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by sunstone 6y ago
If Reunion and Mauritius can make a go of things in the middle of nowhere I'm pretty sure the people of Hong Kong can do equally as well, with or without China. However, having a reliable rule of law would be the big advantage that Ho
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by sunstone 6y ago
Why don't the magazines get together and offer a package deal? Kind of like cable but for print media. I know Apple has something like that but I'm not an Appostle. If I could pick the publications I want I would be on that in
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by sunstone 6y ago
The citizens of Hong Kong need a new domicile, perhaps Tsushima Island between Japan and Korea. In any case, somewhere where they can continue with the rule of law. There is no way that the economy of Hong Kong can thrive under the (non e
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by sunstone 6y ago
It's a business decision. With the economy tanking they'll be able to hire better grads and a recent grads than they normally could, work them like dogs for twenty five years and then wait for a convenient recession for a big layo
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by sunstone 6y ago
Actually, at the time, once other potential user groups saw how beneficial the technology could be for them (airlines, farmers, on and on) these groups threatened to send up their own GPS systems unless the government agreed to enable full
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by sunstone 6y ago
There are almost 300 comments on this story and not one of them (that I read) has mentioned how shady the Japanese government have been in the handling of this case. They basically conspired with management at Nissan to have Ghosn taken in
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by sunstone 6y ago
Embrace, extend, extinguish. Forever Microsoft.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Digital ad tech may be mature but search is not. If it was then the experience of using any search engine would be very much the same but in my experience that is not close to being true yet.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Formerly the average adult spent 34 years staring at text on the printed page.
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by sunstone 6y ago
I think it's helpful to remember that Musk being in the media is the primary plank in Tesla's marketing effort. So being controversial and therefore being in the media is literally a part of his job. Even before covid-19 got ser
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by sunstone 6y ago
In my twenty five years of browsing the web I've clicked on two ads. The second one very recently. I guess it's a tough job.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Someone once described genius as taking a shot in the dark and hitting something. In which case, taking more shots does increase your odds.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Or maybe they spend their spare time working so they can afford to stay in school.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Once Trump is out office and Bezos is still in business Trump may be heading into heavy weather business wise. Imagine something like a Bezos Tower beside each Trump Tower but higher quality at half the price, etc.
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by sunstone 6y ago
The standard for extradition is that the alleged infraction must also be a crime in the country being asked to extradite. So that's what Canada is trying to determine right now.
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by sunstone 6y ago
LED lighting has taken the world by storm and we never hear a peep about it.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Yes, when a magnet holds up a nail, what you're seeing is that the force of the tiny magnet on the nail is much much higher than the gravitational force of the entire earth on the nail.
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by sunstone 6y ago
These days most contracts are being bid solar+battery at a ratio of about 5:1, if memory serves.
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by sunstone 6y ago
University, the place where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.
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by sunstone 6y ago
This is interesting as long as the "astonishing increase" isn't just all the cloud vm's updating to 20.04 server.
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by sunstone 6y ago
That 2 billion dollar payday would have kicked that up a bit. But c'est la vie, it was not to be.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Definition of a Gentleman: someone who knows how to play the bagpipes but doesn't. This is kind of similar.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Clearly thinks he didn't get his due but he doesn't spend any time talking about the artists that inspired him.
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by sunstone 6y ago
For the record, I see that Hong Kong is taking this approach, at least with the reusable masks, one for every citizen.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Has Venus been definitely ruled out as the body that hit earth and created the moon? It certainly has some odd characteristics.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Do the risky stuff first. Then rough out the whole thing, then refine it. Just like a sculptor.
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by sunstone 6y ago
To be honest I don't think anyone can value Tesla with any accuracy, not even Musk. The prudent valuation is to value it as a straight up auto company. But then, what about the tera batteries, the solar roofs, the cybertruck (which s
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by sunstone 6y ago
And join a monastery? Not the way to bet imho.
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by sunstone 6y ago
Calling your stock over valued is not unprecedented. Even Mr. Buffet has done so in the past. What is a little unusual is to announce this in the middle of the trading day.
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by sunstone 6y ago
The writing was on the wall a few months ago but still it's nice to see that this travesty has finally been given the boot.

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