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Nerd fun. Generate daily average temperature together with daily kwh summation from the heat pump air handler from the last 3 months. Here's how the daily cost estimate to outside temperature plots out.

100% Trump is trying to engineer a recession to cheaper the dollar and drop rates.

One thing I noticed between Texas and the West Coast is that people take political wins and losses very seriously, almost like sportsmanship. You LOST you LOSER vs we are all fellow citizens that want the best for our country, thank you for serving. I don't understand why it has to be so nasty.

Still haven't been able to find any reconcilation that justifies cruelty (against trans, migrants, etc) in all of this populism.

Truth: what makes bannon fascinating is that he has a framework from which his followers can interpret the world.
Truth: liberalism currently lacks compelling strong voices with a systematic point of view.
At odds: liberalism lacks an understanding of human beings and what we are doing here.

What is next for liberalism? They suggest transhumanism.. as you fall deeper into their bubble, transhumanism and techno feudalism are bizarre and reoccurring fixations.

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On the outset this seemed like an interesting proposition, but not for the reasons expected. Some wild assertions - liberal deconstruction is over, 1960s dream achieved, and there's nothing left for liberalism because heavenly Jerusalem on earth is achieved... (??)

I've been reading Project 2025 to try and get into the mindset and understand the framework, goals, end game, but there's still more I haven't been able to rationalize. By listening to some of the "conservative", populist media, I am hoping to find a little more rationalization for things I hear.

Wow. I spent yesterday listening to a few podcasts with "conservative" figures yesterday. To their credit, some interesting points were raised. But many others were not, and some seem just to be bad shit crazy (no surprise there).

What are some words that the modern fascist conservative movement really enjoys? They seem to like "feckless"

It's hard not to read Project 2025 and imagine that I'm playing Castle Wolfenstein at the same time.

There's something about United's information design that is so much more informative and confidence inspiring than AA. Gate displays, app, notifications, overall process for booking, checking in, transacting just feels more modern.

I expected maybe it would power off (no pre heater) but instead it's gone into a frost protection mode. Not to be outdone by the cold, frost protection mode is a gradient where it slightly unbalances the supply and exhaust. According to the app it's at 9% currently.

Such a cool machine.

First winter season with the Zehnder Q600. Let's reflect on the magic of science: as it trickles in 11F air, it becomes 59F while consuming less than 50w doing it. That's incredible.