Author: Richard K Collins

The Internet Foundation Internet policies, global issues, global open lossless data, global open collaboration

Eternal AI civilization, Neuromuscular exo suits, paralysis and throw away people

Well, “many people” could be 100 Million and that is small compared to 8.2 Billion humans. But I think the ones who hold that opinion are countable in a few thousand at most, maybe 100,000. But it does not matter. The human species is large enough to have completely separated “team” taking independent viewpoints to
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Global Income inequality, Corporations, Wars and armed conflicts

The Stupidity of GDP per Capita – Income inequality in the United States and elsewhere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiymTzsZfoA Dear Type Ashton, I set up a database of all economic, financial, and social data from all UN and US federal sources for USAID and the US State Department in the 1980s when I worked for Georgetown University Center
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Comment on “Theory of Everything” video

Veritasium: The Closest We’ve Come to a Theory of Everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q10_srZ-pbs Learning a little every day does not compound over time when the little pieces are not themselves expressed in a consistent way. All it does is accumulate in a pile, which collapses under its own weight periodically. Why learning linux means teaching yourself.  https://www.facebook.com/reel/4007359546184441 A
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Finally x-rays and cloud chambers

Can You See X-Rays In a Cloud Chamber? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPhwkIFoSNo Thanks! I have been wondering about this for 20+ years. Except I have not found a way to image the x-rays below 4 KeV, especially under 400 eV, over long periods at high frame rates. I supposed I should have devoted years to trying things like
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Universal SuperResolution Framework – Graviational imaging and communication

Richard wrote: In radio and audio there is often automatic gain control. I want to record the low frequency variations, which means that the baseline might be shifting. How to record this? A low frequency amplifier and ADC, and higher frequency amplifier and ADC in parallel? ChatGPT said: You’re absolutely right to be concerned about
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Issues with collaborating on YouTube, recommendations for regular YouTube contributors, other thoughts

Commenting and replying at Extreme Cold Survival Exam—Aliens Froze, Human Built Shelter from Ice and Animal Skins / HF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IDEZcyhhJQ 12 people survived in her group. In a world of 8.2 billion humans, there are 683.3 Million sets of 12. It would be nice if there was a way to construct these stories via larger
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