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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
Mine slowed down for a few months and recently they've been as high as ever
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
Maybe VR or AR. Maybe people will actually be wearing AR glasses and those will be the new smart phones.
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
But how much revenue do they actually make from games and drones?
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
And humanity pulled the trigger
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
Is Hack better than PHP?
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
Did you look at the graphs you posted? Looks like it's been fluctuating around the same number for over a year.
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
How much energy does it take to produce 1 gallon of jet fuel? Could you have a small nuclear plant and have that provide enough fuel an airport? How much aviation fuel could a 100 MW power plant produce?
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
Why aren't bridges and ships made out of stainless steel? Is it too expensive, or not as strong as regular steel?
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
Instagram ($1 billion), WhatsApp ($19 billion)
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
The built environment in most of the US is based entirely around the idea that you get in your car whenever you want to go anywhere. It's going to take a massive re-engineering of society to fix that, but it's totally worth it.
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
They need to test often, fail often, and iterate more quickly to build an effective missile.
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US cities are capping former dumps and covering them with solar panels(freethink.com)
1 points by countvonbalzac 4y ago|2 comments
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
My question is, given that landfills release a lot of methane (which is a much more potent greenhouse gas than if your burned the methane, used it to generate electricity, and then just released the equivalent CO2), are these landfills also
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
Is there any guarantee that this isn't just a giveaway to billionaires masquerading as national security?
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
Then Trump is free to incite an insurrection on Twitter, and Twitter is free to ban him. Which is the opposite of what Elon thinks.
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
This is mind bogglingly less efficient than a subway system
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
You can get rechargeable batteries.
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
I read something like this actually isn't the panacea it seems like in the long term because inflation reduces real growth long term, or something like that.
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
This^ + how much capital did Elon Musk actually allocate to Tesla and SpaceX? It was much closer to $100m than $1 billion or $100 billion.
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
I want my city to do this, because it will mean that people won't just store their unused cars on the streets, which means that it will be much easier for people who actually live here to park.
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
Awful for you, but a lot of people love the walkability / bikeability of cities and the proximity to services, activities, and other people.
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
Paris Catacombs?
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
Kansas City (Missouri)
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
We're not talking about land that cattle graze on, we're talking about land that is used to grow grains that are then fed to cattle.
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
In the short term this is harmful for consumers, hitting low income people the hardest. In the long run maybe it's beneficial because it incentivizes people and governments to transition to lower cost and more efficient (both from an e
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
How hard would it be for them to just take their existing stereo and hook it up to alexa or sonos or some other existing streaming service. If the audio quality is good then quality + decent interface seems straightforward?
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
Isn't land use restriction just a proxy for added housing, so with population growth being equal isn't it a proxy for the added population / added housing ratio?
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The (billionaires') case against billionaires – Cory Doctorow(pluralistic.net)
4 points by countvonbalzac 4y ago|2 comments
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
That's not true, every major city in the US is experiencing a major housing shortage. Not building enough units to keep up with demand can hardly be called a massive boom.
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by countvonbalzac 4y ago
Why does Stripe sell books now? I thought they were a payments company.

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