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by 7952 3y ago
I guess it depends what you consider winning. The west won both WWI and WWII, but only the latter resulted in a long term peace with Germany.
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by 7952 3y ago
I am talking about a situation where a developer is unable to repay their debts due to an unsuccessful project. The assets may still have some value, but probably far less than the debt. And any buyer would have to believe that they can s
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by 7952 3y ago
If the project is successful then it makes money and doesn't have to be sold. If it doesn't make money then there is no reason to buy it. The business model is locked in regardless of who owns it on paper.
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by 7952 3y ago
And you don't even get an asset you can sell. You own an expensive pile that needs nuclear engineers to dismantle.
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by 7952 3y ago
Yes I agree that it makes sense for energy generation to be in public ownership. Although they still have to make a business case that it will actually deliver rewards. And be mindful of the costs associated with a dangerous liability. A
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by 7952 3y ago
In large energy projects the bank or funder tends to take all the risk. If the project doesn't make enough energy the developer will go out of business and the bank will be left with an underperforming asset. And possibly a liability
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by 7952 3y ago
A lot of British airports emerged out of WWII air bases. I am not sure how they were chosen exactly. But they probably wanted places that were flat, dry and grassy with lots of space. They could have considered proximity to places that n
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by 7952 3y ago
That is often the experience already when using a big hub airport. Because by their very nature they draw people in from across a region. And that naturally leeds to congestion and inconvenience. Rail is a help but may not be fast if you
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by 7952 3y ago
Those corporations often pay that money through IT departments that are somewhat distant from how the software is used. They are focused on security, manageability, maintenance, legal requirements, help desk workload etc. If it makes thos
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by 7952 3y ago
The benefit is in opening up new sites that were previously not viable at all.
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by 7952 3y ago
The financial side is not just about energy output alone but includes other constraints and opportunities. A developer may get access to cheaper land and untapped wind resource or grid connection opportunities. A single project like that
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by 7952 3y ago
Landing strip construction could work well as part of overhead line construction. You have an existing design that favours long straight lines and a need to build a haul road. Although the scenario where this was actually useful might be
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by 7952 3y ago
I agree with the worry about surveillance. But isn't this really a continuation of how car makers treat their customers and the public generally. Cars companies comprimise privacy in the same way that they willingly comprimise safety,
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by 7952 3y ago
Google maps is not a good comparison as it is so empty. A nautical chart is designed to show much more information all at once.
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by 7952 3y ago
There is an honesty in humour.
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by 7952 3y ago
I think the company culture itself should require approval. Producing safe planes or achieving a type rating is not sufficient evidence of that. A pilot can land perfectly a hundred times and still be dangerous if they are not behaving pro
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by 7952 3y ago
The spiral of badness seems to be present in so many design decisions. Chunky front ends so you can't see the road in front. Worse aerodynamics and fuel economy. Small cars that are difficult with babies. Massive vehicles that need
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by 7952 3y ago
There is a difference in that people intuitively know that entering passwords gives access. Also, it may be different legally as the user could reasonably be expected to know that they are not supposed to access something.
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by 7952 3y ago
Also, rockets can fail without exploding. The tanks can just spill the fuel.
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by 7952 3y ago
It's not continuous, but would presumably be very predictable. And times of less movement would be different across the world which makes it possible to have some geographic resilience.
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by 7952 3y ago
Bad leadership is the best explanation. Not every decision can have an insurance policy that covers your ass.
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by 7952 3y ago
And it suggests that they may be just as uncordinated in a real incident.
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by 7952 3y ago
Maybe the secret sauce is to not build a rocket company at all. You build a Mars Exploration company that gives people a purpose and objective beyond just money. A company where quality/efficiency/price have a direct benefit to
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by 7952 3y ago
It is funny how unusual this point of view is nowadays. I guess a fundamental purpose of money is to decouple things from social obligation. You pay for something and you don't have to do anything more than that. But if that breaks d
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by 7952 3y ago
There is a lot of interest at the moment in monitoring lines. The capacity of a line can change due to things like weather conditions. The capacity is rated based on a conservative set of assumptions. Sensors mean that they could send mo
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by 7952 3y ago
Your neighbours could be your biggest asset, particularly if you already have trust. Survival and defence are a team activity and manpower is good. A lone person may be well armed. But they also needs to cook, haul water, keep an eye out
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by 7952 3y ago
Yeah I think people overestimate the effectiveness of four wheel vehicles on uneven ground. It is very easy to get bogged down, tip into a ditch, run out of clearence on one side or have major technical issues. And the routes that do exis
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by 7952 3y ago
The original implementation of credit cards was paper based. You made a carbon copy of the bank card and a signature taken. And the pin can be verified using the card alone.
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Products like TwinMotion have made ray tracing more important in the workstation market.
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With effective governance and regulation this kind of measure could be part of addressing climate change in a more cost effective way. In the absence of that bad ideas and even good ideas can fail.

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