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by nprz 4y ago
Aren't environmentalists ultimately motivated by their interest in preventing some sort humanitarian catastrophe? We don't want to make the earth uninhabitable as it would result in the death and suffering of millions of people. N
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by nprz 4y ago
Why aren't environmental activists more vocal about the potential for nuclear war? Seems like a very real threat to humanity, as much as global warming seems to be, but I've seen and heard almost nothing from them.
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by nprz 4y ago
Isn't the intermittency of the energy source the issue? And there's currently no scalable solution to efficiently store excess energy generated from solar panels?
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by nprz 4y ago
Currently working at smallish startup (~20 people) that gives every other Monday off. Been enjoying it, especially during summer.
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by nprz 4y ago
So then how do you explain this? https://twitter.com/firstsquawk/status/1564771213506818048?s...
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by nprz 4y ago
Where will they get the energy to power all these new electric cars? Is the grid capable of handling the demand necessary to charge everyones car?
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by nprz 4y ago
Crack seems to be a product people gravitate towards, but that doesn't mean it's a good product or beneficial for the user.
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by nprz 4y ago
> However, your right to privacy ends where money laundering and fraud begin. These are real problems that get in the way of catching criminals, and not just simple fraudsters and other non-violent liars. Should gov also scan every photo
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by nprz 4y ago
Urbit.
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by nprz 4y ago
So let's say they Christians decide "git abort" is offensive, do we remove it. And then group X decides term Y is offensive, do we remove it?
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by nprz 5y ago
Because they still do business in Russia.
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by nprz 5y ago
70 million Germans can't be wrong.
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by nprz 5y ago
> No governmental agency stepped in and told Spotify what to do Yes they did. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...
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by nprz 5y ago
Nigerians beg to differ: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jul/31/out-of-co...
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by nprz 5y ago
Lyn Alden probably has some of the best commentary on the current state of the US economy. Would highly recommend checking out her blog if you're looking to learn more: https://www.lynalden.com/
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by nprz 5y ago
ChainLink is an Oracle that provides real-world data to the blockchain. They're used by smart contracts like AAVE and Compound, things a hn reader might describe as "ponzi lending stuff".
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by nprz 5y ago
Eric Schmidt just joined ChainLink as a Strategic Advisor[0]. If crypto is such an obvious scam like so many hn readers believe to be the case, why would someone like Schmidt ruin his reputation by joining a crypto company? [0] https:&#x2F
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by nprz 5y ago
So you're saying companies should start moving their infrastructure to the blockchain?
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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Joins Chainlink Labs as a Strategic Advisor(prnewswire.com)
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by nprz 5y ago
If you look at wealth inequality over the past 50 years it would seem to indicate that those methods don't actually seem to accomplish much.
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by nprz 5y ago
Have you read Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent, Public Opinion by Walter Lippman, or Propaganda by Edward Bernays? If so, I don't think you would come to the conclusion that the media landscape prior to social media was bastion of
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by nprz 5y ago
Why buy call options? Why not just buy and hold equities?
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by nprz 5y ago
The world's most intelligent people can't figure out a way to make a 50k salary without spending 300k on education?
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by nprz 5y ago
I find and follow seemingly credible investors on twitter and take their advice on stock picks, funds, and assets.
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by nprz 5y ago
Same, helped me quite bit back when I was taking Calc 1 and 2 for that same reason.
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by nprz 5y ago
It's a collection of protocols use to loan and trade cryptocurrencies. The goal of DeFi is to replicate all the services a bank could offer, but through decentralized apps running on the blockchain.
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by nprz 5y ago
Someone made an interesting point that we got rid of cholera by drinking cleaner water and that we'll get rid of Covid by breathing cleaner air.
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by nprz 5y ago
If it's entirely useless how do you explain the adoption of BTC by people living in developing nations[0]? [0] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jul/31/out-of-co...
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by nprz 5y ago
Pseudonymous, censorship-resistent, permissionless, peer-to-peer. Many people in authoritarian or monetarily irresponsible countries use these features to protect, store, and transfer their wealth[0]. [0] https://www.theguardian.c
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by nprz 5y ago
What happens when those developed countries become authoritarian? Or starts printing trillions of dollars?

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