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Panhandle Lake is NOT the most remote place in the Boundary Waters. Not by any stretch. A clay foot algorithm.

I’ve had 100 square miles alone to myself in the BWCA for days/weeks and know the park well.

Since the BWCA is adjacent to the Quetico (on the Canadian side of the border), the concept of remote skews much further north. Time of year is also “remote” ... late October/early November is beautiful, if you don’t get “iced-in” for winter and can neither canoe nor walk out.

A relatively remote lake is Lake Kiana, where I’ve been between two simultaneous wolf packs (100 yds and 150 yards away in opposite directions). BWCA is where Yellowstone re-populated its wolves from. That close to 20-25 wolves chasing deer in the deep of night ... you listen for the “yip, yip, yip” of the pups trying to learn and keep up.

The sprinkling of intellectual “philosophy articles” in Hacker News have been of outstanding quality.

Yes, I believe you catch the gist of it.

It’s a calculation which proves there is indeed a complexity point whereby quantum computing will exceed classical computing ... by proving mathematically that adding enough qubits will suffice that.

Keep in mind this proof still hints at “a class of problems/calculations” which qubits will overwhelm, not a general overwhelming of everything. At least that’s my reading.

Still this mathematical proof is indeed interesting.

Albert - Ignore the naysayers and keep writing your book and ideas. I have followed your writing for years, and share many of your hunches. As did Aaron Schwartz. It's a bold attempt at a future worth working on. Abundance is indeed here now, and attainable in a more equitable distribution. Not easily - indeed it's hard work - harder still allowing the negativity on Hacker News.

Each time the Cruise starts from a stop light, it's too slow.

Every time ... cars pass it, and dive into its lane (a typical reaction to slow moving vehicles).

Still, nice accomplishment.

Regreyably, Chiyonofuji - the dominate Yokozuna of the 1990's decade (a lightwieght, strong, judo-esque wrestler and a sublime Japanese gentleman) is not included in the article.

It's actually worse than described in this article. XiJinPing is beyond ruthless, law is meaningless. Even this under-describes the reality.

An exceptional well-written article ... about pure intellectualism.

Four things that actually help -

1) a shower before sleeping.

2) stop using iPad/iPhone and TV two hours before sleep. (I also use orange light bulbs which don't emit blue light near bedtime.)

3) begin sleep and wake up at regular times.

4) settling down mentally for the day gradually two hours before sleep.

Lawrence Lessig (@Lessig) has yet to comment on Twitter - he clerked under Scalia.

Lessig also clerked under Richard Posner, considered by many to be the top legal theorist in America.

In 1992, I saw Scalia in person preside over a three-judge panel (including two other federal district judges) at Harvard - at the Ames Moot Court, the famous moot (fake) court for the very best two teams of third-year law students.

He did an excellent job over the two day proceedings. It was fascinating to watch in person.

In a parallel event in the evening, I watched Scalia take questions in an open air pavilion lawn (with no security whatsoever, just an open event on campus). At one point an audience member asked him, "What's the most difficult area of law for you personally to judge?"

After seriously furrowing his brow and mind, he finally and sincerely proffered up ... "Indian (Native American) law".

My take on his answer - he found that area of law truly difficult as a strict constructionist.

Awesome, thanks. Bought two for my friends.