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And also Market Cap-wise. Space X will be top 8 in the world. The other two are top 20 too.
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See Australia.
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Having a global internet service with at cost launch prices is about 3-8 trillion dollar business. That's one product line at Space X.
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How's that working out for you so far?
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Yes. In opposites and in lack of data (null). Ternary thus fits better.

Back in ancient CS classes my prof said that was a Russian attempt of building ternary processors with +1, 0, -1 represented as voltages.

Another strike in for-ternary column is that it's the most efficient in the number of digits for representing numbers. Pi is optimally efficient but non-integer bases would break anyone's brain, I think.
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100%. I've lived in Paris well over a year and finally walked up on the Eiffel Tower and I enjoyed it. But of course not in July or August! But being local means you can go on an unexpectedly sunny March weekend.
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It's an absolute shame.
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This is solid. I like it.
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Check out the M&M factory honey story, that was my most interesting one.
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·3 bulan yang lalu·discuss
Lot of people died for that pragmatism. Froze to death in the outages of winter storms or overheated in the summer ones. Sustainability was the last resort.
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100%
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Geez, Hillsdale College. Worldwide authority on all economics from the theological perspective. Congrats on picking information sources.
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What? Where? In face that statement is not true pretty much everywhere. 50% of electricity in Hungary is nuclear. 80% in France. 50% coal in Poland, 30 % solar in Spain.
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·4 bulan yang lalu·discuss
Sadly a missed opportunity for calling it mushroom pilfering.
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·4 bulan yang lalu·discuss
I was today's years old when I learned what Scroll Lock was used for. And I've not had a keyboard with it for about 15 years.
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·4 bulan yang lalu·discuss
To this day if you walk on the beach your soles or the soles of your shoes will get sticky tar spots. You need baby oil wipes to clean them up before entering your home.

And some of it, if not most of it is not natural seepage but early environmental catastrophes in the 50s and 60s, particularly around Summerland.

(Source ex-resident)
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100% agree, but I relish the works of Willam Gibson and Burroughs who pose those questions AND getting the future somewhat right.
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100%. Next is Tesla.
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Battery degradation is largely overhyped and there is growing real world data to illustrate that in practice it's not a dealbreaker. Million mile batteries now exist.

Show me a million mile gas/diesel engine.

Also let's not forget that Toyota has a well funded corporate program rewarding employees to spread anti-EV propaganda.
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Sez -single syllable