aeternum

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by aeternum 4y ago
To see Putin as a weak evildoer is falling for US propaganda. The truth is more nuanced. Strong powers take advantage of weak powers and the US is no exception. We do it by expanding NATO territory. There are also arguments to be made th
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by aeternum 4y ago
People were detained for using the wrong nomenclature around communism though. Or are we brushing the whole McCarthyism era under the rug?
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by aeternum 4y ago
How do you explain the success of the capitalist zones in China relative to the rest of the country with this worldview that the benefits of capitalism must come from exploiting others?
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by aeternum 4y ago
Why do you believe that Tether is investing in riskier assets than treasuries and equivalents? With so much capital, and all the scrutiny they've had for many years and throughout many cycles it seems incredibly foolish to do anything
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by aeternum 4y ago
It's somewhat ironic that the government and specifically the army corps of engineers created the central valley. It was a desert / dust-bowl before. It's also sad that a central valley project could never happen today. The
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by aeternum 4y ago
$246 annual rent in return for a potential $10M+ liability? No wonder banks are getting out of this business.
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by aeternum 4y ago
False. They can also write code. Why publish such an obviously wrong headline? We should not indulge this kind of clickbait.
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by aeternum 4y ago
There are many ways to target cookies without saying 'cookies' directly. >If the data you get/process/store is strictly required for the functioning of your business This is also quite the oversimplification, by this
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by aeternum 4y ago
Yes, the other challenge is current energy costs. Right now, vertical farms are likely better off selling their solar back to the grid rather than using it for farming. Maybe they can grow mushrooms for now :D
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by aeternum 4y ago
That's true with most batteries. It's foolish for car-markers to not include an air-temp variable when making range claims, I predict you will see all of them do that. Battery longevity will also soon include depth-of-discharge a
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by aeternum 4y ago
Failure to consider the second-order effects of regulation causes the greatest harm to society. Because of GDPR, consent to cookies must be freely given, specific, informed, and based on an explicit affirmative action . On a webpage, it&#
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by aeternum 4y ago
Even in the unlikely case that you do outcompete everybody, free trade is still a significant benefit. Many don't understand the economic principle of comparative advantage, it is counterintuitive.
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by aeternum 4y ago
Globalization also isn't really collapsing but it definitely is changing. Is Apple now making their iPhones in the US? Nope, but they are moving production to other countries so it doesn't only take place in China. This will res
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by aeternum 4y ago
This is heavily censored in the US, but is quite the popular theory in Russia: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/03/01/2-in-3-russians-be... It does seem pretty far-fetched, but both countries have their pr
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by aeternum 4y ago
No, the issue is you were taking a process that was solar and instead making it dependent on the grid which is mostly fossil fuel powered. Until energy is much much cheaper, vertical/indoor farms just don't make sense.
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by aeternum 4y ago
Long form essay isn't great for that, especially as taught in school. Writing an idea down as concisely as possible is important, the rest is just embellishment and is easily handled by AI.
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by aeternum 4y ago
Training people (or anything) using a flawed objective function is not useful. Writing essays, specifically expanding a list of well-reasoned bullet points into communicative written prose will be a worthless operation in the future, and li
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by aeternum 4y ago
Cities are already energy efficient compared to the suburbs. Most cities have plenty of suburbs around them, and lots (arguably too many) large parking garages that can be used for the same purpose.
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by aeternum 4y ago
The way solar prices are trending, energy will also be free when it's sunny out, maybe even partially sunny. Then the way EVs are trending, each home should have giant batteries in their garage and a good percentage will likely be ince
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by aeternum 4y ago
Is this just conjecture? It just doesn't make logical sense: how could it have worked as a data collection app for the CCP if people didn't like it and not many installed it?
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by aeternum 4y ago
More fuel efficient and noise minimization.
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by aeternum 4y ago
That's good, I don't go quite as far, but do try to consult multiple independent sources. Doctors have been known to overprescribe things like Benzos, and opioids from time to time. I also just use tools like a RAM diagnostic that
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by aeternum 4y ago
Yes and it shouldn't just be risk of getting the virus, as it looks like the ability of the virus to migrate to the heart also matters. With environmental infections, it's possible that most people fight the virus within other par
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by aeternum 4y ago
Knowing the location of your plane is theoretical harm. If someone actually attacks you based upon that location, now it is tangible harm. It's too easy to conflate the two.
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by aeternum 4y ago
Fair point
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by aeternum 4y ago
Whose knowledge is trustworthy? We've somehow come to associate certain institutions or scientific authorities with truth when that is about the furthest from real science: "Have no respect whatsoever for authority; forget who sa
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by aeternum 4y ago
A canned test should not make you feel better. This could be the first time they actually passed the test. They might still fail with a cardboard cutout half the size.
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by aeternum 4y ago
Great appeal to authority. Why not explain the technical reasons you believe Waymo will win?
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by aeternum 4y ago
Especially when he used it as an example of his commitment to free speech. This really takes the wind out of the 'twitter files', shows that anything can be construed as a safety risk and censored at will.
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by aeternum 4y ago
Agreed, I wanted to believe but this is disappointing. Even worse, there's no transparency here: What rule was violated, how long is the suspension, etc.

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