FreelanceX

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by FreelanceX 2y ago
The problem with geo-engineering is that it only treats the symptoms, not the root cause. Treating the symptoms has a side-effect: it lowers the incentive to treat the cause by making it less pressing. What we want to avoid is not a 1.5 deg
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by FreelanceX 2y ago
Making it optional doesn't solve the issue since it means those who choose to consume resources eternally at the expense of others are rewarded. In the meantime, those who choose to do the "right thing" (dying a natural death
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by FreelanceX 3y ago
There is no such thing as "doomed". Humanity is not going to disappear. We can either do better or worse, and there really is no limit to the "worse" side.
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by FreelanceX 3y ago
Barbarian is sadly also how I would describe your comment.
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by FreelanceX 3y ago
> EU knows and complains about Poland & Hungary but France is going to be a shitshow of a far worse magnitude. I am French too and this sounds greatly exaggerated. Either you don't really know about the situation in Hungary or y
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Biden administration quietly resumes deportations to Russia(theguardian.com)
17 points by FreelanceX 4y ago|0 comments
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by FreelanceX 4y ago
There is a much simpler system with a proven track record, used in many democratic countries: two-rounds voting [1]. Just vote a second time for one of the two top candidates if no candidate reached 50% of more. I'm convinced this woul
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by FreelanceX 5y ago
Bitcoin today is mainly seen by its investors as a store of value. The closest real-world asset would be gold, which is arguably even less ecologically friendly.
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by FreelanceX 5y ago
Why create a new language if you only remove things? You should be able to achieve the same with a strict linter.
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by FreelanceX 6y ago
But strong lockdowns in which you're not allowed to walk outside unless you have a good reason happened in a lot of countries.
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by FreelanceX 6y ago
Would it be reasonable to hypothesize that, through lack of sun exposure and ensuing vitamin D deficiencies, lockdowns kill more people than they save? (that is, the increase in mortality would more than overcome the decrease in cases) We c
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by FreelanceX 7y ago
You should try SqlAlchemy Core. It does not have the drawbacks of an ORM but still saves you the trouble of writing sql queries as raw strings.
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by FreelanceX 7y ago
Just what he said... A city with no cars at all.
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Paris climate deal must be legally binding, EU tells John Kerry(theguardian.com)
2 points by FreelanceX 11y ago|0 comments
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Kerry: Climate deal will not be legally binding(theguardian.com)
1 points by FreelanceX 11y ago|0 comments
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by FreelanceX 11y ago
It may not be beyond our reach, but it is beyond my tolerance as to what I am willing to support as a taxpayer.