Ever wondered why Windows 10 was given away for free? Join Dave Plummer, a retired Microsoft engineer from the MS-DOS and Windows 95 era, as he dives into the real reasons behind Microsoft’s bold move. From declining PC sales and Windows 8’s backlash to the rise of free macOS and Linux, discover how market pressures and Satya Nadella’s vision transformed Windows into a service. Uncover the hidden costs—telemetry, ads, and a shift to subscriptions—and what it means for you. Don’t miss this deep dive into Microsoft’s strategy! Subscribe for more tech insights from Dave’s Garage!

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Stock prices reflect investors’ expectations about the future earnings and risk of the companies they invest in. When expectations or risk change, due to something like nonsensical sweeping tariffs, stock prices can change, and they can change quickly and dramatically.

Falling stock prices do not mean that the market is broken or that the world is ending; they are expected from time to time, and their inevitability should be built into every investment plan.

Thanks to Galilean relativity it should be just as hard to run on an inclined treadmill as it is to run on a hill of the same incline. But you don't gain gravitational potential energy on a treadmill, so can it really be true?

Bill explains how the two-liter plastic soda bottle begins as a plastic tube, called a preform, which is heated and inflated with air in a bottle-shaped mold. He explains how the stretching of the preform creates a crystalline regions in the bottle's plastic (polyethylene terephthalate) that create a bottle with great strength, low permeability to carbon dioxide, but which is also lightweight—some 35 times lighter than a glass bottle of the same size. Bill explains key features of the bottles design, including: why the bottle looks like it does, why the neck has gaps in its threads, and how the tamper-proof ring works. He also discusses "hot-fill bottles" used for sports drinks and plastic juice bottles, noting the panels molded into the bottles to accommodate temperature changes. Lastly, he discusses briefly the recycling of PET bottles, although noting that about 75% of the 500 billion PET bottles manufactured annually end up in landfills or are incinerated.

In this video, Professor Bart Kay discusses the heart's function with Dr. Stephen Hussey, exploring unconventional theories about the heart's role in blood circulation. They examine the heart's efficiency as a pump and propose that it operates more like a vortexing hydraulic ram rather than a traditional pressure propulsion pump. They also discuss the concept of 'structured water' and its implications for heart health and circulation, challenging standard views on heart disease and treatment.

Key Points

Heart as a Pump

Dr. Hussey questions the traditional view of the heart as a pressure propulsion pump. Instead, he suggests it functions more like a vortexing hydraulic ram, challenging classical cardiac physiology.

Efficiency of the Heart

Current understanding suggests the heart may be only about 30% efficient as a pump. Historical experiments and recent studies indicate that blood can flow without the heart actively pumping, particularly in embryos.

Structured Water's Role

The concept of structured water is introduced, suggesting it exists in the body, particularly in blood vessels, and plays a crucial role in blood flow and cardiovascular health.

Cholesterol and Heart Disease

Both experts agree that conventional beliefs about cholesterol and lipoproteins causing heart disease are flawed. They emphasize that heart disease's root causes should be re-evaluated.

Infrared Therapy

They discuss how infrared light can promote structured water formation, potentially reversing heart failure symptoms and improving heart health through natural sunlight.

Emerging Theories

Emerging scientific theories challenge long-held beliefs in cardiovascular health, suggesting new therapeutic approaches based on understanding the heart's mechanics and the dynamics of blood flow.

Call to Critical Thinking

The discussion emphasizes the importance of questioning established medical dogma and remaining open to new scientific insights for better health practices.

12 video series on the foundations of calculus with multiple audio tracks

Nutrition Epidemiology is a branch of pseudoscience. In this discussion, Prof Kay provides 7 major flaws (each of which are sufficient on their own) to invalidate and discredit nutrition epidemiology and nutrition epidemiologists as fantasists, pseudoscientists, and crackpots. These pseudoscientists have abandoned scientific discipline, and instead indulge in criminal propaganda. Check it out! Don't forget to subscribe, and hit the bell icon. Also leave me your thoughts.

Summarizer:

In this video, Professor Bart Kay argues that nutrition epidemiology is flawed and misleading due to seven main invalidating issues. He emphasizes that association does not imply causality, discusses problems with observational studies, and highlights biases in data collection and reporting that result in false conclusions about health outcomes related to nutrition.

Key Points

Association vs Causation

Professor Kay stresses that simply having an association between two variables does not prove that one causes the other. He gives the example of ice cream sales correlating with shark attacks, illustrating the fallacy of assuming causality from correlation.

Observational Study Limitations

Nutrition epidemiology relies on observational studies which lack control over variables affecting health outcomes. The inability to conduct controlled experiments limits the validity of conclusions drawn from these studies.

Respondent Data Issues

Epidemiological studies often depend on self-reported dietary data, which can be biased or inaccurate. People may misreport their food intake, leading to flawed conclusions.

Arbitrary Selection Criteria in Meta-analyses

Authors of meta-analyses can selectively include or exclude studies based on arbitrary criteria, potentially biasing outcomes to support a desired conclusion.

Publication Bias

Studies that yield negative or inconclusive results are less likely to be published, skewing the available literature and leading to inflated positive results in meta-analyses.

P-Hacking in Research

Researchers may manipulate data collection to achieve statistically significant results (p < 0.05), which can misrepresent the actual findings and contribute to flawed reports.

