Comments by "bj0rn" (@TheLivirus) on "PowerfulJRE" channel.

  1. About hyperventilation: A commonly practiced method to return to normal breathing is to breath into a paper bag (rebreathing), however, this seems controversial among experts. Considering James advice to defy your instinct to breath more, perhaps it is a way to mechanically force you to breath slower? Or maybe it has to do with raising the CO2 level through re-circulation?
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  2. ​@Casey Barthell Why do you assume that the reason I'm hesitant to revise my understanding of history is that I prefer to view african americans as lesser human beings? If there is evidence I should know about, show it to me, instead of making presumptions about my character.
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  3. If you are saying Eric is not intelligent, I think you have set the bar ridiculously high.
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  4. I mean, monkies are literally spending all day every day in a jungle gym.
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  5. Have knee and lower back issues. I'm gonna try this guy's exercises.
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  6. Physics is pretty dope tho. Do you even math?
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  7. Thank you, was looking for the conspiracy theories.
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  8. Amen to that! (not my search history though)
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  9. I wanted 2.5h of Robert melting down about surveillance and manipulation by big tech. He ended up talking at length outside of his expertise about dreams and memories. Spoiled episode, Thanks to Joe.
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  10. What makes gold unique is that it doesn't oxidize easily. This makes it excellent for contact surfaces in electronics and allows it to remain lustrous over time. I'm guessing this is also what makes it possible to spread gold thin without breaking. Most other metals would oxidize and crack at that thickness.
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  11. ​ @Laneous14  From a 2021 Nature article: "China has the largest number of science and engineering bachelor and master students in the world and its R&D expenditures are expected to surpass the US shortly." "The rapid rise of China has made other top research nations (US, UK, Germany, France, and Japan) gradually lose their shares, first in numbers of publications, then in citations, and now in highly cited works." Also, about a fifth of students at Harvard are Chinese. That seems like a poor strategy for Harvard if China's education system produces hopelessly uninventive people. This is a recent development. It takes time to turn science into technology. But I expect their innovation output to rise soon.
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  12. ​ @Spencer3712  How does fear of nuclear escalation result in more resources for defense and military contractors? I would rather expect that this leads to fading support for Ukraine and de-escalation of the conflict with Russia.
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  13. Thank god I read this at 2:04:00. Didn't notice until now and now I can't ignore it.
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  14. Would love to see him go uninhibited and full blast.
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  15. Planting trees to counter CO2 is indeed stupid. In most places on earth, forests grow naturally without human assistance, if we just leave it alone. Rather than planting trees, companies should buy land and turn it into natural reserves, thus permanently expanding forested areas.
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  16. I feel like a lot of Jordan's arguments during this interview boils down to "don't try to solve complicated problems because you can not predict the outcome". Seems like a very conservative mindset. You can't base the future solely on the past! You have to try new things! That's how the historical data was generated in the first place. History should be used to avoid repeating mistakes, not to constrain our search for solutions to those that worked in the past.
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  17. ​ @replynotificationsdisabled  I'm sorry I can't follow your argument. What's absolute about not believing?
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  18.  @Thomas-ht9cn  If you're asking me, you missed the point.
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  19. Bitcoins aren't for spending, silly. They are for hedging and speculation.
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  20.  @DigamberPradhan89  Thank you! Sloppy mistake.
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  21.  @ullas9999  I'm flattered, though I must confess I relied on secondary sources.
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  22. I'm blown away by their musicianship. So soulful!
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  23. The classic justification goes something like: we get the cobolt, they get $10/day, so win-win. Who are you to deny them this opportunity to earn a living?
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  24. Title should be "Mike Baker fails to light cigar". Most entertaining part!
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  25.  @eamon4279  I think it's also about Joe recognizing that he has a diverse audience, with varying age, background, interests and education. Taking it a bit slower, clarifying difficult concepts, elaborating on facts, clarifying context, etc makes the interview accessible to more viewers.
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  26. 47? These guys really demonstrate that age is to a great extent a matter of mindset.
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  27. Let's say he is. So what?
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  28. I think what Ronda is saying is if everyone make sure to leave the world a little better than when they got here, this doesn't mean you won't be happy, it means you won't have to try so hard because you will be living in a world that makes you happy.
