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Maybe if the trees are planted correctly and are still alive, the government would requires the farmers to water them or face punishment, leaving no water for the crops.

The median income for a man in 1940 was $956. In 2010, the median income was $33,276. Women in 1940 earned 62 cents for every dollar a man earned. In 2010, women earned 74 cents fo…

I don't think not using their products is a solution. Even if you don't use facebook, your friends and colleagues have your name and phone number on their phone, and your friends u…

95% false positive rate is extremely good for surveillance, as the cost of false positive is low (wasted efforts by the police). That means for every 20 people the police investiga…

Algorithmic traders focus on short-term market movements. The investment decisions described in the study are about long-term foundamental of companies. As long as enough investors…

I remember back in college when I applied for a job in a multi-national company, I didn't get a math screening quiz that applicants from outside of United States had to take. The q…

I'm not a lawyer either. But I remember that explicit racial quota are illegal.But in another precedence, diversity is considered a valid objective. So having preference that favor…

If I understand it correctly, it is only discrimination if employer cannot demonstrate the criteria are needed for work performance. Race and gender are not related to performance …

Chinese government utilize some pretty good machine learning to analyze and monitor those cameras. Techniques include: - Vehicle plates recognition. They are automatically captured…

I agree with most of your observations but disagree with your interpretations. China's per capita GDP is only 8000 USD (vs 57000 for USA). So average Chinese people are still poor,…

Micro-managing regulations that distort property market very often cause more problems than they solve, especially if they become unremovable. The root cause for rising property pr…