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by jpm_sd 4y ago
There is a whole industry springing up around this idea, it's known as "MCDR" (marine CO2 removal). Some startups: https://www.heimdalccu.com/ https://www.vesta.earth/ https://www.
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The spin-out is off and running. They won a carbon removal X-Prize last year. https://verdox.com/ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220422005027/en/Ver...
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https://archive.is/TwJ5A
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https://archive.is/OXHhu
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Robot Electric Cargo Plane Could Be the Start of a Wave That Transforms Shipping(forbes.com)
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It's somewhere between Waiting for Godot and No Exit.
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They all know OP is being "managed out" i.e. constructive dismissal?
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Best: Started dating my wife when she was 19 and I was 20. Moved in together the following year. Got married a couple of years after that. It's been 23 years so far, and she's the best partner I could ask for. But was that really
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It's been done! Very niche market however. This is a tow-sled system for deployment from a research vessel. https://www.planktonimaging.com/
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I'd go further and argue that this contains no new information and it's basically a sales pitch for outsourcing your electronics manufacturing to Jabil.
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Why the multiverse is the movie fantasy for our times(cnn.com)
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I have benefitted a great deal from alternating between startups and larger, more established companies in the course of my career. Highly recommend seeking out a position with a company that is working on something you find compelling, whe
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Average citizens, OTOH, regret Brexit and wish they were more integrated into the EU: https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/brexit-buyers-remorse-over-50-10... I guess we'll see how that shakes out https://www.theatla
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It's just more science by press release. Wake me up when there's a real manufacturing process developed.
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There's a thumbnail in the article that links to a bigger photo of the "collector vehicle". It appears to be a Giant Roomba. https://ml.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/f4344afd-acde...
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Opium Wars Round 3 is getting pretty intense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl https://www.brookings.edu/research/china-and-synt
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Nice, I was about to suggest this one. I was an active poster there 20 years ago!
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I found this quote interesting in the 2022 context of explosive growth in OnlyFans as a side hustle: However, at the low end of the economic spectrum, many women had to turn to prostitution at some point. Bullough and Bullough (1998) review
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No, fentanyl kills drug users.
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Yes. Lots of people and companies working on this problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_energy_storage NREL FAQ https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy19osti/74426.pdf Tesla's approach https
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Door-to-door rooftop solar array sales are mostly a scam, it's a high-pressure low-information sales tactic and a terrible deal for the average homeowner. Installation issues are shockingly common. Lots of new, poorly sealed holes in t
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Musk antagonist George Hotz hired to fix Twitter search – he’s got 12 weeks(theverge.com)
6 points by jpm_sd 4y ago|1 comments
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I graduated from engineering school 20 years ago and I've gotten to do a lot of interesting, satisfying projects since then. The advice that I give my kids (and anyone else who asks): 1) Pick one or two things at a time to get good at.
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The incomparable Molly White has put together a contagion flow chart, which she is updating regularly: https://www.mollywhite.net/etc/ftx-contagion See also her explanatory newsletter https://newsletter.moll
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Here's a modern version https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lie-down-try-not-to-cry-cry-a... In all seriousness, in a true nuclear disaster the survivors will envy the dead.
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Was that $16B in "real money" (dollars), $16B in "pretend money" (astronomically overvalued cryptocurrency), or some of each?
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"Its balance sheet consisted mostly of stuff it made up! Stuff it made up! You can’t do that! That’s not how balance sheets work! That’s not how anything works!" I'm picturing Matt Levine being carted away by nice men in whit
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"Satire died when Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize" - Tom Lehrer
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Wow, I love this idea! I already have a zoo membership and an aquarium membership... I wish my body handled laptop ergonomics better. I just can't deal with it for days on end, got to have my desktop, big monitor, fancy mouse and comfy
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"A representative for Tether told CoinDesk in an email that issuer Tether Global is unexposed to both Alameda and FTX." Well, except in the broader sense of crypto contagion. Tether is certainly exposed to BTC and ETH, both of whi

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