Who is real news you can trust REAL News Breitbart [breitbart.

jaymaron comments on Oct 3, 2020:

List of conservative news sites. www.jaymaron.com/anchor.html

To me it looks like Biden has entered middle-stage Alzheimer's [alz.

jaymaron comments on Oct 2, 2020:

Biden does not have a functioning sense of chronological order. His hours/day of activity is worryingly low. Trump is superhuman in this regard, and he does it without alcohol or nicotine. I would like to see Biden tested for performance-enhancing drugs and for an earpiece.

Explainer: What happens to the U.

jaymaron comments on Oct 2, 2020:

What awkwardness. Seems the constitution needs amendment.

SpaceNews: German startup test fires a parafin/LOX hybrid rocket engine. [spacenews.com]

jaymaron comments on Oct 2, 2020:

If you have iron from the moon then you can overengineer the reentry vehicle and splurge on mass. Personally, if I was riding a reentry vehicle I would want it overengineered. The Soyuz reentry vehicle has a mass of 3 tons and has been in use for decades. I don't see why SpaceX is having a hard time. https://www.jaymaron.com/astronautics.html

Space.

jaymaron comments on Oct 2, 2020:

Exhaust speed in km/s Chemical hydrogen + oxygen 4.4 Nuclear thermal H2 9 Nuclear thermal H 13 Nuclear physics is a mature technology and a nuclear thermal rocket can easily be designed entirely on a computer. Baffling that we don't already have them. The article states that the power/mass of a nuclear thermal rocket is 2 times that of a chemical rocket. No way. It's much less. Furthermore, H has a lower power/mass than H2. https://www.jaymaron.com/astronautics.html

god damnit Joe Rogan quit apologizing.

jaymaron comments on Oct 1, 2020:

California is the villain for forest fires. The numbers for 2020 are substantially higher than the annual averages. California 16000 km^2 Oregon 4000 km^2 Washington 3000 km^2 https://www.jaymaron.com/earth.html

The last in a series of six videos on the Unification of physics for novices. [youtube.com]

jaymaron comments on Oct 1, 2020:

https://www.jaymaron.com/particles.html

A dying wish ??? Bouaaaaaaaahahahahaha.. Who wrote this ? [youtu.be]

jaymaron comments on Sep 24, 2020:

Supreme court terms are for life, not life+afterlife.

China is the most competent Capitalist country in history.

jaymaron comments on Sep 24, 2020:

There is an applied mathematics competition for college and high school students called the Mathematical Contest in Modeling, and it is dominated by Chinese schools. This is the kind of mathematics that politicians need to be aware of for solving practical problems, and every politician should have applied mathematicians on staff. Gringrich pointed out that Chinese politicians tend to be engineers whereas American politicians tend to be lawyers. The plot below shows how China dominates world mining. This is a reflection of their respect for applied mathematics in politics. Analysis of world mining: https://www.jaymaron.com/mining.html

Would be nice to have a candidate on the left with a brain and not corrupt to go head to head with ...

jaymaron comments on Sep 23, 2020:

Yes, Democrats whiffed when they overlooked Gabbard. Gabbard appeared many times on the Tucker Carlson show and received respect. In the debates, Warren attacked moderate Democrats by saying "Those are Republican talking points!" Who are the intelligent, reasonable Democrats?

When the name Warren Zevon comes up, most of those who know who Zevon was would immediately think of...

jaymaron comments on Aug 23, 2020:

The Hockey Song. The goalie committed, Buddy picked his spot. 20 years of waiting went into that shot.

Tulsi Gabbard says the DNC didn't even ask her to speak- [reason.com]

jaymaron comments on Aug 23, 2020:

Carlson invited Gabbard on his show many times, they were respectful of each other, and they had constructive conversations. Gabbard can connect with Republicans. When the Democratic party schisms, Gabbard will find herself leader of one of the factions.

Rule 4: Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.

jaymaron comments on Jul 12, 2020:

Trump's "Never Give Up" is a deep and inspiring work of psychology, bringing to life the virtue of self esteem. It's necessary for developing style. This is one of the principal irreconcilable differences between right and left. The intolerant left hates self esteem and hates Trump for having self esteem. I say that's petty playerhating. Psychiatrists judge self esteem to be a mental disorder. They call it "grandiosity" and they give you meds that cripple your intelligence. How did Trump win the presidency and the opportunity to save the world? He did it with grandiosity.

Rule 4: Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.

jaymaron comments on Jul 12, 2020:

Progress is outrunning lesser versions of yourself.

How do you save people from marxism, postmodernism and other ideologies [youtube.com]

jaymaron comments on Jul 12, 2020:

Trump asked for a list of respected conservative judges and was given a list of 20 certified cool judges. Create a list of conservative professors that are cool and badass, and challenge universities to hire them. Hold protests. For example, the conservative students at a given university might choose a professor they like and then lobby the administration to hire him. Shame universities that don't actively hire conservative professors. Departments are leftist swamps. Have the professor be independent of any department.

