LightG

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   by LightG 5y ago

   Just mentioning ewtoo talkers for the hell of it ... Surfers in particular if anyone is still around. They had the raw bones of Whatssap down 25 years ago Was my on-ramp for using the web for social purposes as loads of Uni peeps were on it
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   by LightG 5y ago

   There's a perfectly good Saturn V rocket sitting right now at the Rocket Park, NASA Johnson Space Center. Why didn't they just use that? What a waste of money. https://spacecenter.org/exhibits-and-experiences/
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   by LightG 5y ago

   Come on, cut it out ... I've heard this time and time and again in relation to billionaires. It might as well be. It doesn't take a genius to leverage equity ... and Bezos will have effective financial genius working for him.
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   by LightG 5y ago

   That's the elephant in the room? Ok ...
5. 605.▲
   by LightG 5y ago

   lol
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   by LightG 5y ago

   100% this. I live near a school and witnessing the quality of social interactions from Mums* , encapsulated by their SUV-tanks as if controlling a Gundam, is a sight to behold. * Sorry, it mainly is Mums in this situation. And I'm full
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   by LightG 5y ago

   Appreciated the sentiment of it. It's not ideal, but in a non-ideal world where the big boys have ruined the web, I tip my hat to this effort with a large dose of empathy. Cheers,
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   by LightG 5y ago

   As someone who has just installed a new kitchen, I can attest this. My wife insisted on a couple gas hobs as the taste is "better" / "different" whereas I just wanted electric. The compromise was a mixed solution. Y
9. 609.▲
   by LightG 5y ago

   I heard the original one was rolled and smoked, so they had to start again. Hence the current constitution.
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    by LightG 5y ago

    Cartman Voice: "Whatever! I compete with whoever I want!". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpF9O0R873I
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    by LightG 5y ago

    Fair points. But where do you think that $19billion came from? Looking forward to the downvote :-)
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    by LightG 5y ago

    NASA is a large customer of Spacex. Those profits earned via NASA, which go towards Starship development, are paid by taxpayers. It is de facto tax payer funding as there isn't another customer like NASA for Spacex to go to (realistica
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    by LightG 5y ago

    Maybe this would be a good interim way to address global tax. 1) BigCo acts in a way which attracts significant local fine. 2) Country/ies in question fines them a representative amount of local tax for a company earning £X revenue in
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    by LightG 5y ago

    The British create and design around ideas but don't have the capital markets, the scale, or the will to leverage them globally. They end up selling themselves and their ideas to the world who then go on to really capitalise on them. B
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    by LightG 5y ago

    Please allow me a hearty, LOOOOOOOL. And I'm not really a fan of Apple either, but still.
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    by LightG 5y ago

    I'm 100% against the embargo of Cuba ... but let me use that as an example of: "it's not as if the US hasn't/isn't doing exactly that in other arenas". But I take your point, and I'm not sure of the s
17. 617.▲
    by LightG 5y ago

    If that's true, then it's doesn't take a genius to sugget a multi-pronged strategy. 1) Lead be example. If that fails: 2) Import-tax the f@ck out of them, unless they comply with regulations. 3) Goto (1).
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    by LightG 5y ago

    As someone with little knowledge of this domain except a few articles and this link, it appears that hydrogen is better enviromentally, but the electric-car lobby disagree. If there is a chicken and egg problem, as mentioned in the article,
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    by LightG 5y ago

    Thanks for the reminder. I used to do that a lot and forgot that that was the joy in what I was doing. Definitely works. Gonna pick it up again.
20. 620.▲
    by LightG 5y ago

    Could we bring that back, please?
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    by LightG 5y ago

    >>Amazon's entire value to me is fast delivery. Definitely not lowest prices, and definitely not quality. Proper back-handed compliment! I'd agree, but adding on that 'customer service' is a key part of their value
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    by LightG 5y ago

    Downvoted by "temporarily impoverished" billionaires who've changed their middle name to Elon. I'm not full-on anti-capitalist, but market failures like this are an obvious issue.
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    by LightG 5y ago

    Utilities?
24. 624.▲
    by LightG 5y ago

    Reminds me of the Stacks in Ready Player One ... Sure, maybe these are good as temporary accommodations ... maybe a garden shed or home office ... but take the new-home glaze off of them, and add the patina of life, and these will eventuall
25. 625.▲
    by LightG 5y ago

    Hmm, you might have a good point there. I'll double check your calculations - but it looks like it's back to the drawing board for me.
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    by LightG 5y ago

    I figured the flight would be short enough to get by with scuba-gear inside a pressurised compartment.
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    by LightG 5y ago

    Malta ... the last great bastion in clean money and banking. /s
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    by LightG 5y ago

    ERJ135, sounds good for maybe a short flight! ... 8 hours of noisy bus ride? Weird, I never found the A380 like that and it's not as if I was up front or anything. Engine noice was minimal, fairly comfortable. Maybe just lucky. Having
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    by LightG 5y ago

    It tickles me that even the smallest operator on this list could launch me (in a suitable person-shaped container) into space, and some operators could also even recover me before I hit the ground. Is there a market for this?!
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    by LightG 5y ago

    Increasingly Google also ... hate it. Like, look, I don't want or need to give you my phone number, capiche? Try Tinder and get off my case. Thanks.