slashdev

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by slashdev 15d ago
Exactly, that’s the low margin part of the market. They don’t care about it.
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by slashdev 17d ago
That's less an issue than the new emissions going forward from Asia and Africa. We can't very well tell them to stay poor. They're going to increase their energy usage and they're right to do so. Hopefully renewables and
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by slashdev 17d ago
The population in the US has grown 17%, but emissions have reduced 18%. I think it's doing a good job and merely needs to continue that trajectory. The Trump administration is making some poor decisions there, but won't last much
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by slashdev 17d ago
China also built more coal than the US has in total. Don't forget the scale is different there. But yes, it's sad to see America about face on climate change under Trump.
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by slashdev 17d ago
Per capita is rather pointless when talking about climate change, but yes, it doesn't absolve responsibility. You'll note that's not what I said, just that the US is doing well at reducing CO2 emissions. The population has gr
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by slashdev 17d ago
Yes, I think so. I doubt a court would interpret that as being reasonable use of force though. In English common-law it's not just the wording of the laws that matter, one must also look at how the courts have interpreted and applied t
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by slashdev 18d ago
US emissions have declined 18% since 2005. Look at Asia.
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by slashdev 18d ago
It also mentions: > theft during the nighttime, or criminal mischief during the nighttime. Seems like that qualifies
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by slashdev 19d ago
I thought it was the other way around. Too fine/round is not good for concrete, which is why desert sand is unsuitable.
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by slashdev 24d ago
This is true. But it’s more of a pricing power problem. The US can no more rid itself of the dependency on Canadian heavy oil than Canada could on exporting to the US. We’re bound together on that front, and it’s why oil has been exempt fro
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by slashdev 1mo ago
Police robots and drones. You say no plausible path to automating - I beg to differ. It would get officers out of harms way. Not imminent but not zero risk either.
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by slashdev 1mo ago
Maybe I’m missing the subtler geopolitical point here, but I don’t think it’s about oil. It’s about preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons and threatening the region via their missiles, drones, and proxies. Whether they succeed at it
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by slashdev 2mo ago
Meh. No matter which side gets in power it’s almost certainly a narcissistic grifter. Who wasn’t over the last twenty years? The current one is a bit of a long term aberration, that doesn’t have to be the norm going forward. In fact you cou
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by slashdev 2mo ago
Give it two years more then it changes again.
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by slashdev 2mo ago
Agreed, that’s a silly argument. You should worry more about your daily commute than a little ring. It’s plastic straws all over again.
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by slashdev 2mo ago
It works on planes, ships, and in remote areas with no coverage. I live in Canada where the whole of Europe would fit many times over, nothing else would work in the remote areas at that scale. My parents live in Panama and use starlink to
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by slashdev 3mo ago
What is Microsoft rust? I’ve never heard of such a thing. Or did I miss the joke?
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by slashdev 3mo ago
Waste heat into the atmosphere is hardly pollution. I think you don’t understand the scales involved
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by slashdev 3mo ago
Very surprising! Thanks for sharing
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by slashdev 3mo ago
It is when you have a billion dollars. It’s all relative.
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by slashdev 3mo ago
That’s crazy. I thought maybe some of the other elements used in modern semiconductors might melt first. The wiring seems like a potential problem. But before that even the elements they use in the transistors themselves could be an issue.
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by slashdev 3mo ago
Pure silicon melts at 1400 C You must be thinking of something else
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by slashdev 3mo ago
They can use it at home. Using it school is likely undermining their learning.
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by slashdev 3mo ago
> Pretty humble/modest for a guy like that . Modest was qualified. The statement is accurate. Your objection doesn’t make sense.
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by slashdev 3mo ago
If that were to become reality, and I won’t guess at the odds of that, is because it grew the world economic pie. Thinking about it in terms of the size of the pie today is treating it like a zero sum game. It’s a different game.
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by slashdev 3mo ago
Over what period of time? By 2030? No way By 2050? Maybe? Obviously during an IPO you’re trying to make the bull case (unhinged or not). What does it look like in the best case scenario.
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by slashdev 3mo ago
That’s way too simplistic. Not all immigrants are good. Many cost society more than they contribute. The right kind of immigrants are good.
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by slashdev 3mo ago
That’s a very simplistic take on a complex problem. Unrestricted immigration destroys democratic high trust societies. There is a balance to be found, as in all things. It isn’t simply diversity always good or always bad.
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by slashdev 3mo ago
We can see a little of that in California and also Norway. So, yes, there is some of that going on.
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by slashdev 3mo ago
Suppose you add a very high tax (it would have to be a wealth tax, not income, because they don’t have much income.) Zuckerberg just moved to Florida for a tiny wealth tax in California. These people would just leave the state or leave the

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