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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The penalty is for all revenue made, not all profit made. So they still lost money on this product with R&D, production, etc. expenses.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

While he was in politics he also dropped some insanely good political ads. All around legend.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

One of the key reasons for Israeli airport security efficiency is racial profiling though (see the Ben Gurion airport section of This page for details).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

The law allows you to shoot anyone who is trespassing on your property (which is absolutely terrifying). It's not specific to illegal immigrants and couldn't be used on someone else's property. So shooting a rancher on their property would still be illegal.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

Plastic is polyethylene, which is a long chain of repeating ethylene molecules. To make it biodegradable they just put starch molecules in the chain every so often.

A lot of plastic is polyethylene, but nowhere near all of it. There are plenty of polymers that can break down naturally, mostly polyesters like PLA (which breaks down into lactic acid, the same naturally produced compound that causes muscle soreness after workouts). A lot of work is being put into making PLA have better material properties so it can replace more of the conventional plastics. It's also generally made from corn and can be pretty close to carbon-neutral. So long story short some biodegradable plastics are worse, but some have legitimate applications and are genuinely better than current options.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

In addition to what the other commenter said, this case took place in California where abortion is fully legal and constitutionally protected. Not to minimize what's going on in other states of course, but you're comparing apples to oranges with that statement.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Btw your 20% figure includes those at Level 1 literacy, only 8% are below level 1 (from your source)