Misuse of Relative Outcomes

Epidemiological studies often report relative risks without presenting absolute risks, which can mislead the public regarding the actual impact of dietary choices on health.

Extrapolation of Findings

Findings from studies often conducted on older populations are generalized to the entire population, ignoring individual health variations and leading to inappropriate dietary recommendations.

This video may cause vertigo.

Summarizer:

Dr. Ford Brewer discusses a simple at-home test involving grip strength that can help predict longevity and overall health. He emphasizes that grip strength is related to metabolic health, cardiovascular disease, and cognitive function. The video also explains the impact of aging on muscle development and recommendations for improving grip strength, alongside discussing the importance of strength training for longevity.

Key Points

Grip Strength as a Longevity Indicator

Grip strength is a reliable measure of overall muscle strength and health. Studies show that better grip strength correlates with a 31% reduction in all-cause mortality, which makes it a significant health indicator beyond traditional metrics like glucose levels.

Impact of Aging on Muscle Strength

As individuals age, it becomes harder to build and maintain muscle mass. Older adults need to exert more effort and time into strength training to achieve results, but it is still feasible to improve muscle strength well into later years.

Exercise Recommendations

The video advocates for 'exercise snacks'—short bursts of exercise throughout the day—rather than relying on long gym sessions. Resistance training is highlighted as crucial for maintaining muscle mass and metabolic health.

Importance of Grip Strength Testing

Conducting grip strength tests can provide insightful data regarding one’s health risks. Individuals in their 60s with weak grip strength face an 83% higher probability of early disability and death, stressing the need for strength in the aging population.

Here is a side by side of his two last videos, one month apart.

https://youtu.be/AqMGMZjAKZw

https://youtu.be/0_gyA_qfZz0

In the comments he said he was sick with the flu, it looks more serious then that.

The dramatic weight loss, the loss of fat around the face, the skin color, and the hand bandage.

I've really enjoyed his content, fallen asleep to his videos. I hope he is ok and will recover quickly, but the dramatic change has me speculating something more serious then the flu.

summarizer

The video discusses how major food companies, like Nestle and Kellogg’s, control public perception of food health through misinformation campaigns, similar to practices used by the tobacco industry. It highlights the prevalence of ultra-processed foods in the American diet, their health risks, and the manipulation of nutritional guidelines by these corporations.

Key Points

Corporate Misinformation Campaigns

Food conglomerates are accused of executing misleading advertising practices, equating their health claims to tactics previously used by tobacco companies, aiming to create a dependency on their products.

Health Risks of Ultra-Processed Foods

The video emphasizes that ultra-processed foods constitute over half of the American diet and are linked to chronic diseases, including heart disease and diabetes, by exploiting food science to make these products addictive.

Sabotaging Dietary Guidelines

Food companies are financially influencing the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee to prevent guidelines from recommending reductions in the consumption of ultra-processed foods.

Addiction and Hyper-Palatability

The relationship between hyper-palatable foods produced by these corporations and food addiction is explored, with evidence suggesting these foods are designed to be irresistibly appealing, leading to overconsumption.

Historical Ties with Tobacco

The video reveals the historical connections between major food companies and tobacco corporations, showing how strategies of misinformation and manipulation of public perception have shifted from tobacco to food.

Call to Action for Truthful Guidelines

It stresses the importance of reforming dietary guidelines to prioritize scientific evidence over corporate influence and urges for immediate change to improve public health.

To treat obesity, Hippocrates, the “father of medicine,” suggested the following:

[o]bese people and those desiring to lose weight should perform hard work before food. Meals should be taken after exertion and while still panting from fatigue and with no other refreshment before meals except only wine, diluted and slightly cold. Their meals should be prepared with sesame or seasoning and other similar substances and be of a fatty nature as people get thus, satiated with little food. They should, moreover, eat only once a day and take no baths and sleep on a hard bed and walk naked as long as possible. - Precope J. Hippocrates on Diet and Hygiene. 1952.

In this quote we have :

• Eat fat to lose fat
• One Meal A Day (Intermittent Fasting / Time restricted Eating)
• cardio, and walking.

Learn about amortization based spending from economist Ben Mathew on the Rational Reminder podcast: The Lifecycle Model vs. Safe Withdrawal Rates (SWR) - youtube.com/watch?v=-2Ul4bdHkXE

https://youtu.be/mIY7eWSH_Qs

March 14, 2025 (Ep 120: Australian Edition) | China Task Force Circumnavigates Australia | Australia and its Maritime Trade | Chinese Maritime Expansion | AUKUS - Australia, United Kingdom, United States Submarine Agreement | Australia's Strategic Sealift Fleet

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses with Jen Parker 5 issues facing Australia today in the maritime sector. Jen Parker is an Expert Associate at the National Security College of the Australian National University and an Adjunct Fellow in naval studies at the University of New South Wales Canberra. She hosts and produces the Maritime Matters podcast and is a 20-year veteran of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

00:00 Introduction
01:58 Chinese Naval Task Force Circumnavigates Australia 
04:07 Australia and Trade 
07:50 Chinese Expansion 
10:41 AUKUS 
18:47 Australia Strategic Fleet 
25:55 Going Forward & Conclusion