Granite IT guy
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Granite IT guy
@GraniteITGuy
On a mission to make the state I love a better place. tech, politics, space exploration, music, community, skiing




Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega said the Central American country will no longer hold elections.


Todd Blanche has no business serving as the Attorney General of the United States. We deserve better.


Time to yank CCP student visas, which are hundreds of thousands a year.





Conventional wisdom, with which I agree: Trump is more narcissistic, self-absorbed, and megalomaniacal than ever. Conventional wisdom, with which I disagree: Oh c’mon, Trump understands he really can’t run again. My hunch: Trump “understands” no such thing. He wants to run. He’ll try to.









Not that you asked, but I have a few quick recommendations for some worthwhile viewing and listening this week, beginning with my conversation with @JonErwin13 the terrific director of a really good movie called Young Washington, which premiered in theaters on Independence Day. Modesty aside, the conversation is excellent, the movie is thrilling, and I encourage you to enjoy both at your leisure. We say it all the time, but it’s worth repeating – Washington was without question, the most indispensable American to ever live. It’s super interesting to see what shaped him as a young man, and the mistakes he made on the road to his remarkable presidency, especially in the wake of our semi quincentennial. Also, though I had nothing to do with it, I heartily recommend another very patriotic movie called “Pressure,” that tells the weirdly riveting story of a very unpopular weather forecast from a very disagreeable meteorologist whose instincts might very well have altered the outcome of WWII. I have no idea how this one got greenlit, because the treatment must have looked ridiculous on the page... “A WWII thriller that takes place almost entirely in a drawing room, wherein two meteorologists of differing opinions argue over the best day for Eisenhower to invade Europe.” There’s no way this movie should be as good as it is, but it is. And Brendan Fraser as Eisenhauer is terrific. And finally, I just got around to listening to @pmarca Marc Andreessen on @joerogan. It’s another three-hour marathon that was recorded a month ago, but don’t be dissuaded. This is a must-watch for anyone who is open to the possibility that data centers and AI might not be the encroaching Armageddon that so many believe it to be. Or at least curious to understand how the genie got out of the bottle, and why it will never be returned. (I listened to it at 1.75 speed, which takes some getting used to, but knocks the running time down to less than two hours. You can also start listening to an hour in, and still come away with a lot of useful insight.) My conversation with Jon Erwin is here. bit.ly/TWIHI492JonErw… Get tickets to watch Young Washington in theaters here. bit.ly/TWIHIYoungWash… Pressure is somewhere on Amazon Prime. Just google Rogan & Andreessen. You’re welcome!


After watching more clips of Young Washington on youtube, I have a new guiding principle. If your eighteenth-century war movie has uniformed, regular troops fighting without bayonets fixed I will not watch your movie.













