What Makes Quantum Computing So Hard to Explain?

Quantum computers, you might have heard, are magical uber-machines that will soon cure cancer and global warming by trying all possible answers in different parallel universes. For 15 years, on my blog and elsewhere, I’ve railed against this cartoonish vision, trying to explain what I see as the subtler but ironically even more fascinating truth.… Continue reading What Makes Quantum Computing So Hard to Explain?

An Economic Blueprint for North Korea

Acts of outrage are committed by North Korea with alarming regularity, and unsurprisingly the country featured heavily in the recently concluded summit between President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. The latest conflict between Israel and Palestine has been held in abeyance by a fragile ceasefire, and a two-state solution is looking ever… Continue reading An Economic Blueprint for North Korea

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Banks Are So Stuffed With Cash They Tell Companies: No More Deposits

Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Banks are so overloaded with cash they are losing money on deposits… No More Cash Please  Some banks, awash in deposits, are encouraging corporate clients to spend the cash on their businesses or move it elsewhere. It’s a strange case of “No More Cash Please“. U.S. companies are holding… Continue reading Banks Are So Stuffed With Cash They Tell Companies: No More Deposits

Spontaneous Human Combustion

Podcast: Download MYS149: Every so often, there are reports of people bursting into flames for no apparent reason, reducing most of their body to ashes, but with little or no fire damage around them. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what we should make of these reports of spontaneous human combustion and what could be… Continue reading Spontaneous Human Combustion

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Lishi 2-in-1 Lock Picks are Changing the Lock Picking Game

We’re not exaggerating when we say that the Lishi 2-in-1 Lock Pick Tool is the biggest revolution in lock picking we’ve seen in our 12 years in business! These tools enable someone not familiar with how to pick a standard pin & tumbler lock to quickly and efficiently open one like it’s magic! The Lishi… Continue reading Lishi 2-in-1 Lock Picks are Changing the Lock Picking Game

Do You Want AI to Be Conscious? – Issue 102: Hidden Truths

People often ask me whether human-level artificial intelligence will eventually become conscious. My response is: Do you want it to be conscious? I think it is largely up to us whether our machines will wake up. That may sound presumptuous. The mechanisms of consciousness—the reasons we have a vivid and direct experience of the world… Continue reading Do You Want AI to Be Conscious? – Issue 102: Hidden Truths

Introducing the Gen 3 ITS 10-4 Radio Pouch™ and ITS SHARP™ (Shears Holster and Retention Pouch)

The new Gen 3 version of our 10-4 Radio Pouch™ now fits additional radios thanks to the flexible elastic base, along with new refinements to the retention and drawbridge functionality! This pouch is lightweight and skeletonized, offering rapid acquisition, ultimate retention and multiple mounting methods for Baofeng UV-5R style radios (transceivers) with extended batteries. This… Continue reading Introducing the Gen 3 ITS 10-4 Radio Pouch™ and ITS SHARP™ (Shears Holster and Retention Pouch)