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by jayrot 6y ago
No idea if it applies here or not, but a general rule of thumb is if they don't how say how much cheaper...it's not that much cheaper. "new solar cells are 94% of the price than existing mono-crystalline cells"
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by jayrot 6y ago
Just wanted to say that I found this fascinating. Don't know if Mr. Evans was already a household name, but I just discovered his writing right now (a win for HN) and got lost reading previous essays. Just wanted to say, thanks.
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by jayrot 7y ago
The depressing reality of these is that they're no different from lottery winners in that's they basically got lucky, with the added, pernicious factor, that they probably convince themselves that there was some type of skill or f
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by jayrot 7y ago
Thanks for this. That particular section was definitely apropos.
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by jayrot 7y ago
Sports gambling culture operates almost exactly the same way. The guy who shows you his $1000 at beginning of the season for the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl is already $100,000 in the hole from other bets.
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by jayrot 7y ago
When you were a kid, did you not ever put your hand out the window on the freeway? You can actually feel the pressure differential lifting your hand up once you get the right angle.
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by jayrot 7y ago
> at this point I would keep them regardless, Gee, how magnanimous of you...
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by jayrot 7y ago
It's a cage. A gilded cage, but a cage nonetheless.
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by jayrot 7y ago
> Censorship can also describe private actions such as Twitter/Facebook refusing some ideas, That's only true in the vernacular. True "censorship" is only relevant to government suppression. Individuals or private cor
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by jayrot 7y ago
One answer is: Because lip-service here and now is easy and has almost no consequences.
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by jayrot 7y ago
Tesla is first to market on a lot of fronts and has the huge first-mover advantage, but you're right, when the competition gets real the easy wins will be over. It has been said -- many times -- that the actual major advantage of Tes
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by jayrot 7y ago
It would be a significant time investment to be checked out in a radically different type like this, but not impossible. It mostly comes down to the systems, avionics, and procedures which can be radically different already, even in similar
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by jayrot 7y ago
Jesus. That's pretty outrageous.
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by jayrot 7y ago
I discovered the "Mustard" channel a little while ago. Highly recommended!
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by jayrot 8y ago
Thanks for this. Perspective is refreshing sometimes.