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901.
by sfifs 9y ago
if you don't produce gas, you need really complex and expensive LNG terminals that are also a security nightmare. Coal is non explosive, easily carted around safely
902.
by sfifs 9y ago
Two words - "base load". In developing economies, sufficient base load power doesn't exist. Solar and Wind do nothing at scale when a stable base load power supply doesn't exist. SolarCity is experimenting with batteries
903.
by sfifs 9y ago
Just to be clear, I think the reduction in currency note availability which has forced a large number of traders, businesses and the unorganized sector to accept bank payments a positive thing and reduced bribes anecdotal well worth the poi
904.
by sfifs 9y ago
> The government face-planted themselves miserably with demonetization experiment. They thought it would be easy to muscle everyone to use electronic payment without understanding the ground realities. The economy is performing below exp
905.
by sfifs 9y ago
consider that they actually have the opportunity to get the benefit today. I remember times not too long back where all of it disappeared in corruption.
906.
by sfifs 9y ago
I think you might not have a context of living in India. Before Aadhar, these benefits would disappear due to corruption even before reaching the needy while with Aadhar, millions of people have suddenly got bank accounts and get direct Ben
907.
by sfifs 9y ago
As a user, unless I'm logging into and using your product everyday, I'll definitely forget my login id in a few days and then go through the headache of trying to find my login id etc leading to a poor experience. So unless you ha
908.
by sfifs 9y ago
> I guess Google can choose to comply, what benefit is there for Google in that? Because the court can impose sanctions that restrict Google's ability to earn revenue in Canada?
909.
by sfifs 9y ago
highly likely an overfitted model if such a small change can drive such large variation
910.
by sfifs 9y ago
That's because they're what people _believe_ - their politics - an act of faith not dissimilar from religion. The set of econ axioms people espouse demonstrates their own world view - what they stand for. In a previous age, these
911.
by sfifs 9y ago
Have you been to China or have close Chinese colleagues?
912.
by sfifs 9y ago
Basically they don't take any working capital on their books this way it's all held by the franchisee. Also, liability for the fast food workers would be with the franchisee and not the corporation. I don't know in the US but
913.
by sfifs 9y ago
"Embedded developers" are really not Arduino's target audience. It's always been a platform for expanding the market of electronics hobbyists some of whom go on to learn more of the underlying chip features if they do so
914.
by sfifs 9y ago
create-react-app works out of the box for small applications and automatically sets up webpack to sane configurations. I've found that setup ideal for small apps. It's only on the larger apps with more complex customization where
915.
by sfifs 9y ago
That is similar to the plot point of one of those Star Wars prequels if I recall right
916.
by sfifs 9y ago
Is this financial mismanagement being covered up?
917.
by sfifs 9y ago
Don't know what your sources are but see this article based on coal ministry data which suggest coal imports are a small fraction of India consumption and rapidly coming down. Specifically to your point - "Goyal added that no powe
918.
by sfifs 9y ago
Australian coal is currently largely used for steel making in India as "coking coal" as far as I know. Power generation is largely local coal. A few power plants that depend on imported coal have been proposed but hardly any have
919.
by sfifs 9y ago
For him as an investor it doesn't.
920.
by sfifs 9y ago
So are you saying Japan builds infra cheaper than US by killing people?
921.
by sfifs 9y ago
> I suspect we're reaching peak open floor plans right now I doubt it simply because it's way way cheaper to have open floor plans than rooms. Savings on materials, easier compliance with fire safety, way higher density.
922.
by sfifs 9y ago
Sure, but you're using _their_ free platform to host _your_ content that _may_ be fair use. They have the right to be as legally cautious as they want on stuff appearing on their platform. You have the right to put your stuff on your o
923.
by sfifs 9y ago
This article reads like a poorly researched PR piece for the publishing industry. They're not really saying anywhere.the books by third party sellers are fake. Then they must have come from the publisher legitimately one way or the oth
924.
by sfifs 9y ago
Usefulness amd usability trumps efficiency every time in any user facing application. Electron enables a very large population of programmers and designers to produce useful applications using very evolved UI tech which can be multiplatform
925.
by sfifs 9y ago
equivalently, there's no real incentive to not use deadly force to clean the ships of pirates as a deterrence and take the write off on any damages. I suspect with drone ships and the lack of crew liability, there will arise contract s
926.
by sfifs 9y ago
Question seeking to understand - Why would anyone buy a tech component product that is explicitly called out as last of its kind?
927.
by sfifs 9y ago
Developing Unity is a cost center. Presumably there's not much revenue from developing it. Presumably the money being spent on it is better spent on server side where people do pay Canonical money for support.
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by sfifs 9y ago
I'm not a lawyer but I think what ultimately bit Microsoft was the fact that they were trying to contractually restrict OEMs from including alternatives (arguably harming consumers) and trying to argue that IE was part of the OS when
929.
by sfifs 9y ago
You need to understand the economic incentives in operation. Advertisers and Google have a risk avoidance incentive. It doesn't matter if they pass up good ad friendly content. They definitely don't want to take a chance to put th
930.
by sfifs 9y ago
This appears to be a common misconception that monopolies are bad from a public policy standpoint. For public policy, the existence of a monopoly is neither here nor there. Monopolies are problem ONLY IF their operations causes negative eco

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