R. Scott SD

@liquidstar_io - Increasing energy, water and internet access in Africa & Asia w/solar powered micro grids / datacenters. @Scryeai - AR/AI play to impact game

[R. Scott SD @RSS_D4]

Can AI and crypto mining bridge the energy access gap? It might sound unlikely — but new innovations are reshaping what’s possible for #cleanenergy access in #Africa.

More than 600 million people across Africa still live without electricity. And 78% of them can’t afford even $5 a day to power basic #solar solutions. So how do we make Mission 300 — a bold effort to electrify 300 million people by 2030 — financially viable?

According to GEAPPs Alliance, startups like @exolabs, @Liquidstar, Overclock Labs, creators of @akashnet , an Virunga Energies are flipping the script. By embedding AI models and crypto applications into mini-grids, they’re generating 5-10x more revenue per unit of energy — making electricity cheaper for underserved communities.

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

Cast of Laocoön and his Sons (Roman version of a lost Greek original), 100BC-50AD

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

"I don't like him, he tripped me." 😂

Shaq won't forgive Larry David 😭

[R. Scott SD @RSS_D4]

@MorningBrew @ArtButSports

[R. Scott SD @RSS_D4]

This used to happen in Europe all the time with soccer hooligans. It still does occasionally (especially in the lower divisions) but in general police keep fans separate. Some countries enact travel bans on certain team’s fans.

Opposing fans are practically legally banned from certain areas to prevent this. In Europe sometimes the away section will literally have a fence around it to protect opposing fans.

Recent example: https://t.co/4lTtAGuXWY

[R. Scott SD @RSS_D4]

The rest of the country is learning how much more expensive and wealthier New York city is to the rest of the country.

Just as during the World Cup the rest of the world is learning the same lesson about the US as a whole when even a place like Kansas City is extremely expensive relative to any pretty much any non-capital European city.

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

It's official.

Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs is now the most expensive NBA game in history.

The cheapest ticket available? $10,622 per seat.

This game will shatter every previous record by a mile.

[R. Scott SD @RSS_D4]

Really makes you think surprisingly good movie but one of the most random cameos ever

[Marlow Stern @MarlowNYC]

the knicks have not lost since karl-anthony towns chatted up anne hathaway in ‘the devil wears prada 2’

[Riley Collins @rileycollins__]

It’s been like 6 weeks since Tony P posted this video and I can’t stop thinking about it, a thread by me.

- who on earth decides to make an Obama inspired outfit
- who makes an outfit inspo video that is literally khaki pants, a black shirt and a black jacket and black dress shoes
- he sits on the couch pretending to be Obama sitting courtside at the nba all star game waving to fans
- again, it is an OBAMA INSPIRED OUTFIT
- is there a market for Obama inspired outfits somewhere that I don’t know about?

This is truly Tony P’s magnum opus. This is content that literally no other human on earth would ever think to make.

And this is exactly why Tony P still has his fastball.

[R. Scott SD @RSS_D4]

This is missing the core issue. People need to trust and like the people making billions of dollars while telling them this technology is going to take their jobs.

None of the other things on this list are possible until tech people improve their trustworthiness and likability.

When you have a prominent VC mocking the pope, combined with the perceived political flip flopping and cowardice to call out bad behavior it makes the non tech public think the people in tech don’t stand for anything/have no values.

This has been an unintended negative consequence of Elon buying Twitter which overall has been a net positive. A lot of people are now able to see how these tech people think and it’s exposing that while they may have cured the woke mind virus there is now an anti woke mind virus that’s spreading.

[R. Scott SD @RSS_D4]

@BridgetMWillard @SullyCNBC @grok Weirdly this is kind of an example of what you were talking about @TheStalwart

[R. Scott SD @RSS_D4]

My two favorite delusional/uniformed groups of people to observe:
UK/European anti AC people
US/American pro passenger rail people

[R. Scott SD @RSS_D4]

They are because even without returning interest from treasuries they “increase” in value relative to the local currency. Although this isn’t guaranteed forever.

Additionally because the transaction sizes in emerging markets are generally smaller/micro it actually makes a bit more sense. Especially for the unbanked.

Finally a lot of these countries people have been using digital money (ie mpesa) for a while so the switch to stable coins is not a big stretch. I think the winners from what I’ve experienced from actual utilization not just speculation are tether and celo.

The tricky part here is there is still a cost of switching to local currency, KYC, and converting to actual cash so when you move into or out of the ecosystem there are fees.

[R. Scott SD @RSS_D4]

@ShanuMathew93 I might cry if Drake comes out during lebrons final game in Toronto and performs forever 🤣

[R. Scott SD @RSS_D4]

We want people to have this view and it’s the view Bezos expressed about the Washington post in this same interview, “If people won't pay for our product, it's not a good enough product.”

In a way Bezos is admitting that fundamentally the government isn’t working or providing value for the bottom 50%.

[R. Scott SD @RSS_D4]

@dgt10011 @R89Capital It’s funny because it directly contradicts his point about the washington post. Everyone should pay some amount of tax because as he says, “If people won’t pay for our product, it’s not a good enough product.”

I think that’s true about government as well.

[Tim Latimer @TimMLatimer]

LCOE is such a flawed metric, its use probably does more harm than good. Whatever small marginal value it provides as a simple way to compare resources is more than wiped out by the confusion it creates from being completely disconnected with how power markets actually work.

[The Boring Company @boringcompany]

The long journey of rock in Nashville

[R. Scott SD @RSS_D4]

Unfortunately @worldnetwork and things like it are probably going to be necessary moving forward.

We’ve seen the pictures/videos/articles on these massive cell phone bot farms so real verified people w/ real ID will be important.

I also thought of an additional feature which could be similar to the dating apps which confirms if you met someone or a follower in person/IRL.

[R. Scott SD @RSS_D4]

@duncancampbell @WR4NYGov @elonmusk @nikitabier Yea they have an ID verified badge as well so they clearly collect that info