Mindless Meanderings

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A roaming conversation between brothers covering tech, science, and politics.

Hosted by:

- Jesse Fries

- Jamon Fries

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https://mindlessmeanderings.com

(00:00:15) Introduction and KFC's Move to Texas

(00:03:05) International Affairs: Ukraine and Israel

(00:06:00) US Politics: Trump and the Judiciary

(00:17:10) Congressional Inefficiencies and Political Dynamics

(00:24:19) Technology NATO Proposal

(00:28:04) Trade Wars and Tariffs

(00:33:48) Social Issues in Ohio

(00:45:54) Tesla's Legal and Safety Challenges

(00:52:54) Innovations in Space Propulsion and Carbon Capture

(01:01:54) Driverless Cars and Autonomous Vehicles

(01:07:47) Science Discoveries: Beer and Cholesterol, Black Hole Universe

Show Notes:
https://mindlesssea.com/show-notes-drinkin-beer-in-a-black-hole/

[00:00:16] Jesse Fries:

Good  

[00:00:18] Jamon Fries:

morning. Well, afternoon, everybody. It is Wednesday,   March 19, and we are live with episode 29 of the mindless meanderings.   I'm Jesse Fries, and   I am in the middle of   San Antonio, roughly.   Yeah. On remote location.  

[00:00:38] Jesse Fries:

And I'm Jamin Fries. Well, and I'm wondering if KFC is gonna have to change their name to TFC now.  

[00:00:47] Jamon Fries:

TFC?  

[00:00:48] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Can they have left Kentucky entirely, and they moved to Texas.   Well, that's different. Well, everything's better than Texas. It's it's technically no longer Kentucky fried chicken.   Well It's now Texas fried chicken.  

[00:01:04] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. But then again, you know, The US was that was sold off to people   long time ago anyways. That wasn't Colonel Sanders that owned it anymore. He did commercial for them.   Yeah. But he had, sold off the franchise rights   quite some time ago, actually. So Oh, yeah. Yeah.  

[00:01:21] Jesse Fries:

But, yeah, they, they decided to move to up and move their headquarters. Not sure why. I didn't see any reasoning why in the in the article, so no idea.  

[00:01:30] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. No clue. No clue. I'm not sure what   Tennessee laws are, especially for corporations.   Yeah. I know it's probably it's easier than Texas is better than California and whatnot for them. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.   No say no, income tax or anything like that. So maybe that's it. Who knows? It could be. You never know.   Mhmm.  

[00:01:52] Jesse Fries:

Lots of things could go into the decision. It could be just that   the cost of energy is cheaper in Texas, so they want lower bills.  

[00:02:00] Jamon Fries:

I'm not sure about that. I really don't know   whether or not   electricity is cheaper. We have a stupid system. That's all I know. So  

[00:02:11] Jesse Fries:

Ayo.  

[00:02:13] Jamon Fries:

Mhmm.   So   oh, yeah. Just a fair warning. I'm kinda waking up from a nap, so   I'm not all in it right now.   We're allowed to have a pool all day in the not heat because it's awfully windy. But Yeah.  

[00:02:30] Jesse Fries:

Well, at least you're not,   going from 70 degrees yesterday to getting snow today.  

[00:02:36] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. No. No. It's a nice 77  

[00:02:39] Jesse Fries:

right now. So Yep. Yeah. According to the radar, it's snowing as far south as Oklahoma City right now.  

[00:02:47] Jamon Fries:

Wow. Yeah. I I do not miss that. I'm so happy to be in Texas. It's, much warmer.   Much warmer.  

[00:02:56] Jesse Fries:

Absolutely.  

[00:02:57] Jamon Fries:

Okay.   What should we talk about?  

[00:03:02] Jesse Fries:

Well,   let me see.   Lots of things.   But, unfortunately,   not actually that much. There's a lot of international stuff going on, though.   So, like, with, Ukraine, you know, the whole peace talks and everything else like that. And Right. Right. The guarantee not to   not to attack   any of Ukraine powers   power   stations for the next thirty days.  

[00:03:31] Jamon Fries:

Well, yeah, but that wasn't signed yet, was it? Wasn't I just a I I won't do it, and then maybe those I believe so. I think it was all just verbal because it there there was no never anything officially signed because,  

[00:03:43] Jesse Fries:

Russia won't sign anything   until it explicitly   says that no European country will put troops in Ukraine.  

[00:03:51] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. So   I   I think Putin yeah. I know him and Trump had a talk, and Putin said, okay. I won't attack them. But he goes, well,   let let let let's just attack real quick. And so   so we get knocked out what we want to knock out and then go from there. So it's Yeah. Yeah.  

[00:04:14] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   It's a crazy world. And It is.   Israel is attacking Gaza again.  

[00:04:22] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Because the Gaza   Hamas stopped sending,   hostages. So Yeah.  

[00:04:30] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. And, that's what you know, I every I I've read a whole bunch of stuff saying Hamas is swearing that they didn't break the that they didn't break the agreement and all this other crap. And I'm like,   the agreement was that your house to just get sent back. Is that your house to just come home? Yeah. Yeah. You've stopped sending them home. That kinda breaks the agreement.  

[00:04:52] Jamon Fries:

It does. It does. You know, it's like the whole,   thing with Russia and Ukraine. You know, they say that,   Minsk or whatever agreement,   they say that Putin broke it even though Ukraine broke it first, technically. Yeah. Yeah. And so, yeah, it's like, who who broke it first? You know? That that that's the question. You know? It's,  

[00:05:14] Jesse Fries:

oh, yeah. I mean, it's   yeah. It   it's   it's really interesting how   one side always claims that the other side did it first, but the other side was just reacting to what the first side said did.  

[00:05:30] Jamon Fries:

You know? Yep.  

[00:05:32] Jesse Fries:

It it's like schoolyard bullies. You know? You you   you you do something little, and then they do something little, and then they do something a little bit bigger, and then you do something a little bit bigger. And then and it just gets to the point where eventually, you know,   it turns into a war.  

[00:05:47] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Then it's the Sharks versus the Jets. You know? It's just   it's just what it is. Yep. Yep.  

[00:06:00] Jesse Fries:

But yeah. No. And then,   some interesting stuff going on with,   with the   judgments   that that the   government had that Trump has to deal with. Uh-huh. What  

[00:06:15] Jamon Fries:

what   stories do you have on that? Just the,  

[00:06:19] Jesse Fries:

you know, there's the big one about how   he didn't turn the planes around after the judge ordered that the planes had to be turned around. Right. Right. Right. Yep. And I'm like,   you know, to there's so many things, and I I saw a story   about how Trump had been had said that one judge should be impeached.   Right. And so,   one of the Supreme Court justices came out. I can't remember which one officer. Always Roberts. It was the chief justice. It was Roberts. Yeah.   He came out and he said   that,   that it that calling for that because of a decision that was made is just wrong.   Uh-huh.  

And I'm sitting there, well, what if the decision was made when they don't have the authority to make the decision?   Yeah. Yeah. You know, if if the judges are overstepping their bounds   Yep. Then   you should call for their impeachment.  

[00:07:22] Jamon Fries:

That's what I find it. Yeah. Yeah. I I it won't go anywhere. So, you know, it won't. It won't. It's like, if the house wants to waste their time, I guess they could do that. And  

[00:07:34] Jesse Fries:

the house would probably vote to impeach, but then the senate won't. So it's just a waste of time, generally. Well, you know, the the thing that the thing that I find interesting about it about all this is, you know, they keep saying that Trump is the decline of the democracy.  

[00:07:48] Jamon Fries:

Right. Right.  

