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by max76 8y ago
On the other hand, our current nuclear bombs initiate a fusion reaction with a fission reaction. The radiation comes from the fission. If fusion research finds a way to initiate nuclear fusion in a payload small enough to fit in a warhead
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Investments in fusion is the most rational long term energy investment. * Fusion has the potential to increase the amount of energy we generate by several orders of magnitude. * Fusion has the potential to be much cheaper than $.03/kWh
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The United States doesn't have a monopoly on liberty and civil rights. 45% of all countries are "free" using The United State's own definition of the term [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freed
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iPads with a keyboard are awesome at communication tasks such as email, IM, and A/V calls. Some advantages of iPads over laptops for these tasks. * Laptops go to sleep when not plugged in or being interacted with. The iPad can provide
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The A series processors inside the iPad Pros are significantly faster than the Atom processors inside netbooks.
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It's a consideration, but the article claims that reported restaurant employee-hours is increasing, so we can determine that off the book labor is not cannibalizing the restaurant industry's on the book labor.
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> The problem occurs when these folks are confronted by facts that are at odds with their belief systems. The options are to either rethink your ideology or alternatively ignore the data. Most participants seem to have done the latter. E
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I want to see data driven novel approaches to addiction management. The 12-step model has dismal success rates [0]. Virtually all of the novel programs and facilities either do not report a success rate or their reported rate is highly susp
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Off topic, but I think jeans are a great example of a product where more money leads to a better product, especially for a well informed consumer. Japanese Selvage Denim[0] (starting at ~$80)[1] uses higher quality denim, is woven tighter,
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Yes, Alzheimer's patients will eventually need to be placed in a facility.
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Quick algorithm that identifies all brain scans with Alzheimer's. public bool HasAlzheimer(GlucosePetScan patientScan) { return true; }
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Correct, Google has all the leverage to dictate what non-Apple smartphone manufacturers sell. Moving to Fuchsia would be expensive for everybody involved. Google is developing a new OS. Chip manufacturers will have to write new driver code
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> And that music streaming service probably comes close to maxing out the entertainment most people can get from purchasing music There is a large population of concert goers, and large market for music merchandise and musical instrument
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A music streaming service provides me with hundreds of hours of entertainment for $120/yr, guaranteed. If you include hardware costs I've spent tens of thousands of dollars on video games. The number of games I've spent more
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This sounds like a cost to phone manufacturers, not a benefit.
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I think Google legitimately believed nothing was wrong with their implementation of Java and that implementing a language with so many developers was a smart move.
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Yes, there literally isn't a computer in every home. Less than 9 out of 10 households in the US currently have a computer[0]. Yes the smartphone made computers much more accessible, especially in third world countries. The iPhone was
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His most famous prediction was one he helped make true. Microsoft's original mission statement was "A computer on every desk and in every home"
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If I buy something at BestBuy or Target I feel well assured that everyone else that bought the thing from Bestbuy or Target, barring promoted discounts, paid the same amount for the item that I did. People that buy cars usually do not pay t
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How do you determine the market value of a new car?
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CarMax has incentive to fail cars at inspection before they purchase the car, or to use the inspection results to adjust the price they pay for the car. The price of fixing a car under warranty can be higher than the difference between thei
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by max76 8y ago
If you consider spending money on software licenses a waste of money than you should consider getting out of the business of writing liscenced software. In general I find it’s unhealthy to work on products you don’t believe in.
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If the market isn’t sigficanlty large so that 144 people will pay 99 cents a year for the app (the minimum requirement to cover the developer’s cost) than the application is probably not tested and developed to a high enough standard that I
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The AppStore is a decade old, and the gate is holding strong. It’s likely that gate will exist for the rest of the iPhone’s product life, which hopefully ends within 20 years as smartphones are replaced by new technology.
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> Is GMO really any different than selective breeding Yes, GMO is very different. 1. GMO crops are genetic clones. We have never experienced such small amounts of genetic diversity in our crops. This creates unique liabilities. 2. Time
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I like the $99/yr bar of entry. That, combined with the more rigid review process, keeps the App Store's average app quality higher than the Play Store's.
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If there wasn't a need to buy rent, food, transportation, electrity, and communication I wonder if Candy Crush would have micro transactions.
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> It's really brutal. Google can effectively capture all profit margin from every web business in the world. That's what is happening. Lots of companies make a lot of money on the web. Google doesn't have a monopoly of pr
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Even as a native speaker, the way people use the language still surprises me.
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I will agree that people do not typically act rationally, the entire field of economics learned this lesson the hard way. I think people act very strategically with their political careers, and while they may make blunders they are caused b

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