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📌 FYI, every now & then we move everything on this webpage to our Offline Servers. We last did so at 7 PM Tues, 7/7/26. -----
📌 BREAKING NEWS: 12 Noon (La Jolla-time) Sat, July 18, 2026 We're at a Crossroads with our E90 M3 Lite and N52B30 efforts. We're still debating how to position our upcoming Alusil cylinder wall Reconditioning Service, which is key to both. We know we want to price it at $6K USD per N52B30 engine block. i.e., $1K per cylinder. And we know the TAM is 1M+ N52B30 units WW. And, we know it's an UN-tap'd Billion Dollar Plus market opportunity. It's also a BIG technical & logistical challenge. We are a small, Tech-focused company in La Jolla. And, we need to devote at-least 50% of our Time & Energy to Photosets & the Physical AI vertical market opportunites (supported by it) that we've hinted at. And because of that we've defined a strategy around performing the first 15 or so Alusil Reconditioning Jobs "manually," & then pivoting to our first-ever ML-based Specialty Robot, which we've named Timmy. Regarding our E90 M3 Lite, our current thinking is that we'll limi it to just the 2006 model year. That's because the 2006 model year came with the MSV70 ECU,
which we've already dailed-in a custom tune for: ● 247 HP at 6500 RPM ● 217 lb-ft at 2,750-4,000 RPM And importantly, that's with the single-stage intake manifold & stock exhaust. But also, with MILVs, a BMC air filter, & airbox charcoal filter delete. For clarity, BMW pivoted to the MSV80 ECU starting with their 2007 model year. And at this time, we're NOT prepared to deal with that. For clarity, our prototype E90 M3 Lite is a 2006 model year. It's our Proof of Concept, both for Alusil Reconditioning, & for our custom tune. As a reminder, our 2006 prototype E90 M3 Lite is a 6-speed manual RWD sports sedan with 3.23 rear gearing, with a 3,300 lb curb weight, 50/50 weight distribution, & with BMW's highly-prized Hydraulic-assist power steering. It came stock with BMW's sport package, & we've further upgraded the suspension. Our CEO custom-ordered it from BMW back in the Summer of 2005 & took ownership of it in Sept of that year, as a 2006 model. Regarding our Alusil Reconditioning Service, our current thinking is that we'll offer it up to anyone who wants it. Customers will need to separate the Bedplate & send us just the Crankcase. A bare N52B30 Crankcase weighs ~40 lbs. Customers, OR their Auto Shop, will be expected to RE-assemble their Short Block. It's NOT Rocket Science, & it's a damn good learning experience. BIG picture perspective, the N52B30, BMW's last naturally-aspirated engine is highly-reliable. But it does tend to exhibit an Excessive Oil Consumption problem AFTER passing 200K miles. We currently have 225K miles on the engine in our 2006 prototype E90 M3 Lite. New piston rings are needed to "Refresh" N52B30 engines. But one cannot just put new piston rings into ANY engine with Alusil cylinder walls. The Alusil cylinder walls MUST first be Reconditioned. It's a NON-trivial task to get it right. It requires measuring cylinder wall Alusil peaks & valleys optically. NOT for the faint of heart. -----
📌 BREAKING NEWS: 5:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Sat, July 18, 2026 We intend to promote Photosets' upcoming Next-Gen Multi View Capture support as
"Tracer Technology for Physical AI use cases". Think ML Training & Verification Data ! -----
