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Comment Re:Supply & Demand (Score 1) 266

Don't forget that corporate America reserves all foreign worker slots for jobs that compete directly with the American degree holders so that they can undercut their wages, um I mean... *cough* cut costs

I suspect that those newly minted degree holders would face a robust job market if the available migrant job slots were allocated to construction, farming and food services

It would likely put a dent into illegal immigration as well

Comment Re:Japan and Germany are ditching electric (Score 1) 343

Comment Re:Japan and Germany are ditching electric (Score 4, Insightful) 343

EVs that charge from a fossil fuel electric grid are a benefit because the large power plant operates at about over 60% efficiency compared to an ICE with efficiency around 25%

It just gets way better when you also have solar panels and use that to charge the car

Comment Re:Hmmmm....what...? (Score 1) 205

I would suggest that anybody interested in solutions to global warming read Termination Shock be Neal Stephenson I enjoyed the story, and Stephenson put his usual amount of research into the means to this end

The burning of coal globally has shown the long term effect of acid rain, and frankly, they are not nearly as impactful as global warming

Comment Know your rights (Score 3, Insightful) 30

Number one
You have the right not to be killed
Murder is a crime
Unless it was done
By a policeman
Or an aristocrat

Number two
You have the right to food money
Providing of course
You don't mind a little
Investigation, humiliation
And if you cross your fingers
Rehabilitation

Number three
You have the right to free speech
As long as
You're not dumb enough to actually try it

The Clash

Comment Re:Plot (Score 1) 69

Frankly, I prefer Collossus: The Forbin Project where the US computer Collossus works with the Soviet computer Guardian to prevent nuclear war, ending with this statement:

"Colossus personally addresses Forbin, and tells him that the world, now freed from war, will create a new "human millennium" that will raise humankind to new heights, but only under its absolute rule. Colossus informs Forbin that "freedom is an illusion" and that "in time you will come to regard me not only with respect and awe, but with love". "

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