Rule 3: Make Friends With People Who Want The Best For You I am very lucky and grateful in this ...

jaymaron comments on Jul 12, 2020:

Suppose there are 4 units of wealth to distribute, between person A and person B. The possible outlooks that A could have are: For A For B Fair 2 2 Synergistic 3 3 Intelligent 3 3 Syn + Intel 4 4 Stupid 1 1 Unsynergistic 1 1 Greedy 3 1 Spiteful 1 0 Hateful 4 0 Synergy is logical. I agree, hang out with synergistic people. Team players. Once upon a time the goal of politicians was to present themselves as the candidate that is best for *both* parties. Johnson won in 1964 with a rural-friendly platform. Not anymore. The Democrat party platform is explicitly: hurt Republicans where ever possible. Republicans are trying to make a nation that is great for all Americans. So, gonna vote against Democrats.

Open College with Dr.

jaymaron comments on Jul 12, 2020:

Instead of More socialism vs. less socialism, consider Smart socialism vs. Stupid socialism. Smart socialism: Bridges, dams, aqueducts, cathedrals, The Green Bay Packers, The U.S. Constitution. Stupid socialism: NCAA, FIFA, The U.N. Can anyone think of more examples? www.jaymaron.com/socialism.html Also, consider voluntary socialism vs. involuntary socialism. Socialism is okay only if it has the votes.

Bi-racial ... No, Black

jaymaron comments on Jul 12, 2020:

Kaepernik benefits from quarterback privilege. Linemen toil away but the quarterback gets the glory. The NFL funnels the nation's wealth into a small set of football players that play the privileged positions.

How do you save people from marxism, postmodernism and other ideologies [youtube.com]

jaymaron comments on Jul 11, 2020:

May not be possible. The only way is the Atlas way. Separate Republicans from Democrats and see who's kingdom achieves greater prosperity. We already did the Atlas experiment and the result is decisive. From the plot below it's clear that red states tax less, have less debt, and have a better (Exports-Imports) than blue states. Also, moving vans are flowing from blue to red states. The plot will come to life when blue cities and states start failing.

I made this one

jaymaron comments on Jul 8, 2020:

Better picture.

I made this one

jaymaron comments on Jul 8, 2020:

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BERMAN, BREXIT, MAXWELL, AND TRUMP Why did Ghislaine Maxwell leave the relatively safe confines ...

jaymaron comments on Jul 8, 2020:

Good point, that she is safer in U.S. custody than otherwise. I propose putting her back in the mansion they found her in and have the National Guard defend the perimeter. Let her live luxuriously so she doesn't feel suicidal. Give her something to live for. Give her a nice plea deal.

Glenn Beck defends Communism, opposes Socialism. [youtube.com]

jaymaron comments on Jul 7, 2020:

Good point, about the difference between socialism and communism. Instead of More socialism vs. Less socialism consider Smart socialism vs. Stupid socialism Smart socialism: Bridges, dams, the interstate freeway system, aqueducts, the Green Bay Packers, the United States Constitution. Stupid socialism: The NCAA, FIFA, patents, the U.N. Great American projects: www.jaymaron.com/greatness.html Can anyone think of more examples? www.jaymaron.com/socialism.html Ideally there should be little socialism, but the community should have the synergy to get together and build things, such as a colossal stone cathedral. www.jaymaron.com/cathedral.html Consider Inept Socialism. California couldn't do socialism if it wanted to. The transcontinental railroad was completed in 1868, and today there still isn't a commuter rail linking LA and SF. California can't turn on the power without starting fires, and they can't bury the power lines because the utilities are billions in debt. Reporters describe Californian city council meetings as re-enactments of Lord of the Flies.

Republican states are economically stronger than Democrat states. [www.jaymaron.com/civilwar.html]

jaymaron comments on Jul 5, 2020:

People are moving from blue to red states. www.jaymaron.com/civilwar.html

NYC Is Dying, Crime Skyrockets, People Fleeing, Far left Takes Over Streets [youtube.

jaymaron comments on Jul 5, 2020:

New York City debt is 63100 $/person. New York City is dependent on the tourism industry more than any other city. www.jaymaron.com/civilwar.html

It’s a civil war. Only one side is fighting. Right now, they are winning. [naturalnews.com]

jaymaron comments on Jul 5, 2020:

It's an Atlas war, as Ayn Rand predicted. The sides are Rural vs. Urban, and this guides boycott decisions. The war seems up for grabs but Democrat cities and states are financially weaker than Republican cities and states, and many will fail. The college bubble will also burst. Any predictions for how a socioeconomic civil war would play out? What should be the strategy? www.jaymaron.com/civilwar.html

After Ghislaine Maxwell says she plans to cooperate...

jaymaron comments on Jul 4, 2020:

We need to protect Maxwell. I propose putting her back in the mansion they found her in, and have the National Guard defend the estate perimeter. Let her live luxuriously so she doesn't feel suicidal. Give her something to live for. Give her a nice plea bargain.