📌 BREAKING NEWS: 6 PM (La Jolla-time) Fri, July 17, 2026 Three more things to announce today: 1.) Some clarity regarding what we've described as a Fiduciary Duty requirement (post-Trump's speech yesterday) for every CEO of a public company on the U.S. Exchanges. Simply put, it's very-likely the ONLY way to prevent an OVER-throw "attempt" at the Midterms. Whether the attempt will be successful OR NOT is anybody's guess, but it will create "a situation" that America has NOT experienced since the mid-1850s. Make NO mistake, the Markets will tank if it looks like it's gonna happen ! Many individuals will be completely wiped-out. Apple's next Earnings Call is Thurs, July 30th. We predict they will be one of the first to sound the alarm. Read that to mean, they better be. See our previous News Updates for some of the details. 2.) Some clarity regarding Photosets' Next-Gen Multi View Capture support. Think of it as Tracer Technology, related to Golf balls, Baseballs, Drones, & GDBs. On a side note here, we're also investigating how we could use it to track satellites. 3.) If China sees a divided America, they will pounce on Taiwan. Similar thing happened with Russia invading Ukraine. As such, those CEOs that we mention in #1 might also be preventing a War. And make NO mistake, if China invades Taiwan, that's the start of the next World War. Hope you've had a good life, it could soon be coming to an end. Trump doesn't care, he's 80 years old. And has (serious ?) health issues that he hasn't been sharing with the public. -----
📌 BREAKING NEWS: 2:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Fri, July 17, 2026 It just hit us that we can use the Frontier AI Models to help craft "legal" documents that describe the Fiduciary Duty violations we've recently hinted at. So that's what we're gonna do. For clarity here, one is specific to Apple. The other applies to the CEOs of every public company listed on the U.S. Stock Exchanges. And, we'll be doing the same with our Monopoly complaint against Apple's App Store. Here, we believe we have ALL the necessary Ammo (i.e., relevant data points), we just need to "package it ALL up" into a proper legal document. -----
📌 BREAKING NEWS: 2 PM (La Jolla-time) Fri, July 17, 2026 As a reminder, three months ago, on Friday, April 17th, when Apple was trading at $270/share, we estimated that Apple could be trading as high as $335/share OR as low as $205/share, heading-into to their annual Sept event. Basically, +- $65/share from $270/share. Today, Apple got as high as $334.99/share ! That's an ALL-time High & ONLY $0.01/share below our High-End Estimate. OK, but is it justified ? We don't think so. We think AAPL is where Investors & Gamblers put their money when they don't know what to do with it. And Yes, to us, it's just that simple. -----
📌 BREAKING NEWS: 8 AM (La Jolla-time) Fri, July 17, 2026 Some key facts regarding President Trump: 1.) With the help of Vladimir Putin,
Trump won the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election against Hillary Clinton,
a woman. 2.) Trump lost the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election against Joe Biden,
a man. 3.) With the help of Elon Musk,
Trump won the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election against Kamala Harris,
a woman. 4.) Last night, Trump claimed that the Chinese Govt influenced the 2018 Midterms & the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. But NOT the 2016 or 2024 U.S. Presidential Elections. Go Figure ! Talk-about cherry-picking the Data. Most of MAGA must be really dumb to fall for that.
Our take, President Trump is NOT playing with a Full Deck ! He has at-least a few screws loose. Also, we believe Trump's Chief of Staff should educate him that if he continues to go down his current path, more people will celebrate his death (when it happens) than ANY OTHER PERSON who has ever lived. We truly believe that. Who wants that kind of status ? We don't think Trump does. We also don't think he has thought it through. It's up to his Chief of Staff (& the others around him) to knock some sense into him. For a guy who is so obsessed about his Legacy he appears to be Completely Clueless. On a side note, we are Center-Right Independent Thinkers. -----
📌 BREAKING NEWS: 5 PM (La Jolla-time) Thurs, July 16, 2026 Heads Up, NO public company CEO will be able to run from what we're hereby describing. And for clarity, we've just sent it out to a select list of public company CEOs here in the States. Don't shoot the Messenger (it's just Insight) ! ...
