Friday, August 22, 2014

Who are the America's enemies?

Who are the America's enemies?

People desperate to belong to something.

Something like, al Qaeda, Taliban or ISIS.

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

What do you need to build machines that can learn and reason?

What do you need to build machines that can learn and reason?

Machine learning
Belief propagation
Markov chain approximation method (MCAM)
MATLAB
Natural language processing (NLP)
Knowledge representation and reasoning (KR)
Default logic
Machine perception

Another issue of national security

Another issue of national security:

Close to half of black men drop out of high school. High unemployment and high rates of out-of-wedlock birth leave too many of them without guidance.

Monday, August 18, 2014

How many local police officers are in the U.S.?

How many local police officers are in the U.S.?

The Bureau of Justice Statistics put the number of full-time equivalent sworn state and local police officers at 646,213 in 2011—up from 531,706 in 1991.

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Persons below poverty level in Ferguson (city), Missouri.

Persons below poverty level in Ferguson (city), Missouri.

Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012: 22.0%   

Thursday, August 14, 2014

How regulations are designed?

How regulations are designed?

They are designed to be  complex  and to create compliance advocates.

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Why give incentives for companies to keep their cash offshore rather than invest it in the U.S.?

Why give incentives for companies to keep their cash offshore rather than invest it in the U.S.?

Because you have a weapon to fight a risky dollar currency fluctuation.