I would think that the famous Tesla short that was started by Bill Gates has paid for this product.
a bit of laughter for all of us

while I am not sure the concept is viable, the value of the concept should be more towards localized on the spot needs instead of peak natural gas production.

best way I can picture it is: ( USA mindset) Nuke and solar plants on weekend's load up these towers because the base loads are low. at peak loads they are released.

Very perfect idea if the concept is viable.

I enjoyed your commentary.
I was saying the same thing to myself, the lack of deep long term research, and proof testing of bad ideas if data can not be found.

worst part is, I kept thinking, where are all the abandoned hillside mines or quarries that could be utilized. something has to be off or someone is not testing correctly.

I know the owners can just shut the entire operation ( including the print side ), there is a law that is clear about that.
Can they outsource the entire IT department? I'm not sure if they can. Might be cheaper in the long run. If the union raise the cost, a company should seek equal quality, at a better price, somewhere else.

>>Eu has ~200 million employed people and 450 million population.
That I already know and I am not thinking anything small town.
https://www.statista.com/stati... which 2019 shows 183MM and unemployment rate of ~7%

What I do know from history and taxation is this: Glassdoor and other employment portals show that in Europe, Facebook pays at the higher end of the distribution curve for all employment. it's also mentioned in DW https://www.dw.com/

Higher paying jobs outside of the main cities and in the new "tech centers" are vital to European growth.

it's a powerful tool because the higher income people pay more taxes on a gross basis. it's a huge EU delicate and nasty battle.
France did a huge error back in 2011 ( or 12) https://www.france24.com/en/20... . The rich moved from France to avoid biggest taxation. the rich ( and super rich ) enjoyed the savings. Then in 2018 ( or 19) the French government changed the rule. France did not recover any of that lost tax revenue, because not all not move back.

It's the same battle again, this time over many countries in the EU and they don't want these lovely higher tax paying employees unemployed without a penalty to the business owner.

Personally I think if google can do it, so can the rest of these huge firms. Yet when I look at the bigger picture being shown, I kinda thing hmm... where is the money issues.

>>Why Meta would want to threaten with social suicide, I cannot understand.
Hi,
From my perspective it's simple:
7000 current employees in EU
promised 10000 more for EU to build more of "meta"

If they can't move the IP-labor to process the data to stateside for revenue growth,
  then they can quietly say "hey EU, We can't employ the 10K we promised, we are dismissing 1/2 of the 7000 without paying the labor unemployment penalties taxes because you created the mess with your laws".

10,000 new jobs might not seem like a lot, but it's a huge labor number and the fear of well paying jobs being lost ( and the tax revenue from even 1 of those 7000 ) does put exceedingly higher than normal pressure.

That's my take on the game. because if google can do it, then everyone else can also.

I walk 5 miles daily and then I do a 18 mile walk ever 5 or 6 weeks.
Even if I could walk 500 miles ( using that because it's a round number ), I still get around 165-175 hours of walking. 20 days on the low end.

I am rather ridged about my walking and I can tell by the timing how energetic I might be ( 5 miles range is from 1H20m to 1H50m ).

I can not fathom 125 hour to walk 500 mile. I would love to hear from other people that enjoy walking as much as I do.

You are 100% correct.
If the leader of that country was willing to let his brother die, then you have to ask yourself, how deep do you have to hid so that they don't get near to you.

it's easier just to figure a new defensive stance and spread patch's ( at lease that is what I think )

I have listened to the 911 tape of the guy screaming and pleading to save his home, while the fire department is watering the next door neighbors home. While this is not the case I recall, here is a similar citation https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbn...

I recall your story also, I know it as a sovereign citizen not a libertarian.

I dislike that Libertarians are clump up with Socialist and other groups ( I myself am a firm believer in capitalism, with higher taxes and free healthcare).

Because I don't know, and I would love to find a citation.
If you steal bitcoin via a hack, is the crime of bit coin theft punishable in the USA?
I know the hacking yes, but the coins themselves.

From a really old slashdot post about 12-15 years ago, I recall the mention of a specific atomic particle that entered and exited the earth. it left a signature on earthquake detection equipment. so if an atom could be picked up traversing the earth, then with some basic trial and error we could guess at some conclusions.

Now let's reverse a few of the posted notes:
10 CM detected in Jamaica,
40 CM detected at Portuguese Meteorological Office.
2 sources with time stamps. maybe if a third was found you could then find the center of the event or the movement of the event over time.

What we can not yet rule out is air wave movements of any sorts. I wonder if there are any weird readings on very sensitive barometers, I don't know if they have equipment like that and were I could look up the readings.

We can not rule out reflection from one side of the ocean to the other. Push one side, cause a bulge on the other. Should or could be on seismic activity monitors.

We can not rule out a physical land wave that could be detected with sat height measuring equipment. does not have to be much just 1 millimeter

There is actual law about this:
your question is about being defined as theft: the answer is No

it works on the basis of storage and shipping law.
it goes ...
lost item ...
if item is reported by shipper then it's "lost and could be recovered in the future" + insurance carrier has rights to claim if they paid out
if shipper does not report item lost and it's sold by the US government. The item will be free and clear of all future claims from shipper, insurance carrier can claim and because it's a US government entity, they (USG) will have to pay the insurance carrier.
the Item when properly noticed in publication will clearly become legal to sell.

Interestingly enough because of the way it's sold, the question "Legal to function" is in no way covered.

While I can not find any direct current case law about this very focused question ( and it's a really good one ), the answer will all depend on if the shipper reported the loss and since you have a paper trail, you can not be accused of fraud or buying stolen goods.

When buying goods at customs auctions, it's interesting to note that some items must be shipped back to oversea's and you see this in watch's many times. Item is free and clear of any and all liens or claims, legally sold by the USG, to be exported. happens all the time.

I have not read the article. I do enjoy collecting stamps and learning about the USPS. 8 million dollars of valuables is an amazingly low number. When, I last looked 150 Million pieces of mail are deliver daily. In 5 days that's 1.2 billion, and 1 year that's 62 billion pieces.

An item that I do know about the USPS, it has a lost mail section in each region ( regional recovery center, was called a dead letter office), then ( I think ) in Colorado they have a separate lost mail division to handle what the other regional centers could not solve. It's important to them to deliver each piece of mail. when they are successful, it also has a special packaging or rubber stamp marks, which makes it interesting to collectors.

now 62 Billion / 8 million and each dollar is 1 piece of mail = .00013 : that's a lot of mail to send just to have a loss of 1 letter.
now I am sure the loss rate is higher, because they recycle and things just fall out of the packages. yet it's amazing when you think. 150 million daily and just a few losses, no quality control inputs to make the situation better ( I write letters and hand write the address ). I find it amazing that so few are lost.

that's the point, they don't seem special until they are tested and found to have a genetic difference .