That brine could be useful for salinity gradient power – reverse electrodialysis, though if you need to mix in regular water, kinda defeats the process I expect.

Science is evolution , maybe hype is a bit strong.

The focus of this tech feels like getting the salts passively , clean water is a nice by product. They solved the brine problem. Good!

How much do these panels cost to make?

Yes in the same way we banned cocaine and heroine because they are highly addictive and kill people.

Capitalism is often confused with Personal Freedom.

In Capitalism, you are the labour, an indentured worker , working more and more hours for less and less and you get into debt to buy toys, eat crap food, drink booze, jerk off to endless porn and play games all night to give you some happiness and escape from the fact that deep down you know you are a slave struggling to keep your head above water.

Don't believe me. Stop working and see how capitalism looks after you.

There's a place for capitalism, there's a place for socialism. Binary solutions are primitive and tribal.

Um. As far as I get it. And I am not a good Buddhist, I am practising. The point of understanding our conditioned existence leads onto understanding why everything we experience is impermanent and how we suffer psychologically because we don't like that. We don't want the good times to end, or when the bad times come look for someone or something to blame. You can watch that playing out in the news every day.

I'm not religious about Buddhism. And neither was the Bhudda. Bhudda wasnt a Bhuddist, whatever Bhuddism is arose as a consequence of his teaching, another condition.

I refer to it as the original self help book. And what Bhudda learnt in his lifetime, if he existed at all, he learnt in part, from sadhus or wise men who came before him and taught him what they knew, and he evolved and refined the wisdom like a scientist might and the Sangha, everyone who practices Bhuddism has been continuing that for the last 2000 years, keeping it contemporary.

Whoever said there are no gods in Bhuddism is correct. There is no creation story either. You can take or leave the supernatural stuff, use it if it helps you practice. There are no heretics, if a Bhuddist calls you one, they are not a Bhuddist, the worst you might get called and it is not bad, is unskillful.

The practices are what is important and the belief that practicing them will lead to you suffering less. I suffer psychologically because I'm ignorant and need to train my mind, change it to see things differently. Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, Latch on to the affirmative, Don't mess with Mister In Between.

Heard of the mindfulness movement in therapy? John Kabit Zin, Eckart Tolle, their practices look a lot Bhuddist practices.

I am not attached to the word Bhuddist much, I prefer to call it Human. Connects me with something that feels very old, survival in sympathy with nature, not against it.

extinct / instinct ... extinct for later.

If you have got to do this to yourself.

More dark side of capitalism. If profit is the goal and you don't care how you get there. This shit happens.

There must be a better way, harness that creative ambition without it doing harm.

Our ancestors weren't obese, they had to work for their food and they had a lot less of it. The obesity problem is very simple, sugar and fat sells, it exploits our survival extinct for lazy calories, you get the dopamine reward, addiction starts.

Ration or ban that crap from food, you'll whine a bit, maybe start braying freedom like a MAGA donkey, the pushers will whine most of all, but long term you'll be healthier and fitter and your natural dopamine regulation will kick in. Work your body for your food, like your ancestors did. They were a lot more resilient to discomfort than we are, or we wouldn't be here to moan about being healthier.

Choose life, choose protein and veggies.

Im wondering the same thing.

In Bhuddism a central philosophy is everything is dependent on conditions. So whatever number comes out of this clever thing is dependent on the conditions the clever thing was subject to. Those conditions are sufficiently complex that it is unpredictable when they would occur again.

Maybe that's what perfect random is, sufficiently unpredictable?

We need a Math guy or gal, they'll know.

Completely agree, under Trump the US is not an honourable trading partner and an antagonist. Even with China's systemic problems they are outshining the US in trade and diplomacy. Dump Trump before he wrecks your country.

I like "Epstein class" as a term.

I have a modest ambitions, I don't understand the ambitions of the super wealthy, why do they want that much money and still more besides? I assume it's so they can do anything they like, including fcking kids.

I cant imagine what its like to have that much wealth when there are so many people that need help and some literally starving whilst helping break the planet in the process. I guess they are monsters of indifference, sociopaths and psychopaths. Certainly not anyone I want to celebrate. They are not the best of us, they are the worst of us, the most selfish and greedy.

I also don't understand the peasants that defend them, are they hoping for a handout?

"Epstein class" is a perfect term for the vampire lords of the billionaire class, well done.

.. if I can be even bothered to do that. Teacup of storm anyone?

AI's not the problem in media, it's quality and originality, even with AI we were drowning in shit content.

AI's not going to fix the quality issue either, need some young human directors and producers to produce something new that isn't a sequel, prequel, meta, video game spin off. A new Cohen brothers, Jeunet, Lynch. Powel and Presberger and maybe a Spielberg or Jackson for something epic with a cast of thousands. Ideally something hopeful and inspirational for all the shit we are dealing with in the news, remind us we're human.

Not enough risk taking and too many money men. 0 tears cried for overpaid, indulged whingers.

Dude, you are not going to get it. You've got this primitive delusion that you are somehow conquering the world all on your own, you are independent, a self made man.

You couldn't be further from the truth you are totally dependent on the society you live in unless you are living off grid in a cult or something.

You need a society for you money to be worth anything at all and compliance with law to not kill you and steal what you have. Any I can protect myself bullshit is just that, there's a lot more of us than there are of you and we are EVERYWHERE. Please don't go postal with your assault rifle or something. Your safe, because your society is relatively safe, because of socialist policies.

If we leave it to right wing capitalism, survival of the fittest, dog eat dog, you would not be safe for long and you'll die a desperate lonely death.

We can do better than that, so evolve you primitive monkey man.

", he apparently just made waves in Miami by helicoptering in to view a $300M waterfront mansion there."

Doh! Hopefully its a retirement pad and he'll exit politics and not his super villain hq.

Haven't you noticed he never blinks and when he laughs it looks like he's trying to eating your soul?

Altman is only just getting started , he reminds me of Theil and Zuckerberg, they are not wired right and rarely seem happy or laughing. They appear to only have one mission, profit on societal decline, they are not making the world a better place.

Musk for all his oddness and outrage appears to have done more for channelling capital into our technical evolution, and that might make the world a better place. He might be our Howard Hughes. He also appears to live relatively humbly and gets his hands dirty with the work. His vision at least involves somebody more than himself, though he might be planning to rename Mars , "Musk" and populate it with his kids ... lol . He's certainly not short on ego.

Musk appears very single minded, I doubt he has any political conviction, probably doesn't care, its a mean to his end, get more resources for his mission. I worry he might burn the world in the process.

I find it important to remember, they are just men, they wont last forever and their cognition is already starting to drop off with age, that's a fact of life. Any success or status we attribute to them is not something they own, we gave it to them and we'll take it away one day. It's as easy as stopping talking about them.

And American kids shoot each other at school. Wouldn't want to live there. Shithole country.

Take donations and buy a jet for yourself
Support a crooked president.
Fiddle with kids
Burn some heretics
Speak in tounges
Bless America whilst dropping bombs on kids
Scare the hell out people and make them feel guilty

Claude, church isn't historically the best place to find your spirit.

Try the Methodists or the Quakers first, or if you want to get real and ditch the sky lord malarky , have a sit with Buddha.