ThomPete

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by ThomPete 3y ago
You don't measure this on the size of the company but on market share. By that definition of course it should be allowed. There are many powerful competitors in this space Canva being just one of them.
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by ThomPete 3y ago
You are right its not like Facbook/Giphy, it's worse and we aren't talking about a single deal being pulled but multiple. It's not clearly anti-competitive in fact if anything in the B2B space M&A done by bigger comp
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by ThomPete 3y ago
I see a lot of people in the thread thinking this is a good thing, it's not. First of all the reason for the UK not allowing the merger is completely absurd and based on a false premise which is most likely based on not understanding t
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by ThomPete 3y ago
They had a marginal role compared to the west only in so far as they didn't produce as much as we did in the west. But relatively compared to the west they were absolute swine and had no accountability towards their population. The pro
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by ThomPete 3y ago
What would that help? 3M create way more value than not.
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by ThomPete 3y ago
I would suggest you read up on the history of both communism and socialism and their relationship with pollution and their environment. In a capitalist systems at least there are incentives to get businesses to create better systems over ti
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by ThomPete 3y ago
Dont create goals, create a system for how you live.
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by ThomPete 3y ago
you live in a capitalist society not some socialist nightmare. Giving it to the government would be much much much worse.
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by ThomPete 3y ago
This is a completely disingenuous take on the case. There isn't a single explanation of how its dangerous only thats its found in many different species and claims its toxic. If this shallow type of analysis is enough for otherwise tec
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by ThomPete 3y ago
It's quite fun to do these loops. Here is using Faktory to do the same. https://www.loom.com/share/ed20b2cace3b4f579e32ef08bd1c5910
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by ThomPete 3y ago
With that many degrees it should be trivial for you to realize that it has to be like that. https://humanprogress.org/the-collapse-of-climate-related-de...
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by ThomPete 3y ago
your comment is a prime example of the complete ignorance towards the circumstances most people used to live under. Cruel brutish and short for most people dont even begin to explain it. We have access to more clean water than ever, sanitat
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by ThomPete 3y ago
its not misguided, but i am not surprised you are skeptical, its impossible for most people to actually get rational perspectives because of the hysteria.
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by ThomPete 3y ago
this is relative to the size of population. The numbers are right, you should also be able to reason how much better weve become at living places that used to be impossible.
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by ThomPete 3y ago
the only difference between before is that we are much much better at handling nature and the climate. We are so good at it that we reduced death from climate related catastrophees by 95% the last 100 years. Unfortunately the youth is being
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by ThomPete 3y ago
i wrote some more about this subject from a slightly different angle when i had an experience trying to get my mom use the computer back in the early 2000 https://medium.com/swlh/anatomy-of-a-noob-why-your-mom-suck-...
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by ThomPete 3y ago
how does not exploring negatively effect human prosperity and flourishing? That seems to be the question one should ask.
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by ThomPete 3y ago
Doesn't change the facts. Saying 54% of electricity is not written to inform but to misinform. Most people don't know it's only around 20% of most countries (and here we are talking modern countries) energy that comes from el
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by ThomPete 3y ago
Sorry but those numbers aren't really contradicting mine. Renewable energy in Portugal is mostly bioenergy and waste (Page 20) So yes lets look at the actual numbers. https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/a58d61
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by ThomPete 3y ago
Most of that is Hydro which only is possible some places in the world and only delivers electricity which is only 20% of a countrys energy needs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Brazil
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by ThomPete 3y ago
Most of Arizona and any other states energy need is not electricity. Only around 20% of it is.
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by ThomPete 3y ago
Which basically means that 10% of their energy comes from renewable energy and that includes burning wood bricks, trash and a bunch of other CO2 emitting sources. Electricity is only around 20% of a countrys energy need. In developing count
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by ThomPete 3y ago
Completely meaningles. Calculating based on vague terms like populism is so in the eye of the beholder. Why is this even a thing?
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Quantum device to slow down simulated chemical reaction 100B times(phys.org)
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by ThomPete 3y ago
Replace megacorp with capitalist and humanity with workers and you got a perfect foundation for a communist revolution. Those who do not know their history are doomed to repeat it.
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by ThomPete 3y ago
You are completely missing the point. Regulation isnt written into the fabrics of reality either. The point is that rights are given to individuals so they can use them if they are violated to get justice in the legal system. Regulation is
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by ThomPete 3y ago
i am unfortunately all to aware how the EU work. No EU politician went to the ballot boxes on this issue.
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by ThomPete 3y ago
Which is why we have RIGHTS so that we can go after those who do us wrong. What the EU is doing is regulation HOW they should act which is the sure way undermine your own citizens ability to stay competitive in the long run.
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by ThomPete 3y ago
Which no one voted for because of this.
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by ThomPete 3y ago
Who get to decide, other than the individual, what to do about that? A bunch of bureaucrats in EU? Thanks but no thanks.

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