It depends on the bottle, but they're also more work to recycle than make new ones. Even with us running low on usable sand - there's companies turning glass back into sand at this point
The upside is you can sterilize and reuse them, and if you make them a little thicker they're pretty strong
What is that in human units? I know 30C is balmy and 20C is pretty crisp...
Morality is definitely relative, there's just some common overlaps
Sometimes the answer is just the same no matter what (coherent) moral framework you examine it through... Sometimes it's just that simple
The aluminum ones have a plastic liner, and aluminum is cheap to make - recycling is incomparable to reuse, and a world away from reduce
For all we know, they're literally just passing massive checks in a circle to one another to say "yes, it says right here in our bank records that we spent a combined $100,000,000", meanwhile only 25% actually goes into the production, and they pocket the rest.
That would be illegal and easily discovered
But you could pay $10M to hire another company to do the sound mixing. They might spend $500k to do the work. You might also be the owner of that company, and the money ends up back in your pocket...And that's not embezzlement or a kickback, because that's what it's called when poor people do it
Recently, a bunch of people on tik tok found this "bug" in their banking app where you can write a bad check, then withdraw the funds before it clears... Then started crying about it when their balances updated
Dude definitely thought he discovered a cool new life hack
But they'll never leave ~~without money~~
I find it's about size. A small organization can be good or bad, depending on the members. At some point, you reach a size where the orgs focus shifts to perpetuating itself
Damn straight. I don't fear AI, I fear an even more uneven playing field
China has mythology about dynasties causing natural disasters through bad policies that disrupt the environment, and Pooh bear is changing his tone since the crazy series of natural disasters China has been having... They got a lot of flak for mishandling them, and, since finding out their military is in no shape to invade Taiwan, they're trying to show they can change before they get ousted
Russia was an economy the size of Mexico, before the latest sanctions hit (and we started investing in Mexican production to get away from China). They might be right - they're pretty far north, and they'd probably benefit from global upheaval - they have much less to lose, especially the regime (which is on very shaky footing due to Ukraine)
2024 has been a hell of a year. Russia is in no place to care about the long term, and the CCP could fall if they don't reform by the people's demands... The world is changing
We need to prepare, the adversaries have turned out to be toothless, but climate change is already here
I'm pretty happy with where my car is at. It's got this cool thing where you plug a cord in, and the sound comes through the speakers. Then it displays right on my phones screen, which I put under the speedometer so I can glance at it without turning my head
It's like magic, my car does the car stuff and my phone does the phone stuff, and if I wanted a closer relationship between the two I could buy a cheap off the shelf component that plugs into the standardized ports (no disassembly required). No updates, my car can't snitch on me and the only subscription is satellite radio
Honestly I can't think of anything I'm missing out on. I don't have a backup camera or blindspots warnings, but I've never used them or needed them. Smarter cruise control sounds worthwhile, but until I can safely take my eyes off the road I'm more worried about it making me complacent.
As far as entertainment, or even navigation? I've never heard someone say "man, my phone experience is terrible, I wish it was more like my car"
At this point, I'm more inclined to convert my car to electric than to buy a more modern one
Yeah... That's not going to work, because it turns out people will in fact pay a premium for green choices
Which sounds great, except it's a lot cheaper to lie and misdirect than to be green
And you have to be real, companies will do anything before producing less. Like plastics - the companies making them won't make less plastic just because we stop using straws - they'll pivot. They'll make them cheaper, ship them further, or cut back the straws to make more disposable cups - the only way they're cutting back on plastic is if the same processes and machinery can make a biodegradable version, if the government forces them, or if they shut down in whole or in part