UpshotKnothole

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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
Gym memberships involve a contract and recurring payments, and the contract is usually not in your favor. A one time charge to an Uber driver is not similar.
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Cool Polymer Paint Saves on Air Conditioning(physicsworld.com)
4 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments
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Spray-On Antennae’s for the IoT(physicsworld.com)
2 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
They can always do whatever they want to your Uber account, because TOS’ are jokes. The rest they can only do to your CC company, they can’t ding your credit report or anything of the sort. I don’t know where you’re getting that idea.
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
Legally they can take it up with the CC company, not you, and then if they win (they won’t) your CC will charge you.
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Another Day, Another Facebook Problem(theatlantic.com)
2 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments
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What Complicates Addiction Treatment(daily.jstor.org)
1 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
Billionaires don't go to jail. How many billionaires publically break the law in the way that Musk did, and put themselves in the position to risk jail? How many billionaires are there to begin with?
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‘Severe” Figure Manipulation Found in Studies from Leading Plant Lab(nature.com)
9 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|1 comments
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The Spooky Genius of Artificial Intelligence(theatlantic.com)
1 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments
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Can Universal Basic Income Achieve Economic Security?(daily.jstor.org)
1 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|1 comments
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Elon Musk Is His Own Worst Enemy(theatlantic.com)
2 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|1 comments
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
Why not? SpaceX will tick along without him, and he won’t leak classified material because then the prison he’d be in would deep and dark indeed.
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
However the tweet started, the fact that it included the phrase “funding secured” is the kiss of death, and the SEC and DOJ will be even less interested in “shorts” conspiracy theories than everyone else is.
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A Calculating Look at Criminal Justice(undark.org)
2 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments
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The Moon Is Open for Business(theatlantic.com)
2 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
My fat fingers and iPad’s autocorrect is a bad combo. Should read: Gel phase. God phase would be... nifty?
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
I think his point is that when you strip away the personality cult, Tesla is just an unprofitable car maker with crushing debts and trouble meeting goals.
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
At this point his biggest goal should be avoiding prison, which with the DOJ investigation and the sheer stupidity of his actions is very much on the table.
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
Hardly. There have been over five thousand Olympic gold medals won, which is a hell of a lot more than the numbers we’re talking about with unicorns. When you realistically whittle unicorns down to those started by very young people and bui
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
Is Moore’s Law still in effect? I was under the impression that progress had slowed considerably in the last few years.
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
Building a business is absolutely not like winning a lottery. There is no instant win. I didn’t say that, and that’s not what we’re talking about. We’re talking about s 24 year old and a $5 billion dollar business. That would make his com
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
I think the point is that it’s like writing articles lauding winners of 9-digit lotteries. The odds are not dissimilar, and it does no favors to people who are put under the impression that it’s a wise course to pursue.
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
Micron sized should be fine, and they’re going to form a. God phase when hydrated so you don’t have to worry about long-term friability. Nanoscale would be a concern because of the ability to directly enter cells, but micron would be fine u
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
I wonder what the impact of the collapse of the twin towers would have been if the concrete used had contained a significant fraction of aesbestos?
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by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
The moral pangs suffered by the filthy rich, concerning the means by which they became wealthy is as old as time. Sadly it works. How many people remember Alfred Nobel as the “merchant of death” and how many remember him for the Nobel Prize
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The Tails Coming Apart as Metaphor for Life(slatestarcodex.com)
3 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments
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Clear Up This Stem-Cell Mess(nature.com)
4 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments
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Google’s New Tool to Fight Climate Change(theatlantic.com)
2 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments
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A Credibility Crisis in Food Science(theatlantic.com)
3 points by UpshotKnothole 8y ago|0 comments

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