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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Dumb question, couldn't the rich invest their money in their children's startups who then have "an asset that they can build , maintain to then borrow against ("their wealth") doing the same for their kids ad infini
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Why not replace plane travel with hyperloop? Airplanes are high polluters, pay little taxes (none on fuel) , require massive bailouts and the only US civilian airplane maker is a soon to be anachronism... On the other hand...the infrastruc
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
How about..a salary based on the ressources you need/want to survive...so that those who work less (indirectly contributing more to society by sharing their job, childcare, volunteering or just being mentally healthy enough to think of
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Please delete my question once it has been answered but " why is your low-quality comment at the top of the comments" could it be that your sane reply attracted the attention to get him to the top? and btw how can I sort by new?
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Offhand, does someone know which countries that belong to the G7 and made this "historic agreement" have higher tax rates than that agreed upon? Edit In an alternate universe I wish the title was"G7 agrees to carbon tax"
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
ELI like I'm 5yrs old, I have a lovely mediapad from 2015, from Huawei, it runs Android...I like it's huge screen (great for watching movies) ...where is my data going?
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
As "a" consumer I do, but I think they're arguing that we need our "leaders" to show some "spine"... they have the power to force corporations to make drastic changes, but till now they're either dumb
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Respectfully, and sorry to HN readers for prolonging this thread, but curiosity compels me to ask , were u being ironic? or why would such drivel make you want vote to for the one person I cannot bring myself to name.
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Technically it was a UHVDC line, " As of 2020, at least thirteen UHVDC transmission lines in China have been completed" ...seems like something the US could invest in with their new infrastructure bill... "April 2010 announce
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
I have a friend from Romania who works in your country...very hard and high cost of living... I personally would prefer your "economy" suffers some contraction so he can come home and help here while you guys "modernise"
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Just an anecdote of what I remember seeing in New Zealand recently...on the northernmost tip...huge intensive avocado farms being set up....kind of sickening really but very much in tune with their economy which seems intent on ruining thei
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
>Poisoning a few watersheds in Asia for lithium and cobalt is far preferable to continued oil and coal extraction. Seems very cynical and reductive..."a few watersheds"... if one was to replace the ravenous need of workers for
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
I suppose one might consider the aspect that with ciment a lot of sand is used, which is a bane on the rivers (in Africa) causing terrible devastation... beyond that just the back breaking work of building a home ...seems much more "hu
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Wouldn't the solution be using the underground lava tubes? It would help with avoiding the radiation....also the techniques uses by the "Boring company" could come in useful....on that note seems like a good project to develo
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731 interestingly the perpetrators received immunity from the US...in exchange for information...I wouldn't be surprised if history repeats itself and a lot of people are count
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Congrats on the conversion...it should be done more, just a thought .... would a portable EV charger be the solution? just a quick google let me find Blink Mobile EV charging station...but maybe there are cheaper/smaller/lighter s
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by ratsforhorses 5y ago
Sorry curious, 18k works out at 1'500 a month, your expenses were 1100, was the rest tax?
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by ratsforhorses 6y ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56237991 There was this article in the BBC about development in future smartphone cameras/lenses
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by ratsforhorses 6y ago
Just a naive reply, but seeing you are taxed on profits, wouldn't a way to be taxed less be to pay your employees more, invest more in R&D, pay off debt or just plain accrue assets such as real estate or even other businesses for f
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We need more “good” conflict(time.com)
1 points by ratsforhorses 6y ago|0 comments
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by ratsforhorses 6y ago
The mere threat of its awesome killing power made an adversary think twice. In one of the most bizarre episodes Ms. Keller recounts, on July 17, 1863, during the draft riots, the New York Times (which supported conscription) mounted three G
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by ratsforhorses 6y ago
Smartphone ad hoc networks https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone_ad_hoc_network
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by ratsforhorses 6y ago
DNA digital data storage https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_digital_data_storage
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by ratsforhorses 6y ago
Just a thought, "paying nil significant taxes" would mean lower or nil income...? we could also include refugees, prisoners in that group I guess.... these people, may also be providing a huge extra to society in the form of being
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by ratsforhorses 6y ago
Just thought I'd add a relevant link as the phrase "dead downwind" caught my eye https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbird_(land_yacht)#:~:te... .
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Plastics are a BIG problem, by John Oliver(youtube.com)
4 points by ratsforhorses 6y ago|1 comments
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by ratsforhorses 6y ago
Just wondering, anyone know if/when/how the Biden administration is planning on ratifying the treaty (Basel convention) signed by 180 other countries placing strict limits on the export of plastic from richer countries to poorer o
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by ratsforhorses 6y ago
Just putting this out there.."Adapting a lamp post into a charging point for electric vehicles can cost as little as £2,000" Seems like a good infrastructure project ...
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by ratsforhorses 6y ago
But is it? I thought it was because of peoples and more to the point corporations and government "excessive" consumption of resources....? I'd argue kids actually (can) diminish use of resources by combining 2 (a couple) indi
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by ratsforhorses 6y ago
Why not combine reducing their number with supplying a "new" market for those who enjoy eating them? https://triedandsupplied.com/saucydressings/how-to-eat-sea-u...

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