Just Two Good Old Boys

Send us Fan Mail Diesel costs more than gas in places it never used to, and that single fact ripples into shipping, groceries, and basically every price tag you touch. We dig into why the diesel versus crude oil relationship feels “off,” what global refining constraints might be doing, and how energy decisions like coal gasification and cleaner syngas concepts can look brilliant on paper and still fail in the real world. From there we jump hard into tech and AI, because the conversation keep...

Send us Fan Mail A cheap TV, a goofy fishing game, and an AI that rewrites code in under two hours sound like three unrelated stories. They’re not. We follow the same thread through all of them: incentives shape behavior, and the hidden costs show up later, whether that cost is privacy, quality, or resilience. We start with a ridiculous little Steam fishing game that turns into a crash course on speedrunning culture. Watching streamers struggle for hours while a world-record run finishes in ...

Send us Fan Mail A browser pins the CPU, a photoreal shooter makes us rethink what “graphics” even means, and then we stumble into something we did not expect to be discussing on a government domain: Arcade.gov. That whiplash sets the tone. We talk through what’s actually happening with GPUs, DLSS hype, and why the demo footage you see online often comes from absurd hardware setups that don’t match real-world PCs. If you care about PC building, SSD pricing, and the chip shortage cycle, we sha...

Send us Fan Mail Shrimp and gritsIngredients Grits: 2 Tbsp. beef tallow1 medium shallot, finely chopped (about 1/4 cup)3 cups chicken broth1 cup whole milk1 tsp. kosher salt1/4 tsp. black pepper1 cup uncooked quick-cooking gritsCheddar cheese, shredded (about 1 1/2 cups)1/4 cup heavy whipping creamShrimp: 2 Tbsp. beef tallow1 lb. jumbo raw shrimp (about 16 shrimp), peeled fuck de-veining1/2 tsp. kosher salt1 pack Andouille sausage1/2 cup finely chopped yellow1/4 cup finely chopped green...

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