[00:07:50] Jesse Fries:

How long has it been   since   the congressional   branch was no longer the branch that determines and sets laws? It's  

[00:08:01] Jamon Fries:

been that way for judicial.   Well, no. It's also the executive.   The judicial has really given up a lot of their power,   really.   You know, it's   they they they've allowed   both   sides have allowed,   the the judicial   it's like there's this creep, especially of executive power, to where Mhmm.   They they allow him just to do with executive orders things that technically should be law.  

[00:08:30] Jesse Fries:

You know? It's No. Absolutely.   But, I mean, even even beyond that, you know, I I don't know how many laws I've seen   that were enforced because of a judgment   by the judicial branch.   Yeah.   Yeah. You know, there there's there's also the the the congressional branch has just given up a lot of their powers.   They really have. They they really have become an inefficient,   ineffective   form of government.   The only thing that they're there for now is to approve the fund the spending.  

[00:09:03] Jamon Fries:

Yep. That's really the only thing that they ever do,  

[00:09:05] Jesse Fries:

but they can't even do that.   Yeah. You know? They they just do continuing resolutions. They can't even approve a budget.  

[00:09:13] Jamon Fries:

I know. It it's stupid. They really can't get anything done. The the senate   I I I hate to say it because I love the filibuster,   but Mhmm. They didn't get rid of the filibuster.   It's Yeah. It it hampers them way too much,   to where   congress   can't get anything done. You'd need two thirds majority, 60 votes, whatnot,   to Yeah.   Get anything really done. There's a few things that you don't need it.  

[00:09:43] Jesse Fries:

Right. But generally, you need 60 very, very few things. Yeah. Yeah. And so it's just  

[00:09:49] Jamon Fries:

yeah. It's stupid. They they they Well, you know, and and they have to use the system. They have it it's like with this last budgetary thing.   A lot of that was them was the Republicans sitting on their ass   waiting until the very end.   Yeah. They coulda easily gotten it through without having to rush it, but they decided not to.   Yep. You you know? Okay. So you have to have debate in the senate. That doesn't seem like a bad idea if you don't get a higher votes. Sure. Do it real quick.   It doesn't have to last long, but you just have to follow the process. Just don't sit on your ass until the last minute to where you only have a day until   everything goes to shit. You know? It's Yeah. It just doesn't make sense to me. The   the the politics has just gotten stupid.  



[00:10:33] Jesse Fries:

It it really has. And there there's, you know, one thing that I've kind of paid attention to that   I don't know if it's part of the reason for it.   So   back in the old days,   it used to be the senate would you know,   kinda go going back a little bit in this in this story.   I I keep hearing people saying that   that the people are not properly represented in the senate   because every state has two senators.  

[00:11:06] Jamon Fries:

Right. Right.  

[00:11:08] Jesse Fries:

Well,   the way it was originally built and the way it should still be done   is that   these senators were not elected by the people of the state.   Well, right. The senator the senators were appointed by the state itself, and they are supposed to represent the state   Yep. In in the congress.  

[00:11:29] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. That's, exactly how it's supposed to be. Instead now,  

[00:11:33] Jesse Fries:

they have to they have to   get the vote of the people,   which means that they no longer represent the state. They now represent the people in the people in their district.  

[00:11:44] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yeah. But that changed really quickly after,   like like, within,   like, a generation or two.   Mhmm. Because people didn't like that. Was you're in the nineteen hundreds. I don't think so.   Let's see here.   Popular vote.  

[00:12:13] Jesse Fries:

No. The reason that they changed it was because,   was in 1913.   They established the deck direct election senators. Seventeen  

[00:12:23] Jamon Fries:

seventeen. Yep.  

[00:12:24] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Saying that it was because the, because there was   the possibility of corruption   because   people were get were donating money to the state senators and stuff   to get them to appoint them to the senate.  

[00:12:41] Jamon Fries:

Well, right. We we which is well, it's it's still basically the same thing. You just Yes.   Yeah. It's like no matter what you do, nothing changes. You know? You you need money and everything like that to get anything done and everything like that.   Yeah. Yeah. No. Now now and it really doesn't matter. Right now, it's   it used to be, like   so the state would get to pick. And so it the senate would decide based off of what a state would want, not what a political party wants. Nowadays, we are solely focused on what a political party wants. Oh, yeah. It's Republicans versus Democrats. That is all it is. Both houses, there's no difference in between the two.   They just have different voting. Like,   they're they're up for reelection   different, you know, two years and six years. Yeah.  

Beyond that, there's really not much difference.   They're all beholden to the political party,   and that is it. We don't have   states' rights and everything like that. When it comes to, like, actual recognition of it, there is no such thing on in the federal government.   Oh, yeah. So and that's what that actually gave was   states actually having to say because the Supreme Court has always been for the federal government. It will always decide for the federal government. Rarely ever does it side for the states   or for the little guy. They it will pretty much always side for the federal government because they all believe in the federal government.  

Yes.   So  

[00:14:14] Jesse Fries:

that's just how it's gonna be. So you know? Yeah. I'd I'd honestly, I would love to see the senate go back to represent the senators representing the state itself rather than the peep rather than a party.  

[00:14:29] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. I I'm not sure if it'd change anything, but, yeah, it'd be interesting.  

[00:14:34] Jesse Fries:

Probably wouldn't. The the I think the only thing that would change would be   that   any red state, the   there would be Republicans there. In any blue state, there would be Democrats there. So it wouldn't change a single freaking thing.  

[00:14:50] Jamon Fries:

It it it really wouldn't.   There would be   no difference.  

[00:14:54] Jesse Fries:

So But on on the there the only difference that I could see that would happen   would be that instead of the Democrat National Party or the Republicans National Party. Uh-huh. Instead of the instead of the party sending money to fund their election campaigns in the states,   it would be the states themselves that would be appointing them, so there would be no election campaign that they had to run.   So they would be behold so they wouldn't be beholden to the party for that money  

[00:15:25] Jamon Fries:

like they are. Well, that's a well, there is that. That's interesting.   Yeah.   They'd probably be beholden some other way, but that's interesting. Right. It really is. Yeah.  

[00:15:36] Jesse Fries:

That that's that's the that's the biggest difference that I can see.  

[00:15:40] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   All I know is that Chuck Schumer, he he got raked over the coals for actually voting for,   the continuing resolution.  

[00:15:49] Jesse Fries:

So Yep. The six month one. Yeah. Yeah. Big time. Yeah. And and, you know, it's it's kind of funny.   When when I listen to all of the when I listen to and read all the news   Mhmm. What's the one reason that everyone is so upset   with Schumer for doing that?   What?   It's because they would have blamed the Republicans for the shutdown.   Well, they would have, but everybody The people would the but that's the only thing they care about, though, is who would who would the people have blamed? No. That that that's it. But the people would not have blamed the Republicans.  

[00:16:25] Jamon Fries:

Plain and simple, they wouldn't have.   They they everybody knows it would have been the Democrats for not allowing it to go through. Plain and simple.   Yep. But once again, this gets into the whole situation of just give enough time that you don't need the freaking minority party   Yeah. To help you, get things going. Come on, people. Yeah. Absolutely.   Do your fucking jobs.  

[00:16:50] Jesse Fries:

That that would be nice. Well, I don't   know. I kinda like it when nothing gets done up there, and yet it would be nice if they actually could do their jobs.   So I'm kinda torn on it.  

[00:17:02] Jamon Fries:

I I understand. But right now, it it's just it's just politics for politics sake. That that's all it is. And it   it really gets tiring. You know? It's Yeah.   All this crap, you know, it it's   just   but, you know, it it's like it seems like the latest polls show that everybody is actually happy with or people are happier now than they've ever   have been in the last twenty years in the direction of the country.   The Democratic, yeah, the Democratic Party is going downhill,   in the polls. Trump is, higher than he has ever been.   Yeah.  

So, you know, it's  

[00:17:43] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. I I saw a poll done by I think it was NBC.  

