Having lived in China for 5 years, I don't think they actually like North Korea that much. There is a sense that they are like family given past alliance and similarities, cult of personality, etc. But while china now advances and moves forward, NK is like their little embarrassing little brother that dropped out of high school and they reluctantly have to try to keep them out of trouble.

The feel of China is that the top leadership are hell bent on making themselves the dominant world power of the 21st century. outsourcing, currency manipulation, and American debt are all parts of this plan. China would get pissed at an invasion of NK, not because they like them, but because it would be an invasion of "their" territory and sphere of influence.

Or this "threat" could just be a false flag attack from Sony, and just another way to build hype for a movie release. It gained a lot of attention and curiosity from people who would not otherwise be interested, mainly because of said terrorist threats. Nothing gets people interested in watching something like saying "you aren't allowed to watch this."

Why only raise to orange when you can keep the color wheel spinning for years to come?

I see! people who use twitter are sad, sad people...!

the future of targeted advertising. not enough big nosed people walking by... time to switch the advertisement from plastic schnozz surgery to plastic boob surgery. white and want to be black? tanning bed advertisements! black and want to be white? skin whitening cream!

one day the robots will look back in horror at how their ancestors were used for slave labor.

Even if you could get them for free, why would you ever want one?

Many people of all religions still "pay a tax" today. That being a weaker grasp of science limits their success in the modern world. Be it getting a tech job or just getting duped by bad food and medicine.

whatever reason you claim... if you believe you shouldn't reproduce, then you are probably right.

Don't be surprised when he then reveals something about us spying on the Russians- in the hope that their outraged citizens will lobby their government to give him asylum. If Russia doesn't work, I wonder where he'll go next... *hop* *hop* *hop* "Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits"

even if they don't understand a thing that was said in the presentation. like many attending political rallies...

also, the kind of philanthropy and charity they usually indulge in wouldn't "get them into heaven" anyways. microsoft office donations to schools was designed to lock kids into using their software from an early age. large scale donations to universities and such are done on the condition that the construction company they own does the work. all such folks generally feed the poor, but keep them reliant on handouts instead of empowering them. and all of the mentioned tend to give them tax credits so its not like they really lose money on doing this stuff. I'm sure you all could find a lot more if you really want to start digging.

what you need, sir, is the illegal road rage chip that lets you drive in the middle of lanes, drive on the wrong side of the road, and ignores police shutdown commands while trying to make them crash into each other. let the AI wars begin.

put these things in the ocean and let it all burn

I believe the main reason we don't have more female programmers is not a question of talent, but early exposure and the belief they can be successful in that area. If you don't think about something, "that part" of the brain will end up being used for something else instead.