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As mentioned before, we (Europeans) don't have to be afraid of China's strength but only of our own weakness. China has its' strengths but it comes with too many weaknesses. The co…

I would prefer we work more on something like YaCy

"Saudi-Arabia is actually already going pretty far in their fight for regional supremacy, that would fit perfectly." Doubt it. Too many cultural problems. Tribal, backward societie…

Look, I am an extreme pessimist in most things but here I disagree. If (big if) we escape some traps, we may be able to send at least unmanned space ships or Ships with Androids.

"Don't need 1000X return to retire. Index funds and income stocks are all that's needed." You don't understand Index funds. Index funds were a clever idea but they were never meant…

Consider: "drinking alcohol (ethanol) is a Group 1 carcinogen.[1] There is no level of alcohol consumption that is safe." Bullshit! https://psmag.com/social-justice/truth-wont-admi…

I post it again: The Truth We Won’t Admit: Drinking Is Healthy https://psmag.com/social-justice/truth-wont-admit-drinking-h... Super smart guy by the way. I am not sure why this ge…

“If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; If you are depressed, it will cheer you; If you are excited, it will calm you.” ― William Ewart Gladst…

"The road to an Ayn Randian paradise in which everyone fends for themselves will lead us to ruin." Possibly. But having fend all for myself just to stay alive, I don't feel the nee…

Dietary supplement and cosmetics are not very regulated in the US compared to other countries. Selling used bras? Some people might argue this justifies and even higher price.

Theaters make their money on drinks and food, no? What bothered me in the US is that I can't buy a beer in the cinema. I always had to bring my own :-)

That is definitely interesting. But I look for data of all kinds most of the time. And recoll has saved my life dozens of times. https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/ I don't like…

It is an extraordinary risky decision to do a PhD (maybe except in CS). I have seen the best ones fail career-wise. Excellent blog post about it: https://blogs.harvard.edu/philg/20…

Well, I would be more than happy to buy a decent Linux IMAP client. 1. I never heard about your product 2. Can I use it as a regular IMAP client? I am waiting for a linux version o…

How about the German idiot Apotheker that blow out all the WebOS equipment for fire sale prices. Thats fine, he limited losses. But at that point WebOS had acquired some market sha…

Yes.

It is a question of time until we have Gene doping. It might be happening already.

Yes, but it must be a little bit office like. I know NYC but this seems to be too pricey.

Why not rely on crowd intelligence? I can't google every state. Many of the "incubators" are just real estate businesses, they don't offer cheap or subsidized rent. Ycombinator is …

Preferably East coast Nothing fancy. Should allow for assembly of some tech hardware. Suggestions?

"Debt Is the Result of Repaying Debt with More Debt" Actually, you can pay debt only with more debt. This is fundamental to capitalism and reason for it's dynamic and future downfa…

Not sure I want to have shares in ebay. Have you heard about OpenBazar? Besides this: They had paypal. Lost They had Skype. Lost. They could have build the first social network on …

What country is this?

No, you don't know it. It is not like health insurance. You pay and submit the bill. They guy take over the negotiations. One objective is to get you back alive. The other objectiv…

"The reason they can't tell you is that you may then 'kidnap' yourself to collect on it." I don't think you know how this insurance works.