s8s8discourse

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by s8s8discourse 3y ago
SME industrial production. Business electricity is/can be significantly more expensive than domestic electricity prices. It's a significant variable cost. Consider a small CNC routing enterprise running 4 machines. Each machine av
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by s8s8discourse 4y ago
While my opinion is nothing more than armchair general - I agree. The overwhelming evidence supports this, even before the incredible counter offensive. Even prior to the arrival of HIMARS, the decimation of Russian armour was astounding. A
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by s8s8discourse 4y ago
I presume he is thinking on the basis of Russia deploying another 200,000 troops and the effect that may have on undoing the gains of late (whether it will or not is another matter...). Extending that thought process, if a partial mobilisat
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by s8s8discourse 4y ago
That's not what I said. I just pointed out that your emotional response that backs your argument isn't necessarily reflective of what actually happens.
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by s8s8discourse 4y ago
> "The rest is rotting" Is it, though? Because operations I've been to use every last available ounce of the tree. Trunk and limbs are sawn, small limbs, branches, bark, and offcuts are ground for biomass heating. Yes, it&
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by s8s8discourse 4y ago
Some trees can grow over a century. Some can't. Some trees growth top out by 50 years and then grow incredibly slowly (sequestering carbon at a much slower rate). Some grow for 300 years and sequester carbon at a constant rate. Which i
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by s8s8discourse 4y ago
Trees only have a finite lifespan. Even "wild" forests reach end of life stage and that's when responsible logging and forestry management can promote healthier forests. Using those trees sequesters the captured carbon into s
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by s8s8discourse 4y ago
In the last two years I've been committing just 16-24 hours/week of actual sit-down-at-desk work to the projects/contracts I've worked on. Despite not working 40 hours, I hit all my deliverables and leave my clients very
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by s8s8discourse 4y ago
There isn't sufficient margin in drink to float a pub. The margin is in food (and to an extent, dispensed soft drinks). Because priority becomes food over drink, people are willing (and able) to drive further for a better pub. Competit
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by s8s8discourse 4y ago
High powered vehicles don't have a tendency to cause anything. Driver input causes sudden acceleration. Having access to more power is not an inherently dangerous thing. Poor driving ability is a dangerous thing - though I agree that m
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by s8s8discourse 4y ago
> 4. Scaffolding being put up or taken down. Incredibly noisy, actually has to be done fairly regularly, many companies illegally do this at the weekend in the early morning as it's a part time job for them It's incredibly unli
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by s8s8discourse 4y ago
>It was also used to shut down businesses, anyone could say they had covid, report it on the NHS phone app and then that would trigger all those people in the vicinity to have to isolate I had significant misgivings about the app and it&
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by s8s8discourse 4y ago
anecdotally, I was approached for a lead role with Lego pre-pandemic. Very high expectations for role/responsibilities and technical prowess. Very low remuneration on offer. And that was before rates and salaries shot through the roof
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by s8s8discourse 5y ago
The scam is misrepresentation. There's an almost intangible line between "fake it til you make it" and "fraud". There's pushing that line, and there's jumping over it. - Misrepresented previous client list
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by s8s8discourse 5y ago
how do you expect the producers of the content you consume to continue putting out the content you want to consume if they're unable to monetise that content?
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by s8s8discourse 5y ago
Nice edit. How do you justify your $1000m valuation of a company that generated $700m of PROFIT in a single quarter?
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by s8s8discourse 5y ago
Bold assertion immediately following a pandemic in which the demand for rentals fell to... zero. It took a significant pivot for AirBnB to recover and maintain revenues.
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by s8s8discourse 5y ago
How do you justify your $100m valuation of a company that generated $700m of PROFIT in a single quarter?