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Southern-Trip-1102 t1_jcc9a1w wrote
Reply to comment by ComfortableIntern218 in IVO Ltd. to Launch Quantum Drive Pure Electric Satellite Thruster into Orbit on SpaceX Transporter 8 with partner Rogue Space Systems by ComfortableIntern218
Electricity isn't a fuel.
Reactionless typically means that it does not expell mass which it claims to not do.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_jcbz3o4 wrote
Reply to IVO Ltd. to Launch Quantum Drive Pure Electric Satellite Thruster into Orbit on SpaceX Transporter 8 with partner Rogue Space Systems by ComfortableIntern218
This is either going to be revolutionary or one of the most expensive hype campaigns ever.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_jcbyp6r wrote
Reply to comment by ComfortableIntern218 in IVO Ltd. to Launch Quantum Drive Pure Electric Satellite Thruster into Orbit on SpaceX Transporter 8 with partner Rogue Space Systems by ComfortableIntern218
They claim no fuel which means it's reactionless.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_j2ffir3 wrote
Reply to comment by Whiteboinebony in An Open-Source Version of ChatGPT is Coming [News] by lambolifeofficial
As long as the net responses are good shouldn't it still work albeit less efficiently? not talking bout block
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iwj0137 wrote
Reply to comment by thruster_fuel69 in Will working for a DAO be better than a corporate job? by berlinparisexpress
The hell are you talking about? They are unsessary, managers who are workers do everything a capitalist would anyways.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iwizkwj wrote
Reply to comment by thruster_fuel69 in Will working for a DAO be better than a corporate job? by berlinparisexpress
Workers build capital, workers build the cnc machines, they build the mining drills, they build the computers, workers are the source of capital, capitalists are just parasites.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iwiyats wrote
Reply to comment by thruster_fuel69 in Will working for a DAO be better than a corporate job? by berlinparisexpress
Sorry but that simply isn't the case. Capital availability is what allows you to even attempt providing those things.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iwis4so wrote
Reply to comment by thruster_fuel69 in Will working for a DAO be better than a corporate job? by berlinparisexpress
It doesn't matter if you are theoretically allowed to do anything when the bottom 80% only have 7% of the capital. The real world doesn't care about theoretical possibilities but does about real disadvantages.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iwirx6g wrote
Reply to comment by flyswithdragons in Will working for a DAO be better than a corporate job? by berlinparisexpress
Your Nordic model relies on the exploitation of the 3rd world.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iv6wg4x wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Chinese scientists develop salt-tolerant soybean that can grow well on previously barren soil by mutherhrg
And your evidence for this is where?
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iuvgbsw wrote
Reply to Why a Blue check mark is now $8 on Twitter and Elon Musk's Next Steps - A piece of speculative business non-fiction by BandicootKind705
I doubt that 20% of current real Twitter users would be willing to bother to pay a dollar to keep using it. At best 10% imo.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iugc6b6 wrote
Reply to comment by Awkward_moments in The economics of overproducing renewable energy by Awkward_moments
A stable baseline means that it is easier to meet demand. Wind and solar both do not provide 24 7 constant power, they fluctuate. Thus you need to cover the shortfall when they provide less than required. By having a baseline you do not need to worry as much about those fluctuations because a portion of your electricity production is guarantied. Also, it is possible to ramp up or down nuclear plants. As I said above its a baseline not the full load, renewables plus nuclear is the solution.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iug7u4q wrote
Reply to comment by Smokybare94 in Megalopolis: how coastal west Africa will shape the coming century. by filosoful
That's what just described, colonialism happens because of what I described.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iufv3ec wrote
Reply to comment by Awkward_moments in The economics of overproducing renewable energy by Awkward_moments
It would cost the economy that much is obvious. The reason using both nuclear and renewables is a good idea is because nuclear provides a good baseline of power which does not have dramatic swings.
What you just described is the issue, profit does not necessarily equal low costs, once marginal costs are low there isn't an incentive for it to be built. Nuclear isn't particularly profitable and has high capital costs so the private sector has little reason to invest in it even if it is very practical to use for our civilization.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iuf54ak wrote
If we didn't need to worry about profit going full renewable + nuclear would have been so much easier. The government puts down the capital investment and does not need to worry about profit. High profits doesn't even necessarily mean cheap electricity. Profit is an objective which hurts our ability to get what we really want which is cheap renewable energy.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iueqg52 wrote
Reply to comment by Smokybare94 in Megalopolis: how coastal west Africa will shape the coming century. by filosoful
They have an incentive to uplift since their interest is in a cheaper goods/an export market, not profit. The profit motive doesn't care if goods are expensive only that profits are high, meaning that profit driven foreign relations would want Africa to stay underdeveloped since less developed industry equals a larger porportion of value that can be extracted from labor. If the industry is very well developed then you will bearily make a profit since you can't exploit machines. You don't see this in capitlaist nations in themselves because competition forces the development of Industry but this in general one of the contradictions of capitlaism.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iue4w3j wrote
Reply to comment by Jahobes in Megalopolis: how coastal west Africa will shape the coming century. by filosoful
The Roman empire and britan and no where near similar enough to be some cycle. For a cycle to 3xist there has to be some driving mechanism which there js not.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iue4pro wrote
Reply to comment by cyrathil in Megalopolis: how coastal west Africa will shape the coming century. by filosoful
How so? Numerous of their economic policies point opposite to them being profit driven, such as poverty alleviation, hsr, protectionist trade policies, etc.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iucqx95 wrote
Reply to comment by ML4Bratwurst in What's the AI scene like in China? by TachibanaRE
It's not illegal for them to use vpns
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iucqusm wrote
Reply to comment by Redvolition in Engineers at UNSW have found a way to convert nerve impulses into light, which could lead to nerve-operated prosthetics and brain-machine interfaces. by Redvolition
Could you link that paper?
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iucqgqh wrote
Reply to comment by Suntreestar420 in Experts: 90% of Online Content Will Be AI-Generated by 2026 by PrivateLudo
It's already here, it's just a slow ramp up.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iucqdrb wrote
Reply to comment by PrivateLudo in Experts: 90% of Online Content Will Be AI-Generated by 2026 by PrivateLudo
What about scientific research?
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iuco4lk wrote
Reply to comment by NobleWombat in Megalopolis: how coastal west Africa will shape the coming century. by filosoful
How so? Humans have had their cultures changed, replaced, transformed for our entire history. Whether my group has a red or blue flag doesn't actually have any real value.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_iucnzy7 wrote
Reply to comment by Smokybare94 in Megalopolis: how coastal west Africa will shape the coming century. by filosoful
Yes but their grip on Africa is weakening, as seen by some more aligning with china.
Southern-Trip-1102 t1_jcc9e8q wrote
Reply to comment by ComfortableIntern218 in IVO Ltd. to Launch Quantum Drive Pure Electric Satellite Thruster into Orbit on SpaceX Transporter 8 with partner Rogue Space Systems by ComfortableIntern218
I think a major warning sign would be if they launch a SPAC while launching this.