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by rapjr9 8y ago
Some constructive criticism: I think this document is written backwards and does not contain what CEO's are interested in. The disastrous effects should come first and preceding that should be forecasts of the effect on the bottom lin
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by rapjr9 8y ago
In the US, building of new roads has not kept up with population increases (in part because there's no place to put new roads). Even the smallest towns tend to have delays and grid lock at rush hour, and that's only part of the p
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by rapjr9 8y ago
What is holding back plasma gasification? https://waste-management-world.com/a/plasma-gasification-cle...
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by rapjr9 8y ago
How are AI and automation going to affect pensions? If many jobs become automated who contributes to the pension funds and Social Security to support the previous generations? All the discussion I see here seems to assume the future is li
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by rapjr9 8y ago
Universities patent lots of practical research that has yet to be commercialized. Here are some patents I've helped file that I know are not yet commercialized: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&
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by rapjr9 9y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA1RgpYS2IQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av5kuarKmNA
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by rapjr9 9y ago
The Simpson's tv show brought out a lot of narcissism. It was meant to be a joke to laugh at but people started emulating it which encouraged many to believe it was ok to be that way.
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by rapjr9 9y ago
Maybe the entire purpose of this tax change is to kill both research and the universities? The GOP seems to generally be opposed to both. Make it impossible for the grad students to survive, that means less grad students so less research
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by rapjr9 9y ago
Yet another controversial idea might be: "Banks are interested in blockchain technology for the purpose of building unaccountable grey markets, dark pools, and black markets of derivatives and credit default swaps."
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by rapjr9 9y ago
Maybe guitar makers are not innovating? Other stringed instruments have basically remained the same for centuries, but electric guitars were born out of modifications to standard guitars. Hendrix was a guitar hacker. Most of the electric
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by rapjr9 9y ago
I work as a research programmer at a college and prototypes are all we build. However there are very few jobs like this (grant money rarely pays for programmers except a few in big grants and colleges don't have much support for resea