mavhc

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481.
by mavhc 3y ago
It doesn't matter if they stop, only that they pay enough to clean up the pollution, and then we use the money to clean up the pollution
482.
by mavhc 3y ago
Or just change your business practises to not emit it in the first place, suddenly installing solar panels is insanely profitable
483.
by mavhc 3y ago
That would happen automatically, as no one would buy your products as they were too expensive, the companies would race each other to install more solar and wind, and to massively reduce their emissions.
484.
by mavhc 3y ago
Depends what they're for, to say 1000 hours from this point in time, no, to say at 10am in your local time zone in 100 days, yes. If it's in the past, no
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by mavhc 3y ago
SpaceX posted a Q1 2023 profit of $55 million on $1.5 billion in revenue And the spend about $2 billion on Starship per year. So $6 billion in, $2 billion on Starship, $4 billion in other costs. In 2022 they launched 61 times, which is $65
486.
by mavhc 3y ago
The responsibility is only on the government for allowing the pollution of the commons for less than the cost of cleaning it up. Getting away with not paying your externalities is the reason things are cheaper than your competition. Tax pol
487.
by mavhc 3y ago
There aren't that many private jets, the article talks amount their investments causing 40% of their emissions, so not directly causing it. I suspect house size is mostly to blame. But the solution is simple, tax everything the amount
488.
by mavhc 3y ago
Do you store your login to the website in a fireproof bag?
489.
by mavhc 3y ago
Except for being basically impossible to take the lid off
490.
by mavhc 3y ago
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad+Air+(5th+Generation)+Te... looks full, area around the edge for thinness I suppose
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by mavhc 3y ago
> It sounds like the w3w folks did not do any such thing They were too busy spending money on marketing, it's not like every news organisation ran a story about it by accident
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by mavhc 3y ago
True, I used NIH in the opposite meaning accidentally, I mean it was not invented at Microsoft
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by mavhc 3y ago
As soon as Office 2007 didn't use MSI the format was doomed. I assume the Here in NIH refers to an individual team, not MS as a whole. Teams is entirely NIH https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows for updates
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by mavhc 3y ago
How is it running roughshod? I'm sure you can opt of of society by going to live on a small island
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by mavhc 3y ago
That's true, someone would have just stolen your home, and with no government there's no one to say that's illegal. Have you heard of batteries? Nuclear power?
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by mavhc 3y ago
By burning fossil fuels and causing a catastrophe. Easy solution anyway: Unlimited kwhs, for £100/kwh, controlled kwhs for £0.05/kwh
497.
by mavhc 3y ago
Right, being able to sell the most ads because you have the most page views about something people are specifically interested in
498.
by mavhc 3y ago
X-Files is terrible, the overarching plot had no end, and it made believing in conspiracy theories mainstream. You want to know why half the planet have gone insane? X Files.
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by mavhc 3y ago
Depends if you managed to explain why
500.
by mavhc 3y ago
Isn't their business model mostly: Having the most popular search engine?
501.
by mavhc 3y ago
Starting with a piano keyboard where A-L were on the black notes and M-Z on the white below them in reverse order Then the vowels were moved to the top row These letters still fit that pattern eyuio adfghjkl mnvxz I and O were near 9 and 8
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by mavhc 3y ago
If so then there's no solution except most people dying, which is why we should at least try something better
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by mavhc 3y ago
That would require way more magic/sufficiently advanced technology than we can afford currently
504.
by mavhc 3y ago
"Of course my story is not an allegory of Atomic power, but of Power." The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien #186
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by mavhc 3y ago
Tax everything the amount it costs to clean up the pollution it causes, then use that money to clean up the pollution. Magically cheaper ways to clean up pollution, and ways to cause less pollution will be then created
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by mavhc 3y ago
Our thermostats are 230V too, so stupid
507.
by mavhc 3y ago
If BSG had preplanned better they wouldn't have been caught out by the writers' strike and failed somewhat at the end, apart from that, great show.
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by mavhc 3y ago
I'll always prefer visual effects that are somewhat realistic vs aeroplanes/boats in space that every non B5/Expanse show does
509.
by mavhc 3y ago
Stargate SG1 was consistently OK, but rarely great. Atlantis was mostly bad, stopped watching it. Universe had much better characters. Babylon 5 and Expanse were better though, pre planning plotting, still surprising most shows don't b
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by mavhc 3y ago
Apps, fine. Charge people, say, $99/year to be on their platform and get moderation. But digital goods? Not fine. Google also reviews apps using humans, and allows 3rd party app stores. Interestingly they say their 15-30% fee pays for

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