nova9001

nova9001 t1_iwa93yq wrote

>Everyone's going to the cities; young people are moving away. Planting rice is very labor intensive and costs a lot of money. By not having to plant twice a year, they save a lot of labor and time," says Erik Sacks, professor in the Department of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois and co-author on the report.

Sucks that agriculture is such an important industry and nobody wants to work in it. Using technology to improve yield and profits is definitely the way to go. Hopefully it gets profitable enough that it draws people back in.

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nova9001 t1_iv4kn2o wrote

https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-elon-musk-ukraine-explainer

>The U.S. military has weighed in recently as well. Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, the DoD press secretary, confirmed on Tuesday that the Pentagon hasn't paid SpaceX any money for Starlink services in Ukraine to date, Space News reported (opens in new tab).

Wrong the American government has not paid a single cent for it. And while Musk claims some countries paid, he never claimed UK was one of them.

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nova9001 t1_iv4kg9g wrote

>I'm sorry, but exactly when did private industry become obligated to support National Policy for free?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_satellite_services_in_Ukraine

>On February 26, 2022, while Russian columns were advancing to take Ukraine's capital Kyiv, Ukraine's Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov asked Elon Musk on Twitter to provide assistance to Ukraine in the form of Starlinks.[5][4] Musk/Starlink reacted instantly: Ukraine's Starlink service was immediately activated (as it was not in a list of accessible countries before), while Musk/Starlink sent the first shipment to Ukraine, which arrived on February 28.[6][7][8][9][10]

Nobody forced Elon Musk to do anything. He himself gave Ukraine the services for free. The US government was not involved in the negotiations.

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nova9001 t1_iv4jvok wrote

>Why are we relying on the "good graces" of a billionaire man-child to provide help? Stop giving the clown attention and, more importantly, tax payer money.

Because he owns SpaceX, that's why.

America could forcefully nationalize SpaceX but I doubt that's going to happen unless Elon is a threat. So far he's not.

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nova9001 t1_iv0uwyn wrote

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_International_Space_Station

>While ESA is open to China's inclusion, the US is against it.[45] US concerns over the transfer of technology that could be used for military purposes echo similar concerns over Russia's participation prior to its membership.[46][47]

12 years ago US banned China from ISS and today China has completed their own space station. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

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nova9001 t1_iu2vm4e wrote

Just look at experts commenting during trading hours. First hour: Market slids because of X reasons because the market opened lower. Second hours: Market rally because of Y reasons when the market reverses and goes higher.

These "experts" just keep changing their tune to whatever is happening in the market with a straight face.

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