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Good deorbit burn.
Landing burn in 53 minutes. teapaw.org/i/broadcasts/2brajgZlO…
Should I sell these?
I have a bunch of these old lithographs from the 1980s and 1990s. I can't say how I got them but I do want to get rid of them.
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I’ve studied General MacArthur more than any other U.S. general, largely because of what he did after the fighting stopped in the Pacific. He took a defeated, starving country; still proud, and helped turn it into one of America’s closest allies, arguably our best.
I’ve read a lot about the days, weeks, and months around Japan’s surrender. The way Japanese forces protected his flight into 'enemy territory' at Atsugi Airfield and the early hours on the ground stands out. There was real risk from combat elements, yet the landing went peacefully. Accounts describe Japanese soldiers lining the airstrip with their backs to the Douglas C-54 Bataan. Not out of disrespect, but as a form of ultimate respect and protection. They were shielding the aircraft from rogue elements because the formal surrender had been signed yet.
MacArthur treated Emperor Hirohito with respect and took the dignity of the Japanese people seriously. They worked together to reach decisions. That approach mattered.
When Japan surrendered US forces were ordered not to eat local Japanese food. They were to rely on rations shipped in from outside so the Japanese could begin restoring their own stocks. General MacArthur understood our supply lines would open; theirs would not. The policy was simple and humane: don’t take what the population desperately needed.
History matters. Dignity matters. Reading about these choices raises my own standards. I was in Japan last week. They remain the most gracious hosts, with a beautiful culture. Kampai 🍻
Thank you, Japan. 🇯🇵
A Japanese diplomat in a morning coat and top hat stepped onto the deck of USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, bracing for the worst humiliation.
His name was Toshikazu Kase. He had passed the Japanese Foreign Service examination in 1925 and studied at Amherst and Harvard. He had been on duty at the Foreign Ministry on the weekend of Pearl Harbor, and had helped prepare the document breaking off negotiations with the United States. Now, on an American battleship, he was there to end the war.
It was Kase who had suggested the civilian delegation wear formal diplomatic attire of morning dress and top hats, because they were representing their sovereign. It was Kase who had drafted the English text of the document accepting the Potsdam Declaration.
With him was Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu. Thirteen years earlier in Shanghai, a bomb had taken Shigemitsu's right leg. He had walked on a wooden leg and a cane ever since. He had to be helped up the ladder. A photographer recalled that in the silence of the deck, you could hear the wooden leg.
Around the Missouri sat about 250 Allied vessels. More than 800 American aircraft were about to pass overhead.
Then General Douglas MacArthur opened the ceremony.
"It is my earnest hope, and indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world founded upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance and justice."
He closed with: "Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always. These proceedings are closed."
Freedom. Tolerance. Justice.
Kase wrote in his 1950 book Journey to the Missouri that he had boarded expecting the worst humiliation, and that the victor's speech, asking for those three things instead of revenge, left him spellbound.
That same day, he wrote the report on the ceremony for the Emperor.
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I was 15 the first time I traveled from USA to Japan. I struggled with the food and culture shock.
The major lesson was landing when we landed in Philadelphia. It was REVERSE culture shock.
The airport was dirty. It was loud, disorganized, and people were rude. I missed Japan.
Being in Tokyo realizing this is how nice clean and orderly American cities could be if we voted out the politicians trying to sabotage the West...
This is what they took from us
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A bratty CFO would never...
In June @NaderLikeLadder emailed Jensen about a crazy idea we had over dinner to make Local AI 10x better on NVIDIA hardware.
Jensen replied in 7 minutes. He saw this as important work, and approved a war room for us to work on this at NVIDIA HQ.
For a month, NVIDIA HQ was the @exolabs satellite office. We were overwhelmed by the support we got. We were back to back the first week with smart NVIDIANs coming in to our war room to help us. Creators of CUDA, Dynamo, people who built NVIDIA.
Long story short with NVIDIA we managed to improve their Local AI playbooks by 9.6x (almost the 10x goal we set out with). We’ll be publishing a whitepaper on this work.
We were just a small startup with a crazy idea. Jensen took a bet on us. Jensen cares deeply about Open Source AI and Local AI.
I don't believe Jensen is replaceable, he's a 1 of 1 human, but I hope NVIDIA will continue to aggressively support Open Source AI and Local AI, and continue to take bets on small startups with crazy ideas.
Thank you Jensen
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If you want a free do-follow backlink for your AI startup project drop me a link.
Hype Star continues to climb in Domain Rank. I personally curate the list and reject a lot of trashy projects.
Domain Rank is 11 as of this morning
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