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I also saw a quote from Musk saying that he expects SpaceX to hit $1 trillion in revenue by 2031. Given his track record of predicting performance I think it's safe to ignore such …

Are you saying that they chose bad locations inside of Germany for wind and solar or that Germany doesn't have any viable locations and they shouldn't build wind and solar in Germa…

It's not like other forms of power generation don't have similar problems. Solar PV cells lose efficiency and need to be replaced. Nuclear has very long term storage concerns. Coal…

I spent a good chunk of my life in the Pacific Northwest. You get very long stretches of cloudy skies through most of the winter that are poor for solar. However, there are alterna…

Can you point to large scale solar or wind projects that were shoved into places that have extended periods of low sunlight or wind?

The $1.3 million doesn't mean much. The article stated he could've switched to a significantly cheaper option and cut the bill to $300k. That's still a lot but since he worked for …

You're looking at students at a top tier university in a field that pays extremely well. The numbers are going to be at the high end for what a grad student can make. A quick searc…

There's another relevant saying about apples you should check out.

Are you seriously trying to equate people exercising their right to peacefully protest to the power to detain and shoot people?

> You can not have a for-profit system and a government subsidized one Have you told Australia? They seem to think they've been able to do this for a while now.

> Democrats advocate for things like healthcare and cancelling student loans -- never happens Democrats passed the ACA under Obama. Republicans have been trying to get it repealed …

You have to replace everything you own on some cadence. Eventually I'll need to replace the battery on my solar system. I'll also need to replace the panels at some point and even …

I've been to most of the places he said were bad and I totally agree that you can ignore what he says. Shortly after talking about how bad Zion is for the crowds he says that Capit…

Where I live travelling at that speed will get you passed by every cop and state trooper driving on the same road. A lot comes down to local norms and enforcement.

DOGE "failed" because cutting the budget wasn't their real goal. Here are a few outcomes they were able to achieve: (1) Cutting funding for agencies and organizations that were inv…

I don't understand the obsession some people have with keeping your existing plan. Lots of people can't keep there plan under the current system. Insurance companies update their p…

Why does Medicare for all mean I can't keep private health insurance? There are countries that have systems like this in place.

Pension funds should be diversified and have a mix of asset classes that includes more than the stock market. Ideally, most of these assets will move independently so if one is doi…

> I primarily blame Democrats for the current situation for they have been doing just an awful job of getting anything done or standing up to opposition, they are ineffective cowar…

I think it depends on the piece. I have a piece that I love and spent about $5k on. It's relatively large and has a lot of detail. I wouldn't be surprised if that is the equivalent…

There is no reason that cloud providers shouldn't be able to set up the same kind of billing options that advertisers have had access to for years. In Google and Meta ads I can set…

I'm not an expert on LLMs but my guess would be that this is a result of the curse of dimensionality. As a general rule more dimensions != more better.

I'm not the poster you replied to but I appreciate your clarification. However, I still don't understand your argument. I don't think anyone has argued that supply and demand don't…

I don't disagree with you and think that UBI and universal health care are better alternatives. However, there is a much easier path forward to getting higher minimum wages and we …

My understanding is that that's pretty common in that part of the car market. I know you can't get the really high end McLarens unless you've bought one of the cheaper ones already…