[00:17:49] Jamon Fries:

Mhmm. And  

[00:17:51] Jesse Fries:

they they were trying to figure out, you know, the the the   even even amongst Democrats,   they have a below 50% approval rating.   Yeah. Yeah.   And   they they were trying to you know, so they they did additional polling to see if they could figure out what was wrong.   You know? And they they based it solely on does do we need to   be more antagonistic   towards Trump, less less antagonistic, or keep it where it's at? Uh-huh.   73%   of it came back saying they need to be more   they need to do more against Trump. They need to stop Trump.  

[00:18:29] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. How? That that's what I want. Don't tell. There's not they're out of power. There there there's nothing that can be done.   Yeah.   The the judges are doing their best fight, which is   I swear to god, these judges. They they Oh, no shit. It's anything and everything. I I read one of these. I was started to read one of the opinions.   It was for,   bringing back a USAID.   You know? Okay. Because a judge said that,   you you have to hire back everybody at USAID. You have to put that department back. You have to reopen and everything like that.   And this guy, in his opening statement, I didn't get very far in it, but it was he was talking about   that   guy that may that remember, there's a whole controversy where a kid that was working for Doge, a guy, he he made a racist tweet, like, long time ago, and he was he, like, quit, and then he was hired back. Remember that?  

I didn't hear about that now. Well, yeah. He he did what and this supposed racist tweet was basically saying he the the guy's Indian,   and he said he wanted   to marry an Indian. He didn't wanna marry anybody that wasn't an Indian.  

[00:19:39] Jesse Fries:

And that was a racist tweet? That's a racist tweet.  

[00:19:43] Jamon Fries:

And this guy brings it up.   So so so the whole beginning is just a political hit job. It's just so one-sided. You and I'm just, like, going, well,   this is stupid. You he's this judge is airing his their own grievances.   I don't know if it's a man or a woman. They're just airing their own grievance about what the Democratic Party says and the media is saying just so that   it's completely asinine right now. It really is. It it's if you have a legal opinion, fine. Put that. Yeah. But   why have all this   diatribe about   there's a whole section just on Musk. There's a whole section on Doge. There's The only the only thing that should be in that  

[00:20:29] Jesse Fries:

is   that Trump overstepped   his con his   his,   constitutionally  

[00:20:36] Jamon Fries:

allowed powers by doing this. Well, the because that's the only argument they have. Yeah. That that's what's he supposedly, that's what it says in there. I haven't gotten to that point. Maybe I will. It's probably, like, in the last sentence.   Possibly. Possibly. I don't know. It it's   I I really don't know   how or why. It's   but it's just all these attacks over and over. And, you know, this is the process. But   I   to   rehire back and everything like that, I think that puts too much of a burden on,   everybody. Oh, reopening the buildings and everything like that. That that that takes too much, you know. So   Yeah. I I don't know. It's  

[00:21:20] Jesse Fries:

I I don't know. It's It's like I I love the, secretary of of,   of the press, her response to people asking if they over if they, ignored the judge's order to turn the planes around. Uh-huh.   And her response was, does that judge know what those planes fuel levels were at? Do they know what the weather was at was like in the area?   Just do they know that that wouldn't have caused the plane to crash by having them turn around?  

[00:21:50] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. No. There there's so many things. And then   but   one of the attorneys, he goes, well, we we we stopped them   once we got the written order, and the judge got all pissy about that. It was like,   my verbal order is good enough, and the guy's going, the attorney just shrugged and said, well, we didn't have a written one. So Yeah.   No. These judges, it's   you you know, the the judiciary is there to try to check, but it's   it's a bit crazy,   right now. Yeah. And and the complete and not just hearing the case. Hearing the case is fine, but they're complete orders to completely,   go back. And some of these things like, USAID, that was shut down, what, nearly a month ago? Yeah. Something like that.  

So now you come back and say, oh, it needs to be reopened after a month. You know? It's Yeah.   So so, basically, what   if   they were smart, you know, Rubio could just go, okay. Well, whatever,   Musk did, I'm doing the same thing. So whatever he did in the back, you you know, I have control now, but what he did stands. And that is good. Right? Yeah. Because he has complete power to do whatever he wants. He's the Yeah. He's in charge of that department. So, yeah, I I don't know. It's all asinine. I it   yeah. It's just lawfare. That's all it is. It is just lawfare. So much of it.  

[00:23:14] Jesse Fries:

A lot of it. Yeah.   Mhmm.   But   yeah. And then, then there's the,   Trump now claiming that all of the pardons and stuff are void   because of the auto pen. He's gone further with that now.   You know, he   he says that, but then he says the absolute truth.   It's not up to me. It'll be decided by a judge.   Yeah. Yeah. It it You know? He he's saying what he wants to say. He see he's saying what he thinks should happen. Uh-huh. But he's still leafing it up to the judge like he should do.  

[00:23:53] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yeah. Yeah.  

[00:23:56] Jesse Fries:

Nope. So, you know, yeah. Every that that the people a lot of people are getting hot and bothered, you know, about what he says instead of what he actually does.  

[00:24:05] Jamon Fries:

Oh, that's how it always is, of course. That that that's how you know he's a Nazi. Right? You know, that's how you know he's in Putin's pocket.   Yeah.   Yeah. So yeah.  

[00:24:18] Jesse Fries:

Yep.   Yeah. Now oh, another thing out of politics.   Uh-huh. A, senator Cantwell.   I'm not sure where she's from.   Okay.   She was she's now pushing for a technology   NATO.   She wants to get, like, five main   the five most industrial   technological   countries together   Uh-huh. To form all sorts of rules and enforce it on the entire world.   What now?   Yes. She wants to make she she's doing this as a count she wants to do this as a counter to China rather than using tariffs.   She wants to make a technology NATO and make it so that everyone   if if the if The US or any one of these three or four countries   says we can you'd no one is allowed to sell any technology to this other country   Uh-huh. They they are trying to make it so that it would be national law that they can't sell to those countries.  



[00:25:24] Jamon Fries:

That is  

[00:25:26] Jesse Fries:

That that's what she wants to do.  

[00:25:31] Jamon Fries:

Why?   Is is this a Republican or a Democrat? Who needs That's a Democrat.   But why? What I okay.   That doesn't make much sense to me. You know? It's and and   if you wanna go most technologically   advanced, China would be there in that. Which I'm saying getting up there. Yeah. Or us in China and Japan and,   Korea.   It's basically Asian countries is basically what it is. Yeah.   It's not Europe. Europe is, like, waylaid because they won't invest in anything. They are pretty much Yep. They need to change their laws because it's too restrictive for them to actually be good at anything except for making cars. Yeah. Definitely. Yep.   So I I don't see how that would help because China would technically be part of the most technologically   advanced countries.  



[00:26:26] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   I know. She she she list she basically just said, you know, did I I think she said take the three,   the three most technological   countries, and we form a union together, and   what we say goes for the entire world.  

[00:26:43] Jamon Fries:

I don't think the world would want that. Just saying I don't think I don't think the world would go for that now.  

[00:26:48] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. I think I think Russia might have something to say against that. China would have something to say against that.   Everybody would. Nobody would. When when two when two out of the three   supposed superpowers in the world   are against something like that, it usually means that it's not gonna happen. Yeah. This is why, like, the UN,  

[00:27:09] Jamon Fries:

why all the superpowers   are part of the Security Council and are permanent members. That's why.   Yep. You know? It's,   Yeah.   Let's see here.   Anything   else?   The EU,   EU is a   the whole tariff thing and everything like that. Looks like e the EU has decided to go the way of Mexico   instead of the way of Canada.  

