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Comment Re:Scalpers are a symptom of a failed market (Score 1) 177

Exactly scalper is a symptom that the artist needs to either charge more, or have more dates in their tour. Otherwise if you don't want to charge more or add dates, only fair way to do it is a ticket lottery (similar to what events that have high demand but want to support all members of society do i.e. Wimbledon Tennis Tournament runs a lottery to support regular tennis fans, and then corporate boxes for the rich.).

Comment Re:That's what happens ... (Score 1) 89

Pretty much all the manufacturers who use the bosch motor / battery system meet this requirement. There are loads of brands using this and they work fine with sturdy racks and panniers. Most aren't the most attractive bike though and just a normal frame design.

Probably the only thing missing is integrated anti-theft measures.

Comment Re:One way to reduce congestion (Score 1) 239

They need to keep raising the price of the toll until they reach the desired capacity. Where i live they did something similar for parking setting the Fee high enough that the average capacity at peak times was >80 95%. What this means is that you can always find a spot if you really want one, but it pushes a lot of people onto trains and buses.

Comment The univerise (Score 1) 23

The abundance of elements in the universe is clear and they are there for the taking we just need to work out efficient processes that turn space rocks into raw materials; solids, liquids, gases, to create environments that we need to survive and flourish.

At some point we will have enough knowledge that we can automate these processes and set machines to work to hollow out asteroids and create structures in space. Its just a matter of knowledge, time and experience.

I dream of a far off future where our knowledge of chemistry, physics, biology and computing all fuse together to create artificial environments that are more lush and beautiful than anything our ancestors could have dreamed.

Abundance of elements:
1 Hydrogen 739,000
2 Helium 240,000
8 Oxygen 10,400
6 Carbon 4,600
10 Neon 1,340
26 Iron 1,090
7 Nitrogen 960
14 Silicon 650
12 Magnesium 580
16 Sulfur 440

Comment Re: That didn't used to be true (Score 1) 284

If you work in consulting then you will know that it takes more than just consultants to pull contracts. We have a mix of admin that are ex military, academics and especially humanities. In Europe studying a humanities degree doesnâ(TM)t just show your intelligence but it a class thing too and likely shows you are a public school kid. They are the best for scoring big contracts as they have the soft skills to pitch it. Meanwhile us lowly consultants crack on and smash out the real consultancy work.

I donâ(TM)t know how it is in the USA but in Europe at least having these degrees likely indicates you are rich and conservative.

Comment Re: It's all in the numbers. (Score 1) 257

The regulations once they get the go ahead arenâ(TM)t any strickter than they would be under a no regulations scenario anyways. Basically these projects couldnâ(TM)t get insurance without meeting extremely high standards. The upside of regulation is it can be studied and improved and is accessible to non experts too.

Comment Re:They'll produce abundance. (Score 1) 46

I was thinking the same line. The problem is a lot of the value created by AI doesn't counteract the current value provided by humans. So the amount of capital will decrease massively as companies deploy Neural net based scripts to replace some human tasks. For instance a lawfirm might use this to offset research costs. However you can't buy shares in law firms as they will likely end up in a price competition because of this with lower rates overall. Same with the AI producer the profits they will make will be an order of magnitude smaller than all those interns who where doing search originally. however The amount fo work achieved will be higher than before which means the costs of the good delivered should be lower too making everyone slightly richer.

95% of the advances in our quality of living in the past 300 years are due to scientific advancement with maybe 1% to capital allocation and 4% to the rule of law established by governments. The role of governments going forward is going to be to prevent these technologies becoming monopolies and dominating society.

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