Professor Warns CIVIL WAR May Be Next Step Of Civil Unrest As Cops Quit While Antifa Escalates - ...

jaymaron comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Republican states have lower debt/capita, lower taxes, and higher (Export-Import) than Democrat states.

Professor Warns CIVIL WAR May Be Next Step Of Civil Unrest As Cops Quit While Antifa Escalates - ...

jaymaron comments on Jun 30, 2020:

Republican cities have lower debt/capita and lower murder/capita than Democrat cities.

Listen to the millennial illiterates in charge of what gets banned on Facebook.

jaymaron comments on Jun 23, 2020:

Project Veritas just stung Facebook for bias against conservatives and Trump supporters. https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/23/project-veritas-facebook-bias-cnn-don-lemon/

If folks were really concerned about the stability of the earth's atmosphere, they would clamor for ...

jaymaron comments on Jun 14, 2020:

A space mirror has a mass/area of 6 grams/meter^2. A 100x100 km mirror has a mass of 60 Mkg and costs 200 Bkg to get into space. www.jaymaron.com/astronautics.html#spacemirror

Dave Rubin With Dennis Miller(Comedy). "What Zoomers Should Do Instead Of College." [youtu.be]

jaymaron comments on Jun 14, 2020:

Unless you can get the college to pay for it. The following plot shows average tuition (after scholarships) and endowment/student. This plot also tells you which colleges are on the brink of failing.

Bret W on the political compass quadrants: left and right libertarian quadrants should unite against...

jaymaron comments on Jun 14, 2020:

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LightSail 2 Sends Images Back to Earth, Prepares for Sail Deployment [interestingengineering.com]

jaymaron comments on Jun 12, 2020:

A light sail has tiny acceleration. In the plot below it's off the left edge of the plot. www.jaymaron.com/astronautics.html

Mysterious Space Plane X-37B Was Launched Into Orbit on Its Sixth Mission [sciencealert.com]

jaymaron comments on Jun 10, 2020:

It's pointless to bring back unnecessary stuff from space. A minimalist re-entry vehicle is 3 tons.

Geller Report: China has had COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in its Wuhan lab for SEVEN YEARS.

jaymaron comments on Apr 13, 2020:

Carlson has long been drawing attention to a paper published by Chinese scientists stating that the virus originated in a lab. https://hotair.com/archives/john-s-2/2020/04/01/tucker-carlson-chinese-study-said-coronavirus-probably-released-accidentally-lab/ The freakish transmissivity of the virus is anomalous. It is reasonable to hypothesis that it was engineered so. The Clancy novel "Executive Orders" explores the scenario of a biological attack. Has anyone read it?

This means proportional: ∝ Power needs to be proportional or progress stops.

jaymaron comments on Apr 13, 2020:

You can identify escallation = acceleration desescallation = deceleration Being able to decelerate is important. In the world of sports, it's far more important to be able to decelerate under control than to accelerate. For example, to execute a precise downbow, you need to first decelerate from the previous upbow. Few humans are capable of thinking in terms of deceleration.

Cable news rankings for 2011-2019.

jaymaron comments on Mar 14, 2020:

https://babylonbee.com/news/cnns-ratings-collapse-to-zero-as-coronavirus-fears-empty-american-airports

Wired: SpinLaunch explained. [wired.com]

jaymaron comments on Feb 1, 2020:

Earth equatorial speed = .45 km/s Spinlaunch speed = 2.0 km/s Orbit speed = 7.8 km/s The rocket stages need to produce 5.4 km/s, which is easily done with cheap solid rockets. It's also a big help that the ship is already out of the atmosphere when the rockets start. The Stratolaunch aircraft launches rockets at 15 km altitude and .3 km/s. One could design a Mach 5 ramjet to launch rockets, which moves at 1.5 km/s. https://www.jaymaron.com/astronautics.html

National Geographic. "Gristly Wildlife Trade Exposed: Burma Border To China." [youtu.be]

jaymaron comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Most of the world’s goose down comes from China, where it is obtained by live plucking.

Is farm-free food the future? [reason.com]

jaymaron comments on Jan 21, 2020:

Soy is the prime feedstock because it is heavy in protein. It takes half as much soy as corn to produce meat. Give the Solein to the animals as feedstock, and then eat the animals.

