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by tirant 2y ago
First we just need to decide if it’s worth it, or how much is worth it. The costs of remaining at +2C are several orders of magnitude higher than going back to +1C. And in all cases the most impacted ones due to climate change effects or cl
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by tirant 2y ago
That's the most anti-social aspect of the UBI. Historically, jobs or professions always existed around the intrinsic motivation of the person working and around the needs of the society around that person. So you could become a poet, b
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by tirant 2y ago
I've travelled several times to the US and never had that issue. Is really a thing? However our company issues specific laptops and phones before travelling to China as they do get searched.
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by tirant 2y ago
Compared to their size, Spain and Japan have a largest high speed network than China. And tickets, specially in Spain, are very cheap.
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by tirant 2y ago
I’ve been riding electric buses for almost 10 years, and no hybrid comes close to them. The experience as a passenger or as a citizen living next to a bus stop is far way superior: smooth, silent, non-smelly, no hot motor heating the back o
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by tirant 2y ago
Regulations often stem from a particular mindset. However, they also serve to perpetuate that mindset. As a member of the working class, I find there’s little incentive to build something new or innovate because the effort required to navig
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by tirant 2y ago
In 2022 I bought my first EV, a BMW i4. It was an impressive am car and still is: second only to Tesla Model 3 when it comes to efficiency and superior to Tesla in terms of features and driving assistant systems. BMW and Tesla both refreshe
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by tirant 2y ago
Actually I think Musk is doing the opposite: Europe has since many years suffered with high bureaucracy, strict regulations and in general low innovation levels. Musk has been very vocal about those issues in Europe. He might be right or wr
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by tirant 2y ago
What about typical AA and AAA batteries? They’ve been everywhere for decades. Are they really more sustainable that these one-time -used lithium ones?
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by tirant 2y ago
And they were right. But we would watch TV usually together and only for around 4-5 hours a day. Do you know how much screen time are people having ? 8 to 10 hours are not uncommon. And alone.
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by tirant 2y ago
I fear the (negative) impact of our current technological drugs goes beyond the impact of traditional drugs. I’ve seen kids not even 3-4 years old already hooked to smartphone screens. Even toddlers around 1 year old with an smartphone moun
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by tirant 2y ago
I still think Europe makes the best cars. But being the best is never enough to also sell high volumes. Europe is stagnating due to an ever-increasing set of regulations, higher taxes (partially required to enforce those regulations and a s
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by tirant 2y ago
The real deal today is to buy an EV second hand, not to sell it. There’s still so much fear on how long the battery will hold up, however all statistics are pointing at > 80% capacity for 10 years old / 200,000 miles. Expectations f
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by tirant 2y ago
Why not? It is about treating people as adults or children.
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by tirant 2y ago
Monopolies due to the State granting permissions to only one company, or gaining advantages due to coercion or lobbying are indeed terrible. But monopolies due to excellence in the development of the product, like Starlink, are not bad at a
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by tirant 2y ago
You just reminded me that during the first years YouTube had only a flash video player. It took time until we got a functional html5 video player. Flash was everywhere back then. And before flash players, the only thing we had were the Real
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by tirant 2y ago
Wouldn’t the ship insurance company be responsible for the costs? At some point insurers are going to increase their costs to these Chinese companies to the point that sabotage does not become viable anymore.
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by tirant 2y ago
Even as a non Tesla owner I would say that’s not anti competitive if every other OEM is also able to make their own roads, which is exactly the case with Chrome. There’s multiple browsers, and people might choose Chrome because it has a bet
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by tirant 2y ago
Currently in Europe right now the smart purchase is on second hand EVs. Depreciation is extremely high (mainly fueled by fear of second hand batteries), so you can get an EV equivalent to an ICE counterpart for around 30-40% less money (Gol
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by tirant 2y ago
That lacks context* Obviously it might be pointless for a company like Tesla, as it might not favour their financial numbers. It is actually a phenomenon going on specially with European brands. They have abandoned low margin cars, it is, c
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by tirant 2y ago
Most current BMWs with frameless windows still have mechanical door openings (e.g. BMW i4).
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by tirant 2y ago
Setting a good example by driving an EV, that is right, but what is the alternative for short and quick flights ? At the moment electric airfare is not yet developed so availability is not there. Everything we manufacture is unsustainable,
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by tirant 2y ago
I'm completely fine with the most productive individuals we have in the world being extreme CO2 consumers. Impact on global emissions is, in any case, negligible. However, the impact on having companies like Tesla selling around 2 mill
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by tirant 2y ago
It’s very interesting to learn about Cyrix and how innovative they happened to be. Back in the 90s most of us, at least in Europe, learned about Cyrix from either friends or shop clerks. And back then Cyrix had a terrible reputation, they w
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by tirant 2y ago
Yes, but you then need to have an already developed full supply chain, and for that you need to bootstrap your energy production first hand. My personal hope is that there might be some untapped resources of hydrocarbons or methane in Mars
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That is exactly what I am doing, looking harder by asking people around. Your attitude es not helpful.
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As a non-American, how does Donald Trump seem to oppose democracy? That is the message continuously published here by generalist German newspapers, but I cannot find any substance behind it.
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Economically liberal (as in Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell) and socially liberal. Trumps tends to be economically liberal internally and a conservative for international economics.
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Google maps is completely unnecessary to go back and forth between school and home. And communication can be done easily with a dumb phone. Our oldest at 7 goes alone to school and has no problem memorizing the path.
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Smart watches were banned in our kids primary school as some of them have cameras and were used to take inappropriate photos. We have finally decided for an analog watch and no tracking as we live in a safe neighborhood and they know most o

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