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On May 1, 1997, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) was released

Her şey olması gerektiği zamanda, olması gerektiği gibi olur. -Lao Tzu

What a time for U.S. manufacturers. Government is calling for innovative solutions to address some of America's most complex manufacturing and materials challenges relevant to the U.S. energy sector. Below is a list of top areas of interest. This isn't a surprise. The National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy, and a slew of Executive Orders have signaled a surge in demand for these capabilities. For reindustrialization. To supercharge the defense industrial base. And now we're seeing the specific calls for innovation. One example: Department of Energy's HPC4EI initiative released a solicitation a few days ago. It's an opportunity for U.S. manufacturers to participate in collaborative projects with DOE national labs' supercomputing capabilities and technical expertise to strengthen domestic supply chains and enhance U.S. industrial competitiveness. Some of the solutions they are most interested in: - Overcoming qualification and certification barriers for advanced materials (time, cost) - Scaling and manufacturability / reducing cost and risk in scaling up advanced materials - Computational methods that reduce technical, cost, and supply chain risks for rare earth elements, battery materials, etc - Multifunctional materials w/ combined structural, thermal, and electrical performance - Advanced thermal management solutions for power electronics, semiconductors, computing systems - AI/ML driven materials informatics, end-to-end digital thread platforms, smart manufacturing approaches that enable faster development, reduced costs - Modeling of material systems that enable cost-effective domestic production -- e.g. rare-earth-free magnetic materials, substitutes for critical minerals - Advanced reactors, turbine systems, grid-scale storage - Simulation of advanced manufacturing methods Modeling of high-throughput machining, finishing, and forming technologies that deliver greater precision and reliability at scale - AI/ML and smart manufacturing platforms to optimize process control - Technologies that improve productivity optimization in energy-intensive industries - Chemicals and fuels -- process innovations, novel reactor and separation technologies, advanced materials development for chemical manufacturing - Iron and steelmaking, aluminum, and other metals -- innovative processes for primary metals production, methods to optimize productivity, methods to decopperize steel - Food and beverage products processing that optimize efficient recovery and reuse of waste energy, extend product shelf life, minimize waste - Cement and concrete, asphalt, and glass process innovations, alternative source materials, novel material composition, and solutions to reduce waste - Forest products, including novel dewatering or drying technologies and improved pulping and chemical recovery processes - Equipment and processes that improve industrial process heating, including reducing cost, improving efficiency, or enhancing product quality - Non-thermal processes for cost-competitive separations and treatments - Industrial technologies that can ensure grid reliability amidst industrial demand growth - Technologies that enable production of fit-for-purpose water -- e.g. reduce direct water consumption of data centers Concept papers due May 27.

Realizing the best performing asset of the last 5 years wasn’t Bitcoin, stocks, or gold… It was Pokemon cards.

NEW LONG FORM VIDEO: Why people are starting to hate Disney World So I’m 51 now, and one of the things I remember vividly from my childhood is watching big sporting events like the Super Bowl or the World Series. At the end of the game, the winning players would be celebrating, getting interviewed, and they’d always be asked the same question: What are you going to do next? And the answer was almost always the same: I’m going to Disney World. But fast forward 30 years, and you don’t hear that anymore. In fact, the conversation has shifted in the opposite direction. Today, YouTube and social media are filled with people criticizing Disney’s parks, whether in California or Florida. When I was a kid, going to a Disney park was a rite of passage. My parents once drove us across six states just so we could spend spring break there. Now, for many families, the parks feel like an afterthought. And it turns out this shift isn’t an accident. It’s the result of deliberate strategy, changing economics, and some unusual decisions inside the Disney corporation. This is the story behind the rise and fall of Disney World.

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Yesterday, a small business in Brooklyn was awarded a $21 million max-value IDIQ yesterday for physical fitness shirts for the Air Force & Space Force. Today, that same business was selected for another max-value $763 million IDIQ to provide physical fitness gear to the military services over the next 5 yrs. They're having a good week. Also, apparel manufacturing.

Sim City 2000, bazı insanlar için bugüne kadar yapılmış en iyi oyundur.

Japanese engineers developed a “Sword Tip Visualization System” for the Fencing World Championships, and it makes fencing look absolutely incredible to watch.

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What if the meteor that killed the dinosaurs was actually the space ship and we're the aliens

The Project Hail Mary team just dropped an official template to build Rocky’s transparent enclosure. Yes, you can actually make his little habitat using plastic sheets, cutting, folding and glue.

The PGA Championship is coming to North Texas for the first time in over 60 years

For 2,000 years, Egyptologists insisted that the Pyramid was built with ramps. But the ramp math didn't work. The evidence didn't exist. Finally someone asked: what if the builders used the pyramid itself as the scaffold? And suddenly everything fit. Let me explain... In 1999, a French architect named Jean-Pierre Houdin ran the pyramid ramp math in 3D and found a problem nobody was saying out loud. External ramps to the apex would need to be 4,800 feet long. They'd contain more material than the pyramid itself. No ramp that size has ever been found. Not buried. Not partially eroded. Completely absent. So Houdin asked a different question: what if the builders used the pyramid as its own scaffold? An internal spiral, corkscrewing up through the walls. Invisible from outside. Still inside today. In 1986, a French microgravimetric survey found density variations consistent with an open internal passage. In 2017, muon radiography detected a 100-foot unmapped void. No one had mapped it in 4,500 years. UCL Egyptologist David Jeffreys dismissed Houdin's theory as "far-fetched and horribly complicated." The evidence was building for decades while the consensus held. The insight Houdin used in 1999 is the same one the builders used 4,500 years earlier: start from what physics makes impossible. Remove it. See what's left. That's the inversion model. Most problems aren't solved by adding constraints. They're solved by questioning the constraints themselves. The toolkit maps frameworks like this. I made a free toolkit breaking down 100+ mental models used by history's greatest thinkers — the same frameworks that help you see patterns like this before everyone else. 5,000+ downloads. 113 five-star reviews. Grab a free copy here: besuperhuman.gumroad.com/l/mentalmodels If you're new here, @GeniusGTX is a gallery for the greatest minds in economics, psychology, and history. Follow along for more similar content.

This Tree Makeover Changed Everything. [AI]

This is a 1000-gram iron bar. In its raw form, it’s worth around $100. If it’s turned into horseshoes, its value rises to about $250. If it’s made into sewing needles, its value jumps to roughly $70,000. If it’s crafted into watch springs and gears, it can be worth around $6 million. And if it’s transformed into precision laser components, like those used in lithography, its value can reach $15 million. Your value is not defined only by what you are made of, but by how well you shape your potential into something extraordinary.

The New Braunfels Tube Chute (aka City Tube Chute) just delivered pure chaos and comedy again! 🚤💦 65 homemade cardboard boats blasted through the rapids for the 15th annual Thru the Chute race on April 11. Some sank gloriously, while all brought the laughs!😂 Duct tape dreams, creative crews, and roaring crowds = pure Hill Country magic! Who’s ready to float the Comal?

Figma stock 20 minutes after the Claude Design announcement. Wild.

A simple visual for kids (and adults) to understand delayed gratification.