[00:27:39] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[00:27:41] Jamon Fries:

They seem to be   minding their   peace and queues and and just waiting to see what actually happens. They are not, putting any new tariffs on, as retribution for what Trump did.   Okay.   So and because of that, Trump still hasn't yet put on the 200%   tariff on, like, their liquor and everything like that in their wine. Right. Yep. So which would have completely decimated their entire economy because Oh, yeah. Like, the the wine growers   in France and Italy, Jesus Christ. They said   they sell most of their wine to The US, even more than   in their own country.  

Oh, yeah. Yeah. So so it would completely have decimated them. So Yeah.   And, yeah, my my wife loves French wine, but   she's not gonna pay 200%   on top of what it already is. So  

[00:28:35] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Definitely.  

[00:28:36] Jamon Fries:

Definitely. But yeah. So they're actually going more the way of Mexico of just going, okay. Let's let's see how this works. He did that, and then we can see how it works.   Canada just went all bonkers.   Completely bonkers.  

[00:28:48] Jesse Fries:

I swear to God. Not unusual for Canada, but,  

[00:28:55] Jamon Fries:

I know. It's it's but it is odd, though, for Canada too. You know? It's Yeah.   Yeah.  

[00:29:03] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It's an it's very unusual for Canada to try to decide to try hard   yeah, decide to try to play hardball with The US.  

[00:29:12] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   Yeah.   And   I maybe because they're scared or something like that. I I saw this one article   where somebody goes, oh, what we need to do is a ban, Pornhub because Pornhub is a Canadian company.  

[00:29:28] Jesse Fries:

Okay.  

[00:29:29] Jamon Fries:

And it's the biggest porn site that Americans go to. Yeah. Yeah. It's it's so some guy over there because we need to ban porno from The United States.  

[00:29:43] Jesse Fries:

I mean I mean, that's hitting below the belt.  

[00:29:46] Jamon Fries:

Literally.   Yeah. So I I thought that was funny. That was, Yeah. That is hilarious.   Yep. But, yeah, they're going crazy up there. Hopefully, things will calm down. I think things have kinda calmed down anyways. This week wasn't nearly as   crazy as last week.  

[00:30:07] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. They really they really I mean, this week, there really wasn't a lot going on anywhere.  

[00:30:14] Jamon Fries:

No. It really wasn't. It was just the judges. The the most of the news was the judges,   blocking Trump at every   chance. You know, I heard one judge, you know, just, stopped him from going to the bathroom. So, you know, it's,  

[00:30:33] Jesse Fries:

That's when you know it's gotten a little bit out of hand. Yeah. Right?  

[00:30:38] Jamon Fries:

I saw the, what what is it? The the bee. They had a meme saying that   a a judge has,   told the astronauts that they can't come home. They blocked Trump from bringing back those astronauts. I was stuck out there.  

[00:30:54] Jesse Fries:

Oh, that's that's hilarious.  

[00:30:56] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. That's good. That's good.   Let's see. Oh, yeah. There was a there there was a guy   in   The UK.   His name was Reeves.   And he was, let's see here.   What was he   I'm trying to get he he was,   he was a chancellor,   economic chancellor of some sort.  

[00:31:26] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:31:27] Jamon Fries:

But, basically, he blamed Trump for their weak economy. Like,   blatantly just,   blamed Trump for the weak economy.   The prime minister and number 10, they just said no. No, dude. No. Bad.   Bad. No.   It's like,   why are you trying to kick a mouse? You or kick a lion. You know? It just just doesn't make sense. You know? It's,   yeah. And then I saw this  

[00:31:59] Jesse Fries:

There's some things you just don't do.  

[00:32:01] Jamon Fries:

No. There isn't. There isn't.   That apparently the, you know, the Hudson Bay Company   up in Canada?   It's a clothing company. Familiar with the name. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's like JCPenney's or something like that. Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah.   But it it's a ancient company, Hudson Bay Company. It it's been around for, like, forever and ever. It was like Sears and whatnot. It was that level, you know, back in the day. Okay. Okay. Yeah. And so it   they're they're going into bankruptcy.   Right?   And   they're actually blaming Trump.   They're they're saying we can't they're they're saying we can't get the products. So, it's all Trump's fault. Well, they said a couple other things in there too, but, basically, it was all Trump's fault. Yeah. Yep.  



[00:32:48] Jesse Fries:

It it's   Trump's fault that they   don't know how to do business anymore. Okay. Yeah. That's basically what it is. It's basically what it is. So because, I mean, that's the only that's the nine that's 99 percent of why a company goes bankrupt is because they have gotten away from both their normal standard use types of business.  

[00:33:06] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I know they were having issues even, like, ten years ago. So it's yeah.  

[00:33:11] Jesse Fries:

Now is it Harbor Bay or Hudson Bay?   It should be Hudson Bay. With Harbor Bay  

[00:33:17] Jamon Fries:

as a as a clothing company. I've never heard of Hudson Bay, though. Yeah. No. It it's just like a it's like a JCPenney's. You sell other people's clothes.   You know? They don't really have their own brands per se.  

[00:33:28] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   Okay. Well, Harbor Bay is a is a brand. So Oh, okay.  

[00:33:34] Jamon Fries:

No clue. But, yeah, Hudson Bay, it's a it's a it's fairly big up in Can Canadia.   Okay. Kanakistan or whatever you wanna call it.   Yep.   Yep.  

[00:33:48] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Here at the, here in The US, there's   something very interesting going on in Ohio.   Uh-huh.   There's a,   I guess it was the very first   town that was   that was developed and built and registered by black people after   after they had escaped from the South.  

[00:34:13] Jamon Fries:

Oh, okay.  

[00:34:15] Jesse Fries:

And so it's it's very it's very it's always held its very strong African American roots and everything else like that. No. Yeah. Completely.   And   on the edge of town, there were   the current looking at the video, it looked like maybe   five to 10, maybe 15 at the most,   neo Nazi people holding flags with swaths with swats stickers.  

[00:34:39] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[00:34:41] Jesse Fries:

So now there are   armed people carrying around a k the a k's and, I mean, the the,   a r fifteens and stuff like that  

[00:34:52] Jamon Fries:

Uh-huh.  

[00:34:53] Jesse Fries:

That are just kind of touring the neighborhood to protect all the black people there.  

[00:34:59] Jamon Fries:

Okay.   How many Nazis were there supposedly? Like, 10 to 15.   Okay.  

[00:35:08] Jesse Fries:

Well, yeah. No. It okay. Yeah. I'm from Texas. Yeah. Whatever. Yeah. I don't care. Well, yeah. Yeah. No. I just I just I just found it very odd seeing pictures   of   people wearing their bulletproof   vests and stuff like that with the a k's, with their a r fifteens,   you know, strapped into their shoulders.   Just   sitting there escorting   kids across the   crosswalks,   standing around school bus,   the school bus pickup areas to make sure that nobody does anything.   It just here in The US, that's just not something that, you know, not something that I expected to see.  

[00:35:50] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. As the kids would say, that's so Ohio.  

[00:35:56] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yep.   Yeah. You know, the, they are trying to pass a new law, though, that I think makes perfect sense.   Mhmm. They're trying to pass a new law that says that   you cannot wear   a face mask   that   looks threatening because the the neo Nazis had, like, skull face masks on.   Oh, okay. Okay. So they're they're trying to pass a law saying that you cannot wear a face mask that looks threatening   while you're while you're doing stuff.  

[00:36:27] Jamon Fries:

No. We should go get back to just the no face mask. Come on. The the this is There there's absolutely no Everybody is hiding behind these sons of bitches. Masks. Yeah.  

[00:36:37] Jesse Fries:

Everybody's hide okay. You wanna protest? Fine. Protest with your face wide open. Plain and simple. Yeah. You you wanna show All of these all these black people that are now armed in that in that town Uh-huh. Are all wearing face masks.  

