This problem, and the TV networks, is going away. Eventually each TV show will have a team making it, paid for by (direct) payments of the watchers of the show. Once we get rid of the networks forcing us to watch what they want, only the popular shows will survive. (where popular = viewership pays for show, so cheap shows can get by with fewer watchers).
Phone companies are the only ones able to detect spoofed caller ID. Even if the number is spoofed overseas they will know where the call entered their network, and the phone companies can work together to pass along that information. If the "local" call is coming from India then it's not local.
If you want a job, go into the trades. Carpenter/framer, plumber, electrician, welder. You can't offshore a job that must be done here, and you can't automate a job where the work environment changes dramatically day by day.
Obama has done nothing to limit military spending. The Republicans refusing to pass his budget is the only real limiting factor. Once Trump starts a war with China you can expect military spending to triple.
If the government owned and ran the internet (wires) then net neutrality would not be an issue. Having a for profit entity own critical infrastructure without serious regulation is a barrier to free market capitalism in the same way that the landline phone monopoly (prior to breakup) blocked companies from offering modems, fax machines, and other goods and services.
When the copyright owner puts it up for torrenting, it's granting (implied) consent for others to download. It would be legally equivalent to putting your collection of star wars action figures in a blue box by the curb, and then charging anyone who took them with theft.
The South China Sea claimed by China includes open ocean 2,000 miles away from the shores of China, and ocean within sight of land of other countries. Their claim of ownership is unsupported.
Trump seems to have no self control, and the President has a lot more power than he should. There is no way to win a war with China: We are not willing to invade (ground war in Asia, see Russian front during WW2 for details), and they can't win at sea or in the air.
We don't lose jobs from a trade war with China, we lose stuff that can be made elsewhere. We can build one third the new factories in America, one third in India, and one third in Russia and everyone wins. None of the other countries in Asia are suitable as China will threaten/invade to block the jobs loss, and we need to pay off Russia to support us in this.
Mandating that for every H1B you hire, you must also hire and train 1 American worker, and then switch to the American worker (H1B limited time offer) would fix the problem.
There does not appear to be any laws of physics limit preventing automation of all human labour. Middle management and clerical jobs should be coming up any day now, with senior management going away as soon as the stock holders realize how much money they lose to thieving executives.
If you are imparting kinetic energy on space junk, then it is imparting kinetic energy on the station. I expect keeping the station in position just got more expensive.
If there is a shortage of affordable apartments, it's probably city hall to blame. They control(limit) the supply. If nothing else they could allow basement suites or build low rent apartments for the poor.
Having company housing would make more sense. Small apartments are cheap to build and run and they could charge just under the going (full size) rates.
America still uses the old pre-metric measurements, that's not in Celsius. He actually meant -2C, a rather nice winter temperature if you can avoid the ice storms and black ice.
When the poor are starving they steal from the rich (you), when they get sick they miss work (costing your company money), when they get the plague they spread it to your kids (you have a nanny, right?). It is in the best interest of the rich to have social programs, the only debate is how much to spend.
The Iraq war was not about oil, it was about protecting Saudi Arabia and ensuring they didn't get invaded by an expansionist Iraq looking to control the worlds oil supply.
Battery options: 1-convert electricity to heat, store in molten salt, use steam engine connected to generator to extract. 2-Convert electricity to ethanol, run ethanol engine connected to generator to extract (possibly in your car). 3-Pump water into mountain reservoir, run hydro-electric generator to extract. Finding a way to store power is a solved engineering problem. Convincing politicians to ignore fossil fuel industry lobbyists is still unsolved.
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This problem, and the TV networks, is going away. Eventually each TV show will have a team making it, paid for by (direct) payments of the watchers of the show. Once we get rid of the networks forcing us to watch what they want, only the popular shows will survive. (where popular = viewership pays for show, so cheap shows can get by with fewer watchers).
Phone companies are the only ones able to detect spoofed caller ID. Even if the number is spoofed overseas they will know where the call entered their network, and the phone companies can work together to pass along that information. If the "local" call is coming from India then it's not local.
If you want a job, go into the trades. Carpenter/framer, plumber, electrician, welder. You can't offshore a job that must be done here, and you can't automate a job where the work environment changes dramatically day by day.
Of all the Soft sciences, only Finance has a lower credibility score.
American pensioners appear to hold most of the accounts payable. Or did you mean China with around 10%?
Obama has done nothing to limit military spending. The Republicans refusing to pass his budget is the only real limiting factor. Once Trump starts a war with China you can expect military spending to triple.
The chip fabs in Taiwan make most of our electronics, that get assembled in China. Any war in that region will hurt America directly.
The ocean may be huge, but so is the part of it that China claims. Most countries only claim a 200 mile limit.
If the government owned and ran the internet (wires) then net neutrality would not be an issue. Having a for profit entity own critical infrastructure without serious regulation is a barrier to free market capitalism in the same way that the landline phone monopoly (prior to breakup) blocked companies from offering modems, fax machines, and other goods and services.
When the copyright owner puts it up for torrenting, it's granting (implied) consent for others to download. It would be legally equivalent to putting your collection of star wars action figures in a blue box by the curb, and then charging anyone who took them with theft.
The South China Sea claimed by China includes open ocean 2,000 miles away from the shores of China, and ocean within sight of land of other countries. Their claim of ownership is unsupported.
Trump seems to have no self control, and the President has a lot more power than he should. There is no way to win a war with China: We are not willing to invade (ground war in Asia, see Russian front during WW2 for details), and they can't win at sea or in the air.
We don't lose jobs from a trade war with China, we lose stuff that can be made elsewhere. We can build one third the new factories in America, one third in India, and one third in Russia and everyone wins. None of the other countries in Asia are suitable as China will threaten/invade to block the jobs loss, and we need to pay off Russia to support us in this.
Giving H1B workers American citizenship after 2 years would allow them to demand better pay and/or reasonable hours.
Mandating that for every H1B you hire, you must also hire and train 1 American worker, and then switch to the American worker (H1B limited time offer) would fix the problem.
There does not appear to be any laws of physics limit preventing automation of all human labour. Middle management and clerical jobs should be coming up any day now, with senior management going away as soon as the stock holders realize how much money they lose to thieving executives.
Most companies want MORE customers, not less.
Money only has value when it circulates. If the robot owners have all the money then it's worthless.
If you are imparting kinetic energy on space junk, then it is imparting kinetic energy on the station. I expect keeping the station in position just got more expensive.
If there is a shortage of affordable apartments, it's probably city hall to blame. They control(limit) the supply. If nothing else they could allow basement suites or build low rent apartments for the poor.
Having company housing would make more sense. Small apartments are cheap to build and run and they could charge just under the going (full size) rates.
America still uses the old pre-metric measurements, that's not in Celsius. He actually meant -2C, a rather nice winter temperature if you can avoid the ice storms and black ice.
When the poor are starving they steal from the rich (you), when they get sick they miss work (costing your company money), when they get the plague they spread it to your kids (you have a nanny, right?). It is in the best interest of the rich to have social programs, the only debate is how much to spend.
The Iraq war was not about oil, it was about protecting Saudi Arabia and ensuring they didn't get invaded by an expansionist Iraq looking to control the worlds oil supply.
Battery options: 1-convert electricity to heat, store in molten salt, use steam engine connected to generator to extract. 2-Convert electricity to ethanol, run ethanol engine connected to generator to extract (possibly in your car). 3-Pump water into mountain reservoir, run hydro-electric generator to extract. Finding a way to store power is a solved engineering problem. Convincing politicians to ignore fossil fuel industry lobbyists is still unsolved.