As you very-likely know, we are already on the record as having publicly stated that we believe Tim Cook violated his Fiduciary Duty to AAPL shareholders by suppressing knowledge of our Photosets & the other rare, true Flagship-caliber Burst Photo Camera Apps, because of the (positive) financial impact they could-have & should-have had on Apple's top & bottom lines. Now consider this, during President Trump's speech this evening, it will very-likely become Common Knowledge to many that he is gearing-up to try to OVER-throw the Midterms. As such, we believe the CEO of every public company listed on U.S. Stock Exchanges will be required to specify that possibility as something that could adversely impact their company's stock performance. And to NOT do so (we believe) could & should be considered a Fiduciary Duty violation. As such, we expect ALL SEC docs filed AFTER President Trump's speech to include what we've just described. Also, we believe the CEO of every public company listed on U.S. Stock Exchanges should be fully prepared to take tough questions on this topic at their company's next Earnings Call. For clarity, we believe the S&P 500 could drop by 40% & settle at 4,500 if it looks to actually happen ! i.e., as we get closer to the Midterms. By comparison, if there is NO OVER-throw attempt, we expect the S&P 500 to end the year somewhere in the 6,300-8,100 range. For clarity there, we're NOT sold on AI. We think the AI companies believing other companies will provide them with their proprietary data (to train on) are living in a Fantasy World. On a side note, we are Center-Right Independent Thinkers. -----
📌 News Update: 8:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Thurs, July 16, 2026 Today (7/16) kicks off the 2nd half of the MLB season. As such, we've decided to pivot from Golf to Baseball for our first-ever
Next-Gen Multi View Capture-based Live Demos. For clarity here, we're basically pivoting-back to Baseball. We had worked on it late last season, but ran out of time to complete it before the season ended. So we put it on the Back Burner at that time. Today, we're moving it back to the Front Burner. And moving our Golf-focused Live Demo, which was intended to try to curry favor with President Trump, to the Back Burner. For clarity here, moving forward, we're NOT gonna try to curry favor with President Trump. We think he's gonna try to OVER-throw the Midterms. We're NOT cool with that ! -----
📌 News Update: 5:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Wed, July 15, 2026 As you very-likely know, President Trump's $1.776B USD "slush fund" is In the News again today. What you "may" NOT know, however, is the real reason behind the fund, simply because National News doesn't get it. So, again on this topic, we add our two-cents. Repeating what we've already stated since News of it first broke months ago, it's primary purpose was NOT to reward the Jan 6th, 2021 Insurrectionists, it was to prepare the next set, Mentally, to jump in when needed. Specifically, that they too could potentially get financially rewarded. Perhaps at the Midterms, perhaps in early-Jan 2029. -----
📌 News Update: 4:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Wed, July 15, 2026 Hey President Trump, we've got one for you. It's related to those Persian Gulf leaders who have just agreed to invest in America, as a counter to the 20% fee that you proposed a few days ago. Specifically, can you see if they'd be open to helping pay down the U.S. National Debt ? NOT Rocket Science, it would represent the single-greatest Investment they, OR anyone, could make to America. BIG picture perspective, we need to get the Ball Rolling on this. i.e., paying-down the U.S. National Debt. For clarity, we, OR more precisely the members of CRITCoal, believe the "accelerating" U.S. National Debt is the single-greatest threat to America. As a reminder, CRITCoal stands for Center-Right Independent Thinkers Coalition. -----
📌 News Update: 3 PM (La Jolla-time) Wed, July 15, 2026 FYI, our counter to the Def Sec's new policy to test the troops. For clarity, we recommend a monthly benching requirement. NO Exceptions, incluidng the Def Sec. Last time we saw him bench reps, he was doing reps of 135 lbs. That doesn't cut it ! We've seen the Video where he does ONE rep of 315 lbs, so he should be able to do 8-9 reps of 225 lbs with NO spotter, just like us. Also, just our two cents, but we think someone should inform Hegseth that it's alot smarter to do reps of 225 lbs, vs Maxing, to prevent injuries. And the recovery time that comes with them. The NFL Combine got it right, decades ago. And because of that, Reps of 225 lbs has become the benchmark.
