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Some updated figures through 2021 Solar = 2.8% Wind = 9.2%

Total renewables = 20.1%, that includes hydro which may not be as renewable as we thought.

Just had this discussion but relative to why not re-invest in nuclear so we looked up the amount of nuclear energy (~20%).

Not sure if we are looking at different sources, they are counted differently, etc.

Source for this is; https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3

Ah, that explains why so many of the financial firms want people back in the office so badly :-)

I admittedly have no idea how it works, what the differences are but the article infers that the tech developed here can be used for vaccines. From the article:

“If it does,” he added, “it might provide a new therapeutic and also contribute to new vaccine strategies.”

Maybe you know, is this just for therapeutics and not vaccines?

Edit: looks like someone else answered this below....

Generally, I would agree with you...let the market decide the price. But, car dealers have successfully "cornered the market" with state franchise laws. It is not a competitive market so it won't operate normally.

So much is "wrong" with the dealership model relative to a competitive market I don't even know where to start. But, I do believe over time the franchise laws and dealer cartels will change dramatically. We're seeing that start to happen now with Tesla's model and Ford is creating a new model that looks a lot like Tesla's. Some states, looking at you TX, will continue to protect the local dealers cause the dealer associations donate a lot of money to state politicians but the tide will eventually turn...at least I think it will.

Sort of related. BMW has been doing something similar for some time. I bought a certified 2012 3 series back in 2013. New, the car had an optional package for something called Comfort and Convenience Package or something similar to that. It was mostly lighting - footwell ligting, door handles lights, some other stuff. That package was not purchased on the car I bought but all the actual lights were there and someone created a way to turn those things on using a bluetooth/OBDII connector and a laptop. I think the program was called BMW What App?? Not certain of that. Anyway, I added all the lighting stuff...

I hope people don't buy these subscriptions and auto manufacturers give up on them.

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Not 100% certain but seems you are looking for smaller a 2 channel amplifier. This one from Emotiva may be what you are looking for.

https://emotiva.com/collections/amps/products/basx-a2m-stere...

I've had their XPA amplifiers for years and they work great, good value for the performance on a lot of the Emotiva gear

Obvisously no...but if the only way to use an iphone is to rent it from Apple then yes that is bad.

I have no actual data but I'd be willing to bet a lot of actual money that of the universe of people (not businesses) that lease cars the majority are making bad financial decisions. Of course, this depends on your definition of bad.

"I don't get it! My hands are probably bigger than 95% of all humans, and I don't think a phone needs to be much bigger than the SE."

May be mentioned elsewhere in this thread but it likely is diminishing eyesight that drives the bigger displays and not hand size. My wife has small hands but isn't able to see the smaller screens (4") so choses the bigger screen phones. I suspect that's the same choice for a lot of people in their 40s and beyond.

This is interesting...Apple and Google are going in totally different directions, based on their market strengths. Not a shocker but I'm interested to see how it plays out.

I've not read any of the apple docs so I'm not sure but I suspect Sign In with Apple is going to be required as an option, not required to be used. In other words a given app may have Facebook, Google, Apple sign in.

I don't think it's required today but what if Google takes the same stance as Apple and mandates that all Play Store apps must have Google sign in available.

So not 400 but at least two and likely three since Facebook is popular too.

If Apple mandates the use of Sign In then I think there may be some monopolistic issues. I'm not familiar with the actual law, grossly generalizing some comments below the theme is Apple cannot be monopolistic since there is an alternative in Android and Android has a larger world wide market share. I don't understand that line of reasoning but admit I do not know what the law says. Seems to me if you have complete control and it's harmful than that is monopolistic...

+1 for IVPN...I've been using it for more than a year. I use both the client and openvpn versions. A heads up...in the whack a mole back and forth amazon, netflix, etc. will not allow you to connect from IVPN known IP addresses. That's not an issue for me, I'm not using it to get around country restrictions but if you do plan to do that IVPN may not be your best bet.

I was with you all the way to the end...subscriptions will always have to be higher than ad revenue to the publisher. Take facebook as an example. In 4Q2018 their average revenue per user in the US was just shy of $35. If no advertisers paid anything to FB and instead lowered the cost of their products accordingly then yes Mike saves some money...BUT, if he wants to continue to use facebook...facebook will have to charge Mike at least as much as what they were getting from the Alices, likely much more. There is no way Nick can provide a newspaper without either advertising or subscription fees. It's the basic rub of the modern internet, at least content providers and as of now advertising for a "free" service is the dominant approach.