If there are only two competitors for a product, then it is either a niche product or there is room for more competition, usually, who can use disruptive marketing.
The problem is, for very large markets, companies will abuse their position to prevent competition from forming. Coke and Pepsi should not be allowed to simply buy every new drink that comes to market.
Anyway, I digress. The government doesn't have the balls to bust monopolies anymore.
Gacha mechanics are patentable in games in Japan?
Man, patents just need to go away.
I can hear the spurs jangling. Can you?
Oddly enough, it's probably one of the best and most affordable devices in this sector. You can buy 10-20x units compared to the brand leader (Trimble). So I think they assume that this is how most people will operate.
It's a fantastic photo 😍
They're lithium iron phosphate chemistry, which typically draw down to 2.0V without problems, and tend to be a bit more forgiving. I agree 0.9V is low, but the cells were relatively new. Furthermore, no sign of damage or other typical faults associated with a failing battery, and my battery analyzer (from my drone batteries, same chemistry) approved it. According to my gantt chart, they've likely been charged and discharged 75 times since I brought them back to life.
Sadly, because they are a manufacturer device integrated battery pack, and the manufacturer doesn't sell replacements, my only options would be installing a third party battery pack or buying another device at $1500 or more. I'm happy with the battery recovery process though in this case.
Appeal to authority argument incoming. Points to self. Am scientist. Am geoscientist. Am hard rock geoscientist who professionally uses instruments to quantify rock properties.
You're quoting things that do not apply uniformly across the shield as though they apply across the shield. Nuclear waste storage locations ideally are within granite plutons, of which there are many within the shield. You don't think the people looking to develop storage facilities don't look for the most competent rocks? There was a research facility in Pinawa Manitoba for years -- they mapped every fracture in that rock from above and below. They learned construction techniques tailored for the rock. It's goddamned perfect.
Furthermore, have you ever heard of grout? How do you think hydroelectric reservoirs retain their water when built in the shield? Engineering and materials science are marvelous things.
Assuming it isn't a fisheye lens, then the best reference is the fence and trees in the top left corner. Without that fence though I think it would be a lot harder :)
That's just junk science. Groundwater flow rates are easy to measure. And any such facility will be both over engineered and one of the best monitored locations on the planet.
I mean, aside from choosing a location specifically because the rock lacks fractures, isn't stressed, not earthquake prone, etc...
Whatever. I guess we kill the planet instead of getting the needle.
If the geology was appropriate, I wouldn't be opposed.
It's barely even funny at this point.
Although I'd quibble about Newsweek defining this guy as an oligarch. He was vice president at a company that was disbanded due the company president's opposition to Putin. It's very possible this guy is just a former executive that refused to bend or hand over some dirt or something. It doesn't appear he fits the definition of oligarch at all.
Unless we're just using the word to refer to all Russians above peasant.
It's weird. The provinces vote conservative when the feds are Liberals. And then it swings the other way. It's like the system is designed to keeps the provinces and feds always at odds with one another. Pointing fingers at another level of government is easier when they're a different team.