Min. Number of Reps of 225 lbs on the Flat Bench a Male should be able to do (strictly based-upon one's weight) (table last updated 9:30 AM, Sat, April 18, 2026)
| 175 |
180 |
185 |
190 |
195 |
200 |
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| 4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
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📌 News Update: 2:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Wed, July 15, 2026 The smartest thing we've seen in AI this year: China's AI Agent Recalls (requirements) link to article on Forbes Orders of magnitude better & smarter than anything we've seen out of own U.S. Federal Govt. Which BTW, we're 100% convinced is run by Technical Retards. ALL they appear to know is what they've been told by others who have a vested financial interest in seeing AI succeed. For clarity, we've pointed-out two AI & ML Use Cases where we believe AI & ML shines: 1.) Chat-based LLM as an AI Research Assistant in a Field where the User is either already at-least somewhat of an Expert, OR is trying hard to become one. Here, Chat-based LLM continues to make too many Mistakes. As such, Users MUST know when it's Hallucinating. i.e., they MUST be able to detect Errors. 2.) Physical AI Here, outside of China, 99% of the ML Training & Verification Data has NOT yet been collected & annotated. This is where China leads the U.S. As a reminder, China's AI focus has been Use Case-specific. Compare that to here in the States where it's been primarily General Purpose. -----
📌 News Update: 7 AM (La Jolla-time) Wed, July 15, 2026 Some really good news to report, we've received our Bulk Order of Genuine BMW piston rings for the N52B30, & as such, we can now expedite our planned ML-based Alusil cylinder wall Reconditioning Service. For clarity, it's a Billion Dollar Plus revenue opportunity, & we're very-likely the ONLY company pursuing it. It's also a BIG technical & logistical challenge. As a reminder, we plan to do the first 15 or so blocks "manually". After that, the plan is for our first-ever Specialty Robot, which we've named Timmy, to take over the task. The TAM is 1M+ N52B30 blocks WW. We've priced "the Service" at $6K USD. Off the radar of most, but should NOT be. On a side note, we're still on track to soon release the next update of Photosets, v26.6, with Next-Gen Multi View Capture & future-proof support. For clarity here, we're attempting to turn Photosets into a Distributed Drone Early Warning System. For Governments & Enterprises, NOT for the Military. It's something we first hinted at three OR so months ago. And it's been heating up on our end the past week OR so.
We believe this also represents a Billion Dollar Plus revenue opportunity.
Off the radar of most, but should NOT be. Also on a side note, CRITCoal does NOT approve of Todd Blanche becoming Attorney General. He clearly is NOT independent enough ! -----📌 News Update: 2 PM (La Jolla-time) Tues, July 14, 2026 One more thing to announce today. When Apple decided to suppress knowledge of our Photosets & the other Flagship-caliber Burst Photo Camera Apps, (we believe) Apple Mgmt didn't know it would result in a Fiduciary Duty violation. That ONLY happened sometime later. Specifically, something AFTER that, (we believe) it absolutely became aware to Apple Mgmt. And they continued to suppress Photosets & the others anyway. Kind of like how President Trump will double-down & triple-down, rather than simply Fess Up to a Mistake that is obvious to ALL. Apple Mgmt should have simply Fess'd Up, Paid Up, & Moved On. Just think of the (positive) example they could have set for President Trump. Apple Mgmt "squandered" a golden opportunity. Kind of like some females we know. -----
📌 News Update: 1:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Tues, July 14, 2026 One more thing to announce today. SPCX is on track to begin trading south of $100/share by Aug 11th,
just as we & many others have predicted. If SPCX had priced their IPO at $135/share divided by two = $67.50/share, & opended at $150/share divided by two = $75/share, they might have had good staying power. Instead, we believe, they will go down in history as the #1 (IPO) Ponzi Scheme & Con Job. We are 100% convinced of that. To us, that just proves Misk is NOT neary as intelligent as he is given credit for. To us, he's a sales guy, NOT a technologiest. He has, NO doubt, some very good people working for him. His best attribute is hiring good people. And notice here, that we've NOT even mentioned DOGE, which will go down in history as Elon's greatest Fuck Up. Sad really, what happened to some of the poorest poeple on the planet by the world's richest man. CRITCoal will NEVER forget that ! To everyone in a position of power, if Fuck Up royally, CRITCoal will hold you accountable. -----