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jaymaron comments on Jan 19, 2020:

https://www.jaymaron.com/telescopes.html

This one might be very important.

jaymaron comments on Jan 18, 2020:

The political potential energy function. The center is a slippery place. www.jaymaron.com/civilwar.html

[m.youtube.com] 2020 Trump re-election commercial

jaymaron comments on Jan 18, 2020:

Trump's greatest accomplishment is making Chuck Schumer cry.

How do you test the Mars helicopter?

jaymaron comments on Jan 17, 2020:

The power/mass required to fly scales as AirDensity^{-3/2} * Gravity^{3/2} The Hellas basin is 7 km deep and the air is 1.5 times as dense as at the surface.

NASA announces top three designs for homes on Mars: [cnn.com]

jaymaron comments on Jan 17, 2020:

Mars' atmosphere is too thin to stop cosmic rays. You need 4 tons/meter^2 of material to stop them. The homes depicted in the article don't take this into account. Everyone would die after a few months from radiation.

How does one get around the Fallacy of Equivalence?

jaymaron comments on Jan 17, 2020:

Mirror symmetry. For any foul committed by party A, a foul of equal or greater magnitude exists by party B. You can't compare infinities. You need to define a measure of magnitude.

😂 🤣 Boris Johnson says veganism is a 'crime against cheese-lovers' - CNN

jaymaron comments on Jan 17, 2020:

World protein production = 500 Bkg/year Protein % Pig 6 Beef 4 Other mammals 1 Chicken 7 Turkey .4 Other birds .5 Fish 15 70% is farmed, 30% is wild Milk 6 Egg 2 Cheese 1.5 Corn 7 Rice 10 Wheat 22 Potato 1 Soy 7 Beans 2 Nuts 4 Fruit 1.5 Vegetables 3 www.jaymaron.com/earth.html

I would love for Dinesh to research and report the historical truth of the Lincoln “Green Back ...

jaymaron comments on Jan 15, 2020:

It worked. After the war the government redeemed the greenbacks with gold. Lincoln made additional bold moves such as nationalizing the railroads and telegraphs. There aren’t enough precious metals in the world to satisfy the demand for currency. What else could be used? Possibly: Freshwater Trees Land rental A piece of the profits from energy mining and metal mining.

India and the origins of Zero - Firstpost

jaymaron comments on Jan 13, 2020:

The zero is a red herring. What matters is your power of calculation. In 1585 Simon Stevin introduced the decimal number system, which enabled modern calculation. He used it to calculate the frequencies for 12-tone equal tuning. In 1604 Galileo used it to establish the equation for acceleration. Logarithms followed shortly after in 1614. Decimal numbers were necessary for Kepler's analysis of Brahe's data, published in 1608. Then followed Cartesian geometry in 1637 and The Calculus in 1687.

This is good info if you are interested in Grand solar minimum cycles coinciding with Milankovich ...

jaymaron comments on Jan 13, 2020:

Sunspot number correlates with past climate extremes. The sun is presently dimming.

This is pretty cool from Discover Magazine.

jaymaron comments on Jan 13, 2020:

The maximum height of a mountain is proportional to the shear modulus of the rock divided by the surface gravity. www.jaymaron.com/astro.html#terrain Gravity Radius Tallest mountain Mountain/Radius m/s2 km km km/km Earth 9.8 6371 8.9 . 0014 Mount Everest Venus 8.9 6052 8 . 0013 Volcanic Mercury 3.7 2440 10 . 0041 Mars 3.7 3386 21.2 . 0063 Mount Olympus. Previously volcanic Io 1.80 1822 18 . 0099 Supervolcanos Moon 1.62 1738 7 . 0040 No geological activity Titan 1.35 2576 2 . 0008 Ice mountains Ceres . 27 476 5 . 0105 Ice mountains. Round Pluto . 66 1173 4 . 0034 Ice mountains. Vesta . 25 265 Tall Not round

Facts and theories of Economics.

jaymaron comments on Jan 13, 2020:

Wealth is whatever you can get in exchange for what you produced. Wealth is exports. Primary energy --> Raw materials --> Manufactured goods --> Exports --> Wealth. Power/Capita correlates tightly with exports and GDP/capita. www.jaymaron.com/wealth.html

A question about historical facts: back when the US had paper currency backed by commodities such as...

jaymaron comments on Jan 13, 2020:

Part of the backing of a currency is the defense. Sir Isaac Newton devised coins that were hard to counterfeit and he was skilled in investigating counterfeiting. He was the original Holmes. Newton also favored a gold standard because he wanted to draw the world's gold to England. This is a central theme in Neil Stephenson's "Baroque Cycle" novels. What does the United States do to defend its currency?

