tebs1200

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by tebs1200 3y ago
Yes. We can easily generate more than enough renewable energy, just not when and where we need it. Being able to transmit energy over vast distances would greatly improve the economics of our existing renewable energy generation solutions.
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by tebs1200 3y ago
Yep - Classic homeless person, telling everyone to thank capitalism.
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by tebs1200 4y ago
The reason behind "Basis Points" is that saying something has increased by a percentage is ambiguous. If interest rates are 5% and they are "increased by 0.25%", does that make them 5.25% (adding 0.25% of 100) or 5.0125%
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by tebs1200 4y ago
Couldn't it also translate into a falling standard of living in developed countries as large populations of increasingly affluent people compete for the same limited resources? It could also translate into an increased rate of extracti
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by tebs1200 4y ago
> when the developing world is developed, I suspect they also will see declining population I suspect you are right. What is less clear is whether earth has the resources to sustain the standard of living rising in these developing natio
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by tebs1200 4y ago
Which parts of the site do you interpret as describing "degrowth" narrative? I had a look at the solutions listed and the general theme seemed to be smarter use of existing resources and didn't really mention growth, or reduc
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by tebs1200 5y ago
You're right to use "indices". The example is just provided to show how inconsistent plurals are in English. 90% of the time you just slap an "s" on the end of a word, but there's a crazy amount of exceptions t
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by tebs1200 5y ago
Except Bitcont isn't a security, so there are no laws against "Pump and Dump" in the unregulated market. Some would argue that Bitcoin is fundamentally a giant "Pump and Dump" anyway, so nothing to see here.
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by tebs1200 5y ago
It's trivial to do that in Australia. Is this still a significant challenge in the US?
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by tebs1200 7y ago
What would you like people to pitch as an alternative effective action? It's something that most people can look at immediately. You eat every day so what you eat does have a relatively large impact on your personal carbon footprint. I
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by tebs1200 7y ago
How would you propose authorities stop people from using their phones while driving without: 1. Detecting when people are using their phone while driving? 2. Imposing a penalty when people are caught? Applying a high fine for infringements
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by tebs1200 7y ago
A well written guide for introducing some of the power of Vim to a new user. One thing I'd suggest for the author, based on a quote from the article - "Invest your time to learn new skills" - Try and invest some time to learn
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by tebs1200 8y ago
Oh - I thought that had already happened.
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by tebs1200 8y ago
No - An articulating cordless drill can't carry out a "complex series of actions" and it can't do anything automatically. It stated in the article that the device's operation could be tailored to each individual&#x2
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by tebs1200 8y ago
It comes down to semantics, but based off the opening paragraph on "Robot" it seems that it would fit the definition: "A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer— capable of carrying out a complex series o
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by tebs1200 8y ago
They don't? I've been using Atlas for over a year now and I don't have any complaints. It was super quick to set up and I've never had a single issue in terms of performance or availability. What have your issues with At
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by tebs1200 8y ago
I'd imagine that the majority of people who want to run a terminal on iOS would have access to a Mac and Xcode, so even if this can't be released on the App Store, it could still be a useful project for many.