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A collection of 34 posts

Self-Reliance: Economics

A tale of two countries: Senegal and Botswana

courtesy: Reuters Two relatively prosperous African countries: one with an HIV infection rate of 1.4% and the other with 37%. Read on: **DAKAR (AlertNet) **- Senegal is a poor country, yet its HIV rate is one of the lowest in sub-Saharan Africa, as a result of early, bold and

Self-Reliance: Economics

Report on on Pakistan's Economy

4.2pc reduction in poverty, claims Economic Survey Per capita income $652; GDP growth 6.4pc; defence spending Rs 180bn; base year changed from 1980-81 to 1999-2000 By Nadeem Malik ISLAMABAD: The Economic Survey 2003-04, declaring all is well, claims 4.2 per cent reduction in poverty, 652 dollars per

Self-Reliance: Technology

Arabic, Urdu and Farsi Localization of Open-Source Software

From the archive (2002): the call to localise open-source software into Arabic, Urdu, and Farsi — an argument that now applies verbatim to open AI models.

Self-Reliance: Economics

Foreign Investors Turning Cautious on Spending in U.S.

From the archive (2002): foreign capital cooling on the US — capital flows as sentiment with a settlement date, and the case for foundations that don’t depend on them.

Self-Reliance: Technology

MS Windows, the FBI and Open Source

A 2002 QeRN piece on the FBI's 'Magic Lantern', Windows backdoors and open source — an early version of what is now the AI-sovereignty argument.

Self-Reliance: Economics

Picket Outside The Waldorf , Barbara Garson

The WEF (World Economic Forum is meeting at the Waldorf in New York from Jan 31 to Feb 5. Barbara Garson adds some perspective on why some decisions made there will force other people to drink unhealthy water. I own shares in a few companies that are members of the

Self-Reliance: Technology

Debian Operating System

From the archive (2002): recommending Debian — community-governed software a community can read and trust. The logic now extends to open AI.

Self-Reliance: Economics

Friends and Foes? new relationship between US and China

From the archive (2001): an original QeRN essay on US–China relations, written as 9/11 redirected the world’s attention — the trajectory read before it was obvious.

Self-Reliance: Economics

The new U.S. - a Nation of Simpletons and Criminals?

A far cry from the bravery of the “terrorists” of the Boston Tea Party, Americans are increasingly casting doubts on their inability to raise the mental level of their population. However, experts say that the recent financial strength of the country was most recently due to the GREAT DOTCOM SCAM