Sparkle-san

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by Sparkle-san 5y ago
It's not perfect but I've found that companies that are certified B corps to generally be more ethical and try to steer my spending in that direction. https://bcorporation.net/
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by Sparkle-san 5y ago
Planet Money did an episode[0] on this tale recently and reached out to Frito-Lay. Their general response was that their record keeping back was not great and they don't have record of how exactly hot cheetos came to be. This seems to
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by Sparkle-san 5y ago
I feel like the acceptable level of due diligence that should have necessary for Tesla to move in the Bitcoin direction should have easily accounted for a possibility like this.
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by Sparkle-san 5y ago
Oil is still under $70 a barrel though. It's gone up since being at some historical very low prices but compared to the times it's been north of $100, especially if you factor for 2021 dollars.
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by Sparkle-san 5y ago
In a free market perhaps, but nuclear power comes with loads of government oversight and regulations (and therefore costs) due to the inherent risk factors. Given that, subsidies seems appropriate.
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by Sparkle-san 6y ago
You make it sounds like non-American countries are going to take over America and then then rule over it with an iron fist. That being said I don't know how you'd create "real value" on top of what Coca-Cola does. They p
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by Sparkle-san 6y ago
Climate change leading to temperature extremes in both directions is an open question within climate science. There are some theories suggesting this is the case and there are skeptics of that theory, but if you've proven otherwise the
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by Sparkle-san 6y ago
Given that all of those things have increased in cost at rates far beyond 2%, I don't really see how you blame that on the inflation of the USD as a whole. They have their own systemic problems attributing to their astronomical costs.
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by Sparkle-san 6y ago
Yes, and it's been sitting around or below 2% for some time which economists generally consider a good level for spurring spending.
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by Sparkle-san 6y ago
I use a Kobo Libra H2O which has been quite good to me. For people that want to take it to the next level, there's the calibre-web project[1]. It's able to tie into calibre and push books to kobo devices through the built-in sync
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by Sparkle-san 6y ago
I think there's a few reasons. It is used a lot in schools because it purportedly is good for students with dyslexia and resembles handwriting. Some use of it can be contributed to irony, but I think for a lot of laymen who don't
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by Sparkle-san 7y ago
The latest episode of OA[1] has a segment that focuses on force majeure clauses and the enforceability of them around COVID-19 [1] https://openargs.com/oa366-your-guide-to-the-coronavirus/