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by _coldfire 10y ago
The Chinese source 25% of their electricity from renewables. US is at 15%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electrici...
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by _coldfire 10y ago
https://blockchain.info/charts/n-transactions-total?timespan...
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by _coldfire 10y ago
I'd call myself an enthusiast and would disagree on a few things, can agree the hype and scams are out of control. Seems like there's an ICO every 2 weeks, selling unfinished products with little demonstrated purpose other than ad
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by _coldfire 10y ago
Train networks around the world are usually subsidised and run at a loss, it's hardly unique to China.
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by _coldfire 10y ago
A solid overview of Chinese HSR: http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/high-speed/chinese-high... >In 2013, Chinese high-speed traffic reached 214 billion passenger-km, slightly more traffic than the rest of the
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by _coldfire 10y ago
Did you live through people claiming the ozone layer was disappearing? And the ensuing global action to remedy it? At the current rate and compliance with the Montreal protocol we should be back to pre-CFC levels in 30 years or so
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by _coldfire 10y ago
Only if you donate more
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by _coldfire 10y ago
Doubt its the low hanging fruit technically, more the massive gains from first-mover advantage. A pair of robot arms cooking you food doesn't seem as much a winner takes all environment.
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by _coldfire 10y ago
I struggle to see the problem other than human vanity as to why passengers aren't weighed with their luggage. If you can accept that your bag costs the airline more in fuel why not accept that your weight contributes also?
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by _coldfire 10y ago
You say recycling but I think you mean re-use. The energy costs involved in recycling are not trivial and someone still needs to "pick it up from every house". Its is almost always preferable carbon-wise to re-use, especially in m
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by _coldfire 10y ago
For nearly all countries in the developed world the medical expenses part is barely an issue.
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by _coldfire 10y ago
It is an equation, albeit probably flawed somewhere down the line. N = R* • fp • ne • fl • fi • fc • L https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation An excellent use of rough statistics to shatter long held beliefs. Eve
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by _coldfire 10y ago
Had similar experience in SE Asia, you either blind yourself to the rampant inequality or it slowly eats away at you.
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by _coldfire 10y ago
>But I have a hard time justifying new investment in an era where solar is competitively priced. Competitively priced is a misnomer. Different regions have vastly differing needs. Renewable power generation is largely solved, storage is
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by _coldfire 10y ago
I use pocket and there's a subtle "save to pocket" option after comments number on the main page. Does well enough for me.
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by _coldfire 10y ago
It is achievable with static post-processing of GPS data, kinematica claims 8mm. For real time requirements, there's consumer level products that offer accuracy of a few centimeters. https://www.advancednavigation.com.au&#x2
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by _coldfire 10y ago
I'm making an assumption about your job offerings, but think this is a common problem with remote work. We live in a global economy where equivalent positions can earn vastly more than others. Such disparity can breed the mountain of a
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by _coldfire 10y ago
It's not just Google failing here. Heavily invested in drones for years, clear that drone delivery is a profitable marketing stunt, use-cases are rare and often unpublicised. RC planes delivering medicines in remote African communities
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by _coldfire 10y ago
Is this even intended to be a working cryptocurrency? Seems more likely to be a PoS protocol which more established coins will build upon. There are plenty of people working on a move away from energy intensive PoW. PoS is an open problem i
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by _coldfire 10y ago
This was prehistoric. How much knowledge did they actually have of diseases and their causes? You'll still contract smallpox from your neighbour regardless of whether you burnt your village down or not.
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by _coldfire 10y ago
Without an actual sample of users auto-suggestions there's nothing but useless anecdotes flying around.
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by _coldfire 10y ago
>We literally give billions to animal ag industries in subsidies, we could just stop that. I'm in agreeance with your suggestions, but note that Indonesia has large protests over small increases in meat costs. There's a politic
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by _coldfire 10y ago
You are comparing an investment with an expected value of -30% to another which could go either way. I'm struggling with the logic of how minus thirty is the better choice here.
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by _coldfire 10y ago
There's also Snowmobile, 100PB of storage in a shipping container, able to be filed within 10 days. https://aws.amazon.com/snowmobile
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by _coldfire 10y ago
>The US is less than 5% so it doesn't matter The US is the 2nd largest Greenhouse gas emitter on the planet. It matters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...
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by _coldfire 10y ago
Argument to complexity is not sound logic, yes, it is complex, if there is an issue with models or margins of error, then that issue needs to be raised, but handwaving "complexity" helps no one. Otherwise, well said, do agree, hum
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by _coldfire 10y ago
>criminal issues are not open to market forces That part irks me the most. He's driving drunk, injured 3 people. After running away paid some compensation, which in Cambodia is likely to be small change. No further action required
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by _coldfire 10y ago
Jamming is the only serious contender in anti-drone technology. Somewhat infuriating watching the latest new fad in the news every week. Using eagles to take out drones is tantamount to animal abuse, expensive guns that shoot nets are easil
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Huawei Boss Crashes; News Stories Disappear(cambodiadaily.com)
164 points by _coldfire 10y ago|52 comments
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by _coldfire 10y ago
You should probably read the manual before using a webapp for your encryption needs. From the Readme: >it should be noted that the analyst is not a professional developer and the code has not been peer-reviewed for compliance with a form

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