johnmorrison

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by johnmorrison 7y ago
This one's a bit niche but if you're between the ages of 13-21 and not sure what to specialize in but you care about important issues and like engineering, please consider learning and specializing in an area related to molten s
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
This is actually a very good point! I've not made up my mind about this whole expanding universe thing (whether it's permanent, local, even real) but based on our current understanding it certainly seems that you're right - t
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
If you think space is something that can be littered you might be conflating space with Low Earth Orbit. The space in the solar system alone is literally quadrillions of times the volume of the entire Earth.
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
> This has proven to result in an unacceptable user experience... Worse, it is dangerous. If you send me a message and I respond to your message with some thumbs-up emoji, and your platform doesn't support it ... that information ge
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
I feel like you're overestimating the differentiation and not accounting for the fact that 99% of the population basically just uses the minimal subset of features (sending plain text and images) Two services don't need to have id
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
Building this with Valyrio [1] [1] https://valyr.io
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
I'm working on a sort of ancillary project which may help with this at Valyrio [ https://valyr.io ] Counter-intuitively, the current goal is to centralize the messaging interface, providing a common platform for users who a
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
I built a little service on AWS running on load-balanced EC2 (runs nginx for HTTPS and an internal Node server which securely performs the operation) with a simple API that takes integers and returns the integer plus 1. It's pretty use
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
You have a good point but of course the split is adjusted to that consideration. I don't believe in profiting from life-saving medication or anything like that, so my intention is to drive rapid growth with my activities in the energy,
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
> Shellenberger is a nuclear lobbyist I think it is extremely foolish to make caricatures of people. Twenty years ago, Elon Musk was a software startup guy who had no idea about anything hardware - but that's only because nobody bot
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
As of the Q4 results posted a few hours ago, TSLA has risen from a closing price of around $580 to over $650 in the after hours market. This is a stock that was trading for just $185 within the last twelve months - a 350% multiplication in
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Tesla to $650 all time record in after hours market after posting Q4 Results(ir.tesla.com)
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
> I also think supply of nuclear fuel can be an issue, although there are some concepts for other types than uranium. There are 3 fission fuels occurring in nature: Th232, U235, U238 Actually, our reserves of Uranium are greater (by ene
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
Yup. That's why we need to exceed the TPES with clean energy. We also need to significantly expand TPES if we are going to eliminate most of the remaining poverty in the world, to improve mean QoL. I'm hoping fission can scale to
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
Oooh, this is a great one. You're absolutely right "the sector is ripe for disruption" Your list of points is great, if you can figure out a way to deliver a service like that it would be incredible. I think one of the bigges
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
Are you working on Zipline [1] ? [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEbRVNxL44c
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
No I'm John Morrison, it says right there in the username. Usernames never lie ;)
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
I hope to convey this in the least volatile manner, but I must bring it up. > I learned how important energy storage will be to enable renewable energy to displace fossil fuels. The above is a reasonable statement, however, your website
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
A while back, I posted a list of my long term focus problems here [1] Short list: * Pollution and the climate * Privation * Avoidable death * Interplanetary settlement * Liberty and communication * Transportation My primary focus is develop
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
https://jwmza.com
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
Thanks! I think we've reached a productive agreement. I do share your frustration with skeptics in life who just debate, I think this is a natural frustration for people who have an action bias and prefer to make things happen. The wor
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
> Observations of biodiversity loss are, for me, sufficient to move beyond the debating and towards the changing phase. There's a lot wrong here. (a) Over the past two centuries, we've been doing hundreds of crazy new things we
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
I appreciate the passion in your view but this is not a wise way to think about it. Currently, the science is not settled on whether warming has so far been net-good or net-bad. Everything in life is a trade-off: when the temperature rises,
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
> I can demand a long lasting, repairable, sustainable appliance (and most products) until I am blue in the face, no corporation is willing to make and sell me one. I can't tell if this is ideology or a mistake, but this is not true
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
Spivak's Calculus & Calculus on Manifolds are both fantastic books to start with (they're named calculus but they're really more analysis) There's a Youtube channel 3Blue1Brown which is fantastic [1] as well. In fact
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
> It seems reality doesn't match your beliefs. France is about 75% nuclear, Germany is about 10% French electricity is about 2x cheaper than German, and they have much lower emissions. Since Germany has shut down nuclear plants in f
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
> and also gives one an appreciation of just how powerful of a greenhouse gas CO2 is It should also be noted that the total atmosphere (dry + water) is about 3% water vapor by weight and H2O makes up the majority of the greenhouse effect
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
I agree completely. We are all responsible as consumers, in every country. People like to blame the western world or "corporations" - no, it is your (our) fault as individuals. Corporations only emit when consumers demand their pr
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
> compete for space with PV PV << Fission in cities, so this doesn't matter. My hope is all green rooftops whenever possible. (I should note that this isn't trying to replace actual agriculture - it would be a small minor
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by johnmorrison 7y ago
> Africa can get a pass. As an African I disagree w/ this. But you're right, global powers like the US/EU/China should and will likely contribute the most.

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