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by elevaet 4y ago
> The average cost of lithium-ion batteries has plummeted 89% since 2010, and is expected to reach $50 per kWh in the near future. Assuming a battery cost of $100 per kWh, the TCP for a battery-electric containership is already lower tha
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by elevaet 4y ago
Oh that is a really good explanation, thanks! I've always wondered why we do this.
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by elevaet 4y ago
> Parents would flat-out say that they can't respect her because of her salary. Along the lines of, if you're smart and can do stuff, why the hell are you working for such a low pay? Damn, that is so gut wrenching to read. It&#
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by elevaet 4y ago
It's not literally the new IE, but it is the new IE.
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by elevaet 4y ago
Well good for you, congrats on being better than this art. Personally, I think its fucking awesome and I'd love to see this in person.
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by elevaet 4y ago
Does it now? Can you cite any examples?
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by elevaet 4y ago
I have a very hard time believing that doctors will be suggesting euthanasia to patients who might not otherwise consider it. There is no financial incentive behind it on a personal level for doctors, given Canada's one-payer medical s
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by elevaet 4y ago
So, do there exist other "quantum-safe" crypto algorithms still considered to be reliable?
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by elevaet 4y ago
It's a pretty good movie I recommend it! (If you're into slow sci fi)
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by elevaet 4y ago
Driving cars can be seen as a bad habit too. We could cut down on emissions a lot (in N. America anyways) if we committed to better public transport, cycling etc. There are some parallels between the tobacco and auto/petro industry. Ma
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by elevaet 4y ago
This is extremely tangential and speculative, but I've always thought ancient practices of sacrifice served as slop, or a safety margin. When times are lean, you can leave a little less food for the gods and do a little more praying.
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by elevaet 4y ago
Yes, apparently chickens (and other birds) really can sleep one half of their brain at a time. In chickens, the ones roosting on the edge of the flock keep their outside eye open and sleep the other side of the brain.
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by elevaet 4y ago
It does seem crazy that we breathe vehicle exhaust all the time without questioning it. The same people who make a fuss about a whiff of tobacco smoke will go around breathing car exhaust all day without batting an eye.
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by elevaet 4y ago
> In practice, I think humans function much more as a collective than they like to admit, and individual autonomy is a kind of window dressing of the status quo, rather than anything substantial. This is so well put.
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by elevaet 4y ago
Its use as a lubricant is irrelevant to the discussion.
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by elevaet 4y ago
It does come from the flesh tho (read the link) it's chemically extracted from the pulp after the mechanical pressing is finished.
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by elevaet 4y ago
Is that from thx-1138?
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by elevaet 4y ago
...or excessive radiation, or multibillion dollar resupply missions, or...
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by elevaet 4y ago
That's actually a great analogy because being able to run 5km is actually a prerequisite for being able to run 42km.
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by elevaet 4y ago
Or master a self-sustaining community on Antarctica, which would be a lot less challenging than Mars.
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by elevaet 4y ago
This idea reminds me of the "floating ship" mirage phenomenon. A spectacular example of this made the rounds a couple of years ago: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-56286719
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by elevaet 4y ago
> If the scenario was the following: letting 10 criminals go free, or having 1 innocent person imprisoned, I would always choose the latter. Really? It seems like you meant the former .
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by elevaet 4y ago
Yeah, agreed. It would be ideal to perfectly align your life passion with what you can get paid for, and a some people do manage to do that. It's not the only way though, despite what adherents of "success culture" seem to pr
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by elevaet 4y ago
> Few people understand how much of a golden ticket this would be… Uh.. I think you got that backwards. Nearly anyone would recognize that as a major golden ticket!
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by elevaet 4y ago
Life is recursion
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by elevaet 4y ago
Why would/should/could there be a point? Life just is , doing life.
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by elevaet 4y ago
> So you context-switched to read HN and even nod your head? Indeed. > Have you gone down the rabbit hole of reading many comments and bobbing your noggin ? In that particular instance, no, I dodged the HN distraction bullet. But ther
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by elevaet 4y ago
I'm reading this comment, nodding in agreement, as I wait for my db sync script to complete.
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by elevaet 4y ago
By learning about our parents, ancestors, and teachers lives we can stand better on their shoulders, and take the next steps in the story. It's good to know where you came from. I've gotten part way through this with my mother-in-
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by elevaet 4y ago
Holy smokes, talk about exotic stuff. Very cool to see this kind of pioneering is going on. Be careful!

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