Google and NASA Launch Quantum Computing AI Lab
Written by MIT Technology ReviewThe Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab will use the most advanced commercially available quantum computer, the D-Wave Two.
Quantum computing took a giant leap forward on the world stage today as NASA and Google, in partnership with a consortium of universities, launched an initiative to investigate...
Voices of the Harmed Borrowers on Rust Consulting
Written by Lambert StretherChecking the queues, I keep noticing Rust harmed borrowers returning to comment on the threads for the three posts Yves did on Rust and the OCC ( here , here , and here ). It’s almost like they have no other place to tell their stories! Incredible though that may seem.
So I thought I would collect all their comments into a single post, most...
A Selection of Writings by the Metropolitan of Aleppo, Paul Yazigi –2
Written by petrospanC. Providence
No matter how many turbulences we face in life, we ought to remain steadfast and peaceful. The more these difficulties go beyond our strength the more the Lord’s providence overcomes them on our behalf. Nietzsche declared that ‘if couples lived apart, more marriages would remain intact’. Yet Psalm 133 says : “how good and pleasant...
Nathan Tankus: The Transit Coup – How Robber Barons got New York City to Bail Out Their Subway Lines.
Written by Yves SmithBy Nathan Tankus, a student and research assistant at the University of Ottawa. You can follow him on Twitter at @NathanTankus
Since the Reagan/Thatcher era, it has been common to view politics vs. infrastructure as simply a battle between right wing forces attempting to privatize infrastructure and others trying to defend it. (I covered the...
Planning for Long-Term Care - Barrons.com
Written by Barron's Most Emailed TodayTHE GOOD NEWS about the golden years is that they've never been longer, thanks to the steady march of medical advances. The bad news is that the medicine will cost you plenty. Your out-of-pocket costs for general health care could easily top $200,000 over the course of retirement, and that's to say nothing of what you might have to pay for nursing
...Richard Alford: The Problem of Central Banks With Multiple Goals and Few Tools
Written by Yves SmithBy Richard Alford, a former New York Fed economist. Since then, he has worked in the financial industry as a trading floor economist and strategist on both the sell side and the buy side.
While there are numerous definitions of economics, the most widely used is:
Economics is the study of how economic agents – households, businesses, governments –
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By Delusional Economics, who is determined to cleanse the daily flow of vested interests propaganda to produce a balanced counterpoint. Cross posted from MacroBusiness .
Not that it should be a surprise to most MB [and NC] readers, but the economic data coming out of nations within the Eurozone is once again “worse than expected”. Last night it sta...