Ma8ee

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by Ma8ee 5y ago
Does anyone really care about Luboš Motl's ramblings any more? He seems to be the prime example of a smart person who gets too attached to his ideas and beliefs so he just digs deeper.
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
That just isn’t true. Most arable land is used to grow animal feed. And maybe the Brazilian rainforests can’t be used for much which has economical value, only things like producing oxygen and being one of the richest and biodiverse ecosyst
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
Of course you are partially responsible for everything you are spending money on, whether it is energy or blood diamonds. That is hardly controversial. If you wouldn't spend the money, it wouldn't be produced. And no one is demand
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
No, by buying and using energy that isn't produced in a sustainable way you too are responsible for the damage it does. But as others already have pointed out, this is not what the article is about.
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
Is there anything specific in the article that isn't true?
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
In a decade or so, I’m sure we all can fly climate neutral. But we don’t have that time. We must drastically reduce greenhouse gases now! We already squandered the time we could have used to do this the simple way without too much personal
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
Times when capitalism has been unhindered have led to market crashes, galloping inequality and depressions. Times when capitalism has been balanced with progressive policies have led to stability and growth, not only for the already rich.
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
And 250 years of economic history shows that unhindered capitalism is a disaster. The only reason capitalism appears so so successful is because it has been balanced with more progressive policies.
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
You create the desired situation by affecting the current situation.
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
No, from a public policy perspective, the important question is what environment can we create that benefit as many people as possible. The current environment, from prenatal care to availability, cost and quality of higher education is so
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
The problem is of course that the world can't afford the current life style, or as you call it, reality of life, of the people of North America. So the question really is, how important is that trip between Seattle and Dallas in the fi
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
I must have missed those people. People here are in general not poor, but most are neither completely out of touch.
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
No, but 5k in Kazakhstan tells a completely different story than 5k in the US.
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
Train connections between countries are quite miserable in big parts of Europe too, but with increased demand, they are quite rapidly improving. Maybe that would happen in the US too if people used the trains more. For many relative short d
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
I refuse to fly at all nowadays. Even on a relatively short flight, I would be responsible for more greenhouse gases than all my other consumption and transports for several months give rise to.
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
How much time have you spent practicing sawing with a coping saw? People are not born with skills. Skills are acquired through practice.
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
If that is your concern, just use the noun. “The politician made a statement to the press. The politician was shocked.” Or if that is too inelegant, reformulate the sentence: “The politician expressed his shock to the press.” Or use the ver
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
In English I’ve understood it is common to use a singular they as a non gendered pronoun. In Swedish the newly introduced hen is in quite widespread use instead of han/hon (he/she).
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
I think allotment is the right word. They are intended for hobbyists gardeners, or at their inception during WW1, for families in the city to be able to grow mostly potatoes. The size of sheds allowed varies a lot. Originally they were just
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
I guess that is the downside of being 20 years at the same company.
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
Why? After three failed rockets they knew much more about building rockets, and they could with much more confidence assess their probability of success, so at that point it was more rational to spend money that it was before the three fail
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
Isn't the notion that you have to follow through a prime example of the sunk cost fallacy?
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
They turn it into rock, so no.
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
We have surprisingly little corruption in Sweden. Not that it doesn’t exist, but it’s far from the norm. Anyway, I’m not arguing for the solution. I just brought it up as I think it’s an interesting historical footnote. Even the finance min
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
Not one fund per company. Just a few funds that owns a lot of companies. Also, it’s not clear how the proceeds of those funds would be distributed.
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
> all of his assets are tied up in company stock, so like how do you go about redistributing that? Something that was tried in Sweden in the eighties was Employee Funds [0]. In short, tax the companies and use the money to buy stock in t
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
That many have tried and failed hints that there might be something there that is harder than it looks.
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
How much irrigation that is needed very much depends on where you are and what kind of tree. After the first few years it take to settle, trees have deep roots and rarely need watering. And I have never heard of trees contribution negativel
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
So not sabotaging, only obstructing. I'm so pissed at all the auto-makers (with the exception of Tesla). The writing has been on the wall for at least a decade in large neon letters, but they all seem taken by surprise that they sudden
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by Ma8ee 5y ago
I kind of like the robot voice. Very soothing.

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