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by markvdb 2y ago
That is possible if their editorial staff honestly believe two things: - The rule of law and the republic as a process are superior to anything else. - One of the candidates does not subscribe to these sufficiently. In that case, and given
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At least part of that might very well be illegal.
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> The craziest detail about this story is that, in the early 1980s, there was an organized effort to pressure the White House and pass legislation to make it impossible to deport Nazis. The effort was led by a group of Baltic and Eastern
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by markvdb 2y ago
Rare is the western world tech worker without kids or debilitating illness who can not easily retire early.
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by markvdb 2y ago
I invite you to read the book or read one of the interviews with the author. It goes so much wider than FIRE. Rather than a guide, it's an invitation to build your strategy. That should workas an individual or a couple, with or without
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by markvdb 2y ago
Frameworks and examples now exist showing how to gain this freedom. Jacob Lund Fisker[0]'s ERE[1] in particular is an interesting system theory based approach . [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Lund_Fisker
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by markvdb 2y ago
Another advertisement for https://grapheneos.org ...
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by markvdb 2y ago
https://deportetie.kartes.lv is but one illustration of Soviet != Russia for history buffs. An empire's heart and soul is usually black ice. The USSR was not an exception.
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by markvdb 2y ago
s/Russia/Soviet Union/ . Sloppiness weakens trust in the rest of this otherwise intriguing post.
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by markvdb 4y ago
Are cross-cultural and/or cross-national couples also part of this trend? I imagine there to be a growing number of cross-cultural couples with rising mobility. Hooking into traditional social life with one partner less aware of those
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by markvdb 4y ago
A lot has happened since 2017. There's been enormous evolution in: - solar and wind electricity generation: drastic cost reduction, massive scale-up - interconnects: lower cost, strong growth, especially in the EU - green hydrogen ecos
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by markvdb 4y ago
There's a lot of reasons for optimism. Renewables plus storage are getting better than nuclear in so many ways. This alternative is faster to deploy, more resilient, (getting) less dependent on questionable imports, (getting) cheaper.
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Her government proposed an unfunded budget that caused a gilt market panic. Part of the mortgage market dried up. Variable mortgage rates exploded. Pension funds had to resort to emergency measures. The Bank of England had to intervene.
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by markvdb 4y ago
I see a certain elegance rather than absurdity in closed cycle green energy storage. Whether H2, NH3, CH4 or something else, chances are that will require high quality CO2 sources. Both CO2 based electric power plants and cement factories l
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by markvdb 4y ago
Thank you for your comment. I'm really looking for a more extensive overview, an extensively motivated educated guess. For example, catching CO2 might be done much more cheaply when burning CH4 at a power station. This might change the
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by markvdb 4y ago
I am trying to get a good overview of how NH3 would work at scale as an energy carrier versus H2 or CH4. Any reason to speculate that one of them will dominate? Have you read any good overview?
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by markvdb 4y ago
Working for the butcher prince. We don't need that kind of people near any NATO army. Let's hope they stay in Saudi Arabia. In other news, this is just another symptom of a shrinking US empire. Pax americana is starting to crumble
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by markvdb 4y ago
There is no such thing as a stable country on the time scale required for nuclear energy safety. That requires decades. Humanity cannot provide that. Enerhodar is not the only example. World war two ended roughly 77 year ago. The US civil w
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by markvdb 4y ago
Vultures are mainly carrion-eaters, scavengers. Hyenas mainly hunt actively, often in coordinated groups, and not just for the weakest animals. Opus being a healthy codec, and the attempt at a coordinated attack make the hyena analogy seems
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by markvdb 4y ago
Hyenas, not vultures. Vultures don't hunt themselves.
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by markvdb 4y ago
Not all of the Baltics. Look at the position of Aivars Lembergs, the emperor of Ventspils. He is still the prime minister candidate for the ZZS party, the second largest party of Latvia. [0] https://www.baltictimes.com/vents
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by markvdb 4y ago
15 kWh of electricity for 100 km of car transportation is realistic for a defensively driven modest electric car. At 500W, that's about 80 km of car use per day. In an electric Hummer or similar, your car energy budget would be gone in
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by markvdb 4y ago
> you are effectively the property manager for a run-down rental property. This is an incredibly powerful analogy. Thank you!
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by markvdb 4y ago
Burning straw is a fairly common practice indeed. Don't confuse hay and straw. Straw can't be used for feeding animals. It's low nitrogen, high carbon/cellulose. Some houses are built out of straw, not hay for a reason..
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by markvdb 4y ago
Let me guess OP's reasoning. Most of the HN audience is privileged class by courtesy of being tech savvy. Unlike many others, most of us can keep investing even in less fortunate times when others cannot. Exactly those investments migh
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by markvdb 4y ago
Low class names are very recognisable in Belgium too. Names ending in "y" in particular. Kenny, Kelly, Lindsay, Jordy, ... I teach and try to go beyond the subconscious biases that come with those names. Not easy. For those who un
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by markvdb 4y ago
Belarus [0]. Not really a solution given the geopolitical context. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus_(tractor)
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I'd expect a somewhat half capable government to take care of that using 85% EU co-financing like what happens for about all crucial infrastructure in the Baltics. I only know about the situation in Latvia in detail. There, installing
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by markvdb 4y ago
Thank you for the link. Really useful. I don't know the answer to your question for certain, but let me make an educated guess: - Some electricity production in Latvia is natural gas based cogeneration, meaning it needs to run for inha
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by markvdb 4y ago
The general strategy that will get you quite far: - improve interconnects - overdimension production - CHP [0] with biomass fuel - hydro storage - increase demand flexibility - generate carbohydrates for seasonal storage - lower consumption

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