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by SCAQTony 11y ago
I think you nailed it. When I read the article I was thinking about names like Buffet, Jobs, Murdock, who certainly added more equity to their companies especially after they turned 30. Instead of saying post 70's it seems more accurat
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by SCAQTony 11y ago
Respectfully sulphur is air pollution and causes significant harm. From Wikipedia (section of Environmental impact of shipping: Conventional Pollutants) "...Of total global air emissions, shipping accounts for 18 to 30 percent of the n
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by SCAQTony 11y ago
The National Resource Defense Council (NRDC): http://www.nrdc.org/international/china-controlling-port-air... NRDC info graphic: http://www.nrdc.org/international/files/china-controlling-po..
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by SCAQTony 11y ago
And 16-container ships create as much pollution as all the cars in the world. Perhaps these ships are softer targets to correct than tens of millions of cars? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1229857/
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by SCAQTony 11y ago
The smartphone is on it's way to becoming a "Star Trek tricorder"
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by SCAQTony 11y ago
Batteries are not clean; lithium mines are one ugly slight and recycling is difficult: http://whenonearth.net/awe-inspiring-aerial-images-worlds-me... In my clueless opinion these batteries should be used strategically in p
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by SCAQTony 11y ago
Egypt beat him to it; originally ran in the New Yorker: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDbYv9RWMAA-7rK.png
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by SCAQTony 11y ago
Albeit a minimum wage hike or a government handout, somebody is having to come up with the money to support those full time workers on minimum wage. Take Wallmart as an example: Walmart workers at a single 300-person Supercenter store rely
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
That quote from Blade Runner: "The candle that burns twice as bright only lasts half as long..." Sparingly, it seems like an important drug as a last resort for ADDHD but for "enhancement purposes?" Summary: A new study
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
Not just in the workplace NFL players are using ADHD drugs to mask concussions too so as to keep their jobs and be "more productive." http://www.beyondchron.org/will-ritalin-become-the-human-gro...
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
Cash is somewhat traced and regulated. A note has serial numbers and $10,000 withdrawals from a bank triggers the Bank Secrecy Act whereas you have to produce an ID and the withdrawal is reported. Crossing a border with large sums of cash h
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
The technology is brilliant, perhaps I should have used "Napster" as an analogy which was eventually replaced with iTunes, Spotify and others. I do not believe the digital currency known as Bitcoin will survive unless governments
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
Bitcoin is unregulated, rife with exchange fraud, unappreciated by most governments, and practically impossible to tax. Arguably this is the "LimeWire" of currency, it's not going to survive if it does not make compromises an
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
I wonder if milk alone (breast milk? cow milk?) is better for you and more healthy than Soylent?
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
When the ESA or NASA tells me that Titan has a methane atmosphere, how do I know it is not helium or ethane? I have no clue how to read spectrometer data and neither does the public. Hence we have to have faith because NASA has a track reco
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
If every Satoshi could be tracked along the blockchain for tax purposes I suspect the technology would become the de facto standard currency in the US and especially France. ;-)
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
I don't know but I know this: A bank would not give me a $75,000 loan so I could invest in Bitcoin or the S&P 500. Respectfully that is what college really is, an investment in yourself and right now the market is down and their ar
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
In regards to student loans, here is a lesson from J.P. Getty: "If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem."
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
I think reservoirs along the San Bernardino mountains would be more effective in the long run. But then again, maybe Oregon could use some "democracy" ;-)
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
Question, what happens to the ledger (Blockchain) if the miners (accountants) no longer get paid for mining Bitcoin? (Asked with respect)
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
Reminds me of a line from a short story by William Gibson titled, "Burning Chrome: "...“Congratulations,” I heard Bobby say. “We just became an Eastern Seaboard Fission Authority inspection probe...” That meant we were clearing fi
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
The most shocking prediction to me was the prediction that Uber kills Amazon in that Uber could deliver packages from point-A to point-B for $0.90 a mile or more efficiently and less expensively than Amazon's fulfillment solutions can
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
Also for the record Jobs was offered a life saving surgery when initially diagnosed and chose "...alternative treatments like dietary supplements and juices." I am astonished that somebody as worldly as Jobs chose to do that. htt
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
I do not believe that any gender, race or creed has a "monopoly" on sanity. As far as wars go, as mentioned in the article insinuating that men have a penchant for them, Margaret Thatcher had no problem sending warships to "d
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
I do not believe that any gender, race or creed has a "monopoly" on sanity. As far as wars go, as mentioned in the article insinuating that men have a penchant for it, Margaret Thatcher had no problem sending war ships to "de
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
On prima facie Clinton's private email server, prsuambly immune from NSA spying while she was Secretary of State, is rather aristocratic & highly suspicious. As an attorney, a former Senator, and finally a Secretary of States, she
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
I have to look into this.
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
I agree but Aquaponics is definitely a regional activity. Water is an expensive commodity in Los Angeles whereas Seattle, or Portland not so much.
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
Hydrogen is not dumb but it is very leaky, explosive and ultimately the water it creates when combing with oxygen is an indirect green house gas.
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by SCAQTony 12y ago
I think the most easiest solution to this problem with the existing technology we have is to start building water collection reservoirs in the surrounding mountains of California and the Colorado rockies too. Then Desalination plants in and

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