📌 News Update: 1 PM (La Jolla-time) Tues, July 14, 2026 Three more things to announce: 1.) Everyone on the Team is under 195 lbs for the first time in two years. We're celebrating today with Stella Artois on tap here at the company's site in La Jolla. We're a few hundred yards from the coast. The marine layer has been pulled in since earlier today, so NO real reason to hit the beach for our Marketing & Branding Campaign. Except perhaps to meet & recruit A++ females for that campaign. 2.) Some clarity, our complaint against Apple has nothing to do with antitrust. It has everything to do with a Fiduciary Duty violation. 2.) President Trump needs an Advisor outside of his current "trusted" circle of Advisors. We, OR more precisly, CRITCoal, hopes to fill that void. We hope to impress upon President Trump some of our beliefs. From our perspective, if Trump was willing to wise-up, he could have two good productive years AFTER the Midterms. For starters, would need to prioritize trying to fix the U.S. National Debt problem, & adding some much-need Checks & Balances for AI & ML, & there, preferably led by us, OR more precisely, CRITCoal. We are of the belief that, outside of Physcial AI, ONLY AI & ML that makes the User think should be Tax FREE. Also, for every "guest" AI Cheerleader on CNBC, they should be required (by law_ to have someone on who does NOT have a vested financial interest in seeing AI succeed. AI has its place, but it is WAY OVER-Hyped. 6x so, by our best guess. Read that to mean the valuations of SpaceX, OpenAI, & Anthropic, & the others, should be divided by 6 to get their Fair Value Estimate. -----
📌 News Update: 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Tues, July 14, 2026 Good Wx has finally arrived here in San Diego & La Jolla ! This will enable us to step-up our Marketing & Branding efforts. For the next 6 weeks OR so, we plan to devote 50% of our Time & Energy to it. And because of where we are WRT Photosets' features & capabilities, we'll be leveraging the app's Next-Gen Multi View Capture (NG MVC) support. Which we've NOT yet released, but plan to do so very soon. On a side note, regarding what we've recently stated about Apple's Mgmt Team & its Fiduciary Duty responsibilities, we're continuining to refine our strategy. Apple's court battle with OpenAI presents an opportunity, & something we need to think about. -----
📌 News Update: 8 PM (La Jolla-time) Mon, July 13, 2026 This update is intended for President Trump & those in his Admin. We've been Asked & have Agreed, to try to clarify "precisely" why we believe Apple's CEO violated his Fiduciary Duty to AAPL shareholders. First, "for most cases," as we understand it, Apple Mgmt has NO legal responsibility to Recommend OR Promote ANY third-party app (in their App Store). However, we believe there is an exception to that rule. And we believe it can be easily be proven in a Court of Law. Specifically, ANY & ALL third-party apps that can be proven to have the potential (if properly promoted) to noticeably improve Apple's top & bottom lines, we believe Apple Mgmt is obligated to Recommend & Promote such apps. For clarity, as we understand it, Apple Mgmt has NO Fiduciary Duty to its customers OR to the shareholders & customers of its cellular service & product partners. ONLY to AAPL shareholders. Now here's the kicker, you got to be able to prove it. So it's gotta be something that could be considered mainstream OR close to it. Consider this, the Camera Tech in every iPhone supports Photos, Videos, & Burst Photos. Photos on one end, Videos on the other end, & Burst Photos in the Middle. Apple has done very well on the ends, but piss-poor in the Middle. Each has their own set of Domains & Applications/Use-Cases. Apple's actions (in the Middle) have resulted in the Domains & Applications/Use-Cases represented by Burst Photo Technology from becoming Mainstream Knowledge. i.e., they didn't Enthusiasm for those Domains & Applications/Use-Cases gain traction. And that resulted in iPhone Upgrade Cycles being longer than they could have & should have been. By our estimate, Apple left $113B USD of (mostly high-end) iPhone revenue on the table over the years because of their "stance" on the Burst Photo Technology in every iPhone. Our Photosets should have become the planet's first-ever De Facto Burst Photo Camera App shortly AFTER the 2016 iPhone 7+ was release. If that had happened, Apple R&D would very-likely NOT have introduced the A11/A12 Performance Controller NEON Access Chip Bug, aka "Phil's Bug". The A10 didn't have it, Apple fixed it before they released the A13. And for clarity here, with the A11 & A12 Apple added fancier & fancier Performance Controller designs. They forgot to test a very important Use Case before releasing the silicon. We didn't catch it until the day AFTER the 2018 iPhone Xr was released. We put the word out immediately AFTER we did. As a reminder, Apple announced just a few days later at their Earnings Call on Nov 1, 2018, that they would NO longer report iPhone Unit Sales. -----
