TheLurker

@TheLurker@lemmy.world

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

TheLurker,

Most of you in this thread have no idea what he did in his career, what his achievements were or what his critics levelled against him.

You are just engaging in the exact type of cliche group think which you all claim to stand against.

Try thinking for yourself and stop with the Hollywood two dimensional heroes and villains trope.

TheLurker, (edited )

Wow you listened to someone else’s opinion for 6 hours and provided an IamRight weblink.

You are clearly an expert.

I bet your “research” doesn’t mention his Nobel Peace Prize for helping to end America’s involvement in the Vietnam war.

See I can cherry pick facts as well.

But let me guess, your counter argument is “hurr durr globalisation propaganda”, right?

TheLurker, (edited )

Yes they can, hence why this unabashed vitriol is clearly just Lemmy group think.

Because while you may not agree with the fact he is closely associated with the Republicans. He did get a Nobel Peace Prize.

And while I never praised the man, the fact I called out people for bandwagoning, only for the responses to be more bandwagoning and the attempt to frame what I posted as support for the man clearly shows the level of blind indoctrination of “this bad, this good” group think going on here.

Also he was a staunch anti communist. Probably the real reason for the outpouring of hatred.

TheLurker,

Ah yes, different opinions for which you fail to provide a valid counterpoint must mean troll.

Thank you for your irrelevant input.

TheLurker, (edited )

I’ll assume you are unfamiliar with the size of Singapore and the geography of the Northern Territory.

Singapore lacks the space for pumped storage. Singapore’s density is 8592 per square kilometre. Compare this to India at only 481 or the US at 37.

The Northern Territory in Australia is extremely flat and extremely arid, as such it lacks the topography to build water storage and the water required for it.

TheLurker,

That’s possible. You will still need to have the generation somewhere, and if you are going solar then the Northern Territory is an ideal location as it has very little rain and abundance of sunshine.

I’m not suggesting your idea is invalidated by the example I give. I’m simply pointing out that in this example, transoceanic electrical transmission isn’t a bad idea.

When all things are considered in this specific example. The infrastructure cost is outweighed by the impracticality of Singapore generating solar energy.

TheLurker,

I was referring to the comment that transoceanic electrical transmission is too expensive and impractical.

In the case of the NT - Singapore project, it is probably the most practical and cost effective option IF solar is the way they want to go.

TheLurker,

Oh great, now we need to take it down from Big Ben and de-magnetise it. 🤦‍♂️

TheLurker, (edited )

Poor Elon trying to tech-bro his way into social dominance by buying a social media platform.

And to think that only ~6 years ago people saw him as a progressive visionary.

There is the lesson people. Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought of as an idiot than to open it and remove all doubt.

TheLurker, (edited )

I only despise academia for their insistence to gauge value on the number of published papers. Not because I needed my thesis to be published before obtaining my PhD.

My thesis had more value than the next 7 papers I published before I left academia.

TheLurker,

That comment says more about you than it does about the origins of the word barbarian.

The word barbarian has its earliest known origin in ancient Greece and was used to refer to anyone who wasn’t Greek, and sometimes for other Greeks, who were “different”.

So who do YOU think the “ethnic group” this word refers to is?

TheLurker,

At the rate they are going, 404 is the next thing you will see when going to their shit site.

TheLurker,

I have one for you.

“You gotta pay your bills and it can get worse.”

TheLurker,

Yes there is a reason to run a part of your business at a loss. It is well known market strategy and it is called a Loss Leader.

You offer a product or services at a loss because it helps you generate more revenue in another part of your business.

And plenty of companies keep products that don’t make money, because they are Loss Leaders into products that do make money.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_leader

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • localhost
  • All magazines
    •
    Loading…
    Loading the web debug toolbar…
    Attempt #