GreeniFi

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by GreeniFi 6y ago
I think you mean plantation forestry rather than agroforestry. An agroforestry system tends to be quite biodiverse and have multiple canopy layers. You also usually intercrop with food crops.
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by GreeniFi 6y ago
It’s maybe not quite so simple and you need to keep an eye on externalities. I’d adjust your formula, somewhat crudely, into: Social benefit = profit - externalities. Sadly, most businesses on that construction are negative social benefit.
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by GreeniFi 6y ago
The best explanation I got was that covalent bonds are weaker in hot water than cold.
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by GreeniFi 6y ago
It’s a great idea to build the eras out too. I’ll track you down in HN when I’ve managed to do this in the next month or two :-)
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by GreeniFi 6y ago
I was thinking more of a long infinite scroll on a website :-)
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by GreeniFi 6y ago
What I find interesting about the ancestor cone, is that at some point, your ancestors will no longer be homo sapien, at some point they will no longer be recognizably human. At some point, not mammalian. And at some point, just ooze in the
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by GreeniFi 6y ago
I don’t live in a culture where culture wars are a big thing, probably due to prosperity and a high degree of homogeneity. But because I consume US and UK media, I’m aware of the term “cancel culture”. The questions I have are: (1) Can some
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by GreeniFi 6y ago
Along these lines: Even This Shall Pass Away by Theodore Tilton Once in Persia reigned a king, Who upon his signet ring Graved a maxim true and wise, Which, if held before his eyes, Gave him counsel at a glance Fit for every change and chan
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by GreeniFi 6y ago
Of course, and I apologize that it was not more clearly stated. (1) climate models project changes in climate, (2) a body of evidence is emerging that climate volatility is greater in reality than predicted by those models, eg we are on tra
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by GreeniFi 6y ago
On a non-subjective basis, there are many bad things going on in the world, with implications for both ourselves and our families. A genuine question: is it access to news or content of the news that messes with our sense of wellbeing? Does
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by GreeniFi 6y ago
Previous thinking (based on experience) was that people paid for access to a news platform rather than to individual name-brand writers. This was apparently why earlier efforts at micro-payments for articles failed and/or subscriptions
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by GreeniFi 6y ago
“ The second that renewable energy is a more economic and reliable way to consume energy it will easily become the default because there will be no reason not to.” You ignore the realpolitik of climate change. FYI certain fossil fuel produc
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by GreeniFi 6y ago
Not to be confused with _petite mort_ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_petite_mort
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by GreeniFi 6y ago
Blinkist is following me around the internet at the moment, and it did make me wonder if you could offer something along the lines you just have: the world’s books summed up in just one sentence. The Blinkist’s Blinkist, as it were. A quick
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by GreeniFi 6y ago
In 2002, I was back in my hometown after some years away. By then they estimated that HIV infection was running at 1/3 of the population. I had a job that took me most days to the local cemetery, and was harrowed by the next round of g
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by GreeniFi 6y ago
Probably not the question you were expecting, but did you keep up your hang gliding after Imperial?
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by GreeniFi 7y ago
Hi Juan, I was part of a team which built a mobile money (MPesa) only microfinance bank in Kenya. I now live in Mex (for family reasons). I’d love to chat to exchange experiences and what I’m working on now, which is related.
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by GreeniFi 7y ago
Thanks to the poster, thanks to the writer. Super interesting.
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by GreeniFi 7y ago
Beautifully written.
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by GreeniFi 7y ago
There’s going to be huge criticism over mismanagement of the crisis. The criticism will be at two levels: 1. You didn’t act fast enough and lots of people died before their time. 2. When you did act, it was too late and that has ramped up t
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by GreeniFi 7y ago
The irony of course that land use change drives both increasing zoonotic epidemics and climate change. http://m.nautil.us/issue/83/intelligence/the-man-who-saw-the...
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by GreeniFi 7y ago
I’m an economist, I get your Cost Benefit Analysis. But I think you’re missing two factors: firstly the psychological cost a community where senicide occurs ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senicide ). Secondly, the fac
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by GreeniFi 7y ago
It’s very sweet of you to say so. But alas I’m as difficult as the rest of them.
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by GreeniFi 7y ago
I guess you wouldn’t say that if you met my family.
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by GreeniFi 7y ago
My grandparents (Allied nation) would not have met if it were not for Hitler and the war. This is a weird and existential thought, but as much as I abhor Hitler’s actions, I likely wouldn’t exist without him. My German wife, similarly, has
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by GreeniFi 7y ago
Bit random, but your post reminded me of this moment of British comedy: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BUl6PooveJE
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by GreeniFi 7y ago
These were his words after his death sentence: “I've been trying to live my life so that in the hour of my death I would rather feel joy, than fear.” What a hero.
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by GreeniFi 7y ago
I understand that it is difficult to change opinion, and targeted ads do not do this; they seek to either mobilize or suppress voters to attend or not attend the ballot box.
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by GreeniFi 7y ago
I’m really at a loss to understand how to judge between those who say it does and doesn’t work: but this is super helpful, don’t use CA’s crappy partial dataset, use FB’s! But one question I wanted to ask is, which is very non-expert: was t
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by GreeniFi 7y ago
I sometimes wonder if the main difference between the US and EU economies is that in the EU, the state(s) have largely identified demand inelastic goods and services and regulated their supply: health, tertiary education, housing (more or l

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