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SufficientLime_ t1_jay0aj8 wrote

Reply to comment by 04221970 in A hydrogen-powered airplane just made a record-setting test flight by captainquirk

Batteries are too heavy for aviation. Hydrogen flammability can be mitigated due its tendency to escape very quickly into the atmosphere (lots of tests on ruptured tanks floating around).

Hydrogen can also produced as a form of storage when the grid is producing more than it consumes which is not uncommon with renewables. Yes batteries are denser and more efficient but they are expensive and lithium is still a problematic resource to mine. Water electrolysis is cheap and easy to deploy.

It's a decent stop-gap solution for low emissions until battery technology becomes dense enough for aviation.

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0xWednesdei t1_jaxvus0 wrote

Reply to People convicted of a federal cannabis possession charge can now apply to have the conviction removed from their records by OregonTripleBeam

This is great news obviously, but I can’t help but wonder how much it cost society to make it illegal in the first place. All the resources dedicated to enforcing the laws, lost time due to incarceration, job loss because of charges, etc.

Imagine where we would be if that money was dumped into education. It probably would have been more effective in the long run.

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malachi347 t1_jaxqfe3 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in ‘0% chance of survival’: World’s most premature twins record broken by blackchristopher

lol I know how it works, I have several children too. I was mostly trying to be funny, but the nugget of reality despite your confidence and downvotes is that they can't tell the difference down to the days. OB's are the first to admit that conception/gestation dates aren't always perfect, accurate or factual. They can be off by as much as two weeks (looked it up). So yeah, the cynic in me thinks the numbers may have been biased as I'm sure the "record" is widely circulated in that medical circle and a feel-good, fudge-able record like this is prime real estate for news, Guiness, and social media looking for clicks. Anyways, I'll just close with, again, I was trying to be more comedic than specific.

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chris14020 t1_jaxq9s8 wrote

Reply to A child learned his favorite waiter was struggling. He raised $30,000 for him. by madamskullcrusher

Ah, someone's ability to survive depended not on doing their job, but social lottery and the whim of a child. How uplifting. Boy I sure hope some day not the company I work for, but a literal child, will decide I'm worthy of being able to make ends meet.

I'd love to see something that isn't capitalistic horrors reframed as wholesome news.

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bubleve t1_jaxlv2e wrote

Reply to comment by fudgebacker in People convicted of a federal cannabis possession charge can now apply to have the conviction removed from their records by OregonTripleBeam

Literally the first paragraph, and this can only cover Federal because Congress or States need to do the rest.

> The Department of Justice on Friday launched an application form that people who were covered under President Joe Biden’s mass marijuana pardon can fill out to demonstrate that they were granted clemency. ...The relief was automatic...

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friday99 t1_jaxl0hs wrote

Reply to comment by magnumhairball in People convicted of a federal cannabis possession charge can now apply to have the conviction removed from their records by OregonTripleBeam

0 people will be released over this and it might only benefit about 6,500 individuals.

And most federal marijuana possession charges are with other more serious charges.

No one has been arrested at a federal level for simple possession only.

This was mostly lip service. It's looking like You're doing something without actually doing much. I know the office of the president can't control state legislature, but that's where the real action has to happen

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