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by enaaem 6y ago
Nuclear can operate in load following mode for a long time now. It's already done in Europe. https://www.oecd-nea.org/nea-news/2011/29-2/nea-news-29-2-lo...
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by enaaem 6y ago
There is an interesting field in Game Theory called mechanism design, that exactly studies the things you talk about. For example, game theorists have tried to find an electoral system that disincentivizes strategic voting. It turns out to
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by enaaem 6y ago
Taiwan has the best way of counting votes. Ballot is hold in the air, the name is called out and someone in the back keeps the score. Everyone can see what is going on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqKt-lPfJuw
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by enaaem 6y ago
Europe already runs load following plants for a long time now. Article from 2011. https://www.oecd-nea.org/nea-news/2011/29-2/nea-news-29-2-lo...
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by enaaem 6y ago
What I find absurd in the US is that high school students cannot choose their own public school, but are assigned based on where they live. This creates a big divide in rich schools and poor schools. Or white and black schools. Where I am f
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by enaaem 6y ago
I'm from the Netherlands. I feel like the US admission proces is more like job interview, while in Europe it is more like multi year internship. Secondary education is divided into levels. If you pass all classes on the highest level a
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by enaaem 6y ago
Also, get a chest freezer. They are much more efficient. Every time you open a standing freezer, the cold air "false out", since cold air is more dense than warm air. The chest freezer on the other hand will hold the cold air in p
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by enaaem 6y ago
People have been saying for 30 years that solar/wind are going to take off and that we don't need nuclear. We are now in a climate crisis, and solar/wind is still a fraction of the energy portfolio. We als can't build nu
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by enaaem 6y ago
The world isn’t black and white. Just different shades of grey. Some darker than others. You will find inconsistencies everywhere.
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by enaaem 6y ago
Isn't hackernews blocked in China?
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by enaaem 6y ago
Regarding online video entertainment, there are plenty of competitors like Twitch, Netflix and Pornhub. Each are a different concept and are optimised for the type of entertainment they bring. I do not think there is room for a competitor t
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by enaaem 6y ago
I do not believe in UBI, but I am willing to change my mind if it works in practice, as long as my country doesn't take part in the experiment.
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by enaaem 6y ago
I can actually argue for the F35. F35 and Carrier groups ensures open oceans and secure maritime trade for all. 90% of global trade is over the sea and is worth Trillions of dollars. There were times when countries would actively block mari
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by enaaem 6y ago
Churches provide much more than just money. Solace, peace, love, community etc... I'd say this is more important than money. I used to be a Christian. There are a lot of bad sides of Christianity and that is why I left. But it does hel
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by enaaem 6y ago
I don't see the point of these small studies at all. Many people already have some form of UBI like pensioners. That their lives are pretty relaxed should come as no surprise. The most important thing to study is the effect of UBI on t
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by enaaem 6y ago
They still use a lot of brown coal, which is dirty as hell. The way I see it, they could have had reduced the CO2 output more by keeping nuclear and investing into renewables. Missed potential really. The debate is not renewables vs nuclear
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by enaaem 6y ago
In my opinion the energy problem is a quantitative problem and most discussions are too superficial. I want to look at grand plans, rather than specific tech since one or even two won’t be enough. We need to look at whole energy portfolios
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by enaaem 6y ago
The military is used to protect "The American Order". There are some non-trivial benefits of the American Order: 1. Secure maritime trade for all. Protection against piracy and gone are the days when countries would just steal eac
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by enaaem 6y ago
Developing new drugs takes over a decade and costs billions. European countries are free loading of US drug research. https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/how-other-countries-freeloa...
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by enaaem 6y ago
Generally speaking, more people = more power. But you need people who integrate well and won’t cause trouble, and will be net contributors to the welfare system. Hong Kong people are likely a very safe bet.
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by enaaem 6y ago
My personal philosophy is to buy the third gen of every new type of product. The second gen tends to fix al big issues in the first. The third irons out all the small issues left. After that there probably won't be many changes except
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by enaaem 6y ago
I’m an Asian living living in northern Europe. I never have to mention my race on any kind of form. A lot of things in the US baffles me.
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by enaaem 6y ago
It is possible that a rich CEO has a negative EV bet picking strategy. Unlike casino games we cannot exactly determine this expected value, and have to estimate it from past observations. CEOs who generated positive past rewards, will most
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by enaaem 6y ago
Could it be the lack of horses? Horses enables faster transportation and communication over a larger distance. This is essential for trade, governance and technology transfer.
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by enaaem 6y ago
Perhaps we can import a bunch of filipinos to do all the work? Saudi Arabia is an interesting example to study UBI, since their economy pretty much runs on free oil money. Saudi nationals are notorious for having bad work ethics, and they h
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by enaaem 6y ago
The inherent cost effectiveness of missiles is also a problem for China if they want to invade Taiwan. Taiwan has a large arsenal of anti-ship missiles that can be launched from trucks. Combined with naval mines, they can make an invasion b
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by enaaem 6y ago
We already know how society looks like if a small portion does not need to work. But how will it be if no one needs to work? An interesting case is Saudi Arabia that pretty much runs on free oil money. Saudi nationals are notorious for hav
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by enaaem 6y ago
In early February China and the WHO was criticising countries for imposing travel restrictions, while people were dying in Wuhan hospital hallways. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/who-chie... I
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by enaaem 6y ago
That is based on China's own numbers. I have been following this since early januari and there are leaked videos of corpses in hospital hallways and body bags stacked like garbage in vans, while officially there were only "hundred
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by enaaem 6y ago
In engineering we say option X is objectively better than Y, if X is superior on all metrics. This is generally not true, so wether X is better than Y is going to subjective. So we will always end up with endless discussions with "yes

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