Gold Backed Currency-- Again "Fiat" currency is not complicated.

jaymaron comments on Jan 13, 2020:

The value of elements is that they are uncounterfeitable and time-invariant. I challenge everyone to think of an alternative. The freshwater in a river is a possibility. There isn't enough metal in the world to satisfy the demand for currency. Metallic asteroids have trillions of $ of platinum group metals and this can satisfy the demand. www.jaymaron.com/mining.html www.jaymaron.com/asteroidmining.html www.jaymaron.com/wealth.html Trillion $: World stock markets 90 World currencies 2.5 World cryptocurrencies . 55 Gold, world reserves 1.4 Gold mined over history 7.5 = 187 Mkg Gold, world reserves 1.4 = 35 Mkg Gold, USA reserves . 32 = 8.1 Mkg Gold mining in 1 year . 10 = 2.5 Mkg (40000 $/kg) Silver mining in 1 year . 013 = 26 Mkg ( 500 $/kg) Platinum mining in 1 year . 021 = . 24 Mkg (88000 $/kg) Palladium mining in 1 yr . 0035= . 25 Mkg (14000 $/kg) Stock, New York 23.1 Stock, NASDAQ 10.4 Stock, Japan 6.3 Stock, Shanghai 5.0 Stock, Euronext 4.6 Stock, London 4.6 Currency, Dollar 1.67 Currency, Euro 1.20 Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin . 191 Cryptocurrency, Ethereum . 105 Cryptocurrency, Ripple . 048

So what do you think about what Trump is doing with regards to trade?

jaymaron comments on Jan 13, 2020:

Soy: Produce Export Import Bkg/yr Bkg/yr Bkg/yr World 330 USA 117 58 0 Brazil 96 76 0 Argentina 59 2.1 5 India 14.0 0 0 China 12.1 0 86 Paraguay 9.2 6.0 Canada 5.8 4.9 Soy is gold. Since soy is dense in protein, it takes half as much soy as other feedstocks to raise livestock. With soy, you can raise livestock with minimalist land. As a foreign policy tool it is powerful. China needs soy and we have the soy. www.jaymaron.com/earth.html#soy

Great read. [at.fee.org]

jaymaron comments on Jan 13, 2020:

Gini coefficient by state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_Gini_coefficient California is the fourth worst state for wealth inequality.

Here's a good article. It could apply to investing or climate change. [realinvestmentadvice.com]

jaymaron comments on Jan 13, 2020:

Instead of "more socialism" or "less socialism", let it be smart or stupid socialism. Smart socialism: Dams, bridges, the transcontinental railroad, the interstate freeway system, aqueducts, national parks, cathedrals, Wikipedia, The Green Bay Packers, The Large Hadron Collider, Caltech. Stupid socialism: FIFA, the NCAA, and any project undertaken by California during the last few decades. Can anyone think of more examples? www.jaymaron.com/socialism.html

Is the persistance of "Tickledown theory" a failure of economists to explain clearly or is it a ...

jaymaron comments on Jan 13, 2020:

Waterfall economics: Primary energy -> Raw materials -> Manufactured goods --> Exports --> Wealth There is a tight correlation between power/capita and gdp/capita. The goal is to maximize primary energy and minimize its price. If you're going to tax, tax efficiently. Tax only once. If there is a cycle of money, don't tax each stage of the cycle. For example, tax the primary energy, and then the tax is reflected in prices down the waterfall. Since primary energy is a natural resource, it's reasonable to regulate it. Ensure that the salaries are paid with a good Gini coefficient. Make sure the lowest workers are well paid. www.jaymaron.com/earth.html

Films about economic Theories.

jaymaron comments on Jan 13, 2020:

There aren't enough precious metals in the world to satisfy the demand for currency, even if you add platinum, etc. www.jaymaron.com/mining.html

The Unlikelihood of Climate Refugees Driven By Future Sea Level Rise (Thanks @CodeBuster for the ...

jaymaron comments on Jan 13, 2020:

Let's go on offense. Over human history, 25000 km^2 of new land has been created (most in China and the Netherlands) and 80000 km^2 has been lost to sea level rise. We can win this battle. Create more land and fortify beaches. Land creation is cheap and it tends to be profitable, especially where demand is high. Japan and South Korea greatly extended their urban land area. Beachfront property tends to be valuable. Anyone who can afford beachfront property can afford to fortify the beach, and it comes with the bonus of extra land.

Most phones come with Google pre-installed.

jaymaron comments on Jan 12, 2020:

Android and Chrome cripple your ability to compile and run your own programs (python, for example). Additionally, they control the App market. A 1990 DEC Station is more useful for computational physics than a 2020 Chromebook, because of the operating system. An Android device is capable of being a supercomputer. www.jaymaron.com/supercomputers.html

I'm really sick of seeing the term "mansplaining.

jaymaron comments on Jan 12, 2020:

Logicsplain

For those of you who would like a better solution to storage batters than Li Ion may I present the ...

jaymaron comments on Jan 12, 2020:

Nickel-iron battery energy/mass = . 1 MJoules/kg. Power/mass = 100 Watts/kg Lithium-ion = . 8 MJoules/kg. Power/mass = 1000 Watts/kg. https://www.jaymaron.com/battery.html

