lorenzorhoades

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99% of the time playing devils advocate brings the most insight
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Comment · 6 years ago
Well... Sending out a letter can get lost in the junk mail,. I'm sure the other establishments got this message though.
Comment · 6 years ago
No, but I kinda understand why I was downvoted.
Comment · 6 years ago
Controversial uninformed opinion:

Recycling is a major cause to the Homeless epidemic. Roads, brakes, weight are major causes to pollution. Heavy cars (IE. Super dense lithium, nickel, cobalt) will cause more pollution.

Comment · 6 years ago
i've heard this before. It was in regards to people washing their clothes.
Comment · 6 years ago
Are you talking about Tacoma/ Ruston Area?

I agree with you. Recycling is stupid; weirdly enough it's a major contributor(? Totally not the right word) to homelessness.

Secondly, it's allowed to be 'disposed of' internationally. Who knows what the Chinese and Indians are doing with it.

Instead of CRV at the consumer level, we should have susidies or direct payments to suppliers for reusing plastic. All the plastic that isn't 'intrinsically valuable', ends up safely in a landfill.

Comment · 6 years ago
Like Australia, but more expensive and brutal.
Comment · 6 years ago
Government investing in technology is great. Wish we did more of it.
Comment · 6 years ago
i've seen this comment a couple times on HN and find it funny. My classes and lectures were mostly about what was not in the book and if you tried to read the book and take the test you'd get around a 50%.
Comment · 6 years ago
I think you nailed it. However 'Planning for failure' breaks down in a future with economically viable carbon capture. What happens when nations are 'un-aligned' in how much carbon should be in the atmosphere/ the total globe. If it makes India a rainforest with a certain level of carbon, but makes the US a desert, how do you decide the optimal level of carbon PPM?
Comment · 6 years ago
Elon and other CEO's in the transportation space owe alot of their success to the Obama administration. Massive loans to a variety of electrical car makers and the privatization of space access in the US.
Comment · 6 years ago
Tesla canceled Zoom due to these privacy concerns expressed in this article. We use Microsoft Teams now and it's much better. Everyone already used it as an instant messenger before this and since it's part of the Outlook ecosystem i've found that it's much better. It's also saved a ton of useless meetings that run really long because i can just call someone straight through Teams instead of setting a meeting.
Comment · 6 years ago
I've often thought of selling my Runescape account and have even posted it before. However, every couple of years I hope on and have a couple of hours of pure joy of reminiscing before not touching it again for a couple years. I would suggest not selling it as that couple hours is worth more than money can buy.
Comment · 7 years ago
Some say Hemmingway killed himself over his dispair for introducting the world to the running of the bulls festival. It seemed idyllic, and amazing in his book - Went there in 2014, and it's a bunch of tourist getting absolutely shit faced, and trying to mess with the bulls.
Comment · 7 years ago
The solution is clear; ban lobbying. Why are you allowed to fund individuals running for office? That's called bribing, and it's illegal. BigCompanyX literally gives these people money in expectation of regulatory loopholes, and favoritism. Make a date prior to the election cycle where you have to register to run for office. From that date forward, allow no 'donations' or whatever they call it to come from individuals or corporations. Allow these people to run based on merits, not capital. Why are some of the great minds of our days not running for office?
Comment · 7 years ago
The OP has obviously never used Instagram, which for my generation is much more popular than Facebook. Almost every reason listed for Google+'s failure, is a feature of instagrams massive success.

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