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  • It was apparently to have a better distribution and quality.

    This is bullshit. The Oxford vaccine was specifically designed to be manufactured using existing processes and distribution channels.

    AstraZeneca claimed not to get profits from the vaccine sales.

    If the whole world got effective covid vaccines at cost of production then no-one would pay Pfizer for their novel (and expensive) technology. Gates Foundation secured a return of over 15 times more than its initial investment in BioNTech.

  • Underperforming = being unproductive enough that you get yelled at

    Don't agree with this definition. In a group, half the people will be underperforming and half will be overperforming. Yelling is not at all guaranteed.

    But we do agree that if you do less than the bare minimum then you do get shouted at.

  • Global top 10%' or 'access to wealth'

    • You are 18-25, your net financial wealth is $50,000 or more.
    • You are 25-29, your net financial wealth is $100,000 or more.
    • You are 30-35, your net financial wealth is $200,000 or more.
  • all we’re left with is people being mean and ugly toward each other.

    Disagree. There would be some people being mean and ugly toward each other, but those subthreads can easily be hidden by the user.

    rage is monetized on social media platforms

    Yes, we certainly don't want to encourage rage for attention and clicks. But locking a thread always seemed over-authoritarian to me.

    Obviously I'm only talking hypothetically here. I'm trying to understand the logic behind locking threads in general. Nothing against you or regarding this topic in particular.

  • this conversation has some seeds for productive discourse, but that doesn’t seem to be the direction that things are headed toward right now.

    Why is some unproductive discourse a problem? Why is it so severe that a (hypothetical) thread lock is needed?

  • upgrading powerlines won't fix power fluctuations :

    It can certainly help

    that is due to imbalances between production and consumption,

    Those imbalances are usually localised (and so are power cuts, usually). Having multiple paths for power to get from generation to load will increase stability.

    no amount of upgraded to transmission capacity is likely to help.

    Better connections between Spain and France is certain to help. But EDF don't want cheap Iberian electricity flooding their export markets.