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by zizee 2y ago
Define "unreasonable".
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by zizee 2y ago
Especially in the west?
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by zizee 2y ago
You might like this video from Skylab: https://youtu.be/S_p7LiyOUx0?si=J_JqunYl2OkeROa7 (23 second mark)
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by zizee 2y ago
Monkey wrench anyone?
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by zizee 2y ago
> Fossil production and consumption is still increasing. Are you talking worldwide? Or in the US? Because in the US and many other advanced economies total energy consumption is still increasing, but the total amount from fossil fuels is
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by zizee 2y ago
I'm a nuclear proponent, but similar arguments can be made for why we cannot solve our woes with nuclear. I'd also suggest scaling battery production is going to be less challenging than scaling nuclear production.
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by zizee 2y ago
The artefacts/artworks that people would like to commercialize are hot properties that allow their caretaker institutions to draw crowds and make $$. If anything, businesses that use images of David are helping by providing free advert
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by zizee 3y ago
Sand has the added benefit over graphite of being nonflammable.
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by zizee 3y ago
I looked at your marketing. Two bits of feedback: 1. I don't understand how these colour gradients are meant to help. Explain it; 2. Formatting on mobile (Firefox android) is not great.
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by zizee 3y ago
Will they extend this to Instagram? Until then (and even after) I'd be suspicious of their intentions. Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extingu...
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by zizee 3y ago
It would be useful to categorise "social media" into "publish to strangers" vs "interact with individuals in private". Apparently these are both social media, but they are very different use-cases. Most of the
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by zizee 3y ago
That's a pretty negative perspective. 87% of electricity in NZ is from renewable sources. NZ is a world leader, and should be lauded. What is the basis for your perspective that NZ is failing to "make it work"? NZ is so far a
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by zizee 3y ago
> You can't escape personal due diligence and "it was top ranked!" has never been that. Apple continually makes claims that the closed ecosystem is essential to the safety of their customers, that they have a robust review
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by zizee 3y ago
The idea that "marsers" think mars is a liftraft to escape too from a dying earth is, as far as I can tell, an lie spread to discredit people interested in in mars colonization. No one believes that mars is going to be a better&#x
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by zizee 3y ago
The original post made it sound unusual that civilians are dying in such high numbers. It is unfortunately not unusual that civilians die at higher numbers than combatants during war, the opposite is often true.
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by zizee 3y ago
The article also gives examples of many major wars, with the majority of examples have numbers of civilians killed usually greater than combatants. So, as horrific as this war has been, I don't think the claim that this is "one of
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by zizee 3y ago
Are you saying this war has a higher civilian casualty ratio that other wars? Sadly history shows that civilians have been casualties of war at high rates compared to combatants. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian
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by zizee 3y ago
The Northern Irish population voted to stay in the European union, with 55.8% voting to stay. Could this trigger a vote for leaving the UK, and uniting with Ireland? https://metro.co.uk/2017/12/06/northern-ire
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by zizee 3y ago
The point is possibly that there are rules that prevent organisations started as non-profit to transition to for-profit. Note: I am just spitballing. I cannot speak definitely about the law or what the GP was saying.
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by zizee 3y ago
Whilst I don't agree with the article, you're ignoring that these epic machines you talk of are the product of a much larger population. These megamachines wouldn't exist, or at least not all the types of machines, if not for
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by zizee 3y ago
What's the point of doing anything? People have said the same of many great endeavours, and it is often hard to predict all everything that results from tackling big challenges. I suspect that there is likely nothing anyone could sugge
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by zizee 3y ago
This says it's possible: https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/8016/is-a-railgun-... Note: I cannot vouch for its correctness.
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by zizee 3y ago
Why would the rate of improvement follow your imagined formula? If people are worried about a runaway effect, why would you think you can dismiss their concerns by constructing a very specific scaling function that will not result in a runa
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by zizee 3y ago
If I am understanding correctly, did you consider the option of calculating weights in the client?
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by zizee 3y ago
> This burst of activity represents a frustrated thought that “it is time to become impatient with the old view”, as Ball says. Genetics alone cannot help us to understand and treat many of the diseases that cause the biggest health-care
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by zizee 3y ago
The lack of information, which in turn affects consumer behaviour. Information is important to a well functioning market. Excellent point, and providing more info is often to the detriment of many sellers/producers. That excellent poin
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by zizee 3y ago
Thanks, but that does not answer my question. I guess I want to hear predictions of when fossil fuel usage will peak, and over what time period will it be reduced by 20, 30, 50%.
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by zizee 3y ago
Given these trends, what is the predicted year that we'd expect the last fossil fuel burning power plant to be greenlit for construction in China, India, and the US? Follow-up: At what point is continued operation of existing coal beco
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by zizee 3y ago
Thanks! No need to apologise, it's fun to run the numbers. On top of maintenance costs we probably need to account for finance costs (5% interest rate means repayments of 100mil over 10 years) and the fact batteries don't tend to
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by zizee 3y ago
Can you explain your logic a bit more? I'm struggling to understand how you calculated the $0.074, and what you are saying it represents. Edit: I suspect your calculations just represent depreciation over the batteries lifetime, which

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