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by L_226 4y ago
I agree, the article was not particularly enthralling. However as someone who regularly takes cold showers, this is how I think about it: Cold showers are not "performative discomfort" - no one has to know about it if you don&#x27
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by L_226 4y ago
Neat, reminds me of the 22 alpha amino acids that comprise our RNA/DNA.
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by L_226 4y ago
I think I heard about some solar power investment scheme in Spain, a decade or so ago, that got a bunch of retail investors burned. Is that right? I believe it also killed the solar updraft tower [0] project that was going on in Manzanares
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Armatix iP1: The Infamous German “Smart Gun” [video](youtube.com)
2 points by L_226 4y ago|0 comments
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by L_226 4y ago
Yes because generally people who sell shit want to keep selling shit to the same people. So there is an incentive to sell stuff that is as close as possible to what the customer wants. Yes you get cases where people cut coke with fentanyl,
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by L_226 4y ago
Probably, but I can imagine a converted starship being useful here - just keep refueling it every 5 years or whatever.
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by L_226 4y ago
Damn, oh well. Thanks for the link!
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by L_226 4y ago
A crazy idea I had once to terraform Venus is to basically shoot cyanobacteria laden probes through the atmosphere to seed it, then wait for a few decades. You could probably even engineer the cells to be specifically suited to the environm
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by L_226 4y ago
Yes - exactly this. A very large RTG or even fission powered electromagnet parked at L1.
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by L_226 4y ago
Pi is only irrational in base-10 (edit: yes and the rest of them, I know), if you use base-pi it's just "10". BAM! irrationality gone :) /s
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by L_226 4y ago
Because trees cannot be grown just anywhere, they require specific [land, water, nutrient] conditions that also happen to be the same things that are already under pressure from our civilisation. This is caused by things like extensive mono
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by L_226 4y ago
mildly related: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-02/contents-of-apartment...
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by L_226 4y ago
Becoming mainstream in this case probably means central bank digital currencies, not Doge being accepted by cafes. FWIW the CSIRO was effectively purged by the previous AU government and the people that are left are... people who are useful
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by L_226 4y ago
Banned in Germany :( electric vehicles must have 2 independent mechanical brakes.
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by L_226 4y ago
Sad that there is no mention of ammonia, everyone knows this is the most efficient method of storing and transporting hydrogen.
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by L_226 4y ago
Hi, I am looking at incorporating my startup using the German UG entity [0]. I currently do not have enough cash to form a full fledged GmbH (€25,000 + costs). I am curious if anyone has raised outside VC into their UG company and what the
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Ask HN: Anyone raised capital directly into a German UG entity?
1 points by L_226 4y ago|1 comments
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by L_226 4y ago
See also Peter Beck of Rocketlab eating his own hat: https://youtu.be/agqxJw5ISdk?t=189
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by L_226 4y ago
I tried something similar in Australia in 2012, targeted at hobby to mid scale beef cattle farmers. The key concept was removing the superfluous transport step from seller to cattleyard (physical auction house), and just facilitating logist
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FPV drone follows extreme mountainbike using signal relays [video](youtube.com)
2 points by L_226 4y ago|0 comments
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by L_226 4y ago
I mean, I am all for new launch tech but it currently already only takes ~10 mins from launch to orbit. That orbit just might not be very useful, which is a problem you will basically always have.
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by L_226 5y ago
Yup, I have. I have also seen cured in place pipeliner [0], and I have even been inside a 100+ year old 1.8m oviform pipe that has been lined! [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cured-in-place_pipe
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Neptune's stratosphere temperature falls 8C over 17 years(abc.net.au)
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by L_226 5y ago
I have the e-residence, however from what I understand I still need to pay a local resident to act on my behalf for all company matters. Probably OK for a bootstrapped SaaS but I need to raise significant capital and want to make that proce
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by L_226 5y ago
I'll have a look again, got any useful links? I need to relocate to south EU anyway to build my thing, so I am not specifically tied to incorporating in Germany beyond being a citizen.
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by L_226 5y ago
> Don't you also have to maintain a German presence basically? Probably easiest, with all the required trips to the notary > And what are the implications in regard to exit taxes? No idea
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by L_226 5y ago
Thanks, I was expecting to have a German subsidiary eventually. Also considering Netherlands
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by L_226 5y ago
> The way I understand the mini-GmbH model (UG) there is no limitations regarding shareholders versus a standard GmbH. This is correct, however from my understanding this is only at time of incorporation. If I was to incorporate and then
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by L_226 5y ago
London probably won't work for me. I have not pulled the trigger yet, tbh I am less worried about German taxes than I am running a C Corp from outside the US. Mainly because of the litigation heavy US culture, opaque paperwork overhead
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by L_226 5y ago
I am doing this right now, Stripe Atlas Delaware C-corp but operating in Germany. I could have incorporated a GmbH for €25,000 (goes into an account to act as collateral against future liability) - which uses all my savings basically, or a

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