Manuel_D

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by Manuel_D 2mo ago
The question of how to supply daily and seasonal storage requirements demanded by intermittent sources remains unanswered, even if we assume battery recycling is performed. The US alone uses 12,000 Gwh of electricity daily and about 30,000
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by Manuel_D 2mo ago
By simply asking "do you support nuclear power" is not? How is it less controversial to lead with an assertion that alternatives are not suitable?
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by Manuel_D 2mo ago
In what world is simply asking if someone supports nuclear power confrontational? It really is weird how many people are enthusiastic about stemming climate change but don't support one of the few non-intermittent sources for carbon fr
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by Manuel_D 2mo ago
Cost is influenced by demand. To put this in perspective about 60 TWh of electricity is used globally per day. About 1 TWh of lithium batteries were produced last year. Even if every country tried to provision just one day of storage, that
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by Manuel_D 2mo ago
The idea has been around for decades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-to-gas The obstacle for this process (and in synthetic hydrocarbon fuels more generally) is obtaining the carbon dioxide efficiently. Atmospheri
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by Manuel_D 2mo ago
Nothing in your link contradicts the fact that the vast majority of abortions are not terminating rape-related pregnancies.
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
My understanding is that these apps' TOS explains that by using the app you consent to having third party traffic routed through your device. For example [1] the Hola VPN's free users agree to let third party traffic get routed th
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
But crucially: > However, the court did not reverse its holding in Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition as to virtual child pornography which is not obscene under the Miller standard
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
Not quite. There can be more restrictions on the distribution or promotion of obscene material, but mere possession of obscene material is protected by the first Amendment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_v._Georg
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
At least in the US, fictional content is legal even if it depicts minors sexually: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashcroft_v._Free_Speech_Coalit... There have been a handful of convictions based on fictional content, bu
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
But delaying the opening probably means that the decommissioning date is also pushed back. The total life span is probably unchanged.
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
I mostly see commenters quipping about how this will just mean the concert will have to be re poured, resulting in yet more emissions. The bulk of the comments are about the protestors, not the environmental impact of this data center.
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
Are we talking about the environmental impact? Or are we talking about the vandalism perpetrated by activists? Attention on the protestors is not necessarily attention on the protestors' cause.
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
True, but if each run of CI takes 6 weeks then you're going to vastly hamper development.
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
I'm no mechanical engineer, but can't any motor be run with greater power if the fuel mixture settings are remapped? Is it possible to design a motor that runs at 25 horsepower at leaner emissions-compliant settings, but can'
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
The point is that when the firmware was locked down, it was vastly more difficult to bypass emissions restrictions. I'm not sure what you mean when you say John Deere was cheating the system. Arguably they were taking compliance more s
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
Ah sorry, I meant to write "calls for". To be more specific: > he hilariously tries to convince people that the best way to have democracy is to not have it at all. a kind of “to protect your freedom, we’ll take away your free
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
Is making the government's job hard a good thing? If medicare delivers care half as good as it could have been, that's a good thing? If fraudsters go unchecked because the FBI is stymied, is the country better off?
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
Facebook was created more than a decade earlier than your link. Of course if the government starts to threaten to regulate social media, Meta will want to influence the decision to benefit them. But Facebook changed the world well before th
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
> How would you interpret Thiel's “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible"? The point is that democracies tend to want to erode liberties. Take the age gating bills floating around as an example. The solu
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
This is a company where 88% of employe political contributions went to Democrats. Even if many employees are apolitical, the allegations of fascism are absurd.
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
So your answer is yes? The companies like GM, Cadillac, etc. they were buildings tanks to defeat the Nazis were themselves fascists, because producing armarments is an inherently fascist endeavor? Even if the military they're equipping
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
Palantir builds analytics, tools to better use and interpret the data that the government already has. The data collection, the actual surveillance, is done by the government. Palantir started with analytics because the founders believed th
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
Yes, the objections to Palantir are mostly just partisan politics. Efforts to portray Karp or Thiel as especially dangerous usually involves some taking some quote and applying a massive leap in logic. Like, Thiel says that it's easier
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
I'd say they changed the world first and foremost through technology. Their lobbying effort is mostly focused on keeping the government from interfering with their technology efforts. But back to the main point, quoting someone saying
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
Again, where does Karp or Thiel say they want to get rid of democracy? They've said that government is bad at solving a lot of problems, sure. But that's a far, far cry from calling for the abolition of democracy.
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
You realize that lobbying is working within the framework of an electoral democracy? When environmentalists lobby for more stringent emissions rules, they're not overthrowing democracy they're participating in it. So the answer
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
Can you point to where Karp falls for abolishing democracy? I can't seem to find that part.
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
You realize that "changing the world without politics" doesn't mean overthrow of democracy. It means founding businesses to produce goods and services that change the world. Google and Facebook absolutely changed the world, n
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by Manuel_D 3mo ago
And Boeing? And General Motors? And the hundreds of other companies that produced armarments?

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