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LavaCon 2026 and the future.

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LavaCon is a conference now going on 25 years. Its always fun at conferences where folks collaborate on what the future holds. This year I drove to Charlotte NC from Duluth GA to attend. I used the Tesla in Full Self Drive. I went park-to-park without touching the wheel for over 200 miles. It's crazy. I don't think most people understand how well it works. Lots of nay-sayers still, but it really does work. Be on guard, but enjoy. I spent some of my time "driving" while conversing with Grok as part of my daydreaming. I was discussing with Grok an idea I have of building a West system (cold molded) old style barrel-back runabout maybe 20 feet long- all varnished Mahogony. Of course this boat would have an exotic 12-cylinder engine under a transparent engine hatch between the twin cockpits. We discussed the designs, available actual study plans and pre-lofted design documents for the hull. We also discussed the best engine (perhaps a BMW N73) coupled with a Velvet Dri...
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On Dec 8, 2018 I had one of the most vivid dreams I have ever had. I woke up and wrote down as much as could as the details raced away. The first sentence: "It was about reality and the economy and how nothing was real". Recently, I have been chatting with a friend in Venezuela about the realities of the current economy. It is almost unbelievable. Free gasoline, but he categorizes people as different types of animals. You don't see this shit in the news. It is all propaganda. It has always been propaganda. To me, the following video talks about the link of tangible belief and the mathematics. Certainly, we are very very close to an understanding of the "Theory of Everything". It was good viewing for me, clearly shot in SoCal.