I agree about Dells being easy to work on, I am typing on one now. I had to replace the fans and battery, otherwise, Great Laptop. I used to trash HP a lot, however, I know little about them now, as I have been down the "Dell" path now for years. HP computers used to be so "integrated" and kind of cheap that I just ignored them. *rant* HP used to be a great Electronics Test and Measurement Company. Anything that you bought from them would work with precision even after a 6 foot drop. For HP to be making cheap consumer devices.... I found it offensive back in the day.

I think that you have a good point.

What I am concerned about is the attack on Science and knowledge that is taking place in America. We should be doing things like this. We are Freedom. China is a top down Dictatorship. America was not. We used to invest in Science and Technology that spun out into many different, unintended, and profitable ventures.

I like your ideas, and Sounds reasonable to me. In a car when a major part is replaced or upgraded, and then it is sold, the seller shows receipts and that is added to the value of the car. Something similar could be done.

It should be a standard in all PC's. It shouldn't be stored on an SSD, it should be a small dedicated chip that is able to monitor usage of at least the screen, the battery, the read/writes to the SSD, have an accelerometer on board, and monitor even the fans. It should have minimal cost, maybe a few dollars. It can weed out the cream from the scum. Give a user an option to read out the memory, and display usage against the mean time to failure of different components to know how much of a 'lemon' someone may be buying.

:-)~ I understand. I enjoyed the joke. I just didn't want to create a new thread for the comment. This seemed like the most related thread for the thought.

I think it was Carl Sagan that proposed that we send hardy microbes to Mars in order to start a terraforming process. They could increase the atmospheric pressure, put oxygen in the air, and make the soil more fertile so plants can grow. It may take hundreds or thousands of years to "bear fruit", so to speak, but it seems like a worthwhile thing to do. It also seems important to wait until we can determine what, if any native bacteria, or micro-organisms are there already, so it seems we have 10-30 years to build up an "arsenal" of micro-organisms ready to go to Mars, so think research like this is valuable.

A possible answer to that is that: It seems that the middle class got shrunk in the last forty years, and is getting smaller. The laws seems "jiggered" towards those who have, and against those who have not.

I can see how the current AI is "amplifying" my programming capabilities. As I guess it is "amplifying" peoples capabilities across a whole set of disciplines. His job is to set interest rates, and money supply. The rest of the change in America seems to be in the hands of people we elect, some entrepreneurs, and our business leaders.

a project of mine needs magnets that are only produced in China. I am 'dead in the water' for that project. I guess Ford had to shut down a line. They want our chips, and we need their magnets and rare earths. I'm going to be patient and wait it out to see who blinks first. My guess is that TACO will blink when the big 3 automakers are closed down.

What is the cost of a criminal to kill someone in a hospital in order to kill them in order to blackmail them to send them some money in bitcoin?

of course you are correct.

My belief is that Children will treat AI like a spamming tool and denial of services attacks. Maybe some kind of social fishing. I find AI very interesting, and a step forward if used in an Ethical way, although I guess each inquiry costs about 10W, about the time that an LED light bulb is lit for an hour.

eh, I didn't know about it, it looks cool! I appreciate the post. The games seem high quality. A good way to waste 10 or 15 minutes here and there.

Open to opinions. Yes, it is my understanding that Japan is "Japanese First", like MAGAs are "America First". That seems like a bad road to go down. Me, personally, I enjoy diversity.. different foods, music, beliefs, and points of view. I wonder if Japan would take me under their Government Funded attempt to expand their population, workforce and knowledge. Under the right conditions, I would go.