bigthymer

If this tool becomes too publicized, is there a risk that they stop being so open over the public airwaves? I worry that this will turn into a World War II situation where a US Congressman publicized classified information about how US subs were evading Japanese anti-sub weapons. The Japanese quickly adjusted their tactics once this classified info was shared then began more successfully killing US troops.

I think it is worthwhile to share the tool with the right people who can put it to use but perhaps be careful about letting it become too well-known. I don't know...I think this situation is worth discussing here.

> Worldwide the number of operational reactors is decreasing anyway

Really? I thought China (and maybe India) was building many more.

In traditional Iranian design, they would paint a chimney black to generate a constant updraft. It works in dry areas.

> And that's what's great about the western world, you can't have a maniac at the top moving 200k soldiers without congressional approval and discussion?

I guess we're ignoring the 200k+ troops sent to Iraq w/o a declaration of war by Congress? I will agree with you on one point though...the President wasn't a maniac.

Excerpt:

"At 5:34 a.m. Baghdad time on 20 March 2003 (9:34 pm, 19 March EST) the surprise[130] military invasion of Iraq began.[131] There was no declaration of war.[132] The 2003 invasion of Iraq was led by US Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name Operation Iraqi Freedom,[133] the UK code-name Operation Telic, and the Australian code-name Operation Falconer. Coalition forces also cooperated with Kurdish Peshmerga forces in the north. Approximately forty other governments, the "Coalition of the Willing," participated by providing troops, equipment, services, security, and special forces, with 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion.[134] The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.[135]"

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War

Do you think Stinger missiles will make a difference?

> They shut down Nordstream 2, which he knew would happen

I heard that the German president's speech mentioned Nordstream being done. He didn't specify Nordstream 2 as expected. I read somewhere that referring to both Nordstream 1 & 2 caught Putin by surprise.

Even this is not entirely true.

> This only evens out by age 40

I've read 18 but I forget the source.

Debt is not illegal in Islam.

I think there is enough capacity to build for both so increasing richer foreigner demand is not slowing down the building to meet local demand.

> I strongly suspect this only works because it's not a widely-known strategy

I think this post in combination with HN users' comments indicates that this is a widely-known strategy. It's cool. I've been doing it too and didn't know that everyone else did it too. Reddit is already being secretly advertised on but I guess we'll see how things end up.

> We got way more men than we do women in this world under age 35

I don't think this is true. I think population evens out at about age 18 then it's more women until death.

> They even play minecraft differently!

Pls explain

> I do miss the amazon of 10 years ago though.

Why? What about it do you miss?

A user below mentioned that once the land-based trade switched to water-based, central Asia lost their main source of wealth since all of the overland trade was taxed. I agree.

Another reason the Islamic world didn't reach industrialization first is because of a lack of capital concentration and resulting lack of a large merchant class. Christian Europe practiced primogeniture so large estates passed to a single, next heir. Islamic laws resulted in accumulated wealth being dispersed among more inheritors each successive generation. Furthermore, the Muslim world did not indigenously develop a legal corporate form that lasted beyond the life of any of the partners further limiting the ability to form large companies.

If you have access, check out some of Timur Kuran's papers on Google Scholar.

Doesn't Westinghouse build nuclear reactors?

https://www.westinghousenuclear.com/new-plants/engineering-c...

Each of those is high cost for different reasons.

What was so special about it?

> Technological progress continues to outstrip our environmental damage done in it's persuit, and ultimately only technological solutions will get us out of the current issues with climate change

I think that, increasingly, people disagree with this, but it is still a minority opinion.

Low property taxes inflate house prices. New entrants (e.g. young people) to the market have to pay these inflated prices.

Antitrust?

They could also switch to less fertilizer intensive crops. I think soybeans require less than corn. Farmers commonly switch between the two depending on market prices. Not a farmer but I think I read it somewhere...maybe 80% sure of this...

> With exception of couple Czech movies.

Which ones?

> pedophilia was normalized for a very long time

Care to explain more to a foreigner? How/when did it stop being normalized?

What size companies have you worked for? I am deciding on my next position soon.

> I don't know what the answer is

One potential answer is to make gig workers employees.

> a 3rd world farmer who has no perspective outside their small village?

I think this is a disappearing breed. Ubiquitous cell coverage means everyone knows what is happening everywhere now.

> older textbooks have been much more accessible than most written after (roughly) the 1990s

Why? How are they different?

How big are the homes that most people raise families in?