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I like this idea. If any rent-seeking group achieves market dominance, the government should regulate their prices. For example, the price of prescription drugs and higher educatio…

Actually, the US is described as the Saudi Arabia of wind. Most of the potential is on-shore which has better economics than off-shore also. http://www.pickensplan.com/wind/

There is also the option of part-time consulting to pay the bills while building the startup. As a Django consultant, this person could probably make $50k annual income by consulti…

Was the Xbox 360 really a huge success? It came second or third in sales for its generation of consoles. 75 million units in seven years is a small number compared to mobile device…

I like the Australia idea, but I'd save up $10k before departing. Relocating to another country is expensive. I suggest to find some freelance programming jobs online. He could mak…

Stefan, Lower your expectations. Be grateful for your health and living in a developed country like Switzerland. You have awesome mountains there. Startups are an escapist fantasy …

I agree that home robots will be task specific and not anthropomorphic. Examples I would buy if they were cheap: -robot to stack and unstack the dishwasher -robot wheels to put the…

Air pollution has dropped 50% judging by the chart in this article. Much better than the LA Times prediction. http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/transportation/stories/study-c... I gues…

OK, I am sold on Go as my next language for web applications. Unfortunately, I can't throw away the existing PHP/MySQL code. Any suggestions on how to integrate Go and PHP into a s…

If it hits Mars, it could help to terraform the planet. The CO2 ice caps would melt and heat the atmosphere. It would melt a significant amount of frozen water in the soil and thic…

Yes natural gas overtook coal as the leading source of electricity in the USA. The transition was in 2012.

I enjoy driving electric too. Electric motors are quiet, clean and responsive. There are 18 models of plug-in hybrid coming to the market by 2018. I think the hybrids will sell bet…

The Chevy Volt has a data link and remote apps for IOS and Android. There's a web API that allows sites like Volt Stats to download from thousands of cars. The Chevy is not a $1500…

Let's hope they land humans on the Moon and Mars in the next 13 years. Elon has much more capital now than back in 2002. They are the most likely company to settle space.

Good point about false positives. The device could upload images to a human operator who would activate the defenses. This would add some reaction time, but it would reduce the pot…

A low-cost clone could be mounted on the ceiling in a room. Some stun grenades and tear gas would disable the shooter anywhere in the room. This would be a cheap solution. Include …

An automatic gun defense device like a smoke detector that is cheap and ubiquitous. The device should cost $100-$200 and could be installed in schools, shopping malls, cinemas and …

We need the FDA to regulate drugs and medical devices. There's too much potential for quackery. I don't think removing the FDA is going to find a cure for diabetes. It's a fundamen…

Totally agree. Learning object oriented frameworks gives me a headache. I learned C back in 1991 for first-year CS classes. Consider all the software built in C: Linux, FreeBSD, Ap…

This is why code changes should not be moved to production late on Friday. Staff go home and problems don't get noticed or fixed in a timely fashion.