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I decided to go with rereading the whole Brandon Sanderson Storm light archive series. It helps pass the time when feeding the new baby at night, but it’s a bit of a slog. I reread Mark Lawrence Prince of thorns series before this and he seems to have a lot more fun as an author. I would highly recommend him and his various series.… read more “Reading”

I am a farmer with giant water pumps and center pivots that run on 3 phase 480 volt power. One of my pumps has 85 horsepower. I wonder if I could wire up some sort of custom made tea kettle and get water to boil in five seconds? 樂

The fundamental misunderstanding people have about bankruptcy is that they view it as a failure state, when it is actually a vital cleaning mechanism. In a healthy economy, bankruptcy ensures that capital, talent, and real estate are released from poorly run businesses and returned to the pool for better allocation. Without this process, we end up with zombie companies that can barely service their debt but cannot grow or innovate, hoarding resources that could be used by more productive ventures.… read more “Bankruptcy Mechanism For Government”

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825003853

Whether you agree or disagree with their views, this is a very interesting conversation between the two men who may have had the most influence over the last set of elections in America. One of them was later murdered by the far left for sharing his opinions.

https://bryanalexander.org/personal/a-year-without-caffeine/

I am coming up on a year without caffeine like this guy. I was never addicted like he was, nor did I face severe health problems from it. I just noticed that the quality of my decision making went way down on caffeine. I was not able to prioritize things properly. I would feel strangely tired or lazy sometimes or way too energized.… read more “A year without caffeine, part 1 | Bryan Alexander”