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im__so__metaon Simple, solar-powered water desalination (2020)

5.78 liters per square meter actually, per the article.

im__so__metaon The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford

> Even if we assume unconfirmed cases 5 times that, we're still talking single-digit percentages of the population infected.

Wasn't you point just that we shouldn't assume? I know that there are models looking at a possibility for only 1% of cases being confirmed. That's been in Sweden and not NYC, but just throwing a 5 out there doesn't make a lot of sense.

im__so__metaon Royalty statements of a Grammy-nominated artist

As far as I know (at least that was the case ~2 years ago) Spotify would be profitable if they chose to, but reinvested as much as they could into a higher market penetration insetad.

Also, about spotify and finance: http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/5070561/spotifys-finan...