"VentureStar was a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) reusable launch system proposed by Lockheed Martin ...

jaymaron comments on Jan 12, 2020:

Stage 1: Use the equatorial motion. . 45 km/s Stage 2: Air launch from a Mach 5 ramjet. 1.5 km/s You need 8 km/s to reach orbit, which means you need an additional 6 km/s. This is easily handled by 2 cheap solid rocket stages. The point of Mach 5 air launch is that you can get to orbit with cheap solid rockets. www.jaymaron.com/astronautics.html#airlaunch It only takes a 3 ton capsule to re-enter the atmosphere. Bringing anything more back is senseless. www.jaymaron.com/astronautics.html#reentry

Building a new country out of a province is cost prohibitive.

jaymaron comments on Jan 12, 2020:

Canada has vast reserves of potassium, oil, natural gas, water, hydropower, nickel, cobalt, platinum-group metals, niobium, copper, gold, uranium, thorium, goose and duck down, and hockey players. www.jaymaron.com/mining.html

I am curious to know people’s feelings concerning the state of education in America.

jaymaron comments on Jan 12, 2020:

Berkeley budget: Teachers 38% Administrators 30% Student aid 14% Caltech: Teaching 42% Research 40% Administration 13% Other 5% Drain the college swamp!

Bill Mahr said once that rural people want to be like the urban people.

jaymaron comments on Jan 10, 2020:

Wrestling college national championships: Oklahoma State 34 Iowa 23 Iowa State 8 Oklahoma 7 Penn State 6 Minnesota 3 Everyone else: 1 or less The foundation of wrestling power is balance. The more time you spend on rugged terrain the better your balance is. Rural America is rich in rugged terrain. City folk spend their lives on smooth pavement. This is why rural people kick the ass of city people at wrestling.

Why is it that every time you address economic inequality you get accused of being a socialist?

jaymaron comments on Jan 10, 2020:

The Gini coefficient characterizes wealth distribution. Gini = 0 corresponds to equality Gini = 1 corresponds to all the wealth held by one person. The plot below shows the wealth and gini of nations. There are two goals: increasing wealth and decreasing Gini. Never forget the importance of increasing wealth. A possible way to improve the Gini of a corporation is if consumers reward companies with a good Gini. Another possible way to improve the pay of low-end jobs is to create a surplus of well-paying jobs elsewhere, and this requires a source of wealth that can be tapped. For example, suppose that the mining of energy and minerals is regulated such that corporations must adhere to a minimum wage. It's reasonable to regulate here because this is natural resource wealth. This is entirely different from imposing a minimum wage on an industry that is not based on natural resources. If you don't have a surplus of well-paying jobs then there is little you can do to legislate equality.

Is the IDW at risk of being infiltrated by alt-right provocateurs?

jaymaron comments on Jan 9, 2020:

It's important to cull the extremists from your own party if you want to appeal to the center. An asymmetry is that the Republican Party does this and the Democratic Party doesn't. Behold the exit of the Rinos in 2018. Behold the extremists that have taken over the Democratic Party. This is reflected in the plot below. There is economic conservative vs. liberal and there is social conservative vs. liberal. A libertarian is a social liberal. A free thinker is economically conservative and socially liberal. The Republican Party is evolved in the direction of the Libertarian party. This is reflected in the plot below. If there are 3 factions, A, B, & C, and A is more greedy than B and C. B and C can gang up, make a deal, win the election, and shut out A from the agenda completely. An ungreedy gang can defeat a greedy gang. The left is greedy.

Organ Harvesting in China from Live Victims That was an excellent report, Mr Sarin.

jaymaron comments on Jan 8, 2020:

China leads world CO2 emissions and they also have a poor value for energy/carbon. They do it by burning coal.

Organ Harvesting in China from Live Victims That was an excellent report, Mr Sarin.

jaymaron comments on Jan 8, 2020:

China live-plucks geese and ducks for their down feathers. This is "conflict down". Down is important because it outperforms synthetic fill and because world supply is limited. www.jaymaron.com/bird.html#down In 2009 a Swedish documentary exposed the live-plucking industry. The China Feather and Down Industry Association issued a statement stating that no live-plucking is occuring. IKEA hired a team of agents to investigate and found wanton live-plucking. This led to the establishment of the "Responsible Down Standard". In Iceland they gather molted down from nests. No birds are hurt or killed. This is the Molt Down Standard. Goose down as a secondary product from meat production = 120 $/kg. (most of this is conflict down) Eider duck down gathered from nests in Iceland = 2200 $/kg.

Gervais just nuked hollywood.

jaymaron comments on Jan 6, 2020:

Wealth redistribution. Is anyone aware of any impoverished actors or politicians? Vote in a new round of politicians and watch movies that have no A-list actors in them.

