Driverless cars are always 5 years away. They depend on a fantasy combination of future technology, a new legal system + huge market scale. If it ever happens it will likely be in China. Artificial intelligence, 5G, safety & cars, I explain how it all fits.

Getting worse? No. Canada's homicide rate is down over the past 45 years, yes, including Toronto and other big cities. Mid sized cities tend to be somewhat higher. Number and rate of homicide victims, by Census Metropolitan Areas

Best headline in foreign affairs. ​North Korea Beach Resort Opens With Fanfare but No Foreigners - The New York Times

NAVAIR says marines will use f18a-d until 2030.

Iran hit an American base in Quatar with missiles today, knowing or hoping the US would respond again. This is a strong ploy to entangle Trump before the midterms and influence US elections.

How bad is life in toronto? This morning my friend referred me to his friend to fix my air conditioner. I said hi to neighbors walking their dogs. I picked my breakfast off the tree in my front yard. So yeah.

WW2 Germany kills millions of Jews. Germany invents V1 rocket. US adopts V1 scientist VonBraun. US develops anti-missile rockets with Israel. Germany atones for WW2 by diplomacy with Israel. Israel agrees to sell missile defense to Germany. Germany now has US rocket technology.

And it's not a military forum.

There was a rumor that this could be a good target.

Speed up the justice system with JudgeGPT. No appeals.

Some Albertans want to separate from Canada in order to become an energy superpower. Here is the world's preeminent energy superpower, Saudi Arabia, with cheap easy hi grade oil in massive abundance. Its gdp per capita is around half of Canada's.

The Globe and Mail referred to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith as pulsilanimous. Pusillanimous.Definitions from Oxford Languages · . Adjective:.- showing a lack of courage or determination; timid. In short, a pusi. That concludes today's Diction PSA.

Firefighters wear shirts that say Toronto Fire. But police officers don't wear shirts that say Toronto Crime. Outrageous.

You also mentioned water. Ontario has all of it. While alberta has none. And minerals? Ontario produces 13billion per year while alberta produces about none. So how is alberta the engine of Canada? It's not. Go ahead and do oil. I support it. But call it the heart? It's not.

. no clear distinction between a species and a variety, breed, etc. So, regressing seems perfectly valid (back to the soup or molecules of your choice).

Conversion rate for Canadian Dollar to United States Dollar CAD Dollar rises vs US in the past month. What happened to the loonie collapse?.

The Art of the Deal imploded on day one of trump 2nd term. Promises made on ending the war in Ukraine made and broken.

Economic history being made right now.

Hi Erik,. If any 1 person could perform like a LLM  they'd be hailed. Like wise, if anyone knew as much as any library, they too would be hailed. LLMs & libraries, 2 technologies, of which only 1 gets any attention. The original external random access memory gets no respect.

Build more oil capacity to prosper.

USA industrial production peaked in 2008, then the financial crisis, then a new peak pre covid in 2018, then recovered, now ready to fail.