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Comment Re:Would not a simpler explanation ... (Score 4, Insightful) 14

be that they just start growing when the moisture reaches them ?

It could be. But goes against the evidence from their experiment.
Both groups were submerged in 3cm of water...

You did at least read the summary right?

Across a series of experiments, the researchers submerged nearly 8,000 rice seeds in shallow tubs of water, at a depth of around 3 centimeters (1 inch)

Comment Re:Stock Market Insanity (Score 1) 37

What are you on about?
The only people that lost money were the ones who had the wrong expectations about the future of the company.
It's the system working as intended.

People who expected the company to do X bid up the price to reflect X being done/true.
People who didn't think/expect that didn't buy it. Or sold it once they realized their expectations were wrong.

Now, a lot of the people who lost money were the ones with the bad expectation

Only people who lost money were the ones with the incorrect expectation. As intended.

but it hurts the company in ways that seem unjust to me

How was the company hurt? They didn't perform to what was expected of them. If they had the price wouldn't have gone down.
Sure people may have had unrealistic expectations of the company. How does that hurt the company though? If the expectations were more realistic the price would never have gone so high in the first place. The result is the same.
(In reality, people in the company would have known the expectations were unrealistic and sold for a profit before it was confirmed to everyone else. That's only a good thing for the people in company) or (the company itself could have raised additional capital at the unrealistic valuations, also good for the company)

That's where the original parent is also misunderstanding. The current price isn't because the company "did good" or "failed". It's only concerned with meeting whatever expectations the investors already had for the future when they bought the shares.
Unrealistic expectations mean an unrealistic price.
The same thing happens the other way. If everyone expected X but they did 2X the price would go up. I'm assuming you'd have no problem with that? So how is it not the same?

Comment Re:Stock Market Insanity (Score 1) 37

Yeah, that does seem a bit ridiculous. "Well, you grew a lot, but didn't grow as much as we expected, so you're going to be punished for our miscalculation."

Seems like obvious common sense.
You thought they would make X dollars. But now they're only going to make 1/2 X
You wouldn't think the old valuation was too high?
Why even have an expectation if you're not going to change your strategy when it's wrong?

Comment Re:UAE leaves OPEC (Score 1) 122

Then what is the other 70% of Emirates' GDP?

You could have just looked it up

The remaining 70–75% of the UAE's GDP (often referred to as the non-oil sector) is a highly diversified mix of industries led by trade, manufacturing, financial services, and construction. Recent data for 2024 and early 2025 indicates that the non-oil sector's contribution has hit historic highs, reaching approximately 77.3% of real GDP in the first quarter of 2025

Submission + - The war has the world buying clean energy. China is benefitting the most. (cnn.com)

AleRunner writes: CNN is reporting that sales of renewables have surged hugely with 70% growth of solar, batteries and EVs as people and countries move away from the huge vulnerabilities and bankrupting costs of oil based economies.

The war in Iran has sent oil-starved countries scrambling for fuel. Many are opting for energy alternatives — and turning to the renewables king of the planet: China.

Chinese exports of solar technology, batteries and electric vehicles all reached record highs in March, according to energy think tank Ember, a sign that the historic oil supply shock is accelerating the adoption of clean energy around the world.

The Washington Post had a similar report recently however as CNN mentioned Reuters claims that there is still plenty of capacity for production. Last year already solar grow faster than any energy source ever.

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