Author: Joel Gross

I have a pet conspiracy theory. I think the Saudi’s and oil companies secretly fund protests and political attacks on nuclear power. Nuclear is the only truly scalable and viable option to oil. If you knock out nuclear, oil is the only choice. Solar, hydro, Geo and most other power sources can get lots of lip service, but just can’t meet demand.

Movie: Hero says, “Ok, let me hack the national citizens database and find the criminal”…. 15 seconds later – “I got him!”

Real life: Hero says, “Ok, let me build this web application… 3 days later – “My environment is up and running! Now to begin…”

Due to the severe, self-inflicted (by the doctors Union the AMA to keep prices high) shortage of doctors, doctors are late to most appointments. It is extremely frustrating to show up on time and then not be seen for a long time after.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/12/18220756/bill-gates-tax-rate-70-percent-marginal-modern-monetary-theory

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/10/world/middleeast/princess-latifa-sheikha-dubai.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

https://medium.com/@jeffreypbezos/no-thank-you-mr-pecker-146e3922310f

Kudos to Jeff Bezos for standing up to scammers.

My company Coalition Technologies has recently discovered a scammer is impersonating recruiters from our company using gmail addresses and fake but similar domains to ours. We have reported this to the local police and FBI for assistance. This scam is active and ongoing and new victims 

The scam appears to be that the criminal uses fake Linkedin profiles (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-rodriguez-0ab0524/)… read more “Linkedin, Google Not Helping Stop Recruiting Scam”

If everything this guy claims is true, I think he is insane. He purposefully seeks out situations that nearly kill him through physical output. He ran a frozen ultramarathon and thought he might lose toes, but kept going. But why? That’s insane. The right decision would be to quit and maybe try next year with better footwear.… read more “Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins”