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by ppf 6y ago
In case you missed it, that was a list of the upsides of the Trump presidency. He certainly hasn't done anything like turn 3rd world countries into slave-trading hellhole failed states. Wouldn't want someone like that in a positio
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by ppf 6y ago
Right, so somehow he navigated the entrenched political machine of Washington DC to become president, de-escalated and decreased American influence at various war-torn hotspots (this is a whole different debate, but IMHO withdrawing from ho
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by ppf 6y ago
Any ideas for "bite", if trade sanctions aren't enough?
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by ppf 6y ago
Maybe, but that depends if you think trade action against China, and drawing attention to the increasing oppression of the citizens of Hong Kong, is ineffectual. Do you have any proposals?
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by ppf 6y ago
Trump is un-necessarily provocative towards China, or is weak on China? Which is it?
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by ppf 6y ago
They're only several hundred years late - us Brits have been using yeast to clean up our water into nice safe beer for a long time!
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by ppf 6y ago
The trick was getting the identity-based discrimination into the rules. It seems Reddit overestimated the number of people who fully agree with the modern definitions of identity based on perceived oppression.
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by ppf 6y ago
Reddit just boarded the one-way express to crazy town. How can that policy possibly be enforced? Even if they do decide on some workable definition of what "majority groups" are, and how to prove which group you are in, I can&#x27
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by ppf 6y ago
Exactly what I was thinking - I don't see how this approach will work in practice with the time it takes to find and positively identify a Covid-19 case, as the chain of contacts will become enormous.
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by ppf 6y ago
I think recent news is showing that a practical implementation of New Zealand's approach is not sufficient to acheive the required containment goal.
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by ppf 6y ago
No mention of Devuan, a fork of Debian for the sole purpose of removing systemd (and they're also not a fan of dbus, for reasons that escape me).
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by ppf 6y ago
So what would happen if renewable energy was the only choice? I guess most would have to dig a bit deeper.
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by ppf 6y ago
It's a question of scale, and balance. Yes, I think it is ridiculous to ask for donations to keep unwanted dogs alive when there are people on the same island who are suffering.
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by ppf 6y ago
That's not as ridiculous as you think.
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by ppf 6y ago
> Lack of regen braking is a bit of a downer... The mass of a bicycle and rider is relatively low, so there just isn't much energy to recover. It's not worth the more expensive motor and controller required to do it. https:&#x
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by ppf 7y ago
Oddly enough, today I finally had to give my mobile number to paypal - apparently due to incoming EU PSD2 regulations. I was also automatically signed up to paypal "one touch", where my device is now able to make transactions with
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by ppf 7y ago
That's not very British.
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by ppf 7y ago
>Coal mines are going broke. Maybe some are, but world coal consumption is actually increasing. Imho the bigger effect here is developed countries externalizing pollution and manufacturing costs (electric cars take a lot more energy to m
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by ppf 7y ago
Traded? You mean loaned. That was always the wording that was used to promote DAI, whatever the underlying transaction might be.
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by ppf 7y ago
That's not the complete story. They have lost one asset with a certain set of liquidity characteristics, and unexpectedly gained one with another set.
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by ppf 7y ago
If there is any correlation between current events and bitcoin price, then we have both a monetary and an existential crisis happening. What other crises would bitcoin be useful in?
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by ppf 7y ago
Last I checked, "real" PoS was at least a year away, and receding fast. The current testnets are so lacking in functionality I'm not sure they can be called PoS.
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by ppf 7y ago
Right, so when you say you'll tell us the state of PoS in 2020, the answer is "currently unsolved".
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by ppf 7y ago
Tell me, what does PoS look like in 2020, apart from delayed? ps. Using the word "maximalist" immediately shrinks your audience to other die-hard crypto fans.
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by ppf 7y ago
> So why not just make that the standard? Power loss in cables at low voltage / high amps.
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by ppf 7y ago
The seeds might not be sterile, but you will probably not get the same breed of plant. A lot of mass-produced veg is grown as an F1 hybrid, and the next generation (ie, from the seeds) will not have the same desirable characteristics.
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by ppf 7y ago
Agreed, the US system is flawed. I suppose with public-funded healthcare, everyone is on the same level - the survival rates of breast cancer and bowel cancer is the same for all (unless you can afford to fly to the US and pay for care ther
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by ppf 7y ago
Public health systems, well-funded or not, are not a cure-all. I'd be curious to hear if you have any examples - if anything, they are reliant on research funded by the huge amount of money sloshing around the US healthcare system. Giv
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by ppf 7y ago
At least now we can actually see the problem, instead of passing our "recycling" to developing countries and calling it good.
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by ppf 7y ago
Indeed. The mpg per person for a modern passenger plane is better than the average US car (assuming a single-person journey by car). The most important factor here is miles travelled, not the mode of transport used.

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