[–] 10 points 1 month ago

Fortunately, you wouldn't be paying for it. You pay taxes and the state decides what to do with the money. And imprisoning the few people on death row is just a drop in the bucket of what they have available.

Here's some numbers. There's about 50 executions in the US per year. If the annual cost of imprisoning someone is 100.000$, that's 5 million per year. Per person in the US (say 340mio), that's about 1.5cts. Granted, now that these people aren't dying anymore, there'll be more people to take care of. If they live 50 extra years, that's 75cts each person in the US pays to keep them in the prison.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    I know it's pointless to argue with your kind, but what the hell are you talking about? Democratic right of self determination? Where's the democratic part in a war where you're defending against an aggressor? Self determination when your rights and your way of living are taken away, when everything you worked toward is stolen?

    Would you happily turn over your belongings when you're getting mugged in the street?

    Also, imperialism? You mean when a country invades another country to take ownership? If you're not a fan of that, I got some bad news for you.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    I'm pretty sure this happens in the EU too. Recently noticed that in Germany with potato chips, which all at the same time increased their volume back to the old value. Going by feeling, I'd say they were reduced ~1.5 years prior. Was a bit strange because it's different manufacturers...

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago

    Good Lithium-ion batteries have around 350 Wh/kg, so if you retrofit your devices, you'd be cutting out almost half the capacity, so at the moment it's not feasible yet.

    Once the form factor is there and the loading voltage is the same (or the charging circuit can be replaced), I don't see why it shouldn't work

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