Can infrared energy be reflected like light? What would a good reflector be? (THEORETICALLY) Would a parabolic dish over this facility be able to focus the heat to a single point and, if so, what would the temp be? Is it additive? Like X joules of Y degrees over Z square meters focused down to 1 Sq cm?
You want to read about "conservation of etendue" for a technical explanation. For an easier explanation, look for xkcd's excellent "Fire from Moonlight".
I'm sorry, this article reads like something a low-level HR drone was ordered to write with the help of AI. "Come up with an excuse we can feed to the board of directors about why we fired all the high-paid productive SMEs, lost our most profitable customers and tanked our profits this year".
So the "bad guys" have loads of SIM cards installed into machines that can make calls or send SMS text messages, right? Doesn't each SIM card require an account with a cell phone provider in order to access "the phone network"? If not then are they getting free cell service and how do I sign up with that (ahem) provider? If so then how were those sim cards paid for? Can we follow the money?
Elected representatives frequently introduce bills that have no chance of passing or being considered. This proposed legislation is only to gain points with the electorate: "I introduced a bill to ban/promote XYZ but it was killed by the other side". It's red-cape waving. I would like to come up with a name for this behavior but I'm trying to restrict my use of bad language and negative thinking.
The ban as you described it is pretty specific. Would it be ok for someone to spray chemicals and metals for other reasons and not to induce rain by cloud-seeding? Crop-dusting might fall under this category.
And what exactly are "nanochemicals"?
"According to Lucasfilm, Return of the Jedi (1983) "has never gone into profit", despite having earned $475 million at the box office against a budget of $32.5 million." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting
All this while our country has already cut antiretrovirals for children in Africa with zero warning or opportunity for private org or another country to take over. Our legacy as a country is going to look pretty gross.
Your son is a sex tourist, your daughter has it from a hostel stay too and you got it frim agnes, the secretary. And yes, your dick may rot off, cause everyone in the world is 5 "IdontGiveAFucks" away from it.
Inability to deal with a complex world does not make it go away. Its like stopping to pay rent to saving up for a house.
America shouldn’t have been spending money on that in the first place. Our role in this world should be to put ourselves first, just like every country is already putting themselves first.
Never mind that spending small sums of money to help control disease in other countries is pretty beneficial to America, diseases don't respect imaginary border walls.
Yes, restrict global traffic and further fuck our economy for… the economy?
At this point, you lot aren’t advocating cutting funding because it will help us. You understand it won’t. You’re advocating it because you desire to hurt others.
The solution for that is years of therapy and potentially institutionalization, not politics.
Why do we keep giving money to that one country then? Because the political benefits pay off for the politicians. So those same benefits could apply from foreign medical aid, but we don't value helping others less fortunate?
Ugh I hate that as well! But unfortunately they have bought our politicians.
I’m hoping that after Trump both sides can bow up popular pressure to stop supporting them. In younger generations in both the left and right there is less star struck awe at the mention of that country, so I’m hopeful.
The implications of this is that that money was never taxed which is likely untrue. Just because the money left Lucasfilm, doesn't mean it wasn't taxed.
There's a reason why the IRS isn't going after them. So called "Hollywood accounting" is a lot more about screwing actors out of royalties than it is about not paying taxes
The implication is that "reported losses" don't have anything to do with actual losses. Citing the corporations creative accounting results convinces no-one.
This is all just accounting nonsense and tax loopholes. Did you even read the article? FTA:
> Merck reported a loss of almost $2 billion in the U.S. while making $22 billion abroad. Johnson and Johnson reported losing just under $500 million in the U.S. while making $17 billion abroad. Pfizer reported U.S. losses of around $500 million while making $9 billion abroad. AbbVie apparently lost nearly $8 billion in the U.S. while making over $11 billion abroad (mostly in Bermuda) and Bristol Myers Squibb reported a loss of $15 billion in the U.S. (tied to the accounting of an acquisition) and $6.5 billion of foreign profits.
This guy is my hero:https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/01/florida-man-eats-diet...
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