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541.
by ptah 7y ago
my favourite FC ambassador for sure https://twitter.com/SvetaPinto
542.
by ptah 7y ago
sure, there are set fees, which will be partially offset by the negative interest repayments
543.
by ptah 7y ago
also it takes a more long term vision than any corporation currently has. France electricity production is mostly state-owned and the government can afford to take a longer term view
544.
by ptah 7y ago
Possibly as it was achieved with state-run companies with the french government doubling down whilst others (I'm looking at you UK) privatised electricity production
545.
by ptah 7y ago
this is pretty awesome. hopefully it spreads across europe
546.
by ptah 7y ago
I wonder if periodic jubilee style debt forgiveness as in ancient societies could help clear the stagnation of money flow implied by this article
547.
by ptah 7y ago
the trend is for corporations to keep large cash reserves, essentially they are "extreme hoarders" in the financial sense. it comes with all the negatives that physical hoarding comes with
548.
by ptah 7y ago
are they trying to get more people to use linux? because that's how you get more people to use linux
549.
by ptah 7y ago
hopefully it won't lead to catastrophe https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/genetically-modifi...
550.
by ptah 7y ago
in one picture i can see what looks like dry waterways. possibly it does rain but lack of vegetation means water flows away too quickly
551.
by ptah 7y ago
> “Aggression tends to be more socially acceptable to many men than anxiety.” Is this what is meant by 'toxic masculinity'
552.
by ptah 7y ago
no i never said that. i merely observed that a question in the article is legitimate. not sure how i got dragged into addressing whataboutism in this subthread but ok
553.
by ptah 7y ago
i think the communist party has successfully managed to get most citizens to view themselves as part of a larger community more than as individuals
554.
by ptah 7y ago
they have had claims on all of those for a few centuries now, they didn't all of a sudden travel across oceans and continents to proclaim it theirs
555.
by ptah 7y ago
that edit will have other consequences for the plant as well as there is no gene that specifically controls susceptibility to this fungus
556.
by ptah 7y ago
> “Are white people still allowed to do this kind of stuff?” good question
557.
by ptah 7y ago
would it help if banana plantations were not monocultures? would it stop the spread if other trees were in between
558.
by ptah 7y ago
no one alive today is afraid of science. it's just that unbridled scientism zealotry seems to ignore second order and unintended consequences. https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/genetically-modifi...
559.
by ptah 7y ago
yip, and they are about to become a cautionary tale about GMO it seems. monoculture was once the height of scientific farming techniques. unintended consequences seems to be an unknown consequence of scientism, the religious zealotry that s
560.
by ptah 7y ago
interesting video illustrating how corporations control US military action
561.
by ptah 7y ago
you are going by the data SO FAR. it still has the potential to wipe out ecosystems continent-wide. you sound like the finance industry in 2006 speaking about MBS
562.
by ptah 7y ago
lol, you believe what you see on TV? here is a report that clearly states chernobyl had Europe-wide consequences "The Chernobyl fallout had a major impact on both agricultural and natural ecosystems in Belarus,Russia and Ukraine, as we
563.
by ptah 7y ago
they are a few decades late in taking action, but still welcome. let's hope it's not too late
564.
by ptah 7y ago
about time
565.
by ptah 7y ago
hail eris
566.
by ptah 7y ago
wow, it killed the > “elite of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center,” >It caused a brief spike in radiation in the nearby port city of Severodvinsk, according to a statement on the local administration’s website that was later removed.
567.
by ptah 7y ago
that would be one person, not all the cities in the entire region as would be in danger from a small nuclear reactor malfunction, as in OP
568.
by ptah 7y ago
new zealand climate (especially in the south) is not far off UK climate as far as i can tell. i found this http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cornwall/hi/people_and_places/na...
569.
by ptah 7y ago
the goalposts has always been the massive continent wide risk that nuclear disaster has
570.
by ptah 7y ago
they were developing small power sources for example domestic use

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