📌 News Update: 4:30 PM (La Jolla-time) Mon, July 13, 2026 Two more things to announce: 1.) Do you remember what we stated just two days ago regarding Pickaxe Mountain and the B61-11 ? We'll, we now think that 20% estimate is a Low Ball Estimate. 2.) We want to make it Crystal Clear to President Trump & his Admin, that it's NOT our fault that we've been subjected to the Technical Incompetence & Market Opportunity Ignorance of Apple's App Store Mgmt Team. From our perspective, the buck stops with Tim Cook & the AAPL Board. Those are the individuals with the Fiduciary Duty "legal responsibility". Those are the individuals who need to Fess Up to the Cover Up. And for clarity, we don't really need to see Tim Cook & the AAPL Board members get punished, as long as we get properly compensated. -----
📌 News Update: 10 AM (La Jolla-time) Mon, July 13, 2026 Four things to announce: 1.) Our plan to release Photosets v26.6 with a first-cut of Next-Gen Multi View Capture support is driven by our recent pivot WRT how we plan to capitalize. Specifically, moving forward via software services tied to the app's core functionality. Case in point, the Flight Detection, Tracking, & Fwd & Rev Path Prediction that we've hinted at. First up, Golf, followed shortly thereafter by Drones & GDBs. For clarity, we ALSO see this strategy as the best way to circumvent Apple's "stranglehold on app discovery" in their App Store. If Apple Mgmt wants to suppress a Camera App OR Camera App category (in their App Store),
their monopoly enables them to do so. Of course, once that becomes Common Knowledge ... we'll, things won't be so rosy for Cook & Schiller. As we stated just a day OR two ago, we predict Tim Cook won't make it to Executive Chairman. NOT after the AAPL Board finds-out just how much high-end iPhone revenue Apple left on the table over the years because of the screw up by Apple's App Store Mgmt Team. We don't see a path forward for Tim Cook to become Executive Chairman. A Fiduciary Duty violation (just to cover up a screw up) is a serious matter. If you know Our Story you know precisely what we're referring to. If NOT, Apple, & possibly also CNBC, has been playing you for a fool. Also for clarity, we don't think President Trump is going to be too happy with Apple once he finds out that Apple suppressed American innovation. 2.) CNBC had a guest on earlier today who we believe has a much better handle on AI than most others. Drew Matus of MetLife Investment Management. We encourage ALL to check out what he said. We give him an A+ for his understanding of AI & ML. NOT WRT to what he stated about rates. We think rates will go up (this year). link to relevant CNBC webpage 3.) The CNBC regulars were just giving their two-cents regarding Apple. To us, those guys & girls don't know shit about Apple ! Apple is where The Market parks its money when it doesn't know what to do with it. 4.) We're ONLY devoting 10% of our Time & Energy to our prototype E90 M3 Lite & N52B30 efforts. Our Bulk Order for Genuine BMW piston rings for the N52B30 has still NOT yet shipped. Without it, we can't move forward with our ML-based Alusil cylinder wall Reconditioning Service. Which BTW, we now plan to price at $6K USD. As a reminder, the TAM for this service is 1M+ units WW. Capitalizing on it is NON-trivial. -----
📌 News Update: 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Sun, July 12, 2026 We're On Track to Release Next-Gen Multi View Capture support by week's end ! That's Photosets v26.6, which BTW, will also be future-proofed ! We want to make sure Photosets lives on should we NOT. On a side note, today we've begun crafting a document that details the history of Burst Photo Technology & its Domain/Application/Use-Case support on the iPhone. For clarity, we start with the A7 in the iPhone 5s, Apple's acquisition of the SnappyCam app, & the iPhone 7+, Apple's first true High-Perf iPhone (& first iPhone with 3GB or more of DRAM). In the document, we'll be detailing just how much (mostly high-end) iPhone revenue (we believe) Apple left on the table over the years because of their stance on Burst Photo Technology, & by extension, its associated Domains/Applications/Use-Cases. Photos on one end, Videos on the other end, & Burst Photos in the Middle. Apple has done very well on the ends, but piss-poor in the Middle. We predict the story behind that will shock alot of people. And it won't paint a pretty picture of Tim Cook & Phil Schiller,
