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by zizee 4y ago
Like Crowded House and pavlova, Australians will claim anything good originating in New Zealand as our own :-p
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by zizee 4y ago
> What are Australia and Canada doing in there? Australia has… Atlassian? There are plenty of wellknown tech/software companies originating in Australia. Xero, Freelancer, Canva, REA Group, MYOB, Airtasker, BigCommerce, Afterpay...
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by zizee 4y ago
Yes, I think I was missing your point. I think that your thrust was that smaller average household sizes means more dwellings are required. This is a good point. Shrinking average household sizes could be explained by the shrinking size of
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by zizee 4y ago
So that could be one of the extra factors that we're looking for. People want/expect more, which has caused people to have to pay more. But I'm doubtful that it is going to account for a lot of the cost of living issue in Por
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by zizee 4y ago
I'm struggling to follow your arguments. "Boomers don't like immigrants/workers, therefore life is getting really expensive" doesn't really sound like good reasoning. If the population is shrinking, demographic
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by zizee 4y ago
Yeah, I think almost everyone recognises the decisions were more about politics, than sending people to the moon. It's a real shame, as blatent waste just gives space detractors very valid arguments to reduce NASA's budget.
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by zizee 4y ago
Yes, human spaceflight is expensive, but SLS takes it to the next level. You have to admit that SLS has been a bit of a boondoggle, and is looking increasingly irrelevant. Given falcon 9 has been launching crew dragon for a numbe of years,
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by zizee 4y ago
Curious to know the relative costs of HVAC vs battery per megawatt/hour offset from peak solar production. 4000 KMs east to west is about 2.4 hours offset geographically. Would it be cheaper to have 2.4 hours of storage closer to the e
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by zizee 4y ago
Being hit by a cyclist is no laughing matter, especially if you are a child or elderly. That said, cyclist/pedestrian accidents account for relatively few deaths and injuries compared to other forms of transport.
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by zizee 4y ago
Earlier this year I threw my son his USB earbuds container. Not a heavy thing. I threw it in a high arc, and on its way down it glanced off the edge of his MacBook screen. It seemed like the lightest of touches, but it must have hit in just
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by zizee 4y ago
I am interpreting the parent as saying before we can say something is post-human, we have to define (understand) what "human" is. If we cannot agree on what it is to be human, how can anyone be post-human? I.e. you can't defi
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by zizee 4y ago
> essentially imprisoning foreign residents This sounds hyperbolic. Can you provide a link to a reputable source that shows foreign nationals being imprisoned?
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by zizee 4y ago
They had a trial in Queensland. The plan is to allow both for the foreseeable future.
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by zizee 4y ago
Whilst I am not super keen to have a national identity card, the Australian government has effectively linked all this info together already, with agencies cooperating. Also, I'm not sure that a referendum held 35 years ago really mean
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by zizee 4y ago
> After massive sacrifice, the country is now topping the charts in COVID deaths You sound so out of touch with what the Australian experience has been. Australia has had 14k deaths from COVID, vs over 1 million for the US. Percapita tha
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by zizee 4y ago
Thanks for the link, it looks like an interesting project, and fun engineering challenge. It would be interesting to see $ spent per tonne of garbage removed from the rivers vs ocean. Like you said, far more economical to focus on the sourc
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by zizee 4y ago
> remote controlled barge out in the pacific garbage patch Whilst I like the thought behind idea, these ocean garbage patches aren't easy to clean up with a barge. > For many people, the idea of a “garbage patch” conjures up imag
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by zizee 4y ago
I don't want to be that person, but you speak with such confidence, as if what you're saying is a commonly held definition of a word. 2:1 is definately lopsided, and "overwhelming" is not a precise defined term in regard
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by zizee 4y ago
There's a possibility you're experiencing the difference between eau de toilette vs parfum. One is more concentrated than the other. Also definitely possible things like shrinkflation are at play. https://www.scotchnatu
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by zizee 4y ago
SMRs are an opportunity for economies of scale to kick in for nuclear. If you can start building reactors in factories, and interate on designs, then you can see economies of scale kick in.* That said, I am not super bullish on nuclear, and
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by zizee 4y ago
This still has the free rider problem at a nation state level. Let's say China invests 100 billion a year in innovation, and makes it all open. France then comes along and says "I don't need to bother with spending on innovat
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by zizee 4y ago
What if they spent $20m to create the innovation? Who judges when an innovation is appropriate to convert in the manner? What happens to the innovations that aren't deemed worthy of conversion?
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by zizee 4y ago
But science has a big system of distributing money up front to people to do the work of innovating. There is no such system in place to fund people developing innovative products that require significant up front investment. Also the "
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by zizee 4y ago
Concepts for linear cities have been around for a long time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_city https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/uh9mhp/the_l...
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by zizee 4y ago
Why convert to gas for heating later when you can just store heat itself?* There was an article/discussion here recently about heat batteries using sand to store heat for months, to use for heating in winter. This tech seems fairly sim
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by zizee 4y ago
Cool concept! Any efficiency numbers available? I couldn't see any in the linked press release.
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by zizee 4y ago
Book reviews caused you to cancel your subscription? Why?
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by zizee 4y ago
To be fair to the store, their privacy policy was likely designed to stop things like abusive spouses/parents tracking down people who they gave permission to use a card.
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by zizee 4y ago
They should, but but it is not guaranteed. There is also a long way between having more wealth than most, and becoming upper class where you can live "comfortably" entirely off the earnings of your wealth. My previous comment seem
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by zizee 4y ago
Whilst I agree with most of what you wrote, you need to adjust your thinking on this bit: > ... most Comcast users only reach about 1/4 of Comcast's monthly data cap, which corresponds to an average use of 1 Mbps ... Household

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