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by namlem 4y ago
Union leaders are elected by their current members. The current members want to create labor scarcity to inflate their own wages. Unions, just like industry associations and all other types of guilds, have a natural incentive to raise the b
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by namlem 4y ago
It's not just the right levying those attacks. Wealthy progressives making the exact same arguments.
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by namlem 4y ago
The per mile cost is misleading because it's really the stations that are super expensive, rather than the tunnels.
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by namlem 4y ago
29 dead in 12 years is not bad at all. What's the issue here?
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by namlem 4y ago
"I was then told my student group would be dissolved if we used off-campus facilities" This is the craziest part to me. There doesn't seem to be any rational reason for it other than wanting absolute control for its own sake.
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by namlem 4y ago
It was quarantined but not banned.
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by namlem 4y ago
Why do you think they need such large cooling systems?
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by namlem 4y ago
Natural gas power plants are about 50% efficient. Transmission is about 95%. I believe transformer efficiency is also typically about 95%. Charge+discharge efficiency is also about 95%. Electric motors are about 85%. In total you end up wit
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by namlem 4y ago
One, power plants don't burn gasoline. Two, ICEs are incredibly inefficient, and burning natural gas in a powerplant and using the electricity to power an EV is absolutely more efficient.
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by namlem 4y ago
It's true that it's not quite a bribe, since the politician can't spend the money on personal expenses. However, it is still a way of buying influence, since the money goes to helping the politician getting reelected and ther
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by namlem 4y ago
Except in the USSR, these "crimes" often just meant opposition to Stalin's regime.
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by namlem 4y ago
Sensation isn't the issue here, perception is.
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by namlem 4y ago
I'm inclined to agree that it likely is necessary for general intelligence. It's like the Mary's Room thought experiment. You don't understand what the color red is if you've never seen it, no matter how well you
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by namlem 4y ago
Not worth the cost
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by namlem 4y ago
Honestly, given that it's only $1.16, I'd probably try mailing a check with the account name in the hopes that someone figures it out. Though I suspect they wouldn't and would just mail it back or lose it.
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by namlem 4y ago
The idea that TSMC is the main reason why China wants control of Taiwan is ridiculous. It factors in of course, but the issue goes way deeper than computer chips for China. One, it's a point of national shame that factors heavily into
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by namlem 4y ago
Antarctica is protected by various international treaties. Plus it's not necessary, there are plenty of good places to store nuclear waste. Political opposition is the real problem. Yucca mountain should never have been scrapped.
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by namlem 4y ago
Not necessarily. If a company doesn't engage in commerce then it can be based in one country and provide services in other countries regardless of their laws, so long as their home country is willing to resist attempts by other countri
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by namlem 4y ago
In the best liberal democratic countries of the present day, even being born poor is usually a pretty decent existence. I don't know if this is really a problem.
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by namlem 4y ago
I don't see why Lewis Hamilton being rich has a detrimental effect on society. After all, it's likely that his wealth is being stored as investments which are providing capital and liquidity to productive firms. I suppose hoarding
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by namlem 4y ago
There are actually quite a lot of companies in that space, though mostly pretty small ones. Panasonic does sell their own home battery system though.
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by namlem 4y ago
Many fleet purchasers are very much interested in the short range model. It's being targeted at businesses, not end consumers. Local businesses like landscapers don't need a ton of range. I believe Ford's long term strategy i
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by namlem 4y ago
DI water can prevent damage to a product that has gotten wet but not yet short circuited, but once something has shorted out, it's most likely too late.
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by namlem 4y ago
It would be great if Californian cities could actually implement housing first policies, but that's probably not possible unless the state government takes away their ability to control housing approvals.
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by namlem 4y ago
Fwiw, it sounds like this was just one of many incidents with Kipman. The forced shoulder massage is probably worse. But just the fact that HR reps apparently have to keep an eye on him at all times and managers make a habit of warning empl
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by namlem 4y ago
A remake of Alpha Centauri with Civ 5 mechanics and modern UI but all the original writing, voice lines, setting, etc.
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by namlem 4y ago
I admittedly don't know that much about the game, but it seems like Hell Let Loose has some elements of this.
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by namlem 4y ago
The Wiki article suggests it has not performed well in previous trials: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curcumin#MedicalResearch Given that this study produced a very large effect, I suspect a mistake was made somewher
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by namlem 4y ago
So that's why I never get caught ban evading on Reddit lol.
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by namlem 4y ago
You don't need to give chase, just note the license plate and look up the owner it's registered to.

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