I believe these statements about flying illegal miners have been debunked based on the image proof being of a french citizen a year or so ago. Also seriously? Miners in Jetpacks...

About this being the US centric only, as a European visiting China frequently since 2008, I can tell you it is very much a Chinese thing and publicly discussed on TV. I have personally had 3 observations late 70ies and 80ies in the Faroe Islands (with other witnesses the latter two times). There have been multiple observations in the Faroes. And if you want to go completely down the rabbit hole the people of the Faroe Islands have even hundreds of years back spoken about the gray people who switched babies out with their own "hybrids" i.e. babies that kind of looked like babies but were different. And sometimes the grey people even collaborated with fishermen as long as you adhered to a certain code of conduct onboard the boat. So no absolutely not a US centric phenomenon only.

What many fail to realize is that regular blue collar manual labor is not the elephant in the room, it is the white collar jobs. As an example Nordea a Danish bank with roughly 30000 employees in 2017 already began firing 6000 employees due to among others the implementation of what they labeled as chatbots and so called robot counciling... Journalists are being made obsolete, we have AI writing movie scripts albeit funky and while the Hof himself starred in the second installment NVidia and others have with their real time landscape and humanoid generation using AI showed that the whole entertainment industry is up for an upheaval of magnitudes unheard of. Are you so naive that you do not see all the cashier jobs disappearing, self payment in the stores, the burger flipping robots etc. invading the fast food boutiques. Not that it is a problem that jobs disappear if people still have the security to pursue development of their talent, but UBI in some form or another will be needed and faster than you believe. It will require a rethink of what success means, it will require people rethink the whole wealth concept, but it is coming and the transition will be tough if we don't start remediation now. I am not a Captain of Industry nor a Silicon Valley technologist. I am just a guy who grew up before there was a thing called mobile phones and the internet and if I can see this coming well... I am flabbergasted that so many people seem to cling on so desperately to a broken system (worldwide) change is coming. Educate yourself, think critically, try to understand how you can do best by your family and friends and eventually the world. New leaders are needed and you are the only hope!

Hello there, may I suggest looking seriously at using systems like Watson or other AI systems to learn project management concepts and project tracking, this way you will be freeing yourself from the hassle, you can automate virtually every aspect of your project management processes and make it possible for a decision maker like yourself, to make informed decisions regarding team member, different development methods and other project and business related matters based on best practise methodology for each project type and real world learning regarding the dynamics of project types and each individual project....

Foundational research is a very real pursuit or job, only it is hard for the money focused world to understand this, why do we need to know why the apples fall down from the treas, I will let the manufacturer answer then you can mull over the real job or not "Get back to work peasant I have cider and apple pies to make and sell and gravity works just fine without you knowing why...." if Newton was a peasant would it have been a real job for him to figure out this gravity thing ?

Actually the researchers are legit, I am from Denmark and this is not a joke, if you are in doubt contact some of the non affiliated (research wise) researchers yourself they are easy to find, write a nice letter and if you are satisfied donate. Personally with the Danish reporters having done this already and being familiar with the issues of funding in the research world I decided to throw in my bit in the hope of furthering the understanding of the universe(s).

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Migrate to a different OS that allows you to tweak everything and do proper user and rights management. For legacy related software use, create a walled garden and tell people insisting they can't use anything but windows that perhaps they should be looking for a new job.

Looking forward to see this go into production on a commercial scale

Would be nice to see who was throwing accusations in the air, but I suppose when flinging unfounded mud and sowing fear uncertainty and doubt it is difficult to show your true face hence people may see you for what you truly are. I have never given a hoot for rules and regulation in writing, so your paragraph grammar fudding is completely off the mark, sorry that you live with such a limited world view that you can't see an opportunity staring you right in the face! I have mentioned nothing political pro or con a specific type of rule in my post so where you get off bringing in politics to the discussion is beyond me, I have stated facts as of what I have actually seen and experienced a government in a specific country do with regards to encouraging business initiatives. Have you ever been there, how many Chinese do you know that live there ? I am in daily contact with people in China and looking into possibilities there, what are you doing to help your economy and thus the economy of your country ?

Funny... But don't quit your day job you are not quite ready for prime time comedy yet !

Actually a lot of the posters here should be rejoicing. In my experience Chinese youngsters in general are extremely good at selling stuff online, this could be a great boon for American companies/brands as export of American goods and good news for any other country as well. A lot of young Chinese today are engaged in selling to the ever growing Chinese middle class, and you might just find that export of your product might as well happen to small players as to a few big corporations that won't pay you more that nickel for your product making them the winners not you. Realize that Chinese youngsters and Chinese in general, no longer want copies, they want the real deal. So why don't you find those old worn jeans, or whatever product you can research your way to, is in demand over there and find yourself a collaboration partner and then start bringing in a new stream of revenue for yourself. The Chinese are hungry for interesting foreign goods, and no they do generally not use SPAM, I have never ever received a SPAM mail from a company pedding Chinese goods, in fact your fear of SPAM is unfounded if you look at the Chinese online marked and social media usage, you see they don't have to use SPAM, people scour over services like taobao, and use WeChat constantly looking for products they desire and if you have it you're more or less certainly going to sell it money is not a problem in China. Social media platforms such as WeChat from Tencent that have everything built in, from social networking to shopping modules and online payment processing systems and APPS are far superior in comparison to our traditional western social media / trade platforms. I think people should stop whimpering about the communist threat, that is so last century thinking and they really should start living in the present, please try to realize this is one world populated with people that more or less all have the same goal - A good prosperous life in peace! Start collaborating instead of bickering, seriously, I have spent a fair amount in China over the past few years and trust me if market forces are at work at the moment anywhere it is in China, and if you want to tap into the good life, now is your opportunity, that is if you can see through the smoke and mirrors. And that this hits the news is kind of interesting as the Chinese government despite contrary beliefs, actually encourages private entrepreneurs and have for years done so. In fact I wish the government where I live would ease restrictions on start-ups as they are in China tax wise, a trusted source non government affiliated business person explained that as a small timer i.e. personal entrepreneur, you don't even need to pay tax of anything till you hit something like a turnover of about 300000 Yuan (roughly 46-47000 US$ in todays value 2016-03-16) and they were free to even start multiple businesses if they were willing to lay down a deposit per business etc. So stop fearing the Chinese and start collaborating with them, you will find they are more like you than you possibly think. Grab this opportunity by the horns - It is a chance unlike any you've seen in many years - Seize the moment!

Patents are already being open sourced by Musk in relation to electric vehicles and I believe the intent was continuing to do so

Sigh.... On the upside the Scots are through the centuries used to obnoxious overlords trying to tell them what to do and how to behave so they probably could'nt give a "#T% bagpipes hoot about the threats of some random yank who is trying to strong arm them. I mean seriously ? I find it particularly interesting that this man is actually trying to become the President of the United States of America... Once a country most Europeans actually looked up to and respected with great gratitude for the sacrifices the American public have made for them in the past, it is a respect that however is fading quickly in Europe thanks to the behavior of the political establishment. One can only wonder if the good people of the USA will wake up in time and reclaim their country from those that are making it look so bad to so many of their friends and help America re-find it's moral compass and rightful place in the world as a true leader... I can just say I am thankful that I have real American friends so I know the established political elite does not speak for all the people. Good luck to you America on the upcoming election, may your people choose wisely and carefully when the time comes to decide your future that holds so much promise not just for yourselves but for the world! Go deep and investigate what the established political elites are truly up to before you go and make your voice heard.