[00:36:50] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yeah. And and so were those Nazis. Right? So Yeah. Yeah. No. Yeah. Every single last one of them. I'm sorry. Even the cops. I'm sick of this crap too, like, where, like, the SWAT and everything like that. Why are you messed up, SWAT? You're a police officer.   Yeah. Shouldn't you be proud of your job? What are you doing? I I could understand. That's for everybody wearing a mask doing this sorts of crap.  

[00:37:10] Jesse Fries:

There there's only one group of people that I truly can understand   having them mask up,   and that is the undercover police officer that goes on the raid with them.  

[00:37:24] Jamon Fries:

To maintain cover for undercover Okay. Oh, okay. Oh, okay. Being, you know, being having the face mask. I'll give you that. Everyone else, no. No. Yeah. No. It it it's yeah. No. Let let we've got way too comfortable with masking COVID.   Yeah. It needs to get back to no freaking masks, and this is for everybody. I'm sorry. It's Oh, yes.   You're hiding behind all this crap. Plain and simple. You know? It's like, how are we supposed to know who you are? You know? Exactly.   This  

[00:37:53] Jesse Fries:

yeah. No. Not cool. When when Not cool. Anybody can go and buy all of the equipment   that a that, say, an ICE agent would wear Uh-huh.   How the hell do we know that they're actually ICE agents?  

[00:38:06] Jamon Fries:

Right? If if you're   if you're   who you say you are and you're you actually believe your beliefs,   then your face is open. Help. Exactly. Exactly. If you're a proud Nazi, be a proud Nazi.   I am sure. You you you know, it's it's like the KKK. I'm sorry. The freaking hoods. Yeah. No. They weren't proud of what they were.   Exactly.   The cowards Yeah. Are the ones that hide behind a mask. Yeah. Because then they can get away with anything. You know? It's not somebody that pulls a gun. That's not a coward if he has his face free. You know? It's not this sort of thing. You know? It's a Yep. I always hate that too, where cops call a criminal a coward just because they pulled a gun. You know? It's like,   how is that a coward, really?  



[00:38:52] Jesse Fries:

I don't think that's a coward. You know? Just saying Nine times out of 10, if they pull a gun, they know something very bad is gonna happen to them. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Especially if it's against the police.  

[00:39:03] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. I I I just don't understand. It's you   see in TV shows and you see, like, the Yeah. Top people in the FBI at the news conferences going, oh, he was a coward. It's like, dude, he just killed, like, 15 people.  

[00:39:16] Jesse Fries:

How is he a coward?   Yeah. It's like,   I a coward wouldn't have wouldn't have even picked up a gun.  

[00:39:24] Jamon Fries:

I know. I I'm not I'm not condoning   violence, but this is not a cowardly act. I've just say it. You know, it's   a use the right words, people. Plain and simple. Don't  

[00:39:36] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. And if if you wanna if you wanna make them look bad,   it's an act of desperation.  

[00:39:42] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. See, there you go. There you go.   Much better than saying a coward.   Oh,   yeah.   Let's see here. What else do we have? Looks like we covered most of   politics.  

[00:39:58] Jesse Fries:

Yep. Yeah.  

[00:40:00] Jamon Fries:

Oh, AOC,   was hit with ethics complaint.   So,   basically, what this was is that she says that, she   paid   for dance lessons,   like, $4,500.   She paid from she she said she paid that from her   campaign   finances,   but her camp the FEC   filings don't show anything of that.   And it didn't come from her personal, so it had to have come so so so the conservative group that is bringing this ethics complaint   say that this shows that it had to have come from her,   house budgetary   allowance,   which would be a federal   ethics   issue.   So it's   dance lessons, dude. It's all about dance lessons.  

Yeah.   Hopefully, she's good at the tango now. You know? It's Hopefully. Yeah.   Or the two step. You know? No.   She might be good at the two step. Yeah. Who knows? She might be. Yeah. Yeah. She might be. Yep.   I could see her getting down to some country jigs, you know, and say   okay. Never mind. I can't.  

[00:41:16] Jesse Fries:

I can see her trying.  

[00:41:17] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. I can't see her doing very well. Yeah. Who knows? May maybe she gets down. You never know. You never know. But if you need dance lessons, it doesn't that kinda also show something that you don't know how to dance? I don't know. But Yeah. Yeah. Kind of. Kind of.  

[00:41:32] Jesse Fries:

Mhmm.   Yeah. So there there's a there's a lot of,   stuff going on over in Japan right now that   that they've found there.   So death penalty in Japan.   Right? Mhmm.   The   there are people now complaining about the practice that some that some of them use.   Not in how they put them to death,   but in when they tell them that they're gonna be put to death.  

[00:42:02] Jamon Fries:

Okay.   When do they tell?  

[00:42:04] Jesse Fries:

The same day that they're killed.  

[00:42:09] Jamon Fries:

Snap.   Well,   it's  

[00:42:18] Jesse Fries:

it's actually kinda humane that way. Yeah. You know, if if I were on death if I were on death row, I would buy I would want mine to first notice that I'm going to be dying today   to be that they deliver the last meal.  

[00:42:32] Jamon Fries:

Or or or they just,   roofer you so you're out of it.   Yeah. And then they kill you, and you don't even realize it. It. To me, that's it. You know? It's a I I think that would be definitely be the best way. Yeah.   Yeah. Unless if you really wanna go out, like, the guy that picked the firing squad, what was that? Yeah. Where the Carolinas?  

[00:42:53] Jesse Fries:

You know?  

[00:42:55] Jamon Fries:

That's the way to do it, man. That is the way to do it. Fire and spot. Yeah. Yeah. The first time in, what was it, like, fifteen   years or something like that? Yeah. Something like that. Yeah. Venues. Yeah. Yeah. Most people don't pick it, but yeah. Yeah. It's a cheap way out too. You know? It's like, try to sell you some money. You don't have to buy all those drugs that are  

[00:43:14] Jesse Fries:

all expensive and everything like that. Yeah. Just a bullet. Just one lead bullet. That's all you need. Yeah. Well, you know, the from what from what they were saying, the reason that he chose it was because it was the more humane way to die. No. It is also the most humane way to die. You go quicker than any than any other method because with the injection, you feel a lot of pain, I guess. Yep. Yep. If you get strapped to the chair, you're definitely feeling a lot of pain.   Yeah. I mean, it it   with this, you   you know damn for sure that they're sharpshooters that they're gonna hit what they're shooting at.  



[00:43:51] Jamon Fries:

Yep. Yep.  

[00:43:52] Jesse Fries:

And if they shoot you in the heart, which is what they probably do,   you know, that's like,   boom. You're gone. It's instant.  

[00:44:02] Jamon Fries:

Well, no. Not quite instant. You feel the pain a little bit. But Yeah. Yeah. It is. For the most part, your blood stops pumping. So you you you realize something happened.  

[00:44:13] Jesse Fries:

But then when you're dying, you always do. So, you know, it's Oh, yeah. Yeah. So yeah. It's just, yeah, it makes sense to me. I I guess the the only the only way the only shot the only way that you wouldn't is it is with a shot to the brain.   Yeah. Yeah. If that should be head, then then nothing would process through your brain, so you would be gone instantly  

[00:44:33] Jamon Fries:

without Except for the bullet. Yeah. The bullet would process through your brain pretty quickly. It it would. Yeah. It would.  

[00:44:40] Jesse Fries:

But something tells me that they probably don't shoot for the head when they're doing that. Probably not. Probably not.  

[00:44:46] Jamon Fries:

It's a bit messier that way anyways.  

[00:44:49] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.  

