Never underestimate the power of stupid

7/28/26:

This looks like the post in which I used the phrase in the title. It is being mentioned in connection with a Youtube channel that I've been visiting lately called "Mindplicit".

What is Mindplicit? It appears to be some sort of self-development channel. If this context, perhaps you'd like to avoid being dumb. There does appear to be the case where people do what another one of those expressions that I like to refer to from time-to-time: DON'T CHECK YOUR MIND IN AT THE DOOR.

The following video seems to combine these two ideas 1) don't underestimate the power of stupid, and don't be stupid yourself by checking your mind in at the door.

Check out the video to see what I mean.

Question: Should AI be shunned? The video doesn't exactly suggest that, but limits to AI's use is suggested in order to preserve a type of Devil's Advocacy, and to avoid GroupThink.



10/23/23: The original post follows:

Slick propaganda, or the truth?

Propaganda puts forth a view that isn't necessarily in line with the truth. In the case here, indicated by the link, I am suspicious. There are some derogatory things being said about Trump, and about those who defend and support him.

A point of clarification here: I do not blindly support Trump. The thing I most strenuously ( or a la AOC--- vociferously --- ) object to is the blind opposition to Trump. The fact is the opposition to Trump has never convinced me. I started out opposed to Trump. I figured that he wasn't a true conservative. That he might not be a true conservative may still be true, but the ways being used to oppose him are definitely OUT OF BOUNDS.

The link at the post give a number of reasons that someone who tends to be as fair and reasonable as possible, some room for doubt about Trump. It is true that the best place for him to prevent the fraud was before the election, but what Mr. Walsh fails to point out is that many in the GOP were going along with the Democrats with the shutdown mania. That's certainly true here in Texas, and it may well have been far, far worse in other states. This was the means towards the end to getting the fraudulent result that we got. For anybody critical of Trump to leave this out is a primary reason for SUSPICION.

They are also fond of using the Marxist paradigm of left-right-center. The truth is somewhere in-between goes the saying. But that conventional "wisdom" has a false premise. Neither the left nor the "right" nor the "center" could be right, and the ALL COULD BE WRONG.

It would be nice if people would stop lying, and embrace the truth and an honest attempt to follow the law and the Constitution. We don't need the tactics of the left and the Never-Trumpers to keep denying what should be obvious. That we are being lied to in a most aggressive and objectionable manner. Gas-lighting is no longer operable.

The Pearl of Great Price

Thus came to mind this morning because of a dream. The dream involved a danger. This video mentions a danger as well. But it wasn't the same thing as my dream. The video says you must use the power in the right way. In that sense, yes, it was the same as my dream.

Fauci in the news, especially at Ace of Spades

Ace

It is not a cover-up at THIS blog for sure. I bitched long and loud about the COVID madness. But the effort to hold those accountable aren't really gaining much traction in the media, or so it seems.

Really, you people. If you haven't figured out yet that the media is the enemy, then I don't what else I could tell you. It may speak more to look at what's happening TODAY. TODAY, the media STILL lies about what happened, and nothing happens to them. I am referring to the enemy MEDIA. The ENEMY MEDIA should LOSE their licenses, without a question. Stop playing nice with these ruthless bastards.

The fact that they aren't losing their licenses speaks volumes about the weakness THEN and NOW. A strong response NOW is indicated. But a stronger response than what happened was indicated THEN, and DIDN'T happen. It's not going to happen EVER unless some strong measures are taken NOW.

Why not? The only explanation seems to be FEAR. If you are going to be afraid, then prepare yourselves for defeat. There's no doubt that the enemy media is lying to cover up their treachery. They've been doing this for decades. What will it take to recognize them for what they are, and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?

Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

Yours truly saw this film at the Yale Theater in Houston Texas back in the day.

I saw a number of films in that theater. It was said that the theater was torn down and replaced by a bank. Actually, there was a Height Savings there next to it back in the sixties. The Google map has it on the wrong side of the street. There is actually a Chick-Fil-A in that spot, not a bank. The bank is across the street. It was definitely on the north side of the street, which would have an even number address. The address given was an odd number. That is wrong.

A closer look at the map indicates where the old savings and loan bank building IS. (It's still there. I remember when it was built, so I remember what it looked like.) There's an apartment building next to that bank, which would be where the old theater was. Not a bank, not a Chick-Fil-A. A residence?

