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by ta1243 1y ago
Yes that sounds spot on. I don't know instagram, but I would expect any provider to be handle almost any container/codec/resolution combination going (they likely use ffmpeg underneath) and generate their different output for
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by ta1243 1y ago
Including of course the laser. It's about 240 kilotons of TNT, or over 10 times the power of the nagasaki or hiroshmia bombs.
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by ta1243 1y ago
The article said 2 Petawatts for 25 quintillionths of a second. That's about 50mJ. That's about the amount of power used in your phone's flash when taking a picture, not a few seconds, but the LED being on for about 50-100
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by ta1243 1y ago
government incentives help to reduce the externalities You seem to think that two companies selling product A will rather sell 50 for $10 per unit profit than 100 for $9 per unit profit because it's easier. I mean, it's a view, su
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by ta1243 1y ago
Only if you believe that the invisible hand of the market doesn't work
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by ta1243 1y ago
Talk radio and TV are just as bad, as are the opposition. If Tories proposed it, Labour would be up in arms about postcode lottery. If Labour proposed it, exactly the same from the other side. Doesn't matter how sensible it is, the oth
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by ta1243 1y ago
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by ta1243 1y ago
And despite HN people not liking this reality, here's some examples https://www.gbnews.com/money/energy-bills-rise-postcode-lott... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ene
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by ta1243 1y ago
Or you just build a big runway.
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by ta1243 1y ago
Not really, you seem to think that the location of an automated factory which employs basically nobody makes a material difference to anyone, and I'm trying to work out what that is
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by ta1243 1y ago
The wealthiest 10% of America have increased the ownership of wealth from about 40% in the 1970s to 70% today, with no sign of slowing. A typical HN techbro may not care because they're likely in the wealthiest 35 million, but the only
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by ta1243 1y ago
That bridge is 4-rail, not 3-rail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torne_River_Railway_Bridge#/me... Even if you were to 4-rail every line, you'd potentially run into loading gauge issues (you would have to offs
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by ta1243 1y ago
The Iraq/North Korea/Syria/Iran/Sudan/Libya/Somalia/Yemen bit was. The banning transgender passports wasn't.
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by ta1243 1y ago
That applies with inelastic goods - land for example - where supply can't increase Assuming the base cost is 8k Supplier A and Supplier B charge 15k and have 100 customers between them, making 350k each Supplier B decides to undercut S
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by ta1243 1y ago
Politics however them collides, with "postcode lottery" headlines Democracy really limits governments
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by ta1243 1y ago
So "closer to 10cm" then Clearly not "doable", without guage changing bogies.
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by ta1243 1y ago
There are literally planes between China and Taiwan. Travel to one does not prevent travel to another.
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by ta1243 1y ago
That's what the UK was doing before WW1, when private army (including warships) from a private British company attacked places like Guangzhou, before the UK government forced their terms of trade on China. History doesn't repeat i
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by ta1243 1y ago
How will apple being in Nebraska make any difference to Joe Bloggs from Oklahoma importing something?
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by ta1243 1y ago
Which means 100% of the money goes to the owner. At least now some goes to foreigners who watch stuff on youtube so american workers get a little of the money.
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by ta1243 1y ago
Seems to have been just before covid - certainly wasn't when he did his trip though https://www.onceuponasaga.dk/blog/259-saudi-s-in-audi-s-and-...
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by ta1243 1y ago
> because passenger lists on planes are pretty much public knowledge so it would be an easy lie to detect. Not a problem for this guy
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by ta1243 1y ago
They stopped stamping at Tel Aviv airport many years ago, but last time I went to Gaza they were still stamping. No idea about now. Some countries (Syria etc) will not only not let you in with an Israeli stamp, but also any sign of visiting
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by ta1243 1y ago
Intimacy 20,580,717 (0.25%) Warfare 8,582,378 (0.10%) Glad to see "Make Love Not War" still works.
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by ta1243 1y ago
And apple seems happy staying in California and paying the tiny amount of tax it does. Assuming no change in costs, how does moving its factories from China to Nebraska change anything, for apple, for the US government or the US citizen?
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by ta1243 1y ago
Whether you pay $40 a month to apple for 2 years and $10 a month for your contract, or $50 a month for a contract for 2 years with a "free" phone, doesn't change anything (other than being locked into the airtime contract nee
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by ta1243 1y ago
So the company owning that factory moves it to Iceland or Ireland or India who don't tax it. Or you could bypass all that and simply tax Apple now, despite their factory being in China.
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by ta1243 1y ago
According to that list Saudi Arabia is one of the 189 countries. Saudi is a nightmare to get into, even as a Dane.
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by ta1243 1y ago
OK lets assume the entire chain is automated and you don't need to employ anyone. The factory can go anywhere, in China, in France, in California, in North Dakota. What benefit is that to the average American citizen?
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by ta1243 1y ago
US assets far exceed US debts https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/20250313/html/rec... If US private assets were used to "pay off" US government debt (much of which is owed to US private

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