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Comment Re:Repost of a interesting technical opinion on th (Score 1) 42

Thank you for being informative. Going back to the days when Intel tried this, it seemed fabrication size was important. Intel failed. We do not have information on the new Huawei chip, because someone is paying to keep it out. So said, I trust Apple to make the newer versions better. Random free slot multiplexing is difficult , and scanning more channels is probably a n^#channel like problem. Claimed gains will rapidly drop, as saturation causes probability of free slot below energy in finding it.

Comment Mexico leading real reforms (Score 1) 25

Understand that a lot of John Deere equipment is held up at the border. Apparently right to repair is the issue. It did not help for a former JD exec to blow the whistle on 'Harvest Pricing' and PowerPoints on 'Either they pay, else have to sell the farm' . Meanwhile IH is making big big gains. Insert joke about farmers being slow ....

Comment False Ads full of lies get other Ads binned (Score 1) 123

Lose respect and all ads will be automatically binned. Doing the rounds is a bait and switch soldering iron, but uses a laser welder to suck you in, Miniature heaters/coolers that defy thermodynamic constants, and generally products demoed, that are nothing like delivery. Dumb advertisers that pay after one of these gotcha ad's are instantly ignored or worse - will always be ignored. Sure, use AI. But if I see obnoxious misleading ads, they get turfed for the next 30 minutes, at least.

Comment Idiopathic AI and derivatives (Score 1) 261

With an expert system, it gives consistent answers, and provides consistent proof of quality. So called AI is pot luck, bumping popular results to the top. Flat earth followers still have hope. The best counterexample I can think of besides 'how much does this cost all-up (cable TV, airfares etc) is Legal. The AI can easily absorb all precedent, and all judges judgements. Yet we need lawyers, because emotion and good lies/omissions beat telling the truth and sticking to the evidence. Medical doctors love the word 'idiopathic whatever' which is a fancy way of saying 'I dont know'. Please un-patent the phrase 'Idiopathic AI'.

Comment Will Canada Notice (Score 1) 104

When Google paints Canada in the same color as USA on its maps, and persistent wiki updates for the 51st state? On a better note, the Red Sea could be renamed the Palestine Sea or after the name of a popular local government given Harry Potter do not ever utter status. Because there was no vote on it. I always wondered why in 1960, all the world maps had Russia and China in red. I wonder what AI engines might suggest.

Comment Re:Extraction cost? (Score 1) 122

Under Trump II, there is a new streamlined approval process that over-rides all. Pure snow mountain water runoff into the cleanest rivers - who cares. On extraction costs, South America will beat it hands down. Now if USA has a huge tariff on batteries, and GM, Ford, Toyota and more move out - demand and sheer project risk makes it unviable without taxpayer handouts. So saved, unless someone decides a nuclear power plant to replace Canada's electricity becomes a thought-bubble. However if an Aluminum plant is nearby, then caustic LiOH refining may complement other metal refining. This is why China is more efficient handsdown (if you ignore five or so mega factories belching pollution and air pollution and creating toxic forever land.

Comment Re: Paradigm Shift (Score 1) 178

Wrong. There is great satisfaction in repairing something designed to break or degrade. Better when people like Louis Rossmann fight for right to repair. Better when word gets out how to repair JD tractors when there are no right now options. Take your coffee maker. After 6 months you should strip it and clean out the lines. (may have fungus in the lines). Lots of consumer products have dirty secrets, and secret 3 finger reboot modes. If you want to get started, practice on some kerbside trash. It is funnier when it works perfectly, but was thrown out because they did not read the user manual or SM Service manual . On repairing cars, you better do your homework on the modern ones, because they are not as reliable as old ones, and price is no guide.

Comment Other likely images (Score 1) 67

A Duck logo for a chiropractor Pinocchio for a Lawyer Snakes for the medical profession (wait the are) Sledgehammer for car mechanics Thumb on scales for a Butcher Dirty thumbprints on a cleaners card A Bull or Stork for an infertility clinic All professions have one thing in common: They charge like wounded bulls when the customer is a 'one off' who they will never see again.

Comment Re:That's only because we are (Score 1) 108

Oh there is a cost all right: Lazy or bored workers using chat during employer time. MY ex boss told me pre mobile phone age, that Taiwan's workers were more efficient, because they did NOT have personal telephones on their desk. Then when internet came along they were browsing real estate and stocks. Today hookup and cat video's. Presently AI is not letting me generate SNL parody placards, posters or fake election candidate flyers. TG Southpark episodes have humans to direct matters way better than AI. Lisa Simpson was predicted to be president too. ALL possible AI savings were taken when circular self help phone and internet options, with absolutely no chance of speaking to a human became the norm. Thankfully a few attorney's file court actions over non-existent service, to sting companies removing all human contact.

Comment Re:Go ahead with the cheap stuff, then (Score 1) 95

Two legal dirty tricks, Patent fans or blowers pushing C02 through the ocean/seawater. Sure acidic oceans are bad - but hey - the carbon is gone - and profit. The other one is to pay cement makers handsomely for making carbon free cement - nuclear furnace, or excess peak solar. When wet cement dries, it will suck in carbon. 5% odd of all world energy is used to make cement.

Comment Re:Gold Mining beats Rare Earth Mining (Score 1) 361

Correction, Gold qualifies as a rare earth/metal. And a large goldmine takes longer to establish than rare earths or oil - leadtime three years or so, assuming you dont run across visible undiscovered nuggets or a pipe. Commercial viability is the key, where ore grades matter most. The most common way is chemical leeching, square mile ponds of acid, cyanide, or worse. If the dam breaks - or a flooding even - look out. Brave government to subsidize an environmental catastrophe to poison birds, bears and wildlife. The best likely USA locations is where fracking has already poisoned the water table forever.

Comment Used for Ages (Score 1) 101

The primary app is using magnetic field interference, such as a large submarine or warship - works all weather all depths - which is why subs have ac coils on them when berthed. Also detects Tanks etc. And you can plant active pulsing magnetic sensors to triangulate or detect a disturbance. Terrain mapping is the preferred backup for missiles etc, just like following a river or railway tracks. GPS, Bah - you have choice of the USA one, the Euro one, the Indian one, and the Chinese one, Russian, or a differential combo. Lets hope the device can detect an Iron Pyrites gold field.

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