Ray20

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by Ray20 6mo ago
> apartments are rent-capped > cheap social housing > free university > high paying job > very cheap all electric state-subsidized rental car offerings > affordable meat, dairy and vegetables And here we can simply examine
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by Ray20 6mo ago
> so the question is really about cost comparison Yes, and I was talking specifically about the cost of this difference.
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by Ray20 6mo ago
The article you linked literally talks about fuel subsidies in the UK aimed at reducing the final cost of electricity for households and its vulnerability to rising of fissile fuel prices. In the UK. A country that was one of the first to t
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by Ray20 6mo ago
> But what if it becomes "good enough", that for most intents and purposes, small models can be "good enough" It's simple: then we'll make our intents and purposes bigger.
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by Ray20 6mo ago
> Building solar panel installations in remote locations still requires linking that back to the main grid, and all the in-between infrastructure needed to transform and transmit that power Some people actually have an idea of how elec
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by Ray20 6mo ago
You missed the most important part, in which you pay for all this (directly or indirectly).
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by Ray20 6mo ago
> If models become more efficient Then we can make them even bigger.
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by Ray20 6mo ago
Regulations like these make the entire renewable energy sector seem like a crazy scam and greenwashing. They might not have much of an impact on property values (certainly no more than the plethora of existing building regulations). But w
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by Ray20 7mo ago
That sounds dubious. The government's actual approval rating in Russia is, what, 5 percent? I remember watching a report about how people in Russia were literally jailed for giving the "wrong" answer to a street poll. So, I s
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by Ray20 7mo ago
> Why not? This implies the creation of an infrastructure for the total surveillance of citizens, unlike age verification by physical businesses.
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by Ray20 7mo ago
> new coal plants 3 cents per kwh > more nuclear or renewable generation 20 cents per kwh > What excuse actually is there A sevenfold price difference is a pretty significant excuse, don't you think?
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by Ray20 7mo ago
> if you can’t ignore externalities, people have strong incentives to use less Or vote for those who promise to cancel all of this.
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by Ray20 7mo ago
> It's laughable mathematical fantasy I mean 2.5 / 3.4 = ~ 75%. A measly 75% tariffs will allow the abolition of income tax.
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by Ray20 7mo ago
> Used to be that America was great because the smartest researchers in the world wanted to come here, often escaping oppressive regimes to do so, and become American citizens (e.g., Albert Einstein) By this measure, America is now great
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by Ray20 7mo ago
Putin has nuclear weapons. What does he have to fear?
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by Ray20 7mo ago
> Imperialism always prefers to deal with theocracies rather than communists. Communist regimes are also a form of theocracy (proof can be found in the writings of any communist leader). It's just that, unlike other theocratic regim
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by Ray20 7mo ago
> your fellow citizens to get killed by a foreign Power so that your political views can prevail What does the assassination of DICTATORS have to do with all of this? Dictatorship is less about citizenship and more about a form of slaver
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by Ray20 7mo ago
The correlation between mortality and body mass index is striking.
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by Ray20 7mo ago
Should we hold the media accountable for coverage of the Trump/Epstein files because of this?
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by Ray20 7mo ago
> Now we have people arguing that if they had just gotten nukes then they could have continued doing all of that. And where are they wrong?
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by Ray20 7mo ago
> First, the difference isn’t that big in the economically stronger EU countries It's exactly that big. It's not as big for people with low qualifications, but the more highly qualified the specialist, the greater the differenc
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by Ray20 7mo ago
> I would say the German political system is much less corrupted by lobbyists compared to the United States. I highly doubt it. I'm certainly no expert on Germany, but has Germany's bureaucratic machine spent decades destroying
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by Ray20 7mo ago
> Isn't there a full wafer ai chip mainframe for data centers now that blows anything needing ram out of the water? Guess what's inside these chips and what equipment they're made on.
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by Ray20 7mo ago
It may seem that these are very similar processes, but this is only if you do not take into account the bribes from Intel to specific officials and their relatives who make decisions about subsidizing Intel. SK Hynix, Samsung, or Micron don
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by Ray20 7mo ago
Yes, this is literally bribing farmers (extremely cheaply) so that in the event of a prolonged crop failure they will have more arable land and equipment to cultivate it and compensate for the crop failure.
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by Ray20 7mo ago
> great video on Youtube from Technology Connections I don't understand why you're trying to cite conspiracy theories propaganda that's aimed at people with double-digit IQs. His videos are filled with distortions and mani
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by Ray20 8mo ago
> 1) Solar is (far) cheaper than fossil fuel's now No, that's simply not true. It's cheaper for MOST of the year, but overall, it's more expensive. Because you can't just tell people, "Well, now, during this
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by Ray20 8mo ago
> Round trip efficiency of hydrogen is at best 50% In fact, even this level of efficiency may be sufficient. Solar panels are so cheap that if we had affordable, long-term energy storage options, even with such efficiency, we would have
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by Ray20 8mo ago
These systems does not imply the tools of totalitarian surveillance. In contrast to the proposed one, which should be able to classify all content on the platform at any arbitrary moment in time according to a post-factum specified arbitrar
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by Ray20 8mo ago
No, I'm not conflating. The point here is that for taking content down in the way they want it, the implementation of totalitarian surveillance tools is necessary.

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