Qem

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by Qem 1y ago
The moral position is to do what South Africa did, end apartheid.
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by Qem 1y ago
A tech-enabled one.
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by Qem 1y ago
> The attack on Gaza’s largest fertility clinic destroyed thousands of embryos, sperm samples, and eggs. More info on that particular attack: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15npnzpd08o
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Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza(middleeasteye.net)
1415 points by Qem 1y ago|1446 comments
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What are some good books to get started on the subject?
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What R modules do you use for that?
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I have no idea.
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I think it did to GIS what Sagemath did to free/open source mathematical software. It integrated everything in a nice package, freeing the users from the burden of dealing with countless disparate packages.
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by Qem 1y ago
Probably closer to the first situation. It curb stomped ArcGIS in the geographic information system community. When I started working with GIS at work, expensive ESRI products were default in this market, a la matlab in another field. Most
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Dinosaurs to supercrocs: Niger's bone keepers preserve its ancient fossils(aljazeera.com)
9 points by Qem 1y ago|2 comments
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This. Not all ejecta from asteroid/comet impact is vaporized. Some is launched at escape velocity mostly undisturbed[1]. Mars both cooled first, giving it a leg up to allow biogenesis[2], and has lower escape velocity, making easier fo
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by Qem 1y ago
Likely, when Mars went bad, their planet B was Earth. Nowadays they call themselves Earthlings (AKA us).
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by Qem 1y ago
Related comics: https://www.badspacecomics.com/post/apostles-of-mercy If we eventually find martian microbes, or at least their fossils, my bet is that we'll find them to be related to us.
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by Qem 1y ago
If the origin is not independent, that doesn't necessarily change the position of the filter.
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> Which in turn depends on the endosymbiosis of mitochondria. Which in turn depends on existing enough atmospheric oxygen for mitochondria to make sense in first place. I believe the filter is atmospheric oxygen. If Earth had more iron i
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by Qem 1y ago
> but you need to buy a fancy brand to avoid rancid oil or heavy metal contamination both of which ~null out the benefits I didn't know about the rancidity problem, thank you. Knew about the contamination issue. To avoid it, I tried
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by Qem 1y ago
They also get increased crash risk: https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/indian-car-scene/...
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by Qem 1y ago
If later the murdered fishermen are identified and their stories known, is it possible for their families to seek compensation from USG?
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IIRC Robocop predicted this.
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> Rising sea levels aren't new, it's ancient. Buying coastal properties always carries risk. 40% of the world’s population lives within 100 kilometers of the coast[1]. If one person makes a bad purchase of land, the problem is
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by Qem 1y ago
Is it still mantained and instalable under current OSes?
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRL-CAD
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_shark
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> Lobsters, flatworms, immortal jellyfish and hydras are all believed to be immortal. What is the oldest known living individual for each of these species, and for how long are they alive?
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Pentagon Docs: US Wants to "Suppress Dissenting Arguments" Using AI Propaganda(theintercept.com)
108 points by Qem 1