[00:44:52] Jamon Fries:

But Okay. Let's see here. Oh, yeah. Tesla. Tesla is having some issues with people bombing them and firing them and   shooting at their stores. All over the place. Yeah. I swear to god, these people are have gone insane   against Trump and   Musk. I swear to god, they have gone.   She's insane.   I just don't.   Wow. But, yeah, we all know those stories. Right? So it's,  

[00:45:19] Jesse Fries:

Well, the yeah. There's one, though, that, you may not know.  

[00:45:23] Jamon Fries:

Mhmm.  

[00:45:24] Jesse Fries:

Tesla   is now the Tesla safety is now at the center of a South Korean trial over a, fiery fatal crash.  

[00:45:33] Jamon Fries:

Oh, okay. Okay.   Like, they're autopilot sort of thing?  

[00:45:38] Jesse Fries:

No. Well,   maybe, but probably not.  

[00:45:43] Jamon Fries:

Okay. So,  

[00:45:45] Jesse Fries:

you know, in in Asian countries,   unlike here in The US,   where if you get drunk, you get a cab and you have to go get your vehicle later.   Right. Right. Well, in Asian countries, in a lot of them anyways,   there are people that come to you,   drive your vehicle home with you in the in the back seat.  

[00:46:05] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yeah. Yeah. And then and then walk away with your vehicle. Then walk away and then leave your vehicle there with you. Yeah. There's some companies that do that here in The States. Not many. Oh, are there? Okay. Yeah. I've never I've never heard of them. So Yeah. There there there's a few.   Okay. I I think I think it's mostly an Asian thing.  

[00:46:22] Jesse Fries:

But yeah. So this this guy went to pick up a this lawyer who happens to be   friends   of someone very high up in in the Korean in the South Korean government.   Uh-huh.   And as he was driving, he said that the that the Tesla suddenly   sped up   and turned into a wall.   And so the the it hit the wall  

[00:46:51] Jamon Fries:

Uh-huh. And  

[00:46:52] Jesse Fries:

the battery caught on fire. Right.   The driver got out.   They he was he the wind his his the driver window broke, and he was able to climb out. Okay.   But   the   the attorney in the that was drunk in the back, he wasn't able to get out. He died in the fire, unfortunately.   Uh-huh. The the the interesting thing is, though,   is that   if it were not for an agreement between The US and South Korea   Right.   It wouldn't have happened. It wouldn't have been as bad.   Why not? Because in in South Korea,   any vehicle that has electronic doors,   where it doesn't have a physical door latch where you pull the door and it it opens the lever Uh-huh. Any vehicle that doesn't have that's that has electrical latches,   they are required by Korea South Korean law to have one on the back seat that has a that has a manual override and one in the front seat that has a manual override.  

Okay. Makes sense. And so this this is this is required for, for all vehicles that are sold in South Korea   except   that the they made a deal with The US that if you sell less than 50,000 cars there, you don't have to comply with our with our regulations.  

[00:48:12] Jamon Fries:

Okay. Okay. So  

[00:48:16] Jesse Fries:

okay. To me, I I I the the biggest reason I I thought this story was interesting because I'm like   it got me to thinking, you know, if you own a vehicle that has electronic doors  

[00:48:27] Jamon Fries:

Yep.  

[00:48:28] Jesse Fries:

You're fucked. No one can open the door to get you out. No. Yeah. You're screwed.   Yeah. So Yeah. That's So This this should be something that's done on put on to every single vehicle,   a way to open the door manually.  

[00:48:42] Jamon Fries:

Well,   if the if your battery is completely dead, there's no way you can get into it, Dustin. Yeah. There is no way you can get into it. It's Yep.   That's it. It's it's completely   insane, actually, on that level. There's nothing that can be done. You know? It's Yeah. So so At least, like, regular cars, like, GM cars or Ford or whatnot,   they they have a inside the dongle, there's a key, a physical key   Yeah. That you can take apart a bit of the door handle, like, underneath. You can stick in the key and open it up.   Okay. Same with the ignition. You can actually turn the ignition. You just have to find the ignition. That that that's always the tricky part. But there is an ignition hidden   that you can actually turn it with a key.  

So Okay. Yeah.  

[00:49:30] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. So, I mean, you know, that it's something that should definite that I think it I just can't understand why you wouldn't want a way to manually release the door  

[00:49:40] Jamon Fries:

with the battery. That's probably that's probably why,   Tesla did it that way. It was probably wait.   Yeah. I don't know. They're they're all yeah.   I've never understood that one either. I've never understood that. So  

[00:49:53] Jesse Fries:

well  

[00:49:55] Jamon Fries:

But yeah. So so that that's why Tesla is in the international news now too. Okay. Okay. I know they're also being, like, firebombed and whatnot over in Europe and everything like that too. So it's,   well,   pure craziness.  

[00:50:12] Jesse Fries:

Yep.   Oh, what I find funny, you know, is all the all the calls to   to no longer drive Teslas and to sell them and stuff like that. Uh-huh.   Well, if you sell your Tesla, that means that you're selling it to somebody else that could that's gonna be driving it. So it's not gonna affect anything at all. Once you bought the car from the manufacturer,   whatever you do with it doesn't affect the manufacturer   at all.  

[00:50:40] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. That's how it is. It's,   but it's them showing their solidarity,   you know. It's like,   you know. Yep.  

[00:50:49] Jesse Fries:

Well, you know, that that to me, that's that's just like,   I I've often heard people refer to buying stock off the stock market   as helping the company.  

[00:51:00] Jamon Fries:

Right.  

[00:51:01] Jesse Fries:

But there's only one stock sale that the money is actually going to the company.   The IPO?   Yes. The IPO.   Yep. Yep. Every others every so somebody buying three m stock right now or somebody buying Apple stock right now is not helping Apple in any way, shape, or form.   They're helping somebody that wants to get rid of that stock get rid of their own stock. Yeah. Unless if they, like, give more stock or, whatnot  

[00:51:28] Jamon Fries:

Yeah.   They can   companies now can use, like,   the stock as, like,   for loans and everything like that. They know this is the price of the loans and everything like that. So Yeah. Yeah.   There is reason for it, but, yeah, you're you aren't directly   helping   the company at all. So it's,  

[00:51:50] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. The the the which is which is why I've never really understood now   you you saying the loans and stuff like that, that that makes it a little bit more understandable for me. But I've never really understood why a company cared so much about the value of their stock once they've sold their IPO because it doesn't   affect them   monetarily in any way.   Oh, yeah. It it comes with the loan aspect. I can see where it where it could affect them. So Yep. I I haven't thought about the loans and everything that they take on the stocks. You really got quiet there, Jamon. Oh, did I? Sorry. Yeah. Yeah. You got really quiet. So I got a little comfortable and leaned a little bit too far away from the mic. Well,  

[00:52:30] Jamon Fries:

that's what you get. That's what you get, I guess. Yep. Yep.   Let's see here.   Looks like it's basically all you. I got some science news we'll end with. I have some pretty cool two science things that I found. But,  

[00:52:45] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. So I'm I'm pretty much down to, technology.   Yeah. Yeah. So what do we got? Found some really interesting things going on.   Now, there's a,   portal space systems   has the is is trying to,   make a new   propulsion system   for what for satellites and stuff like that that are up in space. Oh, okay.   Utilizing   nothing   well, they say nothing, but it it actually has a fuel, but it's   it's a   it uses,   ammonia   as a as its fuel source Oh, okay.   And solar power.   So it directs the so it directs the rays from the sun to heat up the the,   the ammonia.  

Uh-huh.   And as it expands,   it then gets   pushed out, and it that is the form of propulsion.  

[00:53:44] Jamon Fries:

Interesting.   Interesting.   So yeah. It's just basically just pushing the gas out. Right? Is Yes. Basically what it is. Yeah. Okay. And using the sun to turn the turn to turn the liquid into a gas.   Okay.   Okay. Yeah.  