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  29. Well pardon me Goggins for having the audacity to enjoy my finite time on earth instead of forcing myself through heaps of pain and suffering. What does Goggins accomplish anyway with all that effort? At best he stays fit/healthy. Clearly overrated.
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  30. Joe should probably invite Mark Blyth to the podcast for the sake balance in this discussion. Peter Schiff is obviously an anti-government Zealot.
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  31. It must feel really stupid crashing rockets while trying to go to Mars with human low-tech.
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  32. Live speech/conversation isn't without filters. You still have your dear frontal contex.
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  33. Ah shit, not spotify.
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  34. "When I was a little kid in Queens and I had no money and I needed to save myself, the way I got out was by sounding smart, not being smart. That was the skill I perfected. So I am hardwired to always rehearse things so I will always sound smart. It's a disease, it keeps me from being happy." 2:02:20 To be honest, there were several times during this podcast where I sensed that this guy tries hard to come off as some kind of oracle who has all the right answers. He won back my respect with this paragraph.
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  35.  @kamakazitv574  Lies.
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  36.  @thescarecrow897  Wow, that seems a bit rushed.
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  37. 6:40 About fat protecting the body. It's true that the body still absorbs the energy of the impact. But, what the fat layer does is to distribute the load such that the more functional tissue beneath suffers less stress.
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  38. Enough with the corruption! We need more transparency. I need to know exactly who every politician is fuckin. Give me lists! No one is safe until we know this!
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  39. Joe often prides himself in not attaching himself to ideas and being happy to admit when he's wrong. Clearly this does not apply to his ideas about diet. John Mackey says repeatedly that cutting out processed foods and eating meat may also leads to reversal of heart disease, but so far, studies have only shown that this works when also cutting the meat. Joe keeps beating up a strawman.
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  40. Let's not forget Elon tries to solve global warming by developing solar cell roof tiles, batteries and ramping up demand for electric cars.
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  41. This was a really good episode!
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  42.  4Freedom4All  Well duh.
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  43. Regarding voting online. I think the main problem relates to transparency. Everyone understands a box with a slot.
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  44.  @d.martin.y4055  Well, he's a mathematician, which by nature deals with high level of abstraction. This is part of why he's able to contribute to such a wide range of topics.
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  45. I feel like the Scandinavian (Swedish) model is being somewhat misrepresented by John. It is true it was more socialistic and has become more free market oriented, but I'd argue that it has maintained a good deal of egalitarianism. "Free" health care and education is still a thing. Unions still play a significant role, keeping lowest salaries decent. It is still a quite common belief that the state is not necessarily in contradiction with freedom, but can be used to promote freedom by redistribution of opportunity and helping people get out of pitfalls. The narrative that Sweden tried socism, crashed, and is now capitalist, rings false. It would be more accurate to say it has tried both and now seeks a balance. It tries to have the best of both.
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  46.  @thebbqbodybuilder2114  It sounds like he doesn't care about reality, he believes the "founding myth" of african americans holds them back, so he tries to craft a new one.
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  47.  @draleighd  That's interesting! It seems plausible that many dark-skinned americans jump to conclusion that they are ancestors of african slaves, because that's what they're taught in School. Probably modern genetics can help sort this out.
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  48. Presidential Parton is bullshit. How about presidents focus on fixing the system rather than treating its symptoms?
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  49. Brendan makes the argument that Israel had no choice but to respond with military action against Gaza after Hamas attack. I'll say it again: Terrorism uses spectacular violence to provoke a predictable impulsive reaction. Now, what kind of reaction did Hamas hope to provoke by their attack on Israel and its civilian population? Did they expect anything different than how Israel responded to their prior attacks? There is no doubt that the goal was to provoke a military reaction against Gaza. Why would they want that? Escalation. So, by responding to the attack with a counter-offensive against Gaza, Israel is doing exactly what Hamas wanted them to do. They are letting themselves be manipulated. How wise is that do you think? Israel always has a choice. They don't need to act on their emotions.
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  50. Bezos pressures employees to the point they piss in bottles to save seconds, then look down on them for losing sight of their ambitions.
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