The Limits of Usury nothing is forever by Blonde Ulv Usury is one of the most destructive forces in which mankind has ever dabbled. It topples empires, bleeds the wealthy dry, funds deleterious expeditions, and is even an affront to God. It is so pernicious because it acts in such a way that acts long…
Chapter 14 – A Last Party
by Silent Draco Yet, great peace, delight, and joy rained on them, as they wandered the land, learning songs and lore, and delighting in flowers and creatures neither seen nor heard of in Middle-Earth, unless included in elven lays, whose time may not have come, or may have passed. Their days passed in bliss and…
Booster Patrol Retrospective #6
No Longer Breathing Our twelfth Boomer Patrol song was recorded & released in January 2022. It’s a parody version of Barely Breathing by Duncan Sheik. Vox wrote the lyrics, I sang and played it. And no, I’d never heard of the original. I believed your generation Was gonna change the world And now your own…
Chapter 13, Part 2 – Of Lore and Lineage
by Silent Draco The Elf-Master beckoned them along a path made of finely cut and fitted rock, pocked in places by slag and spark, smoothed and healed in others. They stopped in an antechamber, one looming over the Elf’s head. The chamber was wrought of stone, in appearance like the walls of Minas Tirith, but…
Macro vs. Micro
Macro vs. Micro how the world operates and why nobody can see it by Blonde Ulv There are a few terms every single person who has ever taken an economics course have heard. Supply and demand, money, trade, exchange, goods and services, etc. Two that are touched upon but usually not emphasized for the layman…
Booster Patrol Retrospective #5
Proud To Be A Boomer Our eleventh Boomer Patrol song was recorded & released in December 2021. It’s a parody version of Lee Greenwood’s God Bless The USA. Vox wrote the lyrics, I sang and played. The original idea was for Owen to sing the track, but after a few attempts we all agreed that…
Booster Patrol Retrospective #4
Less Human Than Human We found ourselves in November 2021, and the Covid Madness that had started in March 2020 showed no signs of ever returning to normal. As such, Vox and I started the Vaxx Trax project in order to record a few songs about the insane overreaction to a somewhat worse-than-normal flu season….
Chapter 13, Part 1 – Of Lore and Lineage
by Silent Draco Sam walked up to the guards at the heavy door of the Lore-Smith forges and Second Armory. He bowed to the curious guards, and displayed the small plaque of Tree and Fountain. “Enter, Young Ones. The High Lord awaits you within.” One guard opened the heavy, steel-lined doors, while another rang a…
The Future of Big AI Companies is Bleak
by Tor The Future of Big AI Companies is Bleak Data-Center Capacity How much claimed capacity is actually getting built and put into operation? From Ed Zitron’s deep dive[1], it looks like actual operational data centers by electrical consumption are somewhere between a tenth to twentieth of the capacity corporate press releases would have people…
Chapter 12 – A Walking Song
by Silent Draco Two weeks after they accepted King Fingolfin’s gift, after second breakfast, the Halflings heard a mellow tenor voice chanting songs of praise for Yavannah. A quiet tapping came at their main door; Frodo was closest, and opened the door to greet a wonder. A visitor, one of the Maiar from the almost…