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Next-Generation Spacecraft Propulsion
(magdrive.space)
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2y ago
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2y ago
I think Chinese isp can't store some data as they might get in trouble with Chinese censors so they dont cache it. And then if gets slightly viral you see huge traffic from 1 IP that might be a vpn. On reddit torrent channel you get si
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2y ago
Unless you have another job lined up the job market currently is not where everyone would just quit in my opinion.
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2y ago
I never said anything about privacy but rather about profits its in google interests to let and help you target high earning 26-36 year old using it ad tech rather than telling you who those 26-36 year high earners are. So your data not pri
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2y ago
Yeah to me this is something people don't get about Google. Google was built around the notion that data is valuable so they do their best to keep it to themselves and not share with anyone. They do know who is who by tracking you but
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2y ago
Well not really Bermuda has population of 60000 only so the sand they import for construction might even be less than the sand US import from Bermuda for its aquariums
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2y ago
Ah no it is we are not eating fossil fuel it is used to produce energy if an alternative cheaper source of energy comes up world will start replacing fossil fuels. You will see the effect of this in the next 3-4 years as solar and battery p
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2y ago
The past decade does not matter as till this year consumption growth was more than renewables additions that has changed in 2023 and will accelerate from 2024. So the tipping point has just been reached add electrification of transport and
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2y ago
This year ie 2024 world will add more solar power than the total consumption growth. This is despite the tariffs and sanctions on Chinese panels and batteries. I think the world is at the cusp of dramatic change that would come faster if no
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looking at wallstreetbets is it any different than allowing people to speculate in the stock market with options and derivatives. Its sad when it comes to sports people took notice that oh its ruining their sport but why dont they see how t
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'World-first' indoor vertical farm to produce 4M pounds of strawberries a year
(newatlas.com)
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2y ago
Yeah you probably need sci Fi anti gravity type device to make something like this possible.
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2y ago
A lot of these boxes probably are iptv/piracy streamers and I would not be shocked if it's one those apps backdooring these devices
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2y ago
A country purpose is to give the best living conditions to its population if that means collecting more tax without directly taxing it population then they are using the most optimum method just like apple with its shell corporations. My pr
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2y ago
Apple willingly sold in the eu then found loopholes to save on tax. They created shell corporratioms to save on tax yeah Apple is correct and Ireland is only one in the wrong.
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2y ago
Why do you give Apple the leeway to do what a company has to and not Ireland to do what a country has to succeed that's very hypocritical of you.
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2y ago
It was the same in the past with Japan and South Korea. What they produced was considered cheap quality but they kept improving till it no longer was.
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2y ago
China has already hit 50%+ new sales of plugin electric and plugin hybrid. The sticker price of electric cars has almost reached parity with ice even without any kind of subsidy then fuel savings are an additional bonus. Japan and other leg
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I am quite sure there is a lot of race, age, sex discrimination in the prices drivers get for the rides. Humans are animals and when their animalistic behaviour are condensed with algos or AI we will get discrimination. Most people say they
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We Put 7 Uber Drivers in One Room. What We Found Will Shock You [video]
(youtube.com)
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2y ago
With 4-5 MW batteries in the shape of shipping containers are already now available and rated for 6-10k cycles before much degradation. I think local neighborhood storage near consumption should become common in the near future. Of course e
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2y ago
Most people don't give a shit about killing from behind the computer screen they have become desensitized to it ai has nothing to do with it. US has killed 1000s of children in drone strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan sometimes knowin
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2y ago
A lot of this is possible already but not economical as most of the process to extract minerals from sea water require a lot of energy/electricity where as it is extremely cheap comparable to mine them directly. But free energy elect
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2y ago
yes you can https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-018-0218-y the brine left behind is just not salt but many other minerals like lithium which require a lot of energy to separate out. But when you have free energy&#x
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2y ago
Well if electricity is so cheap/free. Then brine left behind is not a problem as you can get a lot of chemicals out of it by processing it. Doing that though needs a lot of energy so it's not viable currently but would be with che
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Economist explains why India can never grow like China [video]
(youtube.com)
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I hope Japan avoids as just like it was done to many north American chains and businesses where they were hollowed out for larger and larger stock prices.
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2y ago
https://archive.ph/RoPuk
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The takeover fight that could reshape Japan
(ft.com)
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China Is Dominating Innovation, Not Just EVs [video]
(youtube.com)
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