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Submission + - Taiwan Will Defend TSMC From US Bombing in the Event of a China War (tomshardware.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: On Monday, Taiwan’s Minister for National Defense, Chiu Kuo-cheng, made a statement about the nation’s territorial integrity. According to the Taiwan News, the Taiwanese minister said that the island’s armed forces would not tolerate any U.S. attempts to destroy TSMC in the event of a war with China.

We are accustomed to seeing the U.S and Taiwan as allies, but perhaps a recent assertion by U.S. Congressman Seth Moulton has overstepped the mark.

On the topic of U.S. chip policy and China, Moulton recently told political conference-goers that "the U.S. should make it very clear to the Chinese that if you invade Taiwan, we're going to blow up TSMC.” Openly talking about these policies seems to be frowned upon in Taiwan, as made clear by the Defense Minister Chiu’s statement in response to Taiwan media questioning on Monday.

The Taiwanese minister made it clear to reporters that the armed forces are responsible for defending Taiwan (and its people, materials, and strategic resources) from any aggression, regardless of the source. “If they want to bomb this or that," the armed forces will not tolerate it, asserted Chiu.

U.S. Congressman Seth Moulton is a former Marine Corps officer, and a member of the Democratic Party, and it is important to remember his comments about destroying TSMC’s chip making fabs in Taiwan are not without precedent.

Comment Re:There is another problem with prolonged life... (Score 1) 80

by InfiniteZero (#63209524) Attached to: Old Mice Grow Young Again in Study. Can People Do the Same?

I would love to start completely anew every 30 to 50 years -- a new identity, a new career path, learning a new language in a new country with a new life. Not just visiting places or dabbing in things, but live the actual life of a German engineer, a Brazilian actor, a Chinese writer, from an inexperienced apprentice all the way to a seasoned professional, and in the same vein, from a rock star to a politician to a prisoner serving a 10-year term (wrong convicted obviously)...

And that's only on this planet, not including the prospect of space travel. How many lifetimes does it take to experience the full spectrum of human conditions and beyond? Time Enough for Love anyone?

Comment Multiverse Perspective (Score 2) 177

by InfiniteZero (#63122454) Attached to: Why the Laws of Physics Don't Actually Exist

There’s a major perspective from the article that’s left out in the summary, namely, the multiverse. Granted it's more in the realm of philosophy than physics, but the laws of physics in our universe may be one insignificant set of laws among an infinite number of sets from all parallel universes. The fundamental constants of physics may just be a random set in the landscape of all probabilities.

Or consider the simulation hypothesis. If somehow we could one day prove that we live in a simulated reality, the ultimate laws of physics – those from the base reality, may be forever beyond our reach.

Submission + - Why the laws of physics don't actually exist (newscientist.com)

Submitted by InfiniteZero
InfiniteZero writes: According to an article from NewScientist, the laws of physics don't actually exist.

First things first. What we often call laws of physics are really just consistent mathematical theories that seem to match some parts of nature. These laws are not static; they evolve as our empirical knowledge of the universe improves. As we discover more about nature, we can hone our descriptions of it, but it is never-ending.

Take string theory as an example. It has a rather thorny stumbling block known as the landscape problem, where literally zillions of universes are acceptable solutions of the theory. This scenario is often called the multiverse. All possible laws, conceivable and inconceivable, are allowed in some possible universe, and laws of physics are no longer meaningful or unique from a fundamental sense, since they depend entirely on where in the multiverse landscape one is looking.

One possible conclusion from this is that the conventional reductionist approach of particle physics, where natural laws are increasingly focused on smaller and smaller building blocks (like molecules, atoms and particles) and fundamental forces (like gravity and electromagnetism) acting between them, is no longer a fruitful way of looking at the physical world. There are no fundamental building blocks and no fundamental forces and, as such, there are no laws because thinking about ultimate reductionist laws rigorously has led to all possible universes existing, with only one of them perhaps obeying the laws needed to accommodate Homo sapiens.

Comment Cat Videos and Night Mode (Score 1) 45

by InfiniteZero (#63064961) Attached to: Do Screens Before Bedtime Actually Improve Your Sleep?

I've had trouble with sleep my whole life. Recently I've developed the habit of catching a few minutes of cat videos before turning off the light and it definitely helps.

Blue light isn't much of an issue as most devices nowadays have the night mode feature. Granted it doesn't filter out all the spectrum, but I haven't experienced much harmful effect especially with only a few brief minutes of exposure.

Submission + - Lucid Dying: Patients Recall Near-Death Experiences During CPR

Submitted by InfiniteZero
InfiniteZero writes: A new study shows that around one in five people who survive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after cardiac arrest describe lucid experiences of death that occurred while they were seemingly unconscious and on the brink of death.

Survivors reported having unique lucid experiences, including a perception of separation from the body and observing events without pain or distress. They also reported a meaningful evaluation of life, including of their actions, intentions, and thoughts toward others. The researchers found these experiences of death to be different from hallucinations, dreams, delusions, illusions, or CPR-induced consciousness.

Tests for hidden brain activity were also included in the research. A key finding was the discovery of spikes of brain activity, including so-called gamma, delta, theta, alpha, and beta waves up to an hour into CPR. Some of these brain waves normally occur when people are conscious and performing higher mental functions, including thinking, memory retrieval, and conscious perception.

Comment Re:What happens after they're all minted? (Score 2) 189

by InfiniteZero (#62975533) Attached to: Bitcoin Fails To Produce 1 Block For Over An Hour

Blocks will always be mined at an average interval of 10 minutes, but rewards per block mined will diminish over time. Right now it's 6.25 new Bitcoins plus a small transaction fee. This number of new Bitcoins per block will half every four years until 2140, when the last of 21 million will be mined. Then only transaction fees will remain as rewards.

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