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by sunstone 6y ago
You can't expect a private sector media organization to "do the right thing." It's the old hoping for behavior B while rewarding behavior A. The only way to get a media organization that serves the public is to fund it
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by sunstone 6y ago
It's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission.
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by sunstone 6y ago
No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Just as many countries have government funded but independent judiciaries and central banks. It is known Khalesi.
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by sunstone 6y ago
The problem for Xi with respect HK and Taiwan is that plenty of mainland tourists will visit and learn from the locals how much they prefer democracy. These values will then seep back into the mainland and the CCP wants to maintain the fict
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by sunstone 6y ago
Every democracy should have a government funded independent news organization, and most do. The major exception being the US. The solution is tried and true but the political will is lacking.
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by sunstone 6y ago
I once worked with a Malaysian guy who had worked in the Singaporean broadcast company. They managed all radio equipment. He told me the story of one time the radio gear salesman gave the manager a box of chocolates at Christmas. The man
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by sunstone 6y ago
I thought 20.04 would be the version where I went back to Ubuntu from Mint. Then along came the Snap stuff and, looks like I'll be keeping Mint for a while longer.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Musk can take decisions that a board of directors would never approve. :)
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by sunstone 6y ago
So now Musk doesn't need a rocket to get to Mars. He can just stack up his money and climb there.
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by sunstone 6y ago
I've dealt with almost two dozen lawyers over the past twenty years and I am quite knowledgeable about the practices of stock brokers. In both cases it seems that the chances of getting a practitioner, at random, who will work with yo
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by sunstone 6y ago
The secret of happiness is low expectations.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Also a past hardware engineer. Also I've never bought anything Apple. And also never bought anything Microsoft for about 20 years (unless the license came with a computer). I'm not dogmatic about tech though, I just don't c
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by sunstone 6y ago
Yes, and now with autos driving battery costs downhill the window for general nuclear as "power backup" is closing quickly if not already slammed shut. In 10 more years they might be able to pivot to a niche market. Ships maybe,
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by sunstone 6y ago
Why not just live in denial like the rest of us?
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by sunstone 6y ago
The big news is that Honeywell was added. I thought they had drifted away in the '90's. Guess not.
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by sunstone 6y ago
There's a link to the motor manufacturer in the article (but it's down right now). As I recall the two motors are identical with no common parts other than the engine block.
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by sunstone 6y ago
That sounds pretty good for version 0.1. More sats would make it better, as would better sats. A promising start.
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by sunstone 6y ago
This airplane has a "2 in 1" engine. Two separate engines running on one physical engine block. So there is some engine redundancy.
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by sunstone 6y ago
I recall from the last time this plane hit the news cycle that it is designed to cruise at 60,000 feet where air density is lower and better fuel efficiency can be had.
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by sunstone 6y ago
According to the article $4.8bn of the $10.8bn has already been paid in tax. So that portion has been 'recovered'. The remaining $6bn though is still in play. What I don't see being mentioned is jail time. So it's no
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by sunstone 6y ago
Are you working from home or are you living at work ?
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by sunstone 6y ago
It's not impossible that as solar tech gets better and cheaper older panels may be replaced for financial reasons even though they are still functional.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Unfunded externalities.
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by sunstone 6y ago
While your point is arguable what is not arguable is that the weight in a Tesla is very much evenly distributed across the chassis and has a very low center of mass which leads to excellent handling. Whereas an ICE typically has a big hea
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by sunstone 6y ago
Yes, but self driving electric (tri)bicycles might be more practical, at least for urban commuting.
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by sunstone 6y ago
The (small) silver lining is that these blackouts are happening in the evening which suggests that solar is holding up the grid during the day when air conditioners are at max. In the evening though AC is still on but solar is absent. Tes
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by sunstone 6y ago
Apparently kids make you happier once they are over 5 years old. That is, once they are eligible for the state baby sitting service, oh I meant to say, public school system.
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by sunstone 6y ago
The version I know goes like this: A physicist, a mathematician and a logician are taking the train to Scotland. As the train crosses the border they see a black sheep on a hillside. The physicist remarks, "Oh look all the sheep in S
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by sunstone 6y ago
My understanding is that almost all the funding and board members of TikTok are western.

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