Cigars Liquor And More

This week they get distracted with a Ron Zacapa vs Ron Centario 25 comparison. Very close battle. They find another solar development they are a little skeptical of. The Cavalier is a excellent offering and they very much enjoy the evening. https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/photon-energy-systems-solar-spheres-wavja/

Check out what Darrell has been up to in Costa Rica. Diving, monkeys, Zip Lining, etc. Darrell is having the Rocky Patel Decade with the Balcones Lineage and Bill is having a Foundation Cigars The Wise Man with Angostura Caribbean Rum.

They discuss the new building design that is Lego like and is strong enough to withstand a bulldozer. They smoke the Caldwell Long Live the King and drink Weller Antique 107. https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/plastic-bricks-building-material-home-improvement/

They discuss privacy in the coming years and whether it can exist. They specifically discuss the Copilot+ 'Recall' feature. Smoking the Graycliff G2 and drinking Old Charter Oak French oak aged; they enjoy the night. They somehow return to complaining how whiny the Skywalkers are. Bill is pushing the 'Data as a Product' way of thinking about your work. With any luck he can convince the world. https://time.com/6980911/microsoft-copilot-recall-ai-features-privacy-concerns/

They discuss recent news about supercapacitors and what this will mean for rapid charging. They smoke the Caldwell Lost and Found La Whatever and drink the 1792 Bottle N Bond. They talk about Nvidia because who isn't right now. For summer grilling we discuss converting a propane grill to natural gas. https://futurism.com/the-byte/supercapacitor-theory-discovery

They go back to discussing energy when they find an article about a recently developed catalyst for electrolyzing water. The smoke Don Pepin Garcia Cubin Classic and drink Weller Special Reserve. They also talk about how Darrell goes about pairing cigars and liquor. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240416214629.htm

They discuss OpenAI blatently ignoring right and wrong to steal Scarlett Johanssons voice. What rights should we all have to our voice? They pair that discussion with a Partagas Heritage and Makers Mark Cask. https://www.wired.com/story/scarlett-johansson-v-openai-could-look-like-in-court/ Plus this years first primo pairing of 2024

China is making the cheapest EVs. The US will be adding high tariffs to improve our competitive future in the chip sector. They smoke the Tatuaje Series P and drink Milam & Green Triple Cask.

You can get a remote controlled flamethrower and it's legal in most states. They drink the Plantation Black Cask and smoke the Rocky Patel 60th. They also discuss a new product coming that will neutralize alchohol before you absorbe it.

Rare Earth magnets are critical to our defense and in fact most of our products. We need to have a non-China source for rare earths. DOD may be taking some steps to begin again our own rare earth production. There's a little more ranting about licorice.They smoke the Undercrown Shade Grand Toro and drink the 2024 Bookers Springfield batch.

They drink the Knob Creek 12 Year Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey with the La Perla Habana Black Pearl Oro. For some reason they talk about assigning a dog year equivalent to whiskey aging. New work has found a way to create artificial diamonds at atmospheric pressure. Big diamonds. Good looking things. This could be a De Beers killer. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/diamonds-extreme-atmospheric-pressure

They discuss the Formula 1 racing as they drink the Formula 1 inspired whiskey. They mention Monte Carlo, but meant Le Mans. They smoke the Joya Black and drink the Whistle Pig Piggyback Alpha Romeo. Between drinks and smoke they discuss how recently AI has been used to create a new battery, and it worked! https://www.sciencenews.org/article/artificial-intelligence-new-battery

They discuss the recent CRA appeal to the FDA and segue into a discussion about British baristars wearing wigs in this day and age. They also discuss water issues. They smoke the West Tampa Red and drink the Courage & Conviction Cuvee cask finish whiskey.

Darrell and family went to the Providenciales region of Turks and Caicos. They stayed at the Club Med for part of the time and The Grace Bay Suites for the other part. They review the area, Club Med, some restaurants, diving, and general atmosphere. The cigar was a local one, but there was no information on it and the rum was local, but proably acting as a non-distiller producer. Enjoy!

Bill and Darrell discuss self awareness of AI. They disagree. They smoke the New Cuba Corojo with Herman Marshall Dry Country. This is a sweetened tip cigar and Bill discusses it. Bill discusses going to Paris, Texas. Sorry to flat earthers, but we dog the theory in this episode. Since they drink the Dry County, they discuss the dry county policies in Texas and trail off into a discussion of terrible bottles. https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-realizes-being-tested

Bill and Darrell discuss the AI trying to solve thousands upon thousands of trolly decisions and some implecations. Ghost Autonomy announced experiments with ChatGPT to help its software navigate its environment. They ask for 50,000 senarios and compared the results across 4 LLM models. We're concerned and in our concern smoked a 120th Anniversary La Aurora and drank some Lost Irish. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/03/would-chatbots-make-the-same-driving-decisions-as-us/

In this episode they stick to the discussion of the liquor and cigar. There's some cigar shape and size discussion and some cognac discussion, but they mostly stay to the liquor and cigar this episode. They smoke the Aganorsa Leaf Supreme Leaf and drink the Pierre Ferrand Formula 1840.

Bill, Darrell, and David went to the 7th Annual Whiskey Riot - Dallas. The three discuss the event while smoking the Diesel Wicked and drinking the Benchmark Single Barrel. They also poke a little fun at the Benchmark line while still appreciating it. Julia (tech support) also joins use in our Benchmark enjoyment. https://whiskeyriot.com/dallas-tx

They discuss some cigar and liquor collaborations while smoking the latest collaboration, the EH Taylor Corojo while sipping the EH Taylor Small Batch. They also discuss cornhole, softball, and a cigar mishap.

This discuss the recent news about Neuralink and future implications. They also discuss the straight cut. Bill wants to bring it back to regular use. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/01/30/neuralink-musk-first-human-brain-chip/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/neuralink-implants-brain-chip-first-human-musk-says-2024-01-29/