the two guys at Apple who control Apple's App Store. Two guys who, combined, have NO Engineerong OR Software Development experience, & NO known OR proven "Camera App" Domain/Application/Use-Case expertise. Which BTW, also holds true for every member of the AAPL Board. Go Figure ! Like we said, we predict the story behind that will shock alot of people. -----
📌 News Update: 7 PM (La Jolla-time) Sat, July 11, 2026 We now believe President Trump "may" soon authorize a strike on Iran's Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facilities. Specifically, using the "nuclear bunker buster" B61-11. OR, alternatively, using the B61-12 as an immediate follow-up to a conventional bunker buster attack. link to relevant Wiki webpage Note that the -12 variant has a lowest-yield setting of 0.3 kilotons,
while the -11 variant has a lowest-yield setting of 10 kilotons. By comparison, the Hiroshima (Little Boy) bomb had a yield of about 15 kilotons,
while Nagasaki's (Fat Man) was roughly 21 kilotons. Our take, if President Trump feels the need, we hope he goes with the -12 with its 0.3 kiloton setting. We estimate the odds of this actually happening at 20%. NOT high, but also NO where close to zero. On a side note, Putin naturally becomes an immediate wildcard if this occurs. And here, naturally WRT Ukraine. -----
📌 News Update: 9:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Sat, July 11, 2026 One more thing to announce today. A RE-post of our AI & ML Landscape table. We're RE-posting this today because we came across a comprehensive article on Reinforcement Learning (RL) that touts: "Meta just created a top tier RL environment startup" We don't buy it ! AI currently has ONE & ONLY ONE good Use Case. That as an AI Research Assistant in a Field where the User is either already at-least somewhat of an Expert, OR is trying hard to become one. AI continues to make too many mistakes ! Users MUST be able to detect when AI is hallucinating. NO way around it. The important thing to know is that High-Quality, properly-Annotated Data is MORE important that the Model's algo. And here, we believe Physical AI has significantly-more potential than LLM-based AI. To us, the Frontier Models went down a Rabit Hole with LLMs. It got them 85-90% of the way there. Good-enough for Consumers, but NOT good-enough for Enterprises OR Govts. But Consumers won't pay. That ONLY leaves Enterprises & Govts. And there, the quality isn't high enough. And probably NEVER will be. The companies behind the Frontier Models have exhausted their supply of publicly-Available & FREE data. And, they will soon be ingesting content that they themselves generated. Thus creating the JPEG from a JPEG-like problem (for themselves). Most of AI & ML is going to Fail.
(table last updated 8 AM, Tues, July 7, 2026)
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Chat-based AI (1) |
Agentic AI |
Vibe Coding |
Physical AI |
Orbital Data Centers |
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| Our Probability of Success Grade |
B+ |
C- |
D- |
A++ |
D- |
(1) AI currently has ONE & ONLY ONE good Use Case. That as an AI Research Assistant in a Field where the User is either already at-least somewhat of an Expert, OR is trying hard to become one. -----
📌 News Update: 9 AM (La Jolla-time) Sat, July 11, 2026 We're 100% convinced, & have been for awhile,
that President Trump is going to try to over-throw the Midterms. And we're NOT cool with that ! As such, today we've decided to sacrifice Photosets for the greater good, which we refer to as "CRITCoal's Save America Act" ... where CRITCoal stands for Center-Right Independent Thinkers Coalition. Now here's the kicker, if CRITCoal is able to gain traction soon, perhaps very soon, President Trump may see the wisdom in NOT trying to over-throw the Midterms. For clarity here, we believe Trump does what he does, & has been able to get away with it, primarily because we here in the States ONLY have two "legacy" political parties. Two "super-polarized" political parties. Add into the mix that President Trump greatly fears the Dems takikng over Congress. American needs TWO new political parties, one on the Center-Right & one on the Center-Left. President Trump isn't worried about losing Power OR Votes to the Far-Left Democrats. The Far-Left Democrats aren't worried about losing Power OR Votes to the Far-Right Republicans. If we here in America had even ONE new political party in the Middle, both would greatly fear that party. Now consider this, from our perspective, doesn't even need to be a political party, could just be a Grass Roots Movement. A movement that force both legacy political parties to move to the center (for their own survival). We'd be perfectly OK with that. It would be like how things used to be in the early/mid-1990s. OK, but how does Photosets fit into the mix ? We plan to use a portion of the proceeds to get the Ball Rolling.
