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by kiba 2y ago
A lot of that is just land use policies. When you look at the average American household budget, it makes sense. The #1 and #2 are housing and transportation followed by taxes. Climate change and ecological catastrophes, mental illness are
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by kiba 2y ago
Multiplication tables is useful enough to memorize. Where I got tripped up is factors that look very similar to each other but has different answer.
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by kiba 2y ago
I stopped using anki because the stuff I chosen to remember and study are often of no applicable value or they are of use but does very little toward developing the skills I want. I have no doubt that spaced repetition is a biological reali
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by kiba 2y ago
Population density of whole region isn't as relevant as you think. The most relevant are metropolitan areas and areas of high traffic corridors. That is where trains and mass transit make the most sense.
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by kiba 2y ago
The next war will boil down to math. AI powered drones where intelligence and strategy will determine the fate of the war. AI powered drones are useless without the logistics and manufacturing base which they came from. They also cannot t
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by kiba 2y ago
You are misunderstanding the nature of war. Drones, much like aircraft can't take ground. Infantry can, other ground units such as tanks and AFV helps assists in that. For sure, drones will be a new element in warfare, but as like unit
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by kiba 2y ago
Don't forget the farms that feed humans and their farm animals.
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by kiba 2y ago
A dyson swarm is not a monolithic structure you build, but a civilization's collection of building.
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by kiba 2y ago
We build satellites that look at our sun. That's one part of our dyson swarm. The beauty about a dyson swarm is that it can be built incrementally over time as we find new uses for space.
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by kiba 2y ago
It is not really a speculative technology. A Dyson Swarm is doable within our existing technological base. If we are capable of building an artificial satellite, we can build a dyson swarm.
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by kiba 2y ago
It would indeed be inadvisable to use all of sun energy captured on Earth, but they're not going to be used entirely on Earth.
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by kiba 2y ago
Dyson sphere(swarm, because sphere is misconstrued as solid) is based entirely on known physics and can be made with our existing technology base, just not with our current industrial base. SETI is a valid research priority.
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by kiba 2y ago
> Well, so is building Dyson swarms and spheres. I'd bet that we will figure out fusion first. Dyson Swarm doesn't require new technology. It is nothing but a collection of objects orbiting and gathering energy to power its own
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by kiba 2y ago
Earth already do this. We only use some energy for our purpose.
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by kiba 2y ago
Unworkable in reality how? Is it political? Is it economic? Is it physics? Is it geometry? What about Interstate 80 that makes it special? Is it about freight carrying capacity? Can that be substituted by trains? Why does it have to be in t
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by kiba 2y ago
The majority of traffic on the road are....personal users, not freight. Induced demand and the usage of personal cars is what clogs road networks in urban area. Usage of mass transits such as train and trams will reduce road usage and freer
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by kiba 2y ago
Highway networks are expensive and relatively low capacity, which lead to traffic congestion in urban area, which is where the majority of Americans live. High speed roads should be limited to rural area and no more than two lane, one for e
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by kiba 2y ago
America is very rich because of its bureaucracy and its system of governance. It would be even richer if obstacles to good urban planning are identified and removed.
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by kiba 2y ago
Roads and highways are inherently public infrastructure and cars doesn't indicate personal and political freedom. They are just a mean to achieving personal mobility just as trains and bikes are. Look at China, there are highways and r
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by kiba 2y ago
We may not be responsible for people's behaviors but it's certainly not going to get better if nobody do anything about it.
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by kiba 2y ago
I got earworms but nothing super vivid.
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by kiba 2y ago
The problem is the lack of stability not wealth, though wealth should contribute to stability. Housing and transportation continue to dominate American household budget. Now, I did read that somebody suggesting that it's not cost but d
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by kiba 2y ago
Oil refinery damage are going to be increasingly hard to repair, given the lack of readily available parts and the loss of western expertise.
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by kiba 2y ago
This is false, Ukraine did not use land-lease. This was IMO a mistake, especially in hindsight about the delay of US Aid to Ukraine.
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by kiba 2y ago
Citing the hard specification of various military hardware does not an analysis make. You neglected entirely the soft components, which is why we see severe under performance of the Russian air force in Ukraine. It is unclear if the US will
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by kiba 2y ago
The reason why Russia invaded Ukraine wasn't because of NATO but to maintain their sphere of influence, and apparently reclaim the Russian empire.[1] Indeed, it is Russia's greatest strategic mistake if they wish to push against t
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by kiba 2y ago
The US is the greatest air power in the world bar none, and they're trained to disable and dismantle the opposition force's air defense and capabilities. It would be a mistake to think the US is weak in their SEAD game. And that&#
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by kiba 2y ago
Cold war era NATO is a different beast than today's, and we're talking about something like the timespan of 50 years.
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by kiba 2y ago
The Russian way of war isn't a bad way to go, but of course the units that know how to best fight like the Russians are actually(or used to be) the Americans. I don't think it's necessary true that the war devolves into a lot
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by kiba 2y ago
The relationship is likely bidirectional as opposed to a one way street.

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