrap the service was that you could share playlists made by other people - their raison d'être.
So I’m guessing this is a Spotify thing adapted for IdPol.
Like any other modern media, I avoid their content and just build my own.
FormerPothead
11mo ago
I just blew through 1,000 page Exodus by Peter F Hamilton. I’m pretty mixed on PFH. I loved Commonweath but I’ve tried and fail to get into his others. I’m taking a stab at Nights Dawn but that’s besides the point
I thought Exodus was great. His best work in quite some time. The universe, pacing, major plot lines - all great. Good characters. The dude is really really imaginative.
The book is actually contract work where it’s and in-universe tie in novel with a new sci fi RPG that’s in development but some legit ex-BioWare guys. I’m very skeptical that the game won’t be woke slop since it’s being published by WOTC.
All this is to say that I hope more people read this book and it has some success. PFH is legit and doesn’t seem to have gone performatively woke even if he has been bullied into no longer including sex scenes in his stories.
FormerPothead
11mo ago
I refused hep b for my kids. It’s clearly a scam and exhibit 1 in terms of the fda hhs and pharma collusion. It was an expensive to develop vaccine for gay men and it drug users. They couldn’t get enough customers to cover the cost of the drug so they got it on the newborn schedule. They give it to a baby in the first 24 hours.
Even if it were a miracle vaccine, it is absurd to give it to a baby in the first 24 hours of life. It’s obvious that the reason they do this is because it’s a garunteed touch point for doctors to administer it. Prioritizing vaccine sales over all other considerations.
FormerPothead
11mo ago
The Dem and Media have called trump an asshole for 4 years about the “big lie”.
If nothing else, he has mobilized his supporters to be vigilant for election rigging. It will be harder to pull the same trick twice. I worry they have new tricks. But in 2020, people were confused when there were reports of vote tabulators being sent home for burst water pipes.
Or he was intentionally making an explosive that would not cause a lot of damage but get a lot of media attention.
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