Richard Shaw

devote yourself to the search for reality. the rest will follow

Biology = an analog computer running for 4 billion years. Mud = a memory dump of that computation.

You don’t suffer because of pain. You suffer because you don’t want pain.

@ADoricko Canadian here.. experienced with removing snow. The surface melts into water and flashes off while shielding the snow beneath. Also, flamethrowers mostly heat air. Bad contact. You'll need a heated driveway to get rid of that

Hey Alex, as I understand it the video you sent is from Denton. We’re not currently operating there. Our winter season cloud seeding to increase snow is in Utah, Idaho, Oregon, California and Colorado (not the entire state in any case, and again, nowhere in Texas). Also, when that ai response says silver iodide can affect the concentration of snow, I think it means the aggregate amount of snow in an area. Snow from cloud seeding with silver iodide is physically identical to natural snow, since silver iodide just effectively mimics the dust particles that cause snow to fall from clouds naturally. AgI in cloud seeded snow definitely cannot make it flame retardant or capable of withstanding a blow torch, so I’m not sure what’s up in that video

@hubermanlab Ask how genetic factors constrain the effectiveness of meditative interventions on behavior

Sitting down today to interview the premier scientist working on the relationship between genes and behavior— and abilities at every level. In humans. What do you want me to ask?

Spent last evening with the faculty of a local elementary school for a retirement party. The unanimous consensus is that screens have completely fucked up this generation of kids

“the now moment… does not exist within the standard description of physics.”

IOT mesh network connected with...uh check notes... "magic" sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/…

Yet another example of AI bringing something to the public that only richest ppl have had access to. In other words, this is the equivalent of giving your family a $100,000/yr gift card per kid

Good time to have spent multiple years doing each

@evanepstein Can't tell if this is a good or a bad thing anymore

“Sales of E.V.s surpassed those of gasoline-powered vehicles in the E.U. for the first time in December.” reuters.com/business/autos…

@Geshe_Kelsang Yes. Pretty hard to be tranquil after committing violence, or living like a slob

The attainment of realizing emptiness depends upon a special type of concentration known as ‘tranquil abiding’, which in turn depends upon pure moral discipline.

It just seems implausible this is what we are made of, essentially, nanotechnology about a billion years beyond anything we can design or make ourselves.

The illusion of a "self" is the root of all suffering and ethical blindness

Einstein still taking us to school sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/…

“Your mind will become still like a clear forest pool. You will see many wonderful and strange things come and go, but you will be still.” — Ajahn Chah

@Rainmaker1973 Moving a city bus on a pivot is impressive but it's no 8 fully loaded Boeing 737s (unfinished obelisk), dragged from NYC to Detroit

Wally Wallington claims he demonstrated how a single person can manipulate massive monoliths, or how they could have been moved in ancient times. He claims that a pyramid could be completed using primitive tools in 25-year with only 520 workers.

Figure 3 is the first humanoid I’ve seen in the world put all the dishes away at a good speed. @adcock_brett when can I order one?

@jonathannen That was 2 months ago. Launching a product this month with 3 devs, competitor's similar product took 50

We're moving into an era where a team of 5 engineers can outperform a team of 50. jonathannen.com/mythical-machi…

@bhalligan If you don't have coworkers get a group to take turns testing new tools. I saved time not trying clawdbot

Are any of you other mere mortals having trouble keeping up w all the AI developments or is it just me?

@bscholl XB-1 punching through Mach 1 remains the cleanest aerospace footage I have ever seen online

Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of XB-1 breaking the sound barrier. We have a little fun thing on tap to celebrate 👀