whythehellnot

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by whythehellnot 12y ago
Don't think phones are so much a fad as they are hopefully a dead end. I would prefer if telecoms died a horrible death so that we could just use the infinitely better infrastructure for moving information, AKA the internet. They only
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by whythehellnot 12y ago
Given that their full scale solar concentrator could produce 20,000L per day. I think it would take around 10,000 of those concentrators just for aeroplanes to be carbon neutral. To be honest, that isn't too bad considering how much mo
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by whythehellnot 12y ago
I'll admit that I didn't think of a potentially DRM linchpin good actor that hides from the government and is as untouchable as the incorruptible trillionaire. The reason I think this way is that I'm sure that unless you&#x27
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by whythehellnot 12y ago
Not sure but he might be referring to the fact that the silicon crystals used for these panels require poisonous gases that thousands times worse for the environment than most produced by any E source. Or the fact that they require huge amo
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by whythehellnot 12y ago
We won't get non-trivial energy coverage by photovoltaic panels until they're unfortunately as cost effective as coal/oil. Which is predicted that it won't be until 2030. Most likely the coal industry will exploit their
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by whythehellnot 12y ago
In terms of total emissions, no we are doing much worse. Many, many gas wells crack and poisons the land and releases enormous amounts of gases hundreds times worse than CO2. In terms of total pollution, it removes the vast majority toxic w
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by whythehellnot 12y ago
What does DRM have over strong cryptography that does not require good actors in order to work? Besides, so long so there is government, there can be no useful good actors unless they're untouchable trillionaires that are above the law
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by whythehellnot 12y ago
That's nonsense. If anything, governments are guaranteed to break their own laws whenever it's most convenient for them. We absolutely need a communication system that cannot be governed by any government. It does not need to have
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by whythehellnot 12y ago
No one educated on the issue is criticizing that governments are able to effect positive change. It's that our governments are setup in a way that ineffectually compromises balance with shortsighted popular political stunts & corru
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by whythehellnot 12y ago
Agreed, a responsible reaction I think. It's probably getting downvoted because their are a few people on HN that are financially invested in facebook becoming obnoxiously ubiquitous.
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by whythehellnot 12y ago
Our environment can't handle the damage by the time we get fusion to be useful for us or solar/battery become efficient/cost effective. We need to be thinking for today, as in right friggen now. Everyone I have ever seen or h