This is the right idea. But this is not a problem amenable to le startupism and the VC culture, which are susceptible to jumping up a local maxima faster than a flea jumps. There is likely not a “core algorithm”. Unlocking how the brain works will require sustained, patient research work with committed long-term funding. Something China is capable of doing.

>"Among readers who quote Player of Games and Consider Phlebas, Surface Detail tends to be the Banks novel they haven’t quite gotten around to. They’ve not noticed who it is about."

Exactly.

Those very rates are a big turn off. We’ve heard of the expensive tickets, and mass transit rates have skyrocketed. Even locals will be priced out. FIFA has forgotten what this is all about. 48 teams, 3 host countries, premium pricing, it’s all a bit much.

Not to be obtuse, but what is this all about?

And "world" match is going to be impossible for the vast majority of people. You have to be wealthy just to get there. Most people will never even consider going to a FIFA match, or an Olympics.

Price slashing now seems to have more to do with the US and the crises they've created than with FIFA. Maybe FIFA should be putting a lot more into making sure that at least a few ordinary people can make it to a match. There are a lot of matches this time around, and I'm sure most of them have little interest outside the two countries involved.

You can argue whether a billionaire owner of big media is a “MAGA billionaire”. But you cannot argue whether they’re billionaires. Most of the Post’s readers understand which of those descriptors is truly relevant.

It’s not theft if it’s done at scale, I guess.

“Safeguarding”. How very, um, Orwellian.

Then don't take the contract that was offered to Anthropic.

I sounds naive to assert that the jurisdiction of city government doesn't extend beyond just "whatever is funded by taxpayers."

Also, if someone were to destroy one of these things, the damage caused, by a similar logic, is $0, right? /s

AM is a good modulation choice for low signal environments. It is used in the airbands for this reason.

Precisely, it degrades very gracefully, unlike FM or digital.

Trump administrators meet with traitors. And there's oil involved. Wow, what a surprise. Also, "three in 10 would vote for it..." that means 7 in 10 wouldn't.