nyokodo

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Geordie(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by nyokodo 4y ago|0 comments
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by nyokodo 4y ago
> Plenty of ways for BigCo to make money of developing nations. Making some money sure, but developing nations are not great consumer markets and BigCo isn’t making a big chunk of its profit there. It ought to be possible for BigCo to be
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by nyokodo 4y ago
You can do all of that by just being told the company name, address etc. Why does it have to come in the form of stationery?
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by nyokodo 4y ago
> a lifetime perpetual non-exclusive right to use and re-license said patent on what ever terms they deem acceptable. Probably the biggest immediate positive impact would be automatically securing the rights to produce and distribute the
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by nyokodo 4y ago
> go look up how much steel, oil and other primary inputs PRC generates domestically... China is a massive net importer of oil.[1] I guess they can make steel with coal but they can’t get coal to the steel plants let alone run their whol
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by nyokodo 4y ago
> extracting money from individuals for goods which don't exist or provide utility It’s already a billion dollar industry.
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> They have massive shipbuilding capacity and currently the most advanced destroyer The vast majority of their navy and ship building capacity is coastal. Their blue water navy is still minuscule and the challenge isn’t just manufacturin
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> But now we can't build anything and if china embargoes us, we're doomed. Firstly there is vastly more manufacturing in the US, Canada, and Mexico than you appear to realize. Secondly China is far more prone to being embargoed
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by nyokodo 4y ago
> Or does this not apply being not in reach of EU laws? It does apply as GDPR has no geographical limit according to the EU but they have to catch you and be able to prosecute which isn't going to be a straight pathway unless the bu
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by nyokodo 4y ago
> everyone must comply. Enforcement is going to be difficult for companies owned and operating entirely outside the EU. Of course that doesn’t apply to T-Mobile.
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by nyokodo 4y ago
This fallacy has always bothered me so thank you for stating it so well!
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> result in horrible resume. Any company that would ding you for working at a few failed startups in a row is not worth working for anyway.
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This is an article regarding the scientific papers published about the ignition reported on in 2021.
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> it is easier to heat up a planet, then we can both terraform Mars and not fix Earth That's not the only challenge with terraforming Mars, e.g. you also have to remove perchlorates and install a healthy soil microbiome etc. Those
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by nyokodo 4y ago
> until we have solved our problems here, Mars is just a distraction for a few escapists, and so worse than useless. The problem with this attitude is that there is no evidence that we will ever completely solve our problems on earth. Th
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by nyokodo 4y ago
> I've actually tried therapy again rather recently....I'm afraid I might just be wasting my time It can take a few tries to find the right therapist too. I encourage you to keep it up and see what happens.
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by nyokodo 4y ago
> I absolutely don't blame my first girlfriend for leaving. Good, it shouldn’t be about blame, neither her nor you, it just wasn’t meant to be. I get the sense that you’d benefit from talking to a therapist about this if you aren’t
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by nyokodo 4y ago
> Maybe things would have worked out It is highly unlikely that things would have worked out given your description. A healthy relationship is an honest one and sometimes life sucks and a supportive partner will help you through those ti
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by nyokodo 4y ago
> If you believe any of what Bob Lazar described… Bob Lazar’s stories are not credible. His claims about his education are false, those about his work history seem extremely exaggerated, and his claims about element 115 have been experim
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by nyokodo 4y ago
Working out what to do with your life is easy for some who seem born to a particular vocation. However, a pattern you’ll notice is that those people are firstly focused on service to others in a role they’re good at. So, first focus on how
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by nyokodo 4y ago
Even minivans look meaner. 2002: https://images.iconfigurators.app/images/vehicles/reference/... 2012: https://cfx-vrf-main-imgs.imgix.net/2/4/f/1e950ff3b9d6acc23e... 2022: ht
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by nyokodo 4y ago
> Do you think my antibodies don't provide protection? Your adaptive immunity will probably provide a lot of protection from severe disease and hospitalization but it’s far less likely to prevent infection now. There’s been a lot of
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> On the other hand, credit cards' pitfalls are intentional rules that have no other purpose other than to explicitly be "sharp" and "cut" careless people. You already mentioned one way to ameliorate this that wo
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> It's not clear to me your average American and his public education are capable of understanding them Basic financial literacy sufficient to manage credit is well within the abilities of those with average intelligence. If the Pub
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by nyokodo 4y ago
> Just because OSHA and health & safety rules exist doesn't mean we intentionally make power tools and machines have blunt electrified edges to cut/electrocute anyone who isn't "literate" enough and accidenta
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by nyokodo 4y ago
> credit cards can really be shady (especially exploitative for those with low financial understanding) and I do think we should get rid of them. Or, promote better financial literacy.
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Spin Launch: can we throw satellites to space?(youtube.com)
6 points by nyokodo 4y ago|0 comments
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> What level of profit did the mine bring in? That's the real question that I've never seen an answer to. Who has time for ascertaining the facts when there are politically derived narratives to promote.
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> Starship is planned to take 100T to LEO The SpaceX website says “100+ t” to LEO. So 100t is a lower bound? Who knows? [1] However: “Starship can land 100 tons on the lunar surface," said Aarti Matthews, Starship Human Landing Syst
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> 500,000 metric tons. Which would take around 25,000 Falcon Heavy launches to get to the moon Starship can apparently take 100t to the moon which would be 5000 launches. Elon math has cost per launch eventually reaching $2m which would

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