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Chris Gilmet retweeted
Here’s the full Tesla Roadster unveiling event.
0:15 – Crazy Tesla + SpaceX collab preview
2:25 – Last manually driven Tesla car
2:53 – Taking it way past the limits
3:15 – Countdown & first flight works
5:38 – Flying cars are real
5:41 – Peter Thiel flying cars quote
6:02 – Fan suction system (up to 2G)
6:16 – Downforce & crushing track records
7:08 – Starman appearance
7:52 – Rocket thrusters & full gymnastics
8:52 – Kickflip demo (Tony Hawk approved)
9:32 – Real road car + rocket car future
9:56 – Air tanks, nozzles & specs
10:14 – Rechargeable ultra-high pressure air
10:36 – Car reveal & aerospace design
12:50 – Fan modes 
13:37 – Variable pitch rear wing
13:50 – 0-60 goal under 1 second
14:21 – Acceleration demo
16:22 – 0.81s 0-60 achieved
16:26 – Production car will be even quicker
17:05 – World’s quickest production car
17:28 – Top speed & Snake River Canyon teaser
18:26 – Mach 0.5+ goal
18:52 – First best flying car + last best driver’s car
19:04 – Production starts 2028
Chris Gilmet retweeted
While a lot of people are making a lot of hubbub about the public execution of Hasan and what kind of message that sends for our civilization, I believe that a lot of people are forgetting that Hasan is not a civilian, and this isn't a matter of civilian law. He was sentenced to death after a court martial in 2013, and the only reason he hasn't already been put to death is that no president had the brass to approve it until now.
The best reason for carrying this out publicly is, in my opinion, the message it sends to service members that have ducked under the radar, waiting for a chance to sabotage their nation, who believe that the UCMJ has softened to the demands of a squeamish population and that the punishments described are merely suggestions. If the Secretary of War will request, and the president will approve, a public firing squad for an officer whose terror attack left him a paraplegic, no one is going to be getting away with anything. Sentences will be carried out, and justice will be done. The UCMJ means what it says.
The important message has nothing to do with the Muslims. They were always going to celebrate him as a martyr. The important message is the one sent to the next domestic enemy that thinks they'll be spared the consequences of their actions. They will not, and they need to know it.
Chris Gilmet retweeted
Straight from the mouth of a mid-major D1 coach a few minutes ago. I told him I needed to write this stuff down and share with everyone.
We were talking about a few players that I work with and he was telling me about how ridiculous recruiting is getting.
"Everyone's running out of roster spots... so we are all like, 'this guy sucks' [when watching a player] because he's not an absolute dude. And we're all passing on good players because you'll probably be able to find an older or more experienced guy down the road".
"We basically have 3 different recruiting classes each year. High school, JC, and portal. And you don't even know how many roster spots you're actually gonna have".
"We have so few roster spots that we are grading kids on such high scales. Like a high school guy has to be a starter as a freshman or we can't recruit him. And then if he shows up and actually starts as a freshman for us he'll probably leave and get more money from a bigger school. So you can't win. And then we just end up sitting in a holding pattern."
"The value of a single roster spot for us has gone up a ton because the total amount of spots we have has gone down, but the dollar amount per spot has gone up with scholarships increasing. So we are investing more in these guys, and expecting more."
This is the sentiment amongst most D1 coaches at this point and honestly a large population of D2 and D3 programs that are incentivized to be patient and wait for an older guy rather than recruiting young. High tier academic schools operate on a different timeline, and there are certainly some other exceptions. But this is the new reality for most programs.
Players and families... do not assume that you are the exception and that this doesn't apply to you!
Chris Gilmet retweeted
Justin Verlander’s career comes to a close as he leaves the mound for the final time,
called by @Greg_Gania and Dan Petry for 97.1 The Ticket:
#DNMW #RepDetroit
Chris Gilmet retweeted
Justin Verlander retires the final out of his Hall of Fame career, in the park where it started, and is met at the mound by his 7 year old daughter. He weeps in her arms, then hugs his teammates.
“JV! JV! JV!” the fans chanted.
How can you not be romantic about baseball?
Great article from Woj
Check out this article from The Detroit News:
Wojo: Justin Verlander exits with flair and tears, leaves lasting mark
detroitnews.com/story/sports…
Chris Gilmet retweeted
Thunder Baseball Spotlight: Nathan Gilmet Sr. C/1B
Hometown: Pendleton, Indiana
High School: Pendelton High School
Chris Gilmet retweeted
I think I’ve said this before but I just love when seasoned big leaguers have to play a rehab game during one of these ridiculous minor league theme nights
Brewers reliever Abner Uribe made a Minor League rehab appearance while Milwaukee's High-A team featured Lederhosen-style alternate uniforms
(via @CMehring)
Chris Gilmet retweeted
Elon Musk was asked why SpaceX barely files patents.
His answer flips everything business schools teach about protecting ideas.
"Patents are a recipe book for your competitors."
The room expected the standard answer. Patents protect innovation. Patents are moats. Every startup lawyer's first advice is file, file, file.