America's Political Spectrum The bottom row represents Voters we believe would be attracted to what CRITCoal stands for. CRITCoal = Center-Right Independent Thinkers Coalition (table last updated 5 PM, Mon, April 20, 2026)
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The Center |
The Right |
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| Progressives |
Legacy Democrats |
Center-Left |
Center-Right (1) |
Legacy Republicans |
MAGA |
| 16.7% |
16.7% |
16.7% |
16.7% |
16.7% |
16.7% |
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(1) This is where CRITCoal is positioned. Notice that (our estimate of) the Center-Right (voting block) is just as big as the Far-Right (i.e., MAGA) & the Far-Left (i.e., the Progressives). -----
📌 News Update: 2 PM (La Jolla-time) Fri, July 10, 2026 Something important hit us today. There are alot of people who don't like President Trump. There are alot of people who don't like Elon Musk. There aren't alot of people who don't like Tim Cook. Now here's the kicker, when Trump OR Musk screw up it becomes Common Knowledge very quickly, but when Tim Cook screws up, it doesn't. It's hidden from public eye. We think it's ONLY fair to President Trump, Elon Musk, & ALL others, that Tim Cook get the same treatment. It's simply NOT OK for Tim Cook's Apple to suppress American innovation. And simply NOT just to Cover Up their own Screw Up. On a side note, we hereby predict that Tim Cook will NOT make it to Executive Chairman. When the AAPL Board finds-out just how much iPhone revenue Apple left on the table over the years because of Tim's screw up, they're NOT gonna be too happy. Here's a hint, it's north of $113B USD. We say "north of" (that number) because we stop'd analyzing the issue on April 4, 2023. The gist, Apple never came close to achieving its TAM. Also, to us, that speaks volumes about the competency of CNBC.
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📌 News Update: 9:30 AM (La Jolla-time) Fri, July 10, 2026 Three things to announce: 1.) Completing Photosets' Next-Gen Multi View Capture support is our Top Priority. As a reminder, we're targeting Golf as our first Live Demo to try to curry favor with President Trump. 2.) We've defined what we believe to be an excellent strategy around Apple's Next-Gen Burst mode feature, which we expect Apple to announce in Sept. For clarity here, it will put Apple on the defensive. 3.) Just our two-cents, but we think SpaceX should have priced their IPO at $67.50/share,
& opened at $75/share. We believe if they had done that, it would NOT go down in history as a Ponzi Scheme & Con Job. Which we think it has a very high probability of doing. And naturally here, because of the "fast entry" (& relaxed requirements) index rule benefit that SpaceX received, & which NO other company has ever received. As a reminder, & while we have NO evidence to prove our belief, we think President Trump pressured Nasdaq's President to make the change, & did so as a favor to Musk in exchange for his help with the upcoming Midterms. For clarity here, similar to the recent FIFA Soccer Red Card issue. -----
📌 News Update: 5 PM (La Jolla-time) Thurs, July 9, 2026 Some good news to report, we've hit our N52B30 performance numbers ! At the crank: ● 247 HP at 6,500 RPM ● 217 lb-ft at 2,750-4,000 RPM For clarity, it's with our custom Cosmosent tune, MILVs, airbox charcoal filter delete, premium high-flow oiled air filter, & importantly, the stock single-stage intake manifold & the stock exhaust. It's our 2006 prototype E90 M3 Lite, a year plus in the making ! Here, think Performant Daily Driver. More specifically, a sports sedan with 6-speed manual transmission, RWD with 3.23 rear gearing, 3,300 lb curb weight, 50/50 weight distribution, & BMW's highly-prized hydraulic-assist power steering. We refer to it as "the Tesla killer". Next up, finalizing our (ML-based) N52B30 Alusil cylinder wall Reconditioning Service. Also for clarity, we're still waiting on our Bulk Order of Genuine BMW pistons rings for the N52B30 to ship. -----