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Description of the frequency of periodic payments (monthly, quarterly, annual).

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Amount of the required periodic payments applied to principal.

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Amount of payment greater than the preceding installment payments to be paid at final maturity date of debt.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The cash outflow from the repayment of a long-term debt instrument which can be exchanged for a specified amount of another security, typically the entity's common stock, at the option of the issuer or the holder.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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	Oct. 01, 2023 shares	Oct. 01, 2022 shares	Mar. 10, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 09, 2022 USD ($) Installment	Feb. 28, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 26, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 12, 2022 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Aug. 02, 2021 shares	Jan. 18, 2021 shares
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Prepayment of convertible notes \| $								$ 13,950	$ 0	$ 0
Balance outstanding \| $								218,551	$ 173,289
Second JDH Note [Member]
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Balance outstanding \| $								21,165
February 2019 ATB Loan Facility [Member]
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Balance outstanding \| $								$ 15,129
Equity Incentive Plan [Member]
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Shares reserved for issuance under Equity Incentive Plan (in shares)												4,000,000
Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Shares reserved for issuance under Equity Incentive Plan (in shares)											3,500,000
Shares granted (in shares)								6,700,000	156,250	9,000
Weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 0.91	$ 5.12	$ 146.40
Shares vested (in shares)								(4,518,774)	(107,139)	(8,156)
Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Awarded January 12, 2022 [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member] \| Plan [Member]
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Shares vested (in shares)	(1,778,986)	(1,778,986)
Subsequent Event [Member]
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Dividend payable, date declared			Mar. 10, 2022
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Quarterly Dividend [Member]
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Dividend payable per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 0.025
Dividend payable, date of record			Mar. 25, 2022
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Special Dividend [Member]
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Dividend payable per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 0.025
Dividend payable, date of record			Mar. 25, 2022
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Chugoku Bank Sale and Leaseback [Member]
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Face amount \| $				$ 21,300
Principal repayment term				8 years
Number of consecutive payment installments \| Installment				32
Frequency of periodic payment				quarterly
Installment payment \| $				$ 590
Balloon payment \| $				$ 2,388
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Chugoku Bank Sale and Leaseback [Member] \| SOFR [Member]
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Interest rate				2.90%
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Second JDH Note [Member]
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Prepayment of convertible notes \| $			$ 5,000		$ 1,850	$ 5,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| February 2019 ATB Loan Facility [Member]
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Balance outstanding \| $					$ 15,129
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Equity Incentive Plan [Member]
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Shares reserved for issuance under Equity Incentive Plan (in shares)							5,500,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Awarded January 12, 2022 [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Shares granted (in shares)							5,337,000
Weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares							$ 0.91
Shares vested (in shares)							(1,779,028)
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Awarded January 12, 2022 [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member] \| Non-Executive Members of Board of Directors [Member]
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Shares granted (in shares)							1,600,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Awarded January 12, 2022 [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member] \| Executive Officers [Member]
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Shares granted (in shares)							1,700,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Awarded January 12, 2022 [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member] \| Certain Non-Executive Employees [Member]
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Shares granted (in shares)							1,887,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Awarded January 12, 2022 [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member] \| Non-Employees [Member]
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Shares granted (in shares)							150,000