He explained why that's backwards for SpaceX. A patent is a public document. You file one, and you've published your engineering solution to the entire planet, with diagrams. Your only protection is your ability to sue whoever copies it. His primary long term competitors are in China. He said suing there would be pointless, so a patent filing would simply be handing over the blueprints with extra steps.
So SpaceX protects almost nothing on paper. The protection is velocity. By the time anyone reverse engineers the current rocket, SpaceX is two generations ahead. The moat isn't a document. The moat is speed.
Think about what that reveals. He'd rather rely on outrunning everyone forever than on a legal system defending yesterday's work. Most companies protect the past. He decided the past isn't worth protecting because he's never going back to it.
Secrets are for companies that stopped moving. If your advantage needs a lawyer to survive, it was never an advantage. It was a head start you wasted.
Alex nails it.
(long tweet [as in novel length] warning)
On data centers:
I view data centers the same way I do any other proposed large commercial development, that is to say with intense skepticism and with a default of no. Why? Decades upon decades of companies being given massive tax breaks that last for years, if not decades, eminent domain being used for the development, promises of large number of well paying jobs that never come true, and companies walking away and leaving buildings behind with what people were employed there now unemployed.
I am not NIMBY. I am, however, capable of observing the world around me and drawing the most basic of conclusions.
I also lived in NEPA when fracking first started and I observed first hand the massive economic boon both to communities and individuals.
There are also several large commercial developments by me that did bring in large numbers of decently paying jobs, though the tax break and eminent domain issues remain.
So I am, in fact, persuadable away from the no position, relatively easily at that.
Those who are pro data centers must be able to address the following questions directly and with reason, not condescension.
1. When using the term data center, how is that term being used? Is data center referring to infrastructure of whatever kind for telecom and internet? Is data center referring to banks of GPUs being used for crypto mining? Is data center being used for stacks and stacks and stacks of servers doing AI processing? What kind of data center is being constructed matters. Using the term data center without further definition as to kind allows people to say oh I don't mean for AI use, I mean internet infrastructure, when the public thinks all the data centers being built are for AI use.
II. Will eminent domain be used in any manner for the project? By this I mean will easements or entire properties need to be obtained via eminent domain for roads or utilities? If so, then it is not a matter of a community restricting the property rights of a person who wants to sell. It's a matter of the person wanting to sell relying on the taking through governmental action of the property of others in order to maximize the value of seller's property. Roads and utilities are precisely the kinds of government action for which eminent domain is to be used. When a person cannot say no to a taking, then that is not and cannot be a voluntary transaction. The property rights of the seller are not actually of greater value than the property rights of those who do not want to sell. Eminent domain fundamentally changes the discussion of property rights.
C. Will tax breaks or tax incentives of any kind be given to the data center developer? If so, what are they and what is the time frame over which those will last? How is the value of the building going to be determined for real property taxation? How is the value of personal property going to be determined for personal property taxation? Is it the same as for all other businesses or will there be some kind of special category created? Is there a sales tax break being given on the construction materials?
It is very interesting seeing how people assume that whatever is happening in their locality is what is happening in all localities. Some areas are not giving tax breaks, or minimal ones, while others are giving massive tax breaks. Assuming what is being done in one area is being done in all is simply untrue.
Quattro. What, with specificity, are the electric needs? What, with specificity, are the water needs? How will the electric and water needs be met? Particularly with water, citing to broad studies or explanations about how different types of data centers use water is not an actual reply. How will this specific data center in this specific area meet those specific needs? Specifically. It is utterly irrelevant what will be done in general. When discussing a specific development in a specific location what will happen there specifically is all that matters. When a developer cannot or will not make that information public, then it is impossible to discuss that matter as there are no facts that can be discussed. It is unreasonable to ask people to make a decision while refusing to provide people with the data upon which to make a decision.
Funf. What will the noise output be? If there is some kind of noise output, will there be mitigation strategies, what are they, and will they be completed before the data center is brought online?
Seis. How many jobs will remain in the community after the data center construction is complete? What kinds of jobs are they? Stating that a data center will create jobs worldwide is irrelevant. What matters when a community is being asked for a large development in that community is how many jobs in that community will result from that development.
Saat. Why are data centers, particularly for AI use, being built in rural areas rather than currently existing industrial buildings which are not in use being revamped for such use? After all, those buildings are in areas already zoned industrial, at least the backbones of utilities and roads already exist, and repurposing those buildings will bring back the tax base that left when the company that previously owned and used that building left. So why aren't those buildings being used? Why must new buildings be constructed? And why must those new buildings be constructed in a rural area with roads and utilities built out to that construction rather than building in an already existing industrial area?
Note that other than how is data center defined, all of those questions apply to any kind of development. The water question, for example, applies to all the completely legit and not at all currency cleaning (heh) car washes springing up like weeds.
All of these questions are rational questions based on rational concerns. I want rational answers to those rational questions.
/fin
Been riding on Nickel Plate trail from Castleton to Noblesville. Can see remnants of the old train everywhere (electrical posts, whistle signs,etc)
Can understand why many were reluctant to let it go. Imagine a lot of nostalgia going through the woods and traveling 1/2
to the fairgrounds.
@MoundLore @LiterateIndy might be some good history/picture ideas if you haven’t covered it already. I would certainly enjoy something like that. 2/2
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