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721.
by option 7y ago
We absolutely need nuclear energy. 1) Nuclear is the safest form of energy generation (measured in death/per mwatt) 2) Once operational it is always on and will substitute for solar/wind when those are unavailable 3) Energy conse
722.
by option 7y ago
I’m no big fan of recent Google, but huge thank you to them for driving a push towards https by default
723.
by option 7y ago
how would you feel about a documentary dramatizing facts about sv40 virus and vaccines?
724.
by option 7y ago
care to elaborate why you disagree? Suppose that show delayed/reduced nuclear usage by 1%. Than that capacity is filled by coal or oil (sun and wind can’t fill for nuclear - nuclear should fill for them when they arent available). The
725.
by option 7y ago
carbon tax is a great idea. But we still need to get clean energy from somewhere. Reducing (energy) consumption is not a long term answer
726.
by option 7y ago
As a thought experiment - by delaying the adoption of nuclear power, the creators of recent HBO series are probably going to be implicitly responsible for more deaths and habitat destruction than CHNPP explosion was. EDIT: their work isn’t
727.
by option 7y ago
I grew up near Chernobyl and my parents still work there. A lot of what people see in the media about nuclear is fear mongering lies. The recent “documentaries” on this topic further delays any progress on fighting global warming.
728.
by option 7y ago
If I put a camera outside of my house I want police to be able to access/react to what it’s captured. Our PD even has an app where you can register a camera with them (not direct access though)
729.
by option 7y ago
there is no void. Plenty of humans (myself included) live not only without believing in god but without a need to believe. “It’s easy if you try” I think what is needed is some basic education and security in life.
730.
by option 7y ago
great move! Please also join forces to help protect users in China and US
731.
by option 7y ago
the exporter then uses those numbers to buy resources (natural and political), real estate, media and influence inside importer. Until the importer is 100% dependent
732.
by option 7y ago
Of course, AI wasn’t just luck. NVIDIA have been a player in super computing way before deep learning wave started. CUDA was released in 2007
733.
by option 7y ago
Yes please, this is the only card I actually want mostly for security, privacy, zero fees and expense tracking reasons. Disclaimer: I used to work at Apple in their online services division, and I know first hand that (at least during that
734.
by option 7y ago
providing paternal leave equal to maternal leave is also important for closing women-men pay gap and eliminating biases against women.
735.
by option 7y ago
exactly. Then (on top of that) there are real estate taxes (huge in CA, unless you bought 25 years ago), sales taxes, medicare and social security taxes.
736.
by option 7y ago
I agree with what you said. But this means that US/West sanctions people for their democratic choice. We should instead sanction people associated with Russia’s totalitarian government.
737.
by option 7y ago
the UK is especially disgusting in this. For example, Chelsea is still owned by Abramovich (a close Putin’s ally) who has no trouble traveling, buying property and otherwise enjoying what West has to offer. Tons of “Untied Russia” party me
738.
by option 7y ago
Have you actually been to Crimea? Because I had and still have lots of relatives there (I am originally from Ukraine). I have zero doubt that overwhelming majority of people there (easily over 70%) want to be with Russia instead of Ukraine
739.
by option 7y ago
this punishes people who live in Crimea
740.
by option 7y ago
sanctions like these only alienate (otherwise mostly pro-democracy) people from US/West. Do impose sanctions on individuals who are associated with the rules of undemocratic regimes. But punishing whole populations (especially if they
741.
by option 7y ago
California does not have low property taxes. Tax = rate * assessed_value. assessed_value is huge if you purchased during last 7 years and goes up 2% every year
742.
by option 7y ago
Maybe this isn’t a problem, but I am curious about how and where all those solar cells and batteries will be disposed at the end of their usefulness?
743.
by option 7y ago
its mostly terms of use and legal disclaimers these days /s
744.
by option 7y ago
modern data augmentation techniques can be very effective especially when fine-tuning already pretrained model. But still very much work in progress
745.
by option 7y ago
global warming has sever long term consequences for economies as well. People need energy, problem is that the costs of dirty energy are spread out and “average Joe” doesn’t think of them as energy costs (pollution, worse health, wars for
746.
by option 7y ago
What is more important than deaths/twh? Costs? I would disagree. Perhaps, area lost to contamination (e. g. Chernobyl exclusion zone, Fukushima area). But then, how much is lost/flooded due to coal excavation, hydro dam flooding,
747.
by option 7y ago
> No one actually watches the video, unless something happens - Algorithms do (or will pretty soon )
748.
by option 7y ago
Two things: 1) humans do it by vision alone, hence, it is possible in principle, and 2) lidars are expensive and introduce one more failure point. Most of the self-driving cars you see in bay area with lidars on top actually use those lidar
749.
by option 7y ago
the progress is NOT given, we must very proactively seek it. isn’t that obvious?!
750.
by option 7y ago
the answer is yes. Everyone (even millionaire) has a right and should aspire to a better life. How can we afford this and not ruin the planet? The answer sounds simple - technology and human ingenuity. History tells us that it is our only r

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