enaaem

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by enaaem 5y ago
The Saudi Arabia way is to bring in third world country workers. They have tons of natural resources per capita though, so I don’t think this luxury applies to most countries in the world.
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by enaaem 5y ago
The problem wasn’t the media. I accept that media can be biased as long as all sides can say their thing. The problem is with the social media fact checkers who have to decide what’s wrong or right. Information was removed without scientifi
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by enaaem 5y ago
I believe that censorship is more harmful than misinformation. Censorship is a bottom down initiative. It requires a few bad actors or 'mistakes' to completely change the information landscape. Misinformation is bottom up. It stil
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by enaaem 5y ago
You get a strange situation where a custom gaming pc will be labeled greener than a thin laptop with integrated components. Although the GPU alone uses more material and electricity than the whole laptops logic board.
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by enaaem 5y ago
The time is just an example. But I see that you get my point. We need concrete climate goals. We can't wait forever for a breakthrough in storage tech to happen "someday". To meet these climate goals, there has to be a deadli
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by enaaem 5y ago
Some time can be a very long time. The goal of the current administration is to be net zero emission by 2050. If after a certain time, let’s say 2025, there are no major break throughs in storage technology, then we have to start building n
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by enaaem 6y ago
I wonder why cops in the West don't use man catchers? It's a great tool to subdue any non-gun wielding person. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-2SpSMZtyU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4z-gzkb6s
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by enaaem 6y ago
It's not an illusion. It has happened. Leicester played in the third division in 2008-2009 and won the Premier League 7 years later. Leipzig used to only play in a regional division 10 years ago and are now in the top of the Bundes Lig
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by enaaem 6y ago
Related xkcd https://xkcd.com/327/
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by enaaem 6y ago
This is a good one http://www.withouthotair.com . It looks at whole energy plans. Not just wether technology X is cool.
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by enaaem 6y ago
If you compare hydro to nuclear, we can dump nuclear waste in a hole in the middle of the desert that is mostly dead. All the US nuclear waste fits in a football field at a depth less than 10 yards. Hydro harms living ecosystems with areas
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by enaaem 6y ago
There also seems to be a correlation between Tinnitus and neck tension. Wearing headphones definitely adds some extra load to your neck. Perhaps you could determine the cause by wearing the headphone and not turning it on.
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by enaaem 6y ago
Note that Netherlands is small and has pretty good public transport. You can live in the neighbouring towns and be in the centre of Amsterdam in 15 minutes by train.
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by enaaem 6y ago
Central planning has failed all over the world, across culture, climate and geography. It has already failed under a wide variety of parameters.
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by enaaem 6y ago
Under central planning tens of millions of people died of starvation. Their economy has vastly improved after reforms.
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by enaaem 6y ago
Nothing weirder than any other religion.
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by enaaem 6y ago
Protests are nasty but there is no problem of secession like in the EU. Remember that Britain already left.
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by enaaem 6y ago
The average Portuguese has a much lower income than the average black American. The EU income inequality is much higher if you you don't look within countries but across countries. This actually makes the EU more unstable than the US.
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by enaaem 6y ago
The disappearance of Jack Ma only confirms that all big Chinese corporations are an extension of the party. You don't follow the party line, you disappear.
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by enaaem 6y ago
I don't think the outcome is very interesting. There are all ready subgroups in society who have some kind of UBI like pensioners and trust fund babies. I want so see the effects on the total economy. If for example UBI leads to massiv
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by enaaem 6y ago
So Chinese people can watch foreign news, if they are willing to break Chinese law?
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by enaaem 6y ago
All those sites are blocked in China. Even hackersnews is blocked. Check: http://www.chinafirewalltest.com
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by enaaem 6y ago
Freedom of press is not the same as unbiased press. For example, US citizens can watch Chinese news media in the US, but Chinese people cannot watch US news in China.
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by enaaem 6y ago
Other factors then amount of coast plays a role as well. An overcapacity of Danish wind energy can be converted into pumped hydroelectric storage in Norway.
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by enaaem 6y ago
There is a weakness. Despite being the second largest economy of the world, only 4.3% of international trade happens in in the Yuan [1]. People do not want give their oil and wheat in exchange for Yuans! Countries do not see the Yuan as a v
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by enaaem 6y ago
China is not self sufficient in its food and energy needs. If China closes, there is going to be a famine and its industry will completely halt.
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by enaaem 6y ago
Why do you believe the US is in a worst financial position than China?
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The Singaporean way is to give massive fines and it worked.
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by enaaem 6y ago
A lot of political labels have a different, often opposite, meaning in Europe compared to the US. A liberal in Europe refers to classical liberalism. We also have many political parties, so a liberal here is not necessary a christian conser
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by enaaem 6y ago
I would say fairness is when people have peace with the outcome. If the mechanism behind an algorithm cannot be easily explained, then the outcome will be disputed. That is why I think fancy ML algorithms will never be considered fair. Note

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