strawberrypuree

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by strawberrypuree 6y ago
20 years, or even 50 years, in the context of critical infrastructure and state level debt obligations is not that long. Nor is it sensible to consider “competing technical innovations” as if, say, solar and nuclear were mutually exclusive
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by strawberrypuree 6y ago
>Every nuclear power plant in the United States has been a money pit and produced the most expensive electricity. How much have carbon emissions cost individuals in the form of negative health outcomes? Diablo Canyon cost 14b in 2019 dol
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by strawberrypuree 6y ago
If you have your Tesla account password memorized, you can turn any old smartphone -- a friend's, one you buy at Target -- into the key if you so choose.
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by strawberrypuree 6y ago
Google plans far beyond 2020, and far beyond this pandemic. Further, these deals were closed long before this year. Work culture will change for sure, and the layout and form that commercial real estate takes will change too, but it’s far t
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by strawberrypuree 6y ago
If you're looking for your next step after this documentary, it's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Surveillance_Capita...
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by strawberrypuree 6y ago
If you work at Google or Facebook today, consider yourself on notice: the ban on targeted advertisements is coming. The unfettered mining of behavioral surplus is a privacy disaster and governments are just beginning to take notice.
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by strawberrypuree 6y ago
ROTW doesn’t treat US businesses like US treats Chinese businesses because the profit vs risk calculation is skewed in favor of profit. It’s the same reason why African countries, with some limited hesitations, are doing business with China
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by strawberrypuree 6y ago
This is an uncharitable, mean spirited take on the comment you’re responding to and you should feel bad for having submitted it. Please take a moment to draw upon empathy before posting in the future.