IAmBroom

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by IAmBroom 5mo ago
Which means they interfered when they really wanted to, which is the point you were responding to.
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by IAmBroom 5mo ago
Which is just restating what the parent comment said...
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
That kool-aid must be delicious.
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
> And of course if you do not want to just eat less, you can increase your burn rate. Multiple studies prove you wrong, IRL. Humans are not isolated test guinea pigs in a cage. It is simply not feasible to live one's life by a spre
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
Nihilism is so cool and edgy! I work for a large, employee-owned company that makes a serious, positive difference in the world. As have most of the corporations I've worked for. Many are bad. There's no monetary incentive for mor
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
But I ask you... What has Carthage done for us lately?
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
> The company has been known as kinda sketchy almost continuously since it was founded, yet people went there because it paid the most money. It was literally started as a way of creeping on cute girls. It's never not been sketchy.
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
These laws are neither silly nor obsolete. That's a distraction. So is the age of the law, for that matter; courts don't waste one second on the topic. Settled law is settled.
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
> Finally waking up the US that oil dependence is a National Security issue that renewables are possible solution for. That renewables aren't the 'woke' enemy, but a valid technical option. Amazingly invisible fact to the
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
Yes, the article points that out, too.
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
No, but it makes it pricier. In case you don't know: "Fungible describes goods, assets, or commodities that are mutually interchangeable, meaning one unit is equivalent to another of the same type and value.
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
> Wheat isn’t grown in the same places that beans grow. ... > A lot of traditional wheat/sunflower/barley/oats has gone over to beans and corn bc roundup and GMO. So wheat absolutely can be grown on the same places that
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
Elon's brother's landscaper's nephew's girlfriend was sacked along with Elon, so nobody was filling that role in the government. Which MAGAts applaud. Emptying the swamp!
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
I think you are very, very confused about the definition of capitalism.
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
Is that why they never made it to the moon, and did their best to hide fatal failures? They beat the US exactly twice, on two very early records - first manmade object and first human in space. Then they fell behind.
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
> There is also zero evidence to oppose it. That's how reason works. "You can't prove there isn't a silver, bubblegum-farting unicorn living on the asteroid belt" doesn't make it true. Nor more plausible.
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
Do you keep bandaids in your house? Or do you rely purely on the Emergency Room a/o "toughing it out"? Bandaids are useful. And can save measurable numbers of lives.
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
So, do you have a materials science degree, or are you claiming you know more than the trained experts already tackling these issues IRL? I'm tired of Internet Experts(tm) announcing how dumb the specialists are for not seeing the Obvi
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
And because pumping gas to the ocean floor bites into efficiency.
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
All three bolts at critical level. A massive strain happens along. They pop: one, two, three! It's not that unexpected.
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
As always, the question is not "do this for solar, or not?". The question is, "Is this a valuable & efficient way to store energy?". It has to compete with pumped weight (usually water), pumped heat (salt, water, or
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
Hydrogen string is notoriously hard to tie knots in.
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
The US does not pay its bills with printed cash. Money is actually generated by changing the interest on, and selling, bonds. Various governments can, and many have, done what you describe, but banking in this day & age is about moving
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
There's a legendary Reddit story about such an incident at Taco Bell's. Ignorance is not a rare trait.
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
Damning with faint praise. He was never a first-rate reporter, AFAIK. More like Paul Harvey.
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
Yes, you are on Hacker News. Ergo...
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
With you up until the last sentence. When I get my car fixed, I could not care less if they googled, used a service manual, or did it by "these old 2023's always had this problem right here...". I care if it is fixed. And as
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
A glut is not permanent. As for artificially high, when was the last time you heard someone complain about those awful, expensive canned peaches?
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
An ideal solution, but not what is happening.
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by IAmBroom 6mo ago
Yes, you can change the discussion to something completely different, but I don't see how that helps.

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