I’m having a tough time in my personal life. So I saw this movie by myself. And plus geeks love natlalie portman because she’s the Queue!!!
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Black Swan
I’m having a tough time in my personal life. So I saw this movie by myself. And plus geeks love natlalie portman because she’s the Queue!!!
Treaty and Inflation
During lunch conversation from some co-workers in the high-tech industry in the Silicone Valley recently, I found an interesting thing to suggest to Mr obama and Hu, which is for China to factor into current talks and negotiations a treaty with the United States in which Chinese visitors can more easily gain access to the United States and that Chinese immigrants have an extra tax break.
And the deal would be structured in such a way that Chinese government forgives a portion of American debt in exchange for an equal amount in tax credit for Chinese immigrants. Further more, as America opens up to China for cultural exchange and visitors, this will truly facilitate a mutually beneficial resolution to the mounting debt America owes China.
It’s almost free money to the US, and it gives China face when America puts back on the bully face, and China finds out that once again, it is really very lonely in the world of developing and developed nations.
It’s kind of surprising that there hasn’t been very noticeable inflation for the consumer. For businesses, they are probably starting to feel it, but for consumers, bread is bread, and in recent few months it seems that price has gone down by maybe 10% to 30%. Looking it up, it seems that this link says that there are several factors. The high unemployment is listed as a top problem, because, basically, inflation will not occur in the United States to cause people to not have food to eat. When wages are low or none, inflation cannot happen, because there is no demand for stuff.
Treaty and Inflation
During lunch conversation from some co-workers in the high-tech industry in the Silicone Valley recently, I found an interesting thing to suggest to Mr obama and Hu, which is for China to factor into current talks and negotiations a treaty with the United States in which Chinese visitors can more easily gain access to the United States and that Chinese immigrants have an extra tax break.
And the deal would be structured in such a way that Chinese government forgives a portion of American debt in exchange for an equal amount in tax credit for Chinese immigrants. Further more, as America opens up to China for cultural exchange and visitors, this will truly facilitate a mutually beneficial resolution to the mounting debt America owes China.
It’s almost free money to the US, and it gives China face when America puts back on the bully face, and China finds out that once again, it is really very lonely in the world of developing and developed nations.
It’s kind of surprising that there hasn’t been very noticeable inflation for the consumer. For businesses, they are probably starting to feel it, but for consumers, bread is bread, and in recent few months it seems that price has gone down by maybe 10% to 30%. Looking it up, it seems that this link says that there are several factors. The high unemployment is listed as a top problem, because, basically, inflation will not occur in the United States to cause people to not have food to eat. When wages are low or none, inflation cannot happen, because there is no demand for stuff.
Why did god let me come into being if I am to turn out so useless to the world?
Famous last words…
既生瑜何生亮既生亮何生瑜 ??????
Sigh, the main point of this blog entry is to talk about a simplification to the world. So, why is marriage such a notoriously hard to deal with relationship? The real reason is that it has no end. Well, “till death do we part” according to western ideals, but essentially (and in some religions specified to be) endless, and especially, that there is no “after” the event. The reason why an unending stream is difficult to comprehend and manage is because merely that it does not end.
Suppose we reform the human marriage institution and make it so that by default the marriage expires after 5 years, that if they so wish, they can renew it for 2-years thenceforth. By default, we expect there to be hot romance and happiness and commitment and children for that entire duration, but it is expected that it end at the end of that time, and that it is an exception for it to be renewed. Second marriages will be renewed only at 2-year intervals.
More than three quarter of all marriage problems will be completely solved if this were the cases. (Stated here without proof)
And it would give more meaning to “getting a marriage license” if you have to renew it or get a new one.
Most abstract thoughts (including formalized thoughts about math, CS, engineering, and the likes) are had with the assumption that the universe, and all things conceived and manufactured continue without end. But realistically, most things we deal with, however large, actually are bounded and have a definitive and accessible end point, and that there is time and space afterwards.
alas, useless garbage
New year, Girl, China and Political Correctness
Ahh, It’s new year time, time to post a new piece of art from the f-collection. So, during an email conversation with a friend in China, I found that I had to type things in a politically correct way. I asked her to read my blog, but she couldn’t see it.