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Whatever happened to HEAT?

  HEAT. You may not remember, but only a few decades ago, people would frequently discuss the excessive heat generated by electricity production. "It would destroy the planet."  Not any more, as the full discussion is about doubling or tripling power production, particularly to feed AI. So, what happened to HEAT?

ODD THOUGHTS FOR FRIDAY (10/10/25), mercy, failure, beliefs, luck

A.   “Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.” --- Adam Smith B.   Failure is part of achieving success. C.   It is not a belief when you have generated the evidence. D. The Solitaire Illusion. Many a solitaire player falls for the illusion of having great skill after winning about five straight games. Know what luck is.

Problem-Solving – Everyday Problems

Introduction. We have previously discussed numerous aspects of problem-solving, usually from a general attitude of applying logic and its multifaceted venues. Yet some of the most difficult problems come from the everyday category. If you’re a CEO managing the subtleties and irregularities of your company, you have everyday problems that require vast experience carefully tuned to your operations. Many problems are quite undefinable, but imply requiring a vast superstructure of information, much of it tangential, to solve. Similarly, if you are a homemaker, managing your home, partner, and children, you have entirely similar problems, though perhaps different in scope. In this brief essay, we consider everyday problems. Since we have an alien race living among us, we can look at the problems they have.  Of course, we created these aliens. They are us but called AI. Problem-solving is one of the defining features of intelligence. Both humans and artificial intelligence (AI) systems e...

ODD THOUGHTS FOR FRIDAY (10/3/25), dilemma, law, stress

A.   Teacher's  Dilemma. Those who need help the most are the last to ask for it. B.     With respect to the law, hate is the secret sauce that converts the best efforts of mankind to the worst. C.     American social safety nets and parental support can delay the onset of serious stress for younger citizens until they near middle age, when they are often ill-equipped to handle it for the first time.