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The countries with high percent of renewable electrical generation mostly had massive hydropower resources--and that mostly can't spread to the rest of the world.

The fossil fuel industry requires massive continued investment. So it's not clear that renewables would be more affected by high interest rates than fossil fuel investment would be.

No. We need the same legal protections whether the risks come from AI, traditional computer programs or human beings.

Clickbait title: there is no information on how Mandisa died.

"Long-acting drugs are likely to be an even greater boon in populations that have long been hard to reach: patients who have spotty access to health services, or who have trouble taking daily pills because they have unstable housing or transportation, are struggling with substance use, are mentally ill or face discrimination and stigma."

A great many of these people don't have the big bucks these long-acting drugs will cost and if they have something like Medicaid, stingy state Medicaid formularies won't cover them.

"For comparison, the typical full-time U.S. worker earns a median $60,000 per year, according to Labor Department data."

This doesn't make any sense. Explanations?

No, tobacco products kill a lot more people, in the U.S. about 400,000 people a year--three to four times as many as alcohol.

There is no ranking there: a teaser of a few lines and then presumably you have to subscribe...

This was published in 2019, so the technology may have changed.

So you didn't have any trouble finding financial institutions which allow software or hardware based MFA?

Look at this chart of Productivity Change in the Nonfarm Business Sector 1947-2023.

https://www.bls.gov/productivity/images/pfei.png

What you would expect if you read all the media hype about new technology is that there would have been massive increases in productivity in the last 15 years compared to earlier years. Instead productivity increases were significantly greater before then.

I expect AI will be similar. I expect there will be some areas where it will have major impacts, but most areas will continue on about the same.

The big money is not going to be the type of chat services the article talks about; the big money is going to be romance scams.

AI spam has only been around a year or two--but the decline in search engine quality has been going on for much longer.

It's a question of what has the most bang for the buck. Using wind to generate electricity via big wind turbines has a vastly lower cost per ton of avoided carbon pumped into the atmosphere than using wind to move very small capacity sailboats across the ocean.

Less energy turns out to be a relatively minor consideration in the world; for example cost of labor is vastly more important.

"We aren’t anywhere near running out of space for landfill. The Earth is huge and we are good at digging deep holes. Space will never be a meaningful constraint."

While true in general there is a very big problem called NIMBYism (not in my back yard) where a great many places refuse to allow new landfills--resulting in the refuse having to be transported very long distances--and thus using a great deal of energy for the transportation.

It might be a reason he was caught: the reason the hospital got a detective to investigate him was probably because it was worried he might engage in ransomware or other security breaches against the hospital.

Since I have a couple Chase credit cards my immediate question is how do I shut off these targeted ads?

This is crazy. Simply having some road congestion perverts the meaning of the phrase "state of emergency".

It depends on the crop. Corn and soybeans are massively mechanized so you need very little labor so often it is the farm owners doing the fieldwork.

Climate change shows its effects over decades--not over a year or two as has happened with cocoa.

"Commodities such as food and beverage goods, electronics and household goods are top targets of thieves."

Why bother with low value products like food and beverages?

I very much doubt that it is just older adults who are being tricked.

What kind of gun do you carry in your car? Is this the same one you carry on your person?

This surprises me. When a state like Mississippi has lots of poor people you would expect credit card companies to simply not offer the poor credit cards--instead Mississippi has a 39% delinquency rate in contrast to a 13% delinquency rate for Iowa.

No. Musk is going to move the incorporation state of Tesla from Delaware to Texas--and when there will reinstate the pay package.

Why not start a new account? See:

https://www.businessfirstonline.co.uk/advice/how-to-open-a-n...

"Target is turning to its competitors' playbook for a reason: Walmart CEO Doug McMillon told investors on the company's earnings call in February that Walmart+ members spend nearly twice as much as non-members and buy more over the course of a year."

Correlation does not imply causation. It's doubtful an occasional Walmart shopper is going to consider Walmart+ because he would get negligible benefits from it. Conversely an already heavy Walmart shopper would--because he would get significant benefits.

Musk plans to move the state of incorporation from Delaware to Texas. When he does I expect him to immediately re-propose this pay package--and it will be agreed to. Thus the lawyers actions won't save the company any money--it will simply delay the payment package. Thus the lawyers don't deserve this big fee.

Want emergencies can you think of which would require such fast access to cash? For example if you need to replace a big ticket item (car, house...) which has been destroyed it will take longer than that to find a replacement. Most short term emergencies requiring something like rent car, rent living space, flying somewhere can be handled by putting the cost on a credit card.