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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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Customers could convert U.S. dollars into amazons—and, at least for the time being, they could convert them back, on demand, at a 1:1 exchange rate, perhaps for a small fee. The amazons could be converted frictionlessly into dollars. I like Bezos bucks or BBs , but that might be a bridge too far, even for Jeff Bezos.)

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10 Gifts For Retrocomputing Fans

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Check out our full write up —and personally I thought it was worth it just to play Spacewar! The heart of this replica is a Raspberry Pi running emulation software, so it can also double as a 1970 PDP-11 (and a home media server). with the original code!

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In effect therefore, the more energy convertion stages there are the less efficient the process is. Whenever we take a source, convert it and then use it to generate electricity (usually steam generation) or use it to run an internal combustion engine it seems counter intuitive efficiency wise. The closest to that source is solar.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

April 10, 2009 10:06 pm Link I make, convert and drive EV’s and have for 13 yrs. And with EV maintenance you are less exposed to being ripped off buy the ICE car repairman. — Jeff U 6. Lead batts are around 98% recycled. In EV’s they do need replacing in about 5 yrs if done right.

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