The skeleton fight was scarier then than it is now. It looks comical now. Special effects back then were quite primitive by today's standards.

Mining that 20 trillion dollar rock in space ( mining an asteroid part XXVIII)

7/27/26:

Much is made of Elon Musk's wealth, or any other rich person. But what is wealth but the relative lack of some good thing? If everything becomes abundant, then what would be wealth? Then, it would be hard to be envious when there is nothing good that is in short supply. Envy is an odd thing. It may matter more to the envious that you don't have a thing, than for the envious one to have it himself. Envious people seem more worried about people having things than in people not having things.

8/16/15:

Previous

One of the ideas I had was along the line indicated by the title of this post.

When I left off with that series, I came up with an idea of using an Iron Man suit for life support.  This suit would reduce the weight requirements, as the shielding would only cover the human body, which is much smaller than an entire spacecraft.  You could get pretty good shielding for relatively little weight.

Now, another idea popped up.  Instead of using a space sail, use a VASIMIR concept.  This would require a large solar array, which could be built like the solar sail mentioned in the series.  This would be much, much smaller in scope, however, and therefore, much easier to build.  You could build one that would capture up to 90% of the heat energy being lost, and then recycle it again and again in order to give a multiplier effect.

Let's say you can recycle 90% of the energy lost through heat.

After one pass through, you've got 90% left.  The second would have 90% of the 90%.  The third would have 90% of the 81%, and so on and so on.

So, and equation could be derived from this relation:

x+ .9x + .81x + .729x +  0.6561x + 0.59049x + 0.531441x +  0.4782969x + 0.43046721x+0.387420489x+0.3486784401x+0.31381059609x+0.282429536481x+0.2541865828329x+0.2287679245496x+0.205891132094649x+0.1853020188851841x+0.16677181699666569x+0.150094635296999121x+0.1350851717672992089x+0.12157665459056928801x+0.109418989131512359209x, which equal to approx 9 times.

Thats about 10 times x minus 1.  If y is the percentage amount remaining after one pass through, then, we obtain the generalized equation 1/y, where y is less than 1.  Thus, 1/.9 equals 9.

You would layer some thermoelectric devices around it and pass the coolant through enough layers to obtain the amount that would be recycled.  If the coolant is a gas, it would have to pass through several layers, grabbing off a piece at each layer.  If it were a molten-salt, it would grab off a piece, then shunt the liquid to the next layer to be utilized with the layered thermoelectric devices until the cooling down is complete.  You could have many, many layers.  In space, this may present difficulties as there is no gravity.  You could spin the device, and that would shunt the materials through each layer.

Therefore, with a solar electric array that generated 1 megawatt of power, you could multiply that by 9 in order to get 9 megawatts of power.  This could get a vehicle to Mars in a relatively short time.

But you could also get to that asteroid you are trying to mine.  Maybe you could start with Deimos.

Update:

A possible better idea for a thruster?  It is a continuation of this discussion on to the next post.  I wanted to link these together.

Yeah--- another one of these

7/26/26:

The more things change, the more they stay the same. It's been awhle since I fired up the old Xbox (bought in 2020). The Truck Driver simulator is missing, but the Construction Simulator is still there. But I've run that through so many times that it is a bore, so I actually bought a newer version of it.

It seemed to be bewildering at first, but that's how the other version was too. So I stuck with it for awhile and got the hang of it. It may turn out to be easier to use than the old version. One thing is certain already. It isn't the same game.

4/20/21:

For those who are wondering why I waste time on this, well the answer is that nothing else out there is interesting enough for me. So why not do this?

Look, we've beaten the absolute hell out of the conservative issues. People won't listen. I don't know about anybody else, but beating my head against a wall doesn't interest me. If they won't listen, then I am going elsewhere.

No, I'm not giving up. But when I find something that I want to comment upon, then I'll do it. But I won't join the "woe is me" crowd. Sure, things are bad. But when people get in the mood to listen, you may have better luck than right now.

This video is a continuation of what I posted yesterday. I wasn't satisfied with what I did. Maybe this will explain the issue with the Construction Simulator 3 on Xbox.

You know, I'll never forget my old dad..

Young Frankenstein

Eye-Gore gives a little of his own folk wisdom..