Dave Hunter

Optimal's AI-powered greenhouse in the Netherlands has achieved breakthrough results! This brings us closer to a food secure future in the face of climate change and global insecurity. +13% yield 🍅 🥒 +14% brix (taste) 😋 -27% energy ⚡ -20% CO2 🌍 hortidaily.com/article/956265…

Rest In Peace @ScottAdamsSays Thank you for your generosity and your thoughtful words of truth. You were an excellent human being.

@balajis Why in (4) "the West's living standards", and not "America's living standards"? US subsidising Western defence through NATO?

(1) The fundamental issue is that 1950-1990 was not the normal way things are supposed to be, but actually an extraordinarily unusual period historically. That was peak Westernization and peak centralization: (2) As the center of mass of the world economy returns to Eurasia, where it was for thousands of years, the relative strength of the West has declined. (3) In isolation this wouldn't necessarily be bad, as a decline in relative terms could still of course be combined with an ascent in absolute terms. It's possible for your economy to prosper even if other economies have become bigger. (4) The problem arises because the West's living standards are entirely dependent upon continued absolute dominance, because it's propped up by the issuance of the global reserve currency, namely the dollar. It is only because Vietnamese factory workers accept digital dollars for physical shoes that US living standards are what they are. (5) So the US can't tolerate a gradual decline to #2 status. As it descends from the undisputed #1 position, the tax base for dollar inflation contracts from at least 1-3B globally to maybe 300M Americans. A 60-90% drop in tax base of this kind will radically increase inflation, as fewer people will shoulder more printing. (6) And these issues are shared across the entire G7. It's not just the US. We see France and the UK talking about IMF bailouts. But of course, who'll then bail out the IMF? Because we see soaring yields across the US, France, UK, Italy, Germany, and Japan at the same time, even as Chinese yields are falling: (7) So, at a global macro level, market participants are selling Western bonds and buying Chinese bonds, gold, internet stocks, and internet currencies. The 20th century Western economy is being retired and its successors are China and the Internet, the land and the cloud respectively. (8) To mix metaphors, this cake is already baked, but it hasn't been marked to market, so look out below. Everyone knows Western governments are bankrupt, just like everyone knew Biden was senile, but they were all in denial until it couldn't be denied.

If a car is headed downhill, and swerves left, and then right, and then further left, and further to the right, it doesn't actually arrest the descent. However, all the swerving may make the car crash faster. The G7 is like that car. It's the descending world.

Son, I’ve just been handed this rainbow-colored icebox you’re calling a “holistic operational environment,” and I’m here to tell you — before the coffee in my cup gets cold — exactly what I think of it. We do not fight wars by arranging pastel building blocks in a conference room. We fight wars by standing on a wall at two-thirty in the morning, soaked in sweat and grit, praying the radio stays quiet and the mortar tubes stay silent. While you’re shading in “cognitive dimensions,” there’s a nineteen-year-old corporal out there wondering if tonight is the night his luck runs out. His life does not fit inside your color-coded cube. And don’t wave “systems thinking” at me like it’s a revelation. I lead a system every day: Marines with rifles, pilots with ordnance, sailors with steel decks under their boots. That system runs because men accept risk, bleed for each other, and obey orders no matter how dark the night gets. You want to honor them? Hand them ammunition and a plan— not a kindergarten art project.

Alternatively assuming that your code will get stolen despite contracts and execute accordingly

My view is to go with the provider that would suffer the greatest risk adjusted loss by stealing your code. Clear winner here is Copilot

Analysed Github Copilot ToS and Cursor ToS via GPT. If they use your code to train their models despite you opting out then there is a small chance you can successfully sue. How do devs handle this?

@Keir_Starmer Strong decision-making

For too long, the blockers and Nimbys have strangled our chances of cheaper energy, growth and jobs, leaving us hostage to Putin. I'm putting an end to it. We are changing the rules on nuclear to deliver cleaner, more affordable energy across the UK.

Designing an org chart today means starting with AI and then figuring out where the humans fit in

Our open roles in engineering are changing by the week as new AI models are released

Tariffs might be the thing that finally makes high tech greenhouses work in America. (Dave’s been working on how to run them with AI as good Holland’s best)

@jasmygeo Don't forget Canada! The US imports a staggering 88% of greenhouse tomatoes from Canada and Mexico. Canada and Mexico have built 5x more high-tech glass greenhouses and 40x more low-tech plastic greenhouses than the US. x.com/_davehunter/st…

@iAnonPatriot Huge opportunity to build American greenhouses. But it will take time. The US imports a staggering 88% of greenhouse tomatoes from Canada and Mexico. Only 12% is grown in American greenhouses! x.com/_davehunter/st…

BREAKING 🅱️ Chuck Schumer says Trumps tariffs on Mexico will raise the price of tomatoes.. 👀

@GuntherEagleman Huge opportunity to build American greenhouses! x.com/_davehunter/st…

Democrats are now worried about the price of tomatoes from Mexico. Republicans are worried about American lives. We are not the same.

@JosephPolitano Huge problem in Winter - US imports a staggering 88% of greenhouse tomatoes from Canada and Mexico. Only 12% is grown in American greenhouses! x.com/_davehunter/st…

Mexico is America's largest source of imported fresh fruits & veggies, and Trump's 25% tariffs hit in the depth of winter when the US relies the most on imports—the vast majority of raspberries, limes, avocados, peppers, mangoes, & tomatoes come from MX/CA and will jump in price

@Acyn Mexico and Canada! The US imports a staggering 88% of greenhouse tomatoes from Canada and Mexico. Only 12% is grown in American greenhouses! x.com/_davehunter/st…

Rampell: If you voted for Trump because you thought he was going to bring grocery prices down, I have some very bad news for you. A lot of our produce comes from Mexico. Two thirds of the tomatoes that Americans purchase are from Mexico…

@SenSchumer The US imports a staggering 88% of greenhouse tomatoes from Canada and Mexico. Only 12% is grown in American greenhouses! x.com/_davehunter/st…

You’re worried about tomato prices. Wait till Trump’s Mexico tariffs raise your tomato prices.

@RepGregStanton Especially bad for tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers. The US imports a staggering 88% of greenhouse tomatoes from Canada and Mexico! x.com/_davehunter/st…

Trump’s tariffs on Mexico and Canada will make your life more expensive.

@DavidInglesTV Especially a problem for fresh produce availability. US imports a staggering 88% of greenhouse tomatoes from Canada and Mexico. x.com/_davehunter/st…

Bloomberg Economics with some key context on Trump’s tariffs: - covers nearly half of all US imports - will creat a material supply shock - eats into growth - inflationary

@RandPaul This is especially true for fresh produce imports. The US imports a staggering 88% of greenhouse tomatoes from Canada and Mexico. Canada and Mexico have built 5x more high-tech glass greenhouses and 40x more low-tech plastic greenhouses than the US.

Tariffs are simply taxes. Conservatives once united against new taxes. Taxing trade will mean less trade and higher prices.

@unusual_whales Short-term devastating for availability of fresh produce. The US imports a staggering 88% of greenhouse tomatoes from Canada and Mexico. Thread: x.com/_davehunter/st…

Per the WSJ: "The dumbest trade war in history: Trump will impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for no good reason" Do you agree?