[00:53:59] Jesse Fries:

Well, which I mean, it's unique. Well, it not only yeah. It's definitely unique. And the the biggest reason that they're that they wanted to do that is because for   for,   for satellites to be able to change their position and stuff Uh-huh. They have to they have to have   liquids the liquid propulsion systems are cryogenically   cold. They're they're, like, cryogenics.   Right. And so this eliminates the need to do that because ammonia   doesn't need to be kept that cold before it turns gaseous.   Heat wants it to turn gaseous. So you just fill the tank up with the liquid, and you're good to go.   Pretty sweet. So pretty sweet. Cost cost wise for that for that for that form of propulsion   is would be insanely cheaper.  



[00:54:49] Jamon Fries:

Sweet. And you can just fill it up by peeing into the sucker. That works. Yeah. Exactly.  

[00:54:56] Jesse Fries:

You know?   Cool. Now now I'm assuming that the reason they use ammonia is,   maybe its properties don't allow it to freeze   while it's up at at those temperatures or something. Possibly. A lot colder.   That that's otherwise, I mean, you could just put water in it.  

[00:55:15] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. But then water might not have maybe ammonia has a lower boiling point as well. Very well said. Yeah. So evaporation point. So Yeah. Yeah. I'm I'm I'm sure it's somewhere in in those in that area that, that Yeah. Could have a lower freezing and also a lower,   Yep.   Evaporation point. So yeah. Yeah. Interesting. Yep. Interesting.  

[00:55:38] Jesse Fries:

And there's a Seattle startup   that raised $600,000   to caption carbon   to capture carbon.  

[00:55:46] Jamon Fries:

Okay.  

[00:55:47] Jesse Fries:

And they're gonna turn it into graphite.  

[00:55:50] Jamon Fries:

Well, that works.  

[00:55:51] Jesse Fries:

Graphite, all of this is carbon. So, yeah, I don't see an issue with that. Go for it. Well, no. Absolutely. The the the thing that you know, it's it's it's an interesting concept. I've seen a lot of the you know, there's a lot of new startups that have popped up to about how how they're gonna deal with the captured carbon, you know, and stuff like that. Right. Yep.   But actually, turning it into something that we mine for   would be   hugely beneficial, I think, because graphite has a lot of a lot of uses in the technological world. So No. Completely. Completely. I wonder if it's actually feasible, like, like, a monetary  

[00:56:27] Jamon Fries:

monetarily.   Yeah. I don't know. It's   a great idea, yes, and everything like that. But can it work without subsidies?   Can it actually make money?   Hopefully, they've thought this through, and hopefully, that 6,000   600,000  

[00:56:41] Jesse Fries:

shows that maybe they can. So From what I've from what I've from what I understand, what their their plan is for now   is that they're going to rent   carbon capture things to factories   and stuff   to capture the carbon, then they'll take the carbon that was captured and turn it into graphite. So not all so they're gonna get the so they're gonna get money for it on two ends. So as long as the government is still mandating that   the emissions from the from the factories have to be below a certain point,   they're they've got a guaranteed source of carbon,   and then they can just turn that that carbon into graphite. And from what it says, it's fairly easy to do that. So   Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah. So I I'd I'd be willing to bet that most of their money is gonna come from renting the equipment to factories.  



[00:57:27] Jamon Fries:

Well yeah. Yeah. And it's awfully easy to turn carbon into graphite. I I think   I I think graphite is basically just pure carbon anyways.   Yeah. So it  

[00:57:37] Jesse Fries:

like So the old the only thing they need to do is remove the oxygen from the carbon dioxide, and you're good to go. Yeah. Yeah. That that would pretty much do it. Yeah. Okay. Cool. Cool.   Yeah. So that was very interesting.   Yeah.   And then,   there's a   it was very I I I I spent a lot of time on Japanese,   news articles and stuff. Uh-huh.   So they've they've figured out a way to make it so   that pianists   can break their skill limits.  

[00:58:12] Jamon Fries:

Can do their skill limits?  

[00:58:14] Jesse Fries:

Yes. There there's   there's there's   using muscle memory, which is how most people learn how to do stuff nowadays.  

[00:58:23] Jamon Fries:

Right.  

[00:58:24] Jesse Fries:

You   you're you're limited to what you do because you have to,   you have to be doing you just have to do that for a very long time, and there's a limit to how fast you can you can go doing it.  

[00:58:37] Jamon Fries:

Oh, okay.  

[00:58:39] Jesse Fries:

So they developed a machine   that   just moves their fingers for them. It doesn't use muscle memory. Instead, it uses   some other form of memory for that the body has.   And just so what they what they did is,   on a keyboard, they would depress they would push down their ring finger and their index finger Uh-huh. Leaving the other three fingers other three fingers up, and then they would lift those two and push the other three down.   Okay. And they just did this   they they they they had   people that had been playing piano for since eight years old   doing this for, like, a week and for, like, two or three weeks. Uh-huh. And, you know, they got to the point where they could do it pretty   quickly. And   then   they put this machine onto them that just pushed their fingers in those directions.  

Uh-huh.   And according to the results,   it improved everybody's speeds by, like, 25%.  

[00:59:45] Jamon Fries:

Interesting.   Yeah. I'm trying to do that right now. It's hard.  

[00:59:48] Jesse Fries:

It's very hard. Yes.   After reading that, I was trying to do it too, and I'm like,   I can't no. It's impossible for me.   It's just not natural.  

[00:59:58] Jamon Fries:

It isn't natural at all. Index and ring finger down Yeah. And then the other three up.   Yeah. That is not a natural motion. That is not No. No. Not not at all.  

[01:00:10] Jesse Fries:

You know, I I can do the one, but then switching over to the other, I I I always either leave my pinky up or I leave my thumb up.  

[01:00:18] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah.   Okay. Yeah.  

[01:00:23] Jesse Fries:

But yeah. So so they so this this they're they're, they're trying to figure out other ways to to utilize this machine. It's all mostly gonna be in the music industry. So, like,   trumpet players, they think that they might be able to make it so trumpet players can maneuver through their through the keys faster. Oh, okay. And stuff like that. So yeah. You there may may eventually come a point in time where music   that never would have been physically able to be done by a human being can actually be done by a human being again.  

[01:00:53] Jamon Fries:

Nice.   Nice. Nice. Yep.   That would be cool. That would be cool.  

[01:00:59] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   And NVIDIA is in in some   some troubles.   Why not? Their stock their stock is going down massively.  

[01:01:08] Jamon Fries:

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. AI has gotten easy to do, so they don't Yeah. They they don't need as many chipsets according to what, some some people are saying. And so this idea stock has been dropped. Guy. That that China company that, figured out a cheap way to do it. Sweet. Yeah.  

[01:01:25] Jesse Fries:

Now   the there's there's another thing, though, that's   become different   too, though, is that   the   the companies that have always been about bringing in information to train their AI.  

[01:01:40] Jamon Fries:

Uh-huh.  

[01:01:41] Jesse Fries:

They've now I guess, they think they've brought enough information into their AIs, so now they're looking at more in more asking questions of the AI.   Okay.   And so that switch lead many people believe that it means that there's going to be even less chips that are necessary.   And so the, the CEO of Nvidia, he he   firmly believes that it's that that's gonna be the exact opposite. He's he's firmly believes that they're that they're gonna be needing more chips   before too long. And   he he that's his wish. That's what he wants. Just trying I think he's just trying to save his ass. Hey.  

[01:02:22] Jamon Fries:

Wouldn't you?  

[01:02:24] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. Well, I I don't know. You know, I'd I might try to   make better chips  

[01:02:30] Jamon Fries:

that could do more that you could talk about before? Maybe.   I mean They got used they got used to a glut. It's just like when when COVID happened, you know. It's like all these companies got used to a certain way of doing things. Yep.   And then all of a sudden,   all that goes away. And then Yeah. You have to figure out you have to, like, either go back to your old business model or something.  

