About Illegal Immigration
Ok, so this isn't about tech. But it is a nationally pertinent topic, so I'll address some salient points as I see them. This shouldn't be triggering,
Sun-powered Solar
Japan successfully transmitted power over a short air-gapped distance to demonstrate the capability to beam energy from space to Earth. In this essay, I ponder some problems that might accompany this science-fiction feat.
Artificial General Intelligence
TL;DR: A few predictions for the near future: The Singularity is coming, sooner than you think; it will be an existential conflict, over before we realize it, and resolved beneficially for humankind.
Epic v. Apple
In August 2020, Epic Games – the maker of Fortnite, a wildly popular mobile game, and many others – sued Apple because Apple doesn't allow any other payment processing to occur on Apple&
Why Are Viruses So Dumb?
Viruses are everywhere, affecting almost every type of life since life first evolved. If viruses have been around for so long, why haven't they evolved to act more symbiotic, instead of killing their hosts or causing such effects to require an immune response to kill the virus?