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Make games free.

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Meh. I would go to one.... and if they still stink... even being free wouldn't help.

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It says they would convert the energy to microwaves and shoot it to a receiver station. Not sure the technology is even close to existing to do something like that.

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Tesla did harmonic coupling, wireless power transmission in the early 1900's.
This was a separate demonstration than the Colorado Springs and the Wardenclyffe experiments.

There is a distinct difference form single-wire power transmission (or using the Earth as the coupler) and wireless harmonic coupling.
However, all 3 were terrestrial experiments.
So, what role did the ionosphere or Earth's geo-magnetic structure play in the effectiveness of this old technology? It's hard to know.
Similar to the near field wireless charging pads we all use. You could scale the technology to increase the distance between the source and receiver.

Much like a powered radio station transmitting information and sound waves that can be received by a powered radio in your car when tuned to the right frequency.
You could maybe do power transmission with alternate waves (microwaves versus sound waves) from space if the frequency is coupled.
Microwave frequencies would theoretically lose less energy than radio frequencies.

As for the underlying basis, it's a very interesting idea.
Super cold operation. No debris. Near 100% availability.

I wonder how they would solve the potential issue of unauthorized power draws if someone was able to construct an independent power receiver and tune it to the right frequency.

Final quote of the video.
Charlie: It's done.
Someone: It's beginning.

Something that just gave me some solace.

Alabama: Auburn, Tennessee, Miss St, LSU
Arkansas: Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Missouri, LSU
Auburn: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Miss St
Florida: Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Auburn
Georgia: Florida, Auburn, Tenn, South Carolina
Kentucky: Vandy, Tenn, Mizzou, S.Carolina.
LSU: Ole Miss, Arkansas, Bama, A&M
Miss State: Ole Miss, Bama, Auburn, Vandy
Missouri: Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky
Ole Miss: LSU, Miss State, Vandy, Texas
Oklahoma: Texas, Missouri, A&M, Arkansas
South Carolina: Georgia, Kentucky, Florida, Vandy
Tennessee: Alabama, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Kentucky
Texas: Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Ole Miss
Texas A&M: Texas, Arkansas, LSU, Oklahoma
Vanderbilt: Kentucky, Miss St, Ole Miss, S. Carolina

It became quite difficult at the end to find decent balance and proximity fits.
Tennessee has too many natural opponents.
Oklahoma has too few.
How do you handle Vandy and Miss St (centrally located and relatively weak historically)?

Russia, China, Illegal Immigrants?

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AI bots just spit out pre-formulated answers and have no actual authority to do something that requires more than just regurgitating information.

In my experience that's exactly what the indian call centers do, too.

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In my experience, especially with airlines, Indian call centers have always been very helpful and have bent the rules to help me.
AI will not bend any rules.

Two portraits in the oval office are beyond my knowledge.
Can someone help me?

1. The portrait on the top right.



2. The portrait on the left.

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Those houses in the 60s and 70s were 1,200 sqft.

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The population percentage was very different then versus now.
1960 had a large portion of working parents and young kids.


By 1990, the majority of the population was working class adults, but with more elderly and less kids than 1960.


By 2010, the population has flattened and the elderly percentage continues to rise.


Now, the elderly group continues to grow and the children group is shrinking. When 0-19 is 23.6% and over 60 is 24.6%, that is a bit of a problem.
For the US, this is the first time the elderly has had a larger percentage.


This trend currently has significant implications throughout the age demographics.
More individuals drawing on government programs (SS).
More homes remaining occupied instead of having a surplus.
Reduction in jobs for younger workers.
Fewer able-bodied worders to pay into the system in coming years.

However, I am hopeful that the US will return to normal demographics.
As the large 25-45 year old group from 1990 has progressed through the years, they are now the 60-75 group now. This essentially explains the almost upside down chart from 2025, which has a much larger 60+ population than you would expect.

We do still have to address the birthrate decline, but some of this can be explained by urbanization versus rural family sizes.
The abundance in the next 20 years with both resources demand declining and the improvements due to ai efficiencies.... I'm hopeful that this will encourage more families to have more kids and larger families.

You don't have to have as drastic of a pyramid as we did in the 1960's or even from earlier eras due to the advancement in medicine reducing childhood mortality. However, we do need to make it easier and more affordable for American families to choose to have 3+ kids.
Cheaper housing, better low-cost schools, higher standard of living to wage ratios.

I have an even better plan. Disband IRS.

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I have friends with family on the island and the only thing they agree on is to not go to Oahu. As for favorites they are generally Kaui or Big Island but say Maui is a good first place to go.

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Agreed.