Climate change would be a bigger issue if we had one of these asteroids crash into earth.

jaymaron comments on Jan 6, 2020:

You can deflect an asteroid with hydrogen bombs. Calculations: www.jaymaron.com/asteroiddefense.html You need a shotgun-style telescope like the Pan-STARRS and LSST to find them, along with a crowd computing project to analyze the data. You need lunar ice and the Oberth maneuver to depart the Earth. www.jaymaron.com/astronautics.html#oberth Lunar ice can be turned into hydrogen+oxygen rocket fuel. You need a nuclear thermal hydrogen rocket (again, powered by lunar ice) to deliver the bombs to the asteroid. www.jaymaron.com/astronautics.html They are easy to design. We should get off our asses and build it.

[woodfortrees.

jaymaron comments on Jan 6, 2020:

Great stuff. I have my own gallery of CO2, temperature, sea level, sunspots, forest mass, etc. at www.jaymaron.com/earth.html#climate accompanied by numbers and calculations.

weird huh?

jaymaron comments on Jan 6, 2020:

In America, California is the villain because of their high burn fraction, and because they're bankrupt and helpless to do anything about it. The Australian fires are mostly brush, not forest. The brush would have decomposed anyway even without a fire. It's unfair to compare Australia to the rainforests because Australia is drier. World forest fire data: www.jaymaron.com/earth.html#forestfire World fraction Forest Deforestation Fires % Bkg Bkg/yr Bkg/yr South America 22 96000 400 50 Russia 21 92000 ? 100 Africa 17 73000 240 50 Canada 12.6 55000 0 50 USA 7.9 34800 0 15 S.E. Asia 5.9 26000 -120 10 China 5.3 23300 -170 20 E.U. 4.1 18000 -40 3 Asian Islands 3.6 15800 30 10 Australia + NZ 3.2 14100 ? 20 C. America 2.7 11900 60 5 World 1000 440000 350 250

Digital Exclusive: Dr. Patrick Moore TEARS APART The Green New Deal | Huckabee [youtube.com]

jaymaron comments on Jan 4, 2020:

Energy magnitudes. Biomass and nuclear are the way forward. Also, make the most of natural gas and oil, to make the price of electricity cheaper. https://www.jaymaron.com/earth.html

Tulsi Gabbard's biggest contribution to history may be that she dismantles the Democrat machine.

jaymaron comments on Jan 3, 2020:

Praise Tucker Carlson and Tulsi Gabbard for their ambassadoriality. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFGAAa91U3o Carlson invites Gabbard onto his show and gives her the stage, to speak about a nonpartisan issue upon which they agree. He even gives her material to work with: “Why are you the only Democrat saying this”? Both figures stay on point and decline to engage in petty off-topic attacks. Tucker Carlson exposes the schisms in the Democratic Party: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz1AT7wSXiw

Is the homeless "epidemic" getting better or worse?

jaymaron comments on Jan 1, 2020:

I have been personally investigating the homeless system for years, with the lense of a physicist. www.jaymaron.com/street.html Far more is spent on administrators and staff than on the homeless. As 10thGeneration said, politicians love to create captive constituencies. If you solve the homeless problem, you next have to solve an unnecessary administrators problem. The money is spent inefficiently. If the money were spent efficiently then the homeless problem could be solved instantly. City land costs 100000/meter^2 and rural land costs 4 $/meter^2. It costs far more to support people in a city than in a rural area. Ship them out of the cities. Polite people cost far less to support than impolite people. Much of the money is spent on measures to handle impolite people. Separate the two crowds. The polite people would very much like to get away from the impolite people. There is no mechanism for discussion and improvement of the system. The homeless are never asked for their opinion and administrators tend to have a sense of power entitlement. If you disagree with them they can throw you out. Psychiatric meds are used as a tool of control. Meds are put upon you by force, with no due process, and with an insufficient number of doctor-patient sessions. In the shelter you are under continuous surveillance and it is used against you with negative prejudice. Many people smoke, and the system is hostile to smokers. They're not going to stop smoking. The smartest thing politicians could do is to remove the tax on cigarettes. The world is full of obstructive regulations. California is incapable of building anything. Don't give them money. https://federalobserver.com/2019/10/is-america-entering-a-dark-age PoliticalAthiest has a great post about this in this thread. In the current political climate, cities are engines for sucking wealth out of the rural areas. Revitalize the rural areas by shuMany are homeless because it's damn hard to make enough money in a city, and there are few economic opportunities in rural areas. The left vs. right war is partially a city vs. rural war. The Obamaphone program is a rare success. The homeless need those phones and they spend all day on them surfing the web. If only there had also been an Obamaphone protector program as well. Many have dropped their phones and it's heartbreaking watching them use phones with broken screens. AOC pulled a stunt by crying over a detension center that didn't exist. Finding something to cry about isn't hard. Just look at any shelter in AOC's district. I have attached a in inforgraphic for food, showing calories/$ and protein/$. If you look at what's being served in the shelters you see that they are oblivious to this. The heroes are the...

