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by anthonyb 14y ago
Drift? Not in Australia. Even in other parts of the world, most of the boreholes are proposed in large granite masses (they're hot because of radioactive decay as well as conduction) which are relatively static. Mostly it's just an issue of
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by anthonyb 14y ago
We're talking cost per kWhr, so yes, per kWhr. The issue is that coal is quoted at 10c/kWhr, solar at a higher rate, but that neglects subsidies and negative externalities like climate change. Once you balance the subsidies and introduce a
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by anthonyb 14y ago
It is a bit light on detail, but still there are significant subsidies which are paid to the oil, coal and gas industries. There are some fairly detailed numbers released by the Greens: http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/coal/speeches The bas
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by anthonyb 14y ago
As an interim solution though, it's still pretty good. It's an easy way to wean people from coal (particularly brown coal) while they figure out how to get solar, wind, geothermal and nuclear up and running. As long as it's not seen as an e
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by anthonyb 14y ago
$6b is not so bad when you consider that coal subsidies are in about the same ballpark: http://www.couriermail.com.au/business/coal-and-gas-paid-7b-... And there's no moral problem. To paraphrase Winston Churchill - you're just haggling o
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by anthonyb 14y ago
Depends on whether the take up is linear or exponential.
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by anthonyb 14y ago
Borehole geothermal is possible too. Basically, find a large, hot mass of rock close to the surface, drill down a couple of kilometres, pump water down and get steam out (typical temp is ~200-300C). That's in Australia, known for its geolog
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by anthonyb 14y ago
Fourth flaw is that he immediately starts on subsidies while ignoring that coal, oil and gas are heavily subsidised too: http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/01/nsws-great-big-coal-subs... http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/3901892.html That's
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The hagiography of Phil Fish(mediumdifficulty.com)
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by anthonyb 14y ago
No, seriously - if your employees are "fearless", and just jump in with no regard for the consequences, then you're going to lose. I've lost count of the number of times I've had to clean up after honey badger go-getter types, who should've
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by anthonyb 14y ago
Honey Badger don't care. Honey Badger just gonna write an article. "Screw it," says the Honey Badger, "I don't need a point."
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by anthonyb 14y ago
aka. How to get your startup bitten by a snake, attacked by Jackals and/or stung by bees.
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by anthonyb 14y ago
> There is absolutely no evidence that IQ is a decent measure of intelligence. Other than it correlates with all sorts of positive life factors, you mean? Like health, earning power and lack of a criminal record? Nobody is saying that I
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by anthonyb 14y ago
The problem is that often there will be several factors linked together. Richer households will have better nutrition, but they'll also behave differently, have more books, associate more with other richer families, etc. It's really hard to
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by anthonyb 14y ago
Interesting article, but ye gods that font is nasty. I had to cut + paste it into gedit to be able to read it.
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by anthonyb 14y ago
I'm pretty sure that it's illegal in France to publish photos of people without their consent. Also, why would he, if he's after some sort of reasonably amicable settlement?
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by anthonyb 14y ago
I would've thought you'd want it the other way around, ie. integrate email into your decentralised social network. It'd certainly make spam easier to detect, and email easier to filter.
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by anthonyb 14y ago
Hmm, maybe you're right, but most software licences that I can lay hands on from a quick Google search (other than the GPL) explicitly mention 'use' and termination. For example, the BSD licence: Redistribution and use in source and bin
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by anthonyb 14y ago
No it doesn't. 17 USC 117 refers to software that you already have a licence for, and covers exemptions to copyright. ie. you're allowed to make a backup of software, you're allowed to transfer your licence to someone else and you're allowe
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by anthonyb 14y ago
Well how would you explain moral rights then? They're certainly nothing to do with copying. Your original point ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4242918 ) is certainly wrong - Zed can revoke the licence at any time, and you have to sto
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by anthonyb 14y ago
Copyright extends to other rights too, not just copying: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright For instance, your link makes no mention of moral rights. Also, per se is an important qualifier in that sentence: http://en.wikipedia.org/
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by anthonyb 14y ago
No, copyright law refers to the rights of the creator of an original work. Nothing to do with copying, per se.
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by anthonyb 14y ago
Not necessarily - it depends on whether it's work for hire. The point being that in some cases you may not have authority to grant that part of the license, and having a blanket "All your codes are belong to Zed" is potentially a good way f
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by anthonyb 14y ago
Yep, since it's essentially just copyright law with no fancy licence involved: I made X, you're using it without permission.
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by anthonyb 14y ago
A lot of online licences work that way. If you buy something you have more recourse under law, I think, but IANAL, etc.
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Except when you commit something that you don't own (such as the company you work for claim ownership), at which point all sorts of legal shenanigans commence. This is why most large open source projects have a contributor agreement of some
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by anthonyb 14y ago
Sure, depending on what the license was previously. I'm pretty sure that's happened before (LibreOffice, maybe?).
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by anthonyb 14y ago
Nope. If he revokes, you lose the licence, and can't use lamson any more. It's how the GPL works, too. See this tweet: http://twitter.com/zedshaw/status/223966065091284992
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by anthonyb 14y ago
"The Vengeful Public Licence" does have a ring to it, although "The Ghetto Public Licence" might be more apt.
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by anthonyb 14y ago
And now he's blocked me because he doesn't understand copyright law. Is there a fan club? Do I get some sort of t-shirt?

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