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Comment · 2 years ago
The Kahe (oil powered) plant at electric beach is still operational. The coal fired power plant that shut down is a little further south of there, closer to Barbers point.
Comment · 3 years ago
Seems like the presence of the accumulated gunk in the cylinder means the hot water must be cleaner by definition? The accumulation being the net difference between what was dissolved in the incoming water and what is dissolved in the outgoing water.

With the exception of gunk that is from the lining of the cylinder itself of course.

Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
How would one go about trying to get this law enforced on a company? I live in California where this tactic has supposedly been illegal for 3 years already, but when I go to cancel my AT&T internet subscription, I still can not do it online and am forced to call.
Comment · 5 years ago
There's some numbers here for what it would take.

https://www.cell.com/joule/pdf/S2542-4351(19)30354-X.pdf

Basically we need 1W/m^2 of cooling for the earth, so if you could get a radiative cooling device with 100W/m^2 you'd need to cover about 1% of Earth's area

Comment · 5 years ago
I think the sentence is meant to be read: "As many Jews as [the number of] Signal readers" i.e. equating the size of the groups, not saying that they were the same group.
Comment · 5 years ago
It depends on the r value of the virus. A more transmissible virus requires a higher level of population immunity. Most common estimate I've seen for covid is 70-80%
Comment · 5 years ago
Can it turn a well written email into a short list of facts? That seems more useful.
Comment · 5 years ago
I'm definitely not an expert on options contracts, but the examples of clauses I've seen are:

(In the options exercise agreement): "All certificates evidencing shares purchased under this agreement shall bear the following legend: "The shares represented hereby may not be sold, assigned, ..., except in compliance with the terms of a written agreement between the company and the registered holder...""

(On the share certificate): "This certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all ... bylaws of the corporation, to all of which each holder ... agrees to be bound"

Either of which seems to give the company the ability to unilaterally reject any transfer/sale of shares.

Comment · 5 years ago
I learned the hard way that options agreements tend to have additional clauses allowing the company to unilaterally restrict sales. The contract might look like it has a straightforward process for employees to sell, with a company first right of refusal (with the company purchasing the stock instead). But there is usually additional fine print that basically gives the board veto power over any transfer of stock.
Comment · 6 years ago
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Comment · 7 years ago
Maybe Apple should revoke the certificate for the iOS app shown in the article.
Comment · 10 years ago
What kind of licensing (FCC or otherwise) would one need to operate such a radio bridge in the US? or is it public spectrum?

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