Zero to One
Currently I am reading Zero to One by Peter Thiel. I found his recent National Conservatism Conference talk quite enlightening:
As a former lab drone, I have often thought about how much easier it is to be a software entrpreneur than a biotech entrepreneur. Thiel spells it out in this interesting table from Zero to One:
Unalignment is a big problem in biotech/pharmaceuticals. Goals established by committees means that most employees are woking on someone else’s bad idea. Failure rates are high (87% across all therapeutic areas). Shifting priorities, unrealistic deadlines, always working in emergency mode, virtue signalling propaganda, and open concept seating all contribute to a toxic work environment. High salaries keep people around for the money, not because they believe in what they are doing.
Thiel’s ideas on monopolies are also refreshing. Currently I am acting on his recommendation to find secret I can exploit.
Democratic Platform
Best summary I have seen yet of the Democratic party platform from Deplorable jrgdds commenting at Breitbart
Deplorable jrgdds - 7 hours ago - edited
The best that I can tell, in 2020 the Democrats are running on:
-We loathe Donald Trump. We hate America. We hate you. We really hate the )ews.
-Muslims are good. Christians are bad. White people are the cause of every ill on the planet, and if you disagree, you are a racist Nazi.
-We’re OK with murdering newborns. We swear we’ll get Obamacare right the next time.
-Unvetted Illegals must flood in through open US borders in unlimited numbers with impunity as they rape and pillage their way through the country while searching for a better life.
-Carbon is a poison that should be taxed
-Everyone gets a free college indoctrination.
-Everything is about being gay, and being gay is absolutely wholesome and normal.
-Male tranny’s can compete in woman’s sports, share the lady’s room with your wife and daughter, and groom your sons by reading children’s books to them at public libraries in full drag.
-Finally, we need more tax money, and you don’t need your guns.
Small dogs are neurotic
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Small Dogs and Psych Problems: Feature, not Bug
…Small dogs are bred to be companions to people, usually women (often lonely, older women whose children have moved out of the house and don’t call as often as they should). As such, these dogs are bred to have amusing, human-like personalities–including psychological problems…
…Lonely people desire dogs that will stay by them, and so favor anxious dogs. Energetic people favor hyperactive dogs. Anti-social people who don’t want to bond emotionally with others get a snake…
GuixSD
mbc# dd bs=4M if=guix-system-install-1.0.1.x86_64-linux.iso of=/dev/sdb conv=fdatasync
$ guix install nss-certs
$ export SSL_CERT_DIR=”$HOME/.guix-profile/etc/ssl/certs”
$ export SSL_CERT_FILE=”$HOME/.guix-profile/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt”
$ export GIT_SSL_CAINFO=”$SSL_CERT_FILE”
Voter Fraud
How Ballot Harvesting Corrupts Elections
Below is a video of the Obama interview where he supposedly encourages illegal aliens to vote. In fact he explicilty states that illegal aliens can not vote, but implies that if they do, there are no consequences. Skip the video and read the transcript below, highlighting is mine:
RODRIGUEZ: Many of the millennials, Dreamers, undocumented citizens — and I call them citizens because they contribute to this country — are fearful of voting. So if I vote, will immigration know where I live? Will they come for my family and deport us?
OBAMA: Not true. And the reason is, first of all, when you vote, you are a citizen yourself. And there is not a situation where the voting rolls somehow are transferred over and people start investigating, et cetera. The sanctity of the vote is strictly confidential in terms of who you voted for. If you have a family member who maybe is undocumented, then you have an even greater reason to vote.
RODRIGUEZ: This has been a huge fear presented especially during this election.
OBAMA: And the reason that fear is promoted is because they don’t want people voting. People are discouraged from voting and part of what is important for Latino citizens is to make your voice heard, because you’re not just speaking for yourself. You’re speaking for family members, friends, classmates of yours in school…
RODRIGUEZ: Your entire community.
OBAMA: … who may not have a voice. Who can’t legally vote. But they’re counting on you to make sure that you have the courage to make your voice heard.
The problem with the interview is that Rodriguez introduces the fake phrase “undocumented citizen” to refer to illegal aliens, while Obama is talking about legal citizens. Masterful propaganda. Obama has plausable deniability while Rodriguez/the democrats have no motivation to correct the record and emphasize that illegal aliens can not vote. Let them misinterpret Obama’s words. I doubt illegals have enough command of the English language to understands the subtleties of the interview.
A recent study suggests that voter id laws have no impact on turn out or fraud. There are concerns with the methodology, and other findings contradict the result. Personally I find it hard to believe that voter id laws have no impact. Regardless of the research, lets just do it and remove fraud as an excuse for one politician’s success over another. Strong voter identification systems may also allow for online voting, which would be a step towards eliminating absentee and early voting, a source of fraud.
- Problems
Non-citizen voting
No voter ID requirements
Ballot Harvesting
Ballot box stuffing
Voter intimidation
Foreign influence
Absentee voting
Early voting
Motor voter laws
- Solutions
Strict voter ID requirements
Citizenship required
High school education required
No voting past the age of 75 years
Eliminate absentee and early voting options
Provide electronic voting option with electronic ID
Election day a national holiday (e.g. move President’s day to Nov 7)
Voting must be re-established as a revered right gained by citizenship and education, not just some activity performed once you cross the border. If you are so busy and important that you can’t vote on election day, you forfeit your right.
Metric Prefixes
Newly proposed metric prefixes:
