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dlcmh··on Pentagon Sees Giant Cargo Cranes as Possible Chinese Spying Tools
Paranoia is good - keeps one vigilant and on one’s toes 24/7.
dlcmh··on China leads US in global competition for key emerging technology, study says
Full report at https://www.aspi.org.au/report/critical-technology-tracker
dlcmh··on [dead]
Full interview at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34977126
dlcmh··on Google Embarrass Themselves (A.I. War Is Heating Up)
Thanks. Reposted at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34876662
dlcmh··on Chinese scientists make ‘impossible’ AI breakthrough in drug research
Preprint at https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.08663
dlcmh··on 2021 Letter
Because “Shareholder Value” is maximised in the US. Therein lies the loophole.
dlcmh··on 2021 Letter
The author speaks very much from his liberal/capitalist outlook on life - the comment is pretty spot-on.
dlcmh··on 2021 Letter
The useful parts to me were the assertions the author made about Beijing attempting to guide future talent into hard science areas.
dlcmh··on An analysis of US-China relations
I believe, over the long run, that the RMB will appreciate against the USD, and that China's GDP will double by 2035.

Any good ETFs to recommend for the above?

dlcmh··on The new light-based quantum computer Jiuzhang has achieved quantum supremacy
Take on the practicality thereof by Adam Bostock - https://twitter.com/akbacademic/status/1334840823721172993
dlcmh··on Robert Lighthizer Blew Up 60 Years of Trade Policy. Who Knows What Happens Next
The article makes it seem like it was Lighthizer, and not Trump, who pulled the US out of agreements & alliances.
dlcmh··on Scrolling is stealing our time.
Definitely a time waster. Had to build my own private service to bookmark Twitter / YouTube items for later browsing & searching.
dlcmh··on American strategy, military spending and collective defence in the Indo-Pacific
Tried to access https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/us-would-lose-any-war-fou... but it’s paywalled. Then stumbled onto this edu.au report based on googling around a couple of key terms.
dlcmh··on Photo: “corona” crossed out and replaced with “Chinese” in Trump's notes
I’m unable to edit the original link. This one works https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak...
dlcmh··on Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival
Please share some links to those materials. I’m interested in the same.
dlcmh··on Moving towards a faster web
Just use Safari or Firefox
dlcmh··on Nuclear fusion is 'a question of when, not if'
I’m pessimistic this will ever be able to work. Doesn’t fusion require tremendous pressure that’s equivalent to the Sun’s gravity? How on Earth are we going to be able to generate such a pressure?
dlcmh··on History of AI Research
I’m primarily interested in AI that can help increase our intelligence by delivering verified data and information that helps us in making correct decisions on stuff that impact our daily lives.

This may take decades.

dlcmh··on Fintech's fast pass to traditional banking is now cut off
There is always opportunity in any crisis. If one is passionate enough about their cause / business model, I’m pretty sure another ethical path can be found.
dlcmh··on How to Break Out of the Children’s Menu Trap
If at all possible, start at home, with small, simple and healthy meals. Share little nuggets of information with your kids on why you chose today’s menu. Be ready to discuss any questions they might have regarding your choices.
dlcmh··on Let Go of Your Expectations and Succeed
More importantly, don’t let our lives be constrained by the expectations of other people.
dlcmh··on The Rumsfeld Matrix: A Model to Estimate Uncertainty in Projects
Would be awesome if this can be somehow tweaked and enhanced for the complexities of nation-building
dlcmh··on Whitewashing Neoliberal Repression in Chile and Ecuador – Fair.org
I suspect there’ll never be an end to these problems until we all evolve to a higher level of thinking and start demanding for specific measurements of performance of the government.
dlcmh··on Ask HN: Unsuccessful one-person online businesses?
Around 2008, I thought I’d make a killing selling wireless flashes for DSLRs.

Then I thought I’d make a killing off Amazon affiliate income.

Had to go back to work end of 2012 doing programming, IT consulting and web development.

dlcmh··on Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong
Down to 15 now, after Solomon Islands and Kiribati switched diplomatic ties in recent weeks https://amp.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3029626/ta...
dlcmh··on Why is modern web development so complicated?
Any material you’d recommend on this subject matter?
dlcmh··on Ten Years of Erlang
Insightful! Any process calculus or type theory literature to recommend? Found https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/12d9/eae1638729aeb237b5be44... while googling - would this be a good place to start?
dlcmh··on How to Grow Software Architecture out of Jupyter Notebooks
Thanks, I’d never thought of doing this before - found 2 resources to help me explore this approach:

http://zmjones.com/make/ http://blog.kaggle.com/2012/10/15/make-for-data-scientists/

dlcmh··on (2017) Why Flutter doesn’t use OEM widgets
Not sure how well Flutter implements a native platform’s physics and motion capabilities. Eg, momentum scrolling on iOS.
dlcmh··on The Glimmer VM: Boots Fast and Stays Fast
Based on some of the comments about what a VM actually is, I think this 2-part series might help those who are wondering (me included) about the technicalities of building one's own VM:

- (Part 1) https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/43176/How-to-create-you... - (Part 2) https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/61924/How-to-create-you...

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