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Maybe this is a solution to the Fermi paradox?

Know thyself. The first step in being your better self. This pithy piece of advice has been repeatedly given throughout history no doubt predating its being chiseled onto the Temple of Apollo around 2500 years ago. Humanity probably has no better advice. Although "Never trust a fart" is a close second.

7 years, or rather, more time than you expected is correct. Generally, success happens slowly. To succeed, just don't fail. If you keep your job, muddle along with your side business, avoiding debt, keeping your fixed costs low, and most importantly, survive, your customer base will grow and your competitors will melt away. If you are not luckier or earlier than others, you will still succeed by being more patient than others.

2nd law of thermodynamics is what makes destructiveness so costly. It is much easier and cheaper to destroy than to build or rebuild. The Trump administration is devaluing the United States at an alarming rate.

I still use Google desktop on a dedicated computer to search our local network. Its been running since about 2008.

It's ironic that machine intelligence is advancing during an era when human intelligence is declining.

Tipping risk of the Atlantic Ocean's overturning circulation, AMOC. Keynote by Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf, Co-Head of Research Department on Earth System Analysis of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Professor of Physics of the Oceans at the University of Potsdam.

I think a voice more like Harvey Keitel's would be better!

Just because an economist puts a name on an economic trend like "secondary post war depression" doesn't mean they understand it. The economy goes up, it goes down, it goes up, it goes down, it goes up, it goes down, economists usually don't know why or how.

I hope FBI is backtracking the serial numbers on these components and finding the diversions to Russia. Serialization similar to what the FDA mandates for drugs should be implemented by treaty for all NATO nations, and sanctions imposed on suppliers to Russia.