Category Archives: Reference

Filing cabinet for a digitized world.

Build Computers in School!

How many kids still know how to build his own computer these days? Back in the old days, we build our own computers. We upgrade it and tweak it trying to make it run just a little bit faster. I wonder how may kids have ever seen how does a computer look inside the case.

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The voice of business

If companies have a right to free speech as a legal person, why stop there? Maybe companies should also have the rights to vote like a real person. In the matter of fact, we should subject the unions or special interest groups to same restriction as companies. It should not be a race to the bottom that who has the deepest pocket wins.

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Africa’s population – The baby bonanza

If Africa cannot escape the curse of Malthus, the rest of the world should act in the name of United Nation, curbing the population growth in Africa with drastic measures. The African do not have rights to produce babies they can’t even feed.

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The virtues of biochar

I thought the only use of charcoal is BBQ. With some help from latest technoloyg, it could be the best friend for framers and combat global warming at the same time!

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The unkindest cuts

I think EU’s anti-trust ruling against Intel is wrong. A few years ago, AMD have a really good chance fighting Intel but it flopped and missed a technology cycle. It’s CPU is slower and less powerful than Intel’s. AMD can’t cry unfair and ask government step in to punish Intel because their own incompetence.

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