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Epa095

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    Comment #49235620

    15-20% of Mississippis GDP is healthcare cost. Gdp is not really a great measure of how well an economy works for it's inhabitants, if it was we should all spend our time breaking …

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    Comment #49207369

    You have the right idea, but remember that tax rate is not 100%. So if a company gets a fine on X dollar, that reduces their surplus by X, and they pay e.g X*20% less in tax (if th…

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    Comment #49188692

    Whats your actuall claim? That methane release is irrelevant for global warming? Or that beef production excluding methane is not more co2-expensive than plantbased protein product…

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    Comment #49179871

    Methane is a short-lived potent greenhouse gas. In regards to the effect on global warming there is no cushy cute 'circle of life its all natural dude ' effect, methane release hea…

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    Comment #49160675

    But you just read an argument, and then completely ignored it, instead started brining up other aspects of red meat. That most red meat is very co2 expensive compared to getting th…

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    Comment #49146061

    It's interesting to see the power of wealth up close. For one the massive lobbying against any tax on the usage of the fjords(or on the wealth). But there is also cases where they …

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    Comment #49119629

    Chinese capitalism!

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    Comment #49049958

    I appreciate your defence of the indefensible :P I accept that psi is more intuitive in many cases than Pascals. But I remain unconvinced about Fahrenheit. I reside two places duri…

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    Comment #49047511

    Cool project. I wonder how large a tank you need to get room fle aquatic animals you would actually eat. And as a small aside, idk how one can write sentences like this and not imm…

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    Comment #49044288

    No, Ukraine is not the (sole) reason. USA has been in multiple wars since 1945, and never used the bomb again. They know the value of the nuclear tabu, and are not interested in br…

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    Comment #49041813

    Decent enough, but quite boring. The nicest notes I know about currently are the Norwegian ones https://www.norges-bank.no/tema/Sedler-og-mynter/gyldige-sed... But the Canadian one…

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    Comment #48874210

    Why did these same people vote differently earlier? Does the effect of leaded gasoline show up later in life? And does not explain all the young men voting for him.

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    Comment #48860873

    There is a very very large ocean between China and the USA, you cant just assume the lessons from the Ukraine-Russian war will transfer. It would be a completely different beast, a…

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    Comment #48860729

    > If massively provoked, e.g. Taiwan declares independence and joins NATO, sure. You think NATO would stand there with open arms in such a case? NATO membership requires agreement …

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    Comment #48860151

    They will start charging extra for getting to not sit by a window.

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    Comment #48848118

    Up until now we have added 1 leap second every 2 year (27 leap seconds since 1972). So if it continues like this, in 7200 years it would be 1 whole hour, and in "only" 3602 years i…

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    Comment #48795760

    Initially, he planned to remove dust from the surface of the photovoltaic cells using a cylindrical brush mounted on the rear of a train. “However, we realised that each time a tra…

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    Comment #48755307

    Idk if this scheme is zero knowledge, but what's wrong with it? : - you enter ph and must age-verify. It says 'your secret: "capable peanut", enter age proof below'. - you go to ag…

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    Comment #48744226

    I agree with your analysis, at least as long as we shall remain strictly inside the free market methodologies. And having a common capital market would be good no matter what. But …

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    Comment #48744085

    Software in general, AI as well, is a rich get richer market. The big American companies can afford to (and very much do) scoop up European talents and upcoming European companies.…

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    Comment #48733015

    It is, unfortunately, a quite common misunderstanding many have, that value is exclusively created in the private sector and spent in the public. So the private morgue creates valu…

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    Comment #48717351

    But its still what he thought...

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    Comment #48695905

    If it costs money that is definitely a barrier for a child. And apps can be as well, as a parent its easier to control what apps is installed than webpages visited.

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    Comment #48683609

    I agree, but this is also clearly a increased barrier. Going back to OPs comment that perfection is impossible, the goal is to raise the bar, I would say that this is more than goo…

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    Comment #48657461

    Well the idea with the date/timestamp was that it would only be valid for X minutes, but if you are afraid that in the 10 minutes window it can be used multiple places you can add …