spinarrets

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by spinarrets 1y ago
Seawater is pretty nutrient poor in many places. The places where seawater is nutrient rich there tends to be a lot of biodiversity already.
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by spinarrets 1y ago
What other sources? You can't just hand wave like that, make a specific proposal.
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by spinarrets 1y ago
On the flip side, accepting this funding has allowed for a lot of research to progress. Sometimes those strings attached still lead to a net good. Obviously, you should always have a plan for "what if this source of funding goes to zer
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by spinarrets 1y ago
Who says progressives aren't bothered by this? Every leftist I know believes that education should be free and universally accessible. That holding capital (especially with the intent to make more capital, which is what an endowment
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by spinarrets 1y ago
cheeseburger-giraffe+space-kidney-monkey = cheesecake
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by spinarrets 1y ago
I don't think I claimed they did. The cops don't give a shit. But AirBNB cares that the police get called on a property over and over. They'll eventually cut off the owner.
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by spinarrets 1y ago
> I cannot for the life of me figure out why these companies don't just stick to their core. Greed. Founders and employees who cannot understand the value of a sustainable business that does one thing well and keeps people employed
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by spinarrets 1y ago
The mechanism is calling the cops, and letting the cops know it's an Airbnb. Then contacting Airbnb letting them know you've filed a police report. Airbnb doesn't give a shit about you (and frankly, neither do the cops), but
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by spinarrets 1y ago
Why couldn't you deploy all those solar panels on earth. Then you could supply the grid when you weren't training models, you could recycle your components when they got old, you wouldn't need launches, you could maintain thi
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by spinarrets 1y ago
If it paid for people's lives and sustained itself, that sounds like a huge success to me. There's a part of me that thinks, maybe we'd all be better off if we set the bar for success of a business at "sustains the lives
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by spinarrets 1y ago
I ride a cargo bike through the city, probably 100 miles of commuting through a downtown corridor every week. Pedestrians are basically zero worry relative to cars and people on those rental scooters. I have an e-assist on mine, so I can ab
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by spinarrets 1y ago
> This idea is absurdly underbaked…other commenters mentioned that it’s going to flip, and it is. Assuming the rear is loaded with cargo, you'd have a low center of gravity over two wheels. To tip over, one of the rear wheels would
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by spinarrets 1y ago
When I am in hill climbing gear, I turn more revolutions on my pedals than the tires turn. The higher that ration (pedal turns:wheel turns) the 'easier' it is to pedal, but the more turns you need to go forwards. A bike that is a
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by spinarrets 1y ago
Are there many of this configuration? (Load in the back as a tricycle). I see lots of good cargo bikes (and I LOVE cargo bikes), just not many of this design. But facebook doesn't let me browse much without an account.
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by spinarrets 1y ago
You are reading it like: For $595, you get (what nobody else can give you) (for twice the price) But it should be read: For $595, you get (what nobody else can give you for twice the price) Rephrased: No one else makes a machine that can do