Jared Moore

Energy technology, policy, and entrepreneuship. Author of Greetings Lunar Colonist; MechE @RoseHulman, PhD @CarnegieMellon.

[Jared Moore @Jared_TH2]

🙏THANK YOU🙏

"A comprehensive vision for a zero-carbon global energy system ... take time and listen ... It's hugely ambitious" @MLiebreich

"One end-to-end way to put it all together" @bataille_chris

"Efficient and logical ... these are actually new ideas" @ElephantEating

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@loydDPUcoach I was so shocked to see Coach Shaw on my timeline! ...
Thanks for posting. He continues to be missed!

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@Polymarket @grok, what were the stated reasons for the data center rejection?

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@favwontmiss Go back a couple more years and you had to wait by the radio for the right song to press record on your cassette tape. The hot 8 at 8 was reliable for that. That's a true mix tape 🤣

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@jadexskywalker Most under rated episode in the series

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@sonnet_xu The thing is the reciprocating units can't be used for peak shaving, right? ... If you wanted to have the ability to occasionally power BTM, that's also not allowed. Seems pretty limiting for bursty compute demand, no?

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@sonnet_xu How do you define modular?

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@Paul_Heron_ Movies tend to be hit or miss. TNG had 7 seasons, and then an immediate big screen transition. They had run out of steam by the late 90's.

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@BrianWillott How many MW?

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@AngelicaOung It's amazing how underappreciated this rule is in shaping the show. Everything is downhill of this rule. Every Star Trek that was not a spinoff of Gene's casting has been weak at best.

[Angelica 🌐⚛️🇹🇼🇨🇳🇺🇸 @AngelicaOung]

Gene Roddenberry had a rule that drove the writers of Star Trek The Next Generation absolutely crazy: there can't be any interpersonal conflict amongst the crew. The result was a cultural product I consider almost unique: a story about good people trying to do the right thing that isn't boring.

These days, moral ambiguity, twisted anti-heros and an apocalyptic vision of the future practially comes standard in our stories. Dark and complicated is synonymous with "smart," but in fact it's probably ten times harder to write a compelling story about principled, competent and psychologically healthy people. Star Trek TNG dared to imagine a future for humanity where we outgrew our petty squabbles and became our highest selves, where we travel the stars fulfilling our curiosity and genuinely making the universe a better place.

Patrick Stewart's Captain Jean-Luc Picard was the indispensable anchor to this vision. Instead of William Shatner's campy swagger as James T. Kirk, Stewart's Picard made "tea, Earl Grey, hot" iconic. His depth and gravitas as a thespian specializing in Shakespeare sold the moral dilemmas that were so often at the heart of the best TNG episodes.

The dramatic tension in TNG comes from people sharing the same ethical framework as a group facing difficult problems. The buck stops with the Captain. He listens to and respects his crew, but ultimately it is up to him to "make it so."

For TNG to work as a show, Stewart had to take those very internal struggles between a man and his conscience and make it dramatic. He made Captain Picard's very moral seriousness charismatic. He made you believe that...yeah...of course there is a moral arc to the universe and it bends towards justice. Of course it is worth paying the price to stay true to our principles. And of course, the struggle to discern what is right action is actually much more interesting than wallowing in how broken everything and everyone is.

Bon Voyage, mon Capitaine

[Joel Comm @joelcomm]

I've been in tech for 46 years. The biggest change AI brings isn't speed. It's that a regular person with an idea can finally build it without asking anyone for permission.

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@JakeFleshner Peak cool

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@sridharfyi Cool

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@ChrisNoeth That's a strong statement

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Gene Roddenberry didnt want a bald captain at first. Then it became obvious who was the man for the role. It's a lesson for all of us to take pride in who we are.

Those who grew up watching Star Trek were blessed to witness the embodiment of leadership and statesmanship. 🙏

[Letterboxd @letterboxd]

Patrick Stewart (1940-2026)

[Richard Meyer @RichardMeyerDC]

Preparing for a presentation, and I still can't believe this chart.

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@TheCinesthetic Contact
Gattaca
Dune
Bladerunner
The Martian
Interstellar
Mission to Mars
Star Trek (even numbers)
Moon
Alien
Jurassic Park
The Matrix
Project Hail Mary

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@RichardMeyerDC Pardon me, but hasn't BYOC always been de facto necessary given that large loads are disconnected during capacity events? (asking for a friend)

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@josephbohm @ShanuMathew93 @elonmusk Good points ... I forgot that an old chip would need to be retrofitted to if it wanted to use liquid to chip cooling.

Perhaps stranded may include a site that was only partially developed bc of the bottlenecks you mentioened.