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Today’s richer nation plunder poorer nations through skilled migration. You may have heard of it as “brain drain” - the plunder of people who know modern science, and the technique…

If you know them, they know you too, and they are sharing with you for a reason. But if you’re unsure how best to support them - ask this: “Would you like me you think through pote…

The article suggests the 100% lottery fee goes to BAH, but I found out part of it goes to the BLM. "Of the $9 [lottery fee], $5 ultimately goes to Booz Allen and $4 goes to the Bur…

Relevant: https://www.q-mag.org/the-great-plain-of-atlantis-was-it-in-...

"single core global virtual computer with much less power than a typical Raspberry Pi" As true as a legislature can be described as a pen + notebook - there is value in consensus.

Everybody is somebody to somebody. Nobody is somebody to everybody. Also, you don’t know for certain what kind of person you will become. Who knows what your experience today will …

I think cryptocurrency is more akin to personal computer. DeFi- the internet.

Hedge funds shorted more than 100% of listed stock, made themselves vulnerable to a short squeeze.

You can get into the iPhone or Android and copy the SQLite database to your computer. The images can be tricky - some form of reference to the image in your phone, hard to put toge…

Starsector is good too. http://fractalsoftworks.com It has a dynamic economy, and opportunity to build your own faction.

My experience is, written communication don't exist until I've mentioned a summary of it in a verbal communication. Some people are not comfortable to express their annoyance until…

Build an website for NIMBY's to see where proposed nuclear power plants and wind farms will be built, make it easy for them discuss with each other and to participate in the projec…

The other states haven't finished counting either, they have a large margin for one candidate, so the remaining uncounted votes are extremely unlikely to changing the leading candi…

It pays your rent, puts food on the table and you haven't found alternatives yet, I don't see your current situation as wrong on your part, especially if the alternative is to star…

Intelligence isn't the only requirement for any particular role. e.g., S., finance, is asking questions about the team's progress as if we were doing waterfall, unhappy with missed…

In a large company, it's not possible for a single person to be immersed in all of the products and projects. Therefore, any decision on resource allocation to different projects m…

Interesting, this adds to a thought I had a couple of weeks ago. We can see the past, but we can’t go there, like an observer inside event horizon looking out, they can see light c…

That's a frustrating situation. I've been in it. My work was heavily criticised, my technology choices invalidated, other's choices foisted on me. I was moved into silo-like work. …