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by thinkcontext 9mo ago
> The embodied carbon of a Rivian for example is never paid back by operations Really? I could imagine it being significantly longer than an average EV, but never? Regardless of driving pattern? Got a link or can you show your math?
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by thinkcontext 9mo ago
Putting a lot of words I did not say in my mouth.
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by thinkcontext 9mo ago
I don't necessarily agree with calling it "kidnapping" but the current administration is different in their use of profiling (racial and otherwise). That is new, previous court rulings had blocked that kind of behavior.
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by thinkcontext 9mo ago
Elon Musk is a walking talking advertisement for the dangers of social media rotting your brain. But now I'd like to talk to you about white genocide in South Africa ...
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by thinkcontext 9mo ago
> Anecdotally Then it is of no interest
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by thinkcontext 9mo ago
> Ask yourself, if you believe vaccines aren't more dangerous than any other pharmaceutical product, then why not support removing the blanket liability immunity given to vaccine makers, that no other medical product needs? Because
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by thinkcontext 9mo ago
Colombian narcos have been using drones against the state, they tally 58 dead, 400 injured. This is a big problem that is going to get a lot bigger quickly. Colombia likely can't afford many fancy defenses and anyway they are likely to
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by thinkcontext 9mo ago
Individual trees are short term storage which is why its important to create healthy ecosystems for them to live in. Turning denuded farmland back into a forest buffers carbon from the atmosphere for as long as the forest stands. It could
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by thinkcontext 9mo ago
I think this loses the forest for the trees. That is, a single tree rotting isn't what matters its how long the ecosystem the tree is part of lasts. Consider a square kilometer of denuded land turned back into a forest. You can thin
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by thinkcontext 9mo ago
Chemical reduction of CO2 is a very hard problem since it takes a lot of energy. There's an enormous amount of research in this area. Storing it costs money, so most of the research focuses on turning the C into a useful product. ht
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by thinkcontext 9mo ago
I have seen no indication that any of those 3 wouldn't. And in general the GOP is pretty virulently against wind power, take the false stories about them causing whale strandings or the Texas winter power outage. Its true no one has
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by thinkcontext 9mo ago
There is certainly a case to be made for efficiently managing resources but DOGE's chainsaw methodology was a disaster. It had no comprehension whatsoever of what it was cutting, as we saw with frequent firing of vital divisions and t
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by thinkcontext 9mo ago
Even if a Dem is elected in '28, who is going to make a multi-year investment with the chance that JD Vance/Trump Jr/MTG could be elected in '32?
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China Issues First Penalty for Starlink Use in Territorial Waters(gcaptain.com)
5 points by thinkcontext 9mo ago|0 comments
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by thinkcontext 10mo ago
Its fair to do an accounting of externalities. However, I generally find those raising externality issues with solar and wind wildly overestimate their impact and wildly underestimate the externalities of fossil fuels. You mention the 20
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by thinkcontext 10mo ago
Looks like the feed is 95% glucose derived from corn starch[1]. They claim to have 1/4 the carbon footprint of chicken[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusarium_venenatum [2] https://eathealthy365
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Waymo's self-driving cars passed stopped school buses(npr.org)
3 points by thinkcontext 10mo ago|1 comments
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by thinkcontext 10mo ago
Like I said it's stolen customers from incumbents like Hughesnet and Viasat and expanded the market to customers who did not previously have satellite internet. They were able to do it because their low orbit service is significantly b
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by thinkcontext 10mo ago
It made an impression on me when Musk invited the world's press to Texas and stood them in front of MK1, pointed at it and said it would go to space that year. It also made an impression when it and the next few fell apart on the groun
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by thinkcontext 10mo ago
> routine satellite launches The launching is routine, the landing and being able to turn around the same booster again in a few weeks is a capability no one else has. Their ability to launch so often came in handy over the past few yea
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by thinkcontext 10mo ago
I wonder if this has more to do with XAi than SpaceX. He recently had SpaceX invest $2B into XAi due to the AI arms race. If SpaceX had unneeded cash sitting around why raise money now?
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by thinkcontext 10mo ago
I have criticized Musk plenty and have been skeptical of the Starship timelines from the beginning, however, SpaceX has launched over 150 times this year. That's more than the entire rest of the world. Surely they must be doing somethi
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by thinkcontext 10mo ago
> Traditional stereo won't help you localize them Wouldn't making a quick circuit around the house before landing allow wires to be observed from multiple angles be enough?
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by thinkcontext 10mo ago
Its recent performance against Russian S-300 anti-aircraft systems over Iran made its case in a very public way.
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by thinkcontext 10mo ago
EPR has shown that the French have lost the ability to build reactors rapidly and on budget.
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by thinkcontext 11mo ago
I personally think Trump loves Russia and Putin and generally wants to do business with them. He has wanted a Trump Tower in Moscow for decades and probably still wants that to happen.
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by thinkcontext 11mo ago
Intelligence, targeting info and selling (no longer giving) weapons are all important support but sanctions is the really big one. The most recent round in particular has really bit into Russia's oil revenue. Of course it would be abs
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by thinkcontext 11mo ago
Seems like a big part of Tesla's speculative value is undermined by other companies advancing rapidly in self driving vehicles.
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'Robotaxi has reached a tipping point': Baidu, Nvidia leaders see momentum(cnbc.com)
2 points by thinkcontext 11mo ago|1 comments
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by thinkcontext 11mo ago
The US Navy doesn't build them, private companies do. None of the SMR companies that I am aware of have attempted to use designs from naval reactors. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that they use highly enriched fuel whi

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