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Montreal (white) engineer here: I've been working as an FPGA guy here in Canada for 30 years, and black programmers and engineers are as rare as hens teeth up here. I have met only 2 or 3 over the span of 3 decades and there are zero black managers in engineering/software. It's mostly a question of supply, only 4% of the province identifies as black. I see far more asians and Indians than blacks, which is a bit sad, since I learned digital logic design from a black engineer in Los Angeles when I started out.

Sort of bubble... if we look at other countries like Zimbabwe that had hyperinflation, their stock market inflated along with the currency, more or less keeping the same values. At least until the government in Zimbabwe shut down the market. Here in the US, the Fed controls the money supply, and it's widely believed that the Fed won't choke the money growth any further if the market falls by 20% to 30%, depending on your pessimism. Of course, if the actual economy collapses due to Covid and supply chain problems, there is no bottom.

It's hard to credit "mass hysterical brain damage" as being real. Nor are these ultrasound attacks. Ultrasound doesn't penetrate walls and windows.

Microwaves, on the other hand, directed by large panels of phased array patches, can not only focus and track objects through walls (i.e. radar vision), with a proper control system, can focus intense CW or Pulses directly on a moving target, like a persons skull. These were not surveillance attempts, these were focused attacks on lone victims who weren't carrying microwave field meters, nor any RF protection. Both the Russians and Chinese have the technical skill and motivation to develop these microwave attack systems. What is not clear is whether there are magic frequencies and waveforms that cause more neural damage than ordinary microwave white noise. Exciting resonances in particular biological molecules could possibly cause enhanced long term damage, with fairly low peak power limits. This type of research, of course, is kept secret.

I'm giving notice today, in order to join a startup. for much the same reasons as you.

This is not as useful as one would think... It's all binaries, no source. :(

I'd really like to have something like this running on hardware I controlled, using open source, because I'd want to load it up with all my personal information with the goal of creating a smart assistant that eventually can be upgraded to full AGI status when the technology becomes available. Unfortunately, what will likely be available in the near future will be a "smart assistant" running in the cloud, using proprietary code, and storing your personal data with truly horrible privacy policies. I'd be willing to pay $$$ for an assistant I can run that will truly protect my privacy.

Bad link. This one works better: http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-and-canonical-partner...

Of course, the obvious method to start a fire by moonlight is to build a nice big array of silicon mooncells, and then plug my barbecue lighter into the power converter outlet.

This is a pretty serious scam, and not the first that revolves around video compression. Barry Burd ( is that his real name?) is just a clueless tech journalist without the background or skepticism to realize how many times this scam has been launched. Some examples.. Madison Priest and his "magic box". David Kim Stanley and Pixelon. Adam Clark and the Tolly Group. Or Raystream: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3211630

Unlikely. The U.S. voters best chance is to elect a candidate in 2016 who will pardon Snowden in 2020 on his last day in office. Then we can draft Snowden's ass and make him president for 4 or 8 years. That's a suitable punishment for his crimes.