That is easily solvable - just change the law to - if the revenue is more than X amount, these regulations apply. For the smaller players, this helps mitigate risks

True. But, the savings - which starts from month 1 - also has to be calculated with interest component then.

My biggest problem with the current way of chess is opening theory.
So much analysis is done (especially now that computers have taken over that part), that it has become a game of memory rather than one of enthusiasm, calculation and daring.
Springing a surprise 15 moves deep - has now become a brilliance of memory, not of calculation.
My suggestion would be -
Use computers to run matches - until say 10-20 moves deep, where they give to humans.
When it is given to humans, the state should be exactly equal (maybe a negligible advantage to one - whatever it is, it will never be as advantageous as white moving first)
Let the humans start from that position, and then play. Remove the gargantuan exercises of memory, and make it one of calculation, mind set and daring.

I have no dog in this fight between American or Chinese politicians. From my neutral perspective, what I felt was that this was Kim's plan all along.
NK had a very high percentage of their GDP being spent in military, and it is a difficult thing to sustain.
The people were also suffering, and as a new dictator (not accustomed to the suffering of the people as one who has ruled for decades), it wasnt a nice thing to have.
The solution to avoid (a) Iraq/Libya like situation - where the ruler is deposed and killed and (2) to improve the lives of people, was nuclear armaments and missiles.
Once they have reached a deterrent level nuclear capability and missile capability - the need for a huge military and its associated spending decreases, and more money can be poured into improving the economy.
For that, they need to open up the markets also. So, this overture.
NK is planning to follow Chinas policy - open economy, authoritarian leadership. And the way to achieve it is through nuclear and missile deterrents - which they think they have achieved now.
I feel the other aspects (Trump/Xi etc) doesnt really have much of an impact in this plan.

Not indifferent- we shouldnâ(TM)t confuse the systems that we see now with a post singularity system. To understand the behaviour of the AI then, I did an analysis of the meaning of life - using a theory of information - and I got a concrete answer - that one finds real meaning of life in our relations.

It is based on this understanding that I am suggesting that AI will be benevolent- if the meaning of life for any intelligent system is its relations, AI, being super intelligent, will understand that having deep relations with other objects - in this case, humans - is what will give itâ(TM)s life also meaning.

Oops - I meant - that is a war where we donâ(TM)t stand a chance. Sorry.

Also, the book is a novel - where these different analysis are introduced as discussions.

I actually do an analysis of whether the AI - post singularity - will be a hostile one or a benevolent one. The result of the analysis pointed to a higher probability of it being a benevolent one.

There is a bit of analysis done on the possibility of a hostile AI also. The result was not pretty - at least as I saw it. From my viewpoint, that is a while where we donâ(TM)t stand a chance. That said, as I mentioned earlier, the probability of AI ending up hostile is extremely low though.

I have released a book a month back (UTOPAI) which looks at the social and economic effects of a benevolent AI. What I found was that the current economic system would become obsolete once AI goes mainstream. Even the social structure undergoes a radical change as a result.

The primary focus of the novel is to find a society which works well in such a completely new environment.

This book might be of interest - please do check it out.

Book Name: UTOPAI
Author: Rajmohan Harindranath

Regards,
Rajmohan H

Hi lgw,

I wanted to contact you personally.
My gmail email id is rajmohan.harindranath.
Can you send me a mail, so that we can connect?

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Rajmohan H

Hi Rei,
I wanted to contact you personally. Is there any email id which I can use to connect?
My gmail email id is rajmohan.harindranath
Can you send me a mail to connect?

Regards,
Rajmohan H

Why wouldn't microwave (RF dielectric) heating work in this case? That also is uniform, right? And can thaw even bigger organs better. Am I missing something?

But trucks do have a lot more wheels, which means the road wear is 1/16th (for 8 wheels) to 1/256th (for 16 wheels) - right?
So the actual price will be about 16$ per mile.

Good points.
Another factor which could be looked at is the recharging vs usage capability of a battery.
Considering that long distance jets fly in the jetstream, we might be able to use the air flow to generate quite a bit of energy. It only has to be above the losses due to the additional drag, and we might be able to go with lesser fuel than required.
Or, in the future, fly through thunderstorms, somehow able to tap into electrically charged clouds and recharge the batteries straight away (using a thunderbolt connector, maybe :-) ). It might not be much though.

Another possibility is that of mid-air recharge. Not attempted in civilian due to the inherent dangers associated with jet fuel, in this case, it is nothing but a long trailing cable which can hook to recharging connectors. The dangers after far less than what one would have from jet fuel transfer.

The point is, there might be many other avenues open too when we move towards electricity. The future seems bright.

Why this cynicism?

Anonymous coward has already given a scenario where even this is dangerous.
Say, some over steals the phone, replaces touch id with one which steals finger print details, and puts it back.
The user tries to use finger print sensor, it is disabled, so uses pin to enter.
Later he steals the phone again, gets the finger prints for his use later.

In my view, any hardware changes should be handled with error 53 on a secure device. If apple hasn't done it, i would be unhappy. Say, screen is replaced. How do you know whether someone hasn't put a screen which captures finger pressing to get the pin. Or any such scenarios.

The best way should be a user setting - which says, for security purposes brick phone once any hardware is replaced outside apple stores. One who isn't concerned about security can then use as you said.

Since they didn't think about this till now, the best option is to brick them now.

:-)
Good one. Quite funny too.
I don't disagree it looks rather far fetched.
But the point I was trying to make was that there are more than one way to skin a cat, even though this way of skinning was rather far fetched.

I started with sub sections which is not very bad, but then went and decreased the size a lot - which might be:-)