永乐 Empire

decennial rebrand. "building"

[永乐 Empire @CaptainCrunq]

@Romy_Holland Yes you just described the thing. Good job

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@RnaudBertrand Incredible landscape!

[Biswajit Rath @ibiswarath]

One thing I've noticed about Christopher Nolan's interviews in China compared to those with the Hollywood press is that he often gets the opportunity to speak at much greater length in China. The conversations tend to be more philosophical and centered on history, literature, storytelling, and the ideas behind his films.

By contrast, many interviews with the American press are largely promotional. The questions often revolve around IMAX, practical effects, shooting on real locations, film stock, or the scale of the production. Nolan ends up telling the same stories repeatedly, like how a friend took him to watch an IMAX documentary in Chicago when he was sixteen, how he fell in love with the format, and how he eventually fulfilled his ambition of making an entire feature in IMAX. The same happens with the cast, who are repeatedly asked about shooting on real locations, practical effects, and working in IMAX.

I don't think that's a reflection on Nolan himself. It's largely a consequence of the questions being asked. When interviewers move beyond the promotional talking points, Nolan almost always has fascinating things to say about philosophy, history, narrative structure, and filmmaking.

That's exactly why I've created a playlist of interviews like this one. They offer genuine insight into how Nolan thinks, rather than repeating the same promotional questions over and over.

[永乐 Empire @CaptainCrunq]

@flaspi1 @Molson_Hart This thread is littered with dudes like you who have “Father” in their bio and yet brag about pawning their kids off the maximum possible. I never realized how much other parents outsource their kids development. Crazy. And “Father”..”donor” for sure

[永乐 Empire @CaptainCrunq]

@packagingsmb @Molson_Hart The amount of parents I realize now just farm their kids out. I’m shocked. I’m never shocked. But I’m shocked

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@Molson_Hart @anotherbearcap Hopefully you realize from your post that is NOT normal anywhere

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@jvmichaels @Molson_Hart @texasrunnerDFW I agree 12 hours a day is insane and OP thinking it normal and/or universal is freaky

[永乐 Empire @CaptainCrunq]

@Molson_Hart You are just now realizing/feeling this? Lucky I guess. Don’t you have a kids toy brand since 2010 too?

[Nonstop Winning 🇺🇸 John Rose @RealJohnRose]

@Hedgeye

[永乐 Empire @CaptainCrunq]

@Molson_Hart @okaythenfuture And why is that, bud

[Mitochondrial Eve @tardwife4life]

We can not fully understand the past because we are fundamentally a different people.

40% of the European population was under the age of 15 at the time these dances began.

Our traditions weren't developed by stiff elders, but rather drunk, horny teenagers. We're simply too old and sober to understand what life was really like back then. Our reenactments are geriatric shadows.

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@thejoshli Regalis Capital, not really on twitter though

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@pestctrlguy D2D is my favorite. I miss it sometimes

[Casey Handmer @CJHandmer]

Last week the @TerraformIndies CO2 team successfully produced a high purity (>99%) stream of CO2 from our demo calciner, at our Muroc desert test site, in 110 F heat, using our own captive solar PV array, on the first try.

This represents several firsts, and is an incredible testament to the team's brilliance and grit, led by @steph_a_coronel.

We closed on the land in January. By the end of March, all the solar panels (nearly 3000!) were in. A lot of cable work and inspections followed. Earlier this month, the word came through from the solar team: we're ready to go live.

I directed each of the three power customer teams (DAC CO2, electrolyzer H2, and reactor) to fab and deploy a meaningful end-to-end "smoke test". I knew the desert would test our faith and that our team needed to experience the dust, the heat, and the wind in order to streamline logistics for the full deployment later this year.

DAC was first off the mark. I was fortunate to find a corner of the tent where I was out of the way as we turned on the calciner for the first time, on site. Without drama the array pumped about 30 kW into the test fixture and the temperature rose smoothly to over 1000 C. Soon after that, the team proceeded to <redacted> and CO2 came out. At the end of the test, we had calcined >85% of the carbonate we started with, exceeding our requirements and validating our design, architecture, and processes.

The Terraform CO2 production system captures CO2 from the air (400 ppm) and concentrates it to >99% purity in a single step, feeding directly into a hydrocarbon synthesis reactor which produces methane or methanol.

The overarching challenge of Terraform's approach is to produce CO2 cheaply enough that it becomes profit center rather than a cost center. Our strategy of direct consumption of solar power from the array cuts capex and opex to the barest minimum, and our internal production cost, even at this relatively early stage, is already well below $200/T-CO2.

Other than plants and some cyanobacteria, I believe this is the first ever commercially useful capture and production of CO2 at scale.

Stay tuned!

[永乐 Empire @CaptainCrunq]

@parkerjaysmith @MitchKenneys Affiliated with Honest Water Co at all?

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@paularambles @physical_int @DandelionChoco Did you say hi to Quan?

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@parkerjaysmith This looks like a set from Honest Water co or whatever that guy on Instagram’s company is, am I right?

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@realgwill @ClintFiore “Got out an E4” yeah dude you ain’t getting anything more than that if it weren’t a hot ah slow Friday I wouldn’t even be here. I get why people enjoy doing this sometimes though

[永乐 Empire @CaptainCrunq]

@realgwill @ClintFiore And finally - none of all you and yours’ tune addresses the fundamental fact that people who timed into ZIRP economy made off like bandits. Speaks nothing of easy/hard opportunity/no opportunity blah blah blah