I think one of the most useful concepts that Eric has come up with is his "Hilbert Problems for ...

jaymaron comments on Jan 1, 2020:

I love these abstractions: A Hilbert challenge list of gauntlets upon the ground. Following through leftist logic to arrive at a contradiction. Love the A&B style of presentation. Another abstraction: Mirror symmetry: For every charge leveled by leftists against conservatives, an equal or greater offense exists amongst leftists. Few leftist arguments survive this symmetry. Let's have free college! Then every republican, even if 100 years old, should go to college!

Absolutely brilliant debate in Parliament on money creation, the likes of which we shall never see ...

jaymaron comments on Jan 1, 2020:

Www.jaymaron.com/wealth.html There aren't enough precious metals to satisfy the demand for currency. Trillion $ World stock markets 90 World currencies 2.5 World cryptocurrencies . 55 Gold, world reserves 1.4 Gold mined over history 7.5 = 187 Mkg Gold, world reserves 1.4 = 35 Mkg Gold, USA reserves . 32 = 8.1 Mkg Gold mining in 1 year . 10 = 2.5 Mkg (40000 $/kg) Silver mining in 1 year . 013 = 26 Mkg ( 500 $/kg) Platinum mining in 1 year . 021 = . 24 Mkg (88000 $/kg) Palladium mining in 1 yr . 0035= . 25 Mkg (14000 $/kg) Stock, New York 23.1 Stock, NASDAQ 10.4 Stock, Japan 6.3 Stock, Shanghai 5.0 Stock, Euronext 4.6 Stock, London 4.6 Currency, Dollar 1.67 Currency, Euro 1.20 Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin . 191 Cryptocurrency, Ethereum . 105 Cryptocurrency, Ripple . 048 At present, $ = Joules, in the sense that the value of precious metals derives from the energy required to mine them. There are few investments that are simultaneously high-return and low-risk. The price of solar cells is decreasing and once it reaches a critical point, solar cells will be a high-return low-risk investment. Money will flow from stock markets to solar cell farms and wealth will be measured in Watts rather than dollars.

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jaymaron comments on Dec 31, 2019:

It is difficult to design a rocket with both large exhaust speed and large power/mass. You will find that all the exotic rockets that can reach relativistic speed have tiny power/mass and take thousands of years to get up to speed. The only rocket that we can build that achieves both goals is a fusion bomb. The power/mass is usually limited by cooling Rockets: https://www.jaymaron.com/astronautics.html

"Fifty years after the first Moon landing, researchers are working at full speed on the next lunar ...

jaymaron comments on Dec 31, 2019:

The first move is to mine lunar ice and ship it to low Earth orbit, to help future rockets depart the Earth. Ice can be used for rocket fuel, life support, and radiation shielding. Lunar ice can also be used for the Oberth maneuver for departing the Earth. Rockets: https://www.jaymaron.com/astronautics.html The moon should be surveyed for metallic asteroid impacts, which are rich in platinum group metals. https://www.jaymaron.com/asteroidmining.html It takes 4 tons/meter^2 to stop cosmic rays.

This is What the New Space Race Looks Like [innotechtoday.com]

jaymaron comments on Dec 31, 2019:

We a nuclear thermal rocket, which has an exhaust speed of 13 km/s. We also need curium and californium for nuclear batteries and fancy rockets. Rocket textbook: www.jaymaron.com/astronautics.html The first move is to mine lunar ice and bring it to low Earth orbit. Ice can be used for rocket fuel, life support, and radiation shielding. Departure from the Earth is done with the Oberth maneuver, which requires lunar ice. If you use Earth ice then the Oberth boost is cancelled out by the cost of getting the ice into orbit. Only a chemical rocket has enough power to harness the Oberth maneuver. A nuclear thermal rocket has a power/mass that is too low. The only rocket with both large power/mass and large exhaust speed is a fusion bomb. www.jaymaron.com/asteroiddefense.html Fusion bombs can move asteroids and they can be used to mine mettalic asteroids for platinum group metals. www.jaymaron.com/asteroidmining.html Launch to orbit should be done from a Mach 5 ramjet. Then, cheap chemical rockets can get you to orbit.

Great deal of discussion about climate change.

jaymaron comments on Dec 31, 2019:

You have to be aware of the carbon magnitudes and you have to think in terms of bang for buck. The question of if the Earth is doomed or not is a red herring. For example, instead of carbon capture at power plants, use methane to produce fertilizer and fertilize large trees that are near water. Analysis of carbon magnitudes and the industrial economy: www.jaymaron.com/earth.html