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Comment · 1 year ago
It’s unknown.

It can equally be possible, impossible or not worth it.

Interstellar rocks crashing at you with velocity of 0.1c might hurt a lot.

I would not like my government spending 99% of everybodies income for 100 generations, just to send one human to proxima centauri.

Growth and efficiency gains are not guaranteed, and will eventually stop. (If you take the mass of universe, put it into mc^2, and assume 5% energy consumption increase per year you get 2k years to consume whole universe worth of energy)

We can’t just assume that humans will reach Proxima Centauri.

Comment · 1 year ago
To solve the issue we must answer several questions: What’s the alternative? How much it would cost for whole class and members of classmate families?
Comment · 1 year ago
Yup. Java 1.8 is humongous leap to the right direction.
Comment · 1 year ago
I’m stll waiting for the revival of the cousin, underhanded c contest.
Comment · 1 year ago
Why court system is relevant for the currency?

I assume British courts can enforce contracts that deal in dollars.

Comment · 1 year ago
Eg. Some brand used in a movie.

Usually brands pay for that screen time, but it’s not very obvious that it’s payed advertising.

Comment · 1 year ago
Real men would dig Route 66 canal instead of Panama.
Comment · 1 year ago
No idea. Read only is good enough.
Comment · 1 year ago
Reasons why:

Corporation does not care about life per se, it looks at impact on profit.

Corporation has option to sue offender into oblivion (by thoroughly writing contracts)

Comment · 1 year ago
Parent is perfectly right.

> cultural shift toward being selfish

I enjoy ice cream so damn all other opinions :)

Comment · 1 year ago
Or more education.
Comment · 1 year ago
I think you are missing the forest for the trees.
Comment · 1 year ago
I do understand that it was not the first first salvo.

And that blockading policy and financing of anything but fatah and bunch of other stuff influenced today situation.

But you must admit that oct 7 was unusual escalation. Which now are used as the reason for current idf actions.

Comment · 1 year ago
If there is a lot of malnutrition, population numbers will change without migration.
Comment · 1 year ago
> Once one side of a war becomes dominant, it just ends.

Sorry for being pedanto, but other side must stop resisting for war to end. Guerrilla warfare is quite usual when there is great power imbalance.

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