[01:02:53] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. Yep.   So And then the only the last piece that I have was,   Nissan has now unveiled a driverless car.  

[01:03:03] Jamon Fries:

Oh, okay.  

[01:03:04] Jesse Fries:

They're doing their testing on on Japanese streets now. They've only got two cars that are do that they're that are, set up with the driverless. So Uh-huh. You know, it's just, they're still just in the very, very intro phase of it. But,   they they've got the car is completely navigating itself. It's there's no one sitting behind the wheel. There is always a person in the in the passenger seat that can take control if they need to. Right.   But   they're actually   out there working as a taxi. These two vehicles are out there working as a taxi.   Oh. So you you you, sign up with the company. You tell them where to come pick you up.  

They there's a,   it puts a you you get a,   I can't remember what those scan card those scan things are called.   You   know, that square thing that you scan. Oh, QR code. Yeah. QR code. It sends a QR code to your phone that you have that you put in front of the camera on the on the car, and then it'll unlock the door and let you get into it. That way nobody can get in without you know, nobody can get in before you or something like that. Right.   And   it drives you around. It right now, it's the media has been has been doing it a lot, and they're not they've not had any problems with it. So   yeah.  

Nissan's getting into it as well.  

[01:04:30] Jamon Fries:

Pretty cool. Pretty cool. Yeah. I know Waymo has come to Austin. So now we now Austin has,   the   driverless   cars, and, they keep honking at each other and causing traffic jams.   So, yay, for autonomous   vehicles.  

[01:04:49] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. You know, the the   I have   I have always thought that autonomous vehicles will not make sense unless autonomous vehicles are the only vehicles on the road.  

[01:05:00] Jamon Fries:

Oh, even then, it doesn't make sense because they'll sound and honk at each other. I swear to God. This this was my first thought, but then I've watched a video  

[01:05:08] Jesse Fries:

at an Amazon,   warehouse   Uh-huh.   Where they have autonomous   vehicles that move pallets around.  

[01:05:18] Jamon Fries:

Right.  

[01:05:19] Jesse Fries:

And there were these two that ended up side by side. One of them needed to turn one way, the other needed to turn the other way. Uh-huh.   So they would both say, okay. I need to back up.   And then they would both say, I need to go forward. And then Yep. I can go forward now, then back up, and then go for they just they spent, like, half an hour just going backward and forward right in the same spot.  

[01:05:43] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. It was a there's, like, a parking garage in San Francisco where these cars, they just,   they that's where they all park. But same thing. They're trying to get out parking spots, and then they're honking at each other that they're in the way. And it's just this back and forth, back and forth could go on for hours, they say. Yeah. Yeah.   It's it's it's like humans, we we we realize that at some point,   I stay, you go.   Yeah. Yeah. It's just like Yep. This is stupid. You you you know, it's like that. We we're we're you're trying to get around somebody, you both start going the same way. You you you know, and then, you go You you eventually you eventually look at each other, communicate  

[01:06:23] Jesse Fries:

Uh-huh. With your eyes. Uh-huh. And  

[01:06:26] Jamon Fries:

you go different directions. Yeah. And usually, you chuckle a little bit with each other. Yeah. You share joke and you move on with your life. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. You don't spend there an hour honking at each other.   No. No. That that that's just insanity.   That's insanity.  

[01:06:40] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.  

[01:06:41] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Just like us trying to do the value for value   model here at Minus Meanderings.   You know?   Anything that you guys could help out, time, talent, treasure,   we love it all. I would love to hear from you guys.   Let us know, what is going on,   out there. And my son is just poking his head in the door for some reason. Oh.   So that's kinda why he got distracted there.   But let's see. You can send us ideas. You can send my email is jesse@mindlessc.com,   and, JamansisJamans@mindlessmeanderings.com.   Send us what you can. You can support our show with money.   You can there's a funding link in   the the show notes,   description of the show.  

You can go to minusmeanderings.com   and follow that link for supporting the show. Or if you have a two point o podcast that allows you to, donate that way, you can we also take that method. So any way you can help us, doesn't matter how much you give us, a dollar, 5 dollars, 10 dollars, anything will help.   Let's see here. Now, I have two stories here that are kinda funny.   Okay.   Kinda interesting too.   One is   that,   beer drinking actually   reduces,   bad cholesterol.   And it actually yeah. And, actually, it increases   good cholesterol.  

So, specifically,   people who this was a study done in Japan. People who went from drinking zero drinks to one and a half drinks per day   saw their bad LDL levels,   fall,   point eight five,   milligrams.   Okay. And their good HDL cholesterol went up point five eight.   For those that went from zero,   that went from zero to 1.5   to three drinks per day,   their bad LDL levels dropped 4.4   milligrams,   and their good HDL   rose 2.49   milligrams.   So that   so the more you drink,   the healthier you are. Just say it.   Yeah. So,   It it definitely does seem that way. Uh-huh. For people who started drinking three or more drinks per day, their LDL levels fell 7.44   milligrams,   and the HDL   rose 6.12   milligrams.  

For people who quit drinking   after,   after drinking 1.5 per day or less, their LDL   rose 1.1   milligrams, so it got worse. And their HDL fell by 1.25   milligrams.  

[01:09:38] Jesse Fries:

And then if They often they often do say to, drink in moderation,   but to drink.  

[01:09:44] Jamon Fries:

But but it's not just moderation. This is saved, like, for cholesterol levels. You actually the more you drink, the better because it's, like, three or more drinks, that's when   the   LDL  

[01:09:55] Jesse Fries:

drops. That's when it's gonna be the highest levels. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So  

[01:09:59] Jamon Fries:

yeah, and same same reverse. So if you stop drinking, like, three or more   a day,   your blood pressure spike or your cholesterol, the bad cholesterol spikes, and your the good drops.   It's kinda crazy.  

[01:10:15] Jesse Fries:

Yeah. It is very crazy.  

[01:10:17] Jamon Fries:

Yep.   So yeah. Yeah.   And then   I think this other one this one is interesting. So   people doing the James Webb Space Telescope. Right? They Mhmm.   They've made this discovery,   and they they they say   the simplest explanation for our rotating universe that we have   is that   our universe is actually in a rotating black hole.   So we are actually living and existing in a black hole.   Right?  

[01:10:59] Jesse Fries:

Does that mean we're gonna be eventually be drawn to the center and be destroyed?  

[01:11:03] Jamon Fries:

I have no clue, dude.   No. Because it's expanding.   See, that's the thing. You're expanding. Our universe is expanding.  

[01:11:13] Jesse Fries:

Yeah.   Yeah.   Which wouldn't really make sense if you're in a black hole.  

[01:11:20] Jamon Fries:

Uh-huh. Right.  

[01:11:21] Jesse Fries:

But it is. But it kind of eat everything.  

[01:11:25] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. But we don't know what goes on inside, inside of a black hole. That's that's absolutely true.   Yeah. So   isn't that interesting?   That is very interesting. Yeah. Yeah. So we are in a black hole.   Yeah.   It's   known as Schwarzschild   Cosmology.   It's,   apparently, a guy came up with it. It's black black hole cosmology.  

[01:11:50] Jesse Fries:

So Oh, okay.  

[01:11:53] Jamon Fries:

Yeah. Yeah. We're just inside a black hole   of a larger parent universe. So we're like a tiny universe inside   a bigger universe.   So,   yeah.  

[01:12:06] Jesse Fries:

So MIB had it right.  

[01:12:08] Jamon Fries:

MIB had it right.   Look at that.   Will Smith had something right. You know?   And with that,   thank you guys for joining us for episode 29   of the Mindless Meandering podcast. I'm Jesse Fries. And I'm Jamin Fries. And you guys have a great week.