twelvechairs

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by twelvechairs 15y ago
Sure. if you don't care about the environment, are willing to pay more (for petrol) overall, have enough roads that everyone can have their own car, and can put up with the inevitable congestion.... Although I'm sure the present-day 'busine
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by twelvechairs 15y ago
Sure its not a fixed solution, however to me it doesn't mean that the idea isn't worthy of discussion. I'm not sure where you see this belittling coming from... maybe I'm missing something? I certainly didnt see any belittling of programmer
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by twelvechairs 15y ago
This is very close to describing (in very vague terms and not too great on the detail) a part of my present side project, and as such I completely believe in it [and respectfully disagree with most of the other comments here]. If I don't ac
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by twelvechairs 15y ago
A fatter bank account its not 'a next step' from "interesting". Its almost entirely separate.... Making money from real creativity is usually pretty hard - those that are creative tend to break the barriers whilst others make the money....
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by twelvechairs 15y ago
> Key point: this is not for electric cars, this is for grid storage... Yes - and your link is much better on this. The first article seems quite off with insinuations such as 'could the days of the humble lithium ion battery be numbere
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by twelvechairs 15y ago
People seem to forget that wikipedia already has ads - giant ads showing what Jimmy Wales' stylist has managed to conjure up this year, and more importantly very partisan text (note for instance Jimmy Wales assertion as wikipedia 'founder'
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by twelvechairs 15y ago
Has anyone actually read what they spend their money on? Just about 10% on 'travel expenses' and 'awards and grants' together.... Also (overlapping the previous - but only by $63,000) almost 10% goes to fund-raising activities.... Seems to
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by twelvechairs 15y ago
This is his business - the raising of money, not the production of high-quality long-term products...
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by twelvechairs 15y ago
If there aren't at least 2 which are uniquely different from the others I'll eat my hat