CycloneDaddy

Iowa State Cyclone, geek, bicyclist and lifter, Mises follower, libertarian. AKA Cyclone442

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

@CDobe72 ???
Re-al was and is a wonderful human. I’m glad he was a Cyclone and am sad he wasn’t able to do more as one. I still cheer for his journey.

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

Fantastic video of Simon talking about values in organizations. Love everything @simonsinek puts out there.

[alexei @alexeixbt]

back in the 70s, game theory was hyped the exact same way AI is today. every genius was obsessed with one thing: how to win.

then one guy watched his kids play with legos and realized everybody was completely missing the point.

in short: if you're constantly trying to "beat the competition," you're playing the wrong game entirely.

hands down one of the clearest explanations of strategic game theory applied to real life by @simonsinek

I mapped out the key rules and action points below.

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

@CyberTheCyFan @itsAntWright Not that hot of a take, TBH

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

@aestheticsguyy

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

@Mimiiben1 Seriously, “genius”? 😂
The answer is (7+3)/2=5.

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

@neocon53 @DudespostingWs This. Exactly this.

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

@farman4x It’s 6. How is this hard?

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

@engineers_feed 3x + 4 = 2x + 10; x = 6

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

@RahulbeGupta Accurate.

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

@centristpeater

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

@FreddyLA7 Iowa State Cyclones!
Best tailgating experience in college football!

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

@Ben_Hutchens_ I would love to see it moved to the end of the season. But am glad to see it continue!

[Glenn Jacobs @GlennJacobsTN]

Please see this video and press release regarding Flock cameras in Knox County.

Video transcript:
Hello, this is Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs. Today, I am urging our Commission to prohibit the use of Flock cameras and similar devices in our County.
For those of you who don't know, these cameras, technically called Automated License Plate Readers, are motion activated and take a picture of every car which passes by. While License Plate Readers have been around for a while, because of AI and vastly increased networking and data retention capacities, these Flock cameras have capabilities not even imagined in the past.
Older cameras only took a photo of your license plate, which was then retained for a short time. Flock cameras take a photo of your place, but also use AI to catalogue distinguishing features of your vehicle: make, color, model, even bumper stickers. That data is stored in a searchable database for sometimes up to a month or more, depending on the policies of that particular agency. When these cameras are deployed in large numbers, they create a network that can be used to track your movements.
Currently, there is no federal regulatory framework governing these devices in place, and the Tennessee laws regulating them were written over a decade ago. My fear is that may be inadvertantly creating a warrantless mass surveillance system and undermining the privacy and Liberty of our people.
So I urge the Tennessee General Assembly and the United States Congress to look at this issue and take neccessary action to safeguard our privacy and civil liberties as these new technologies continue to emerge.
Thank you.

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

@nvidia Notably missing: Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google.

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

@KanekoaTheGreat @grok in retrospect, what is the generally accepted measure of COVID fatality rate during the first year of outbreak, and up to current day?

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

@wsfa12news 🤔

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

@Cruella_Seville A fuckload of FUCKLETOADs?

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

@KissofSofiah This is so visually inconsistent and chaotic it hurts my brain to watch

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

Valid questions.

[Chris Martz @ChrisMartzWX]

Here are TEN questions that I have for any climate alarmists reading, and I hope I can get some honest answers down in the comments:

1️⃣ You have asserted that the planet is dangerously overheating. So, what exactly is the correct globally averaged surface air temperature supposed to be and why? I want an exact value to the nearest tenth of a degree Celsius.

2️⃣ What is the correct atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) level to optimize life on Earth? Give me your answer as an exact value in mole fraction or volume percentage, then explain why in detail. A range would suffice too, but you still need to explain.

3️⃣ What makes CO₂ “air pollution”?

The pre-Trump 2.0 EPA considered CO₂ as an air pollutant under the legal framework of the Clean Air Act, and their justification was that it “contributes to greenhouse gas pollution that threatens public health and welfare.”

But that seems pretty ambiguous if you ask me.

By that arbitrary standard, water vapor (H₂O) should also be classified as harmful “air pollution” because it also is a GHG and is a byproduct of combustion. But we don't classify it as pollution because, well, H₂O is necessary for life on Earth. But so is CO₂. Without it, we would all die.

4️⃣ Why are global average temperatures measured in reference to the 1850–1900 baseline? While many of our modern instrumental weather records begin within that timeframe, we know that climate conditions pre-1900 were much harsher than they are today as we were coming out of the Little Ice Age. Winters were harsher. Summers could be harsher. Droughts, floods, and famine were just as, if not more common relative to today. So, why should the end of the Little Ice Age be seen as the ideal baseline for human welfare?

5️⃣ The estimated cost of net zero in the U.S. by the year 2050 is ~$6 trillion (though estimates I have seen widely vary). And with ~165 million taxpayers in the nation, using that $6T figure, it would cost each of us a little more than $36,000 to achieve. That's a lot of money per individual. How many of you activists are willing to shell out that kind of money just to see what happens?

6️⃣ If we spent that $6T to decarbonize the economy by 2050, by how much will such measures reduce the global mean surface temperature by the year 2100? Please provide your answer to the nearest tenth of a degree Celsius and show your math (I actually know the answer to this theoretically, but I want to see you do the math).

7️⃣ What does the perfect climate look like? Just how much extreme weather should there be? How many floods? Tornadoes? Category two hurricane landfalls in Florida? What should temperatures be? How many droughts should occur per century in Cambodia? How will we get there and how do we know when / if we get there? By what scientific measure will we know?

8️⃣ If “combating climate change” is really a global concerted effort, then why do you always give China and India a free pass to continue emitting without bound? Why are they never criticized? And don't tell me it's because they are “the world's factory.” The U.S. is the second largest industrial manufacturer in the world. Don't give me the “per capita emissions” BS either; the atmosphere does not care about that. So, why is it that the U.S. is always dunked on?

9️⃣ Why do most of (not all) you vehemently oppose nuclear power? It's the best alternative to coal and natural gas, and statistically it is the cleanest and one of the safest forms of “carbon-free” energy.

🔟 Lastly, if you truly believe climate change is an urgent problem, why do you continue to use social media? After all, it has a large carbon footprint because it is powered by those data centers you hate. Also, why do demonize fossil fuels, but use them to keep the lights on in your home or apartment? Why use running water and indoor plumbing, which often require fossil fuels? Why not give up modern luxuries and live off grid to lead by example? I really want to know why you are still here.

[CycloneDaddy @michaelvl]

@SportsCenter @CFBHeather Good riddance.
George Sankey is the most destructive man in college athletics. Let him go make his mini pro league and the rest of college athletics will be better off.