I normally do not cover the news of the day, which cannot be understood without a frame of reference rooted in centuries past and looking forward to centuries to come. Other people cover it, it gets far too much coverage. But this is as big, and perhaps bigger, than Trump coming down the escalator. Trump’s Maga strategy in the US, One Nation’s strategy in Australia, and Farage’s Reform Britain strategy in Britain, was to deviate from the Uniparty far enough …
Author: Jim
Fill the stars and subdue them
We shall outgrow the earth, and fill the solar system. We currently utilize energy equivalent to less than one percent of the total solar energy falling on the earth, and it seems unlikely we can grow a whole lot further without stepping on each other’s toes so hard that we fall into a civilization ending war. We are currently at 0.73 on the log linear scale between Kardashev I and Kardashev II. We are already running into political difficulties at …
Linux advisory
Remember a little while ago when the AI shills announced the latest AI doom, doom, dooooom, DOOM. A new model was really really great at finding and exploiting security holes. But, of course, in actual reality it could not do this on its own. An actual security researcher or actual hacker would have to go through the list of alleged holes and find those very very few of them that were actually holes. Well, to my considerable surprise, it actually …
Trump defunds the right wing entryist shills
The SPLC is facing criminal money laundering charges for laundering money to “extremist right wing groups”. Five these are obvious enemy shill groups: Ku Klux Klan, National Socialist Party of America (American Nazi Party)nAryan Nations, National Alliance, and American front. Enemies of the actual right, tools of the woke left. They also funded the Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club. I have no idea whether they are an enemy shill group against the motorcycle clubs, but if they are being funded by …
A realistic path for men
The Youtube channel “Based-Camp” does a collab with the Youtube channel “Hoe-Math”. Hoe-Math thinks there is no realistic path for men. And, indeed, there is no realistic path for him. But obviously Based-Camp is doing OK, and I am doing OK, so there is a realistic path for us — just not for Hoe-Math and BetterBatchelor. The majority of women believe they do not want children, do not want family, do not want perform the traditional role of a wife. …
The post quantum cryptography scam
Hat tip Ray Dillinger. (I steal from the best. Been stealing from him for twenty four years.) Nist has with great regularity issued kleptographic standards. What is a kleptographic standard? It is a standard that ensures that NSA can read other people’s data. Snowden revealed the inside info on Nist Standards. And, lo and behold, Nist is terribly alarmed by the terrible threat of Quantum Cryptography, the terrible terrible terrible awful horribly imminent threat, and has issued a new standard …
Ode to the Nineteenth Amendment
In nineteen twenty, a wave did crest, The vote was granted, a right expressed. But love’s sweet bond, once pure and true, Now wavers in the winds of blue. No fault divorce, a name so kind, Yet hearts of men, left lost behind. For in the end, the blame we bear, As women’s choices grow more dear. The Lord’s command, a voice so clear, “Obey thy father, then thy dear.” Yet in our hearts, a longing lies, For simpler times, …
Trump wins Iran war
Iran has announced free passage for all vessels other than Israel and the US, which amounts to unconditional surrender with bluster to pretend it is not unconditional surrender. For this means Iran has agreed to endure any punishment that the US dishes out, and not do anything effective to hurt the US back. Details of what is needed for the US to stop punishing to be furtively filled in later. Unconditional surrender on the installment plan. I thought that Trump …
A very unwise war
The US just burned up every bargaining chip it had with Iran, while Iran still has large part of its bargaining chips. War is a test of will and capability. They now know our capability, if they ever doubted it, and we now know their will. Ground invasion of Persia has the same discouraging history as ground invasion of Russia. Don’t do that. There is no alternative to a deal, and any deal has to reflect realities. Well, what are …
Newcomb’s paradox
Newcomb’s paradox is a paradox because half of very smart people think one answer is obvious, and half of very smart people think the other answer is obvious, and both think the other is being stupid. The scenario is that a demon that can accurately anticipate people’s actions, or an ai, or a committee of psychiatrists, or something like that, offers, you two boxes. A box that contains a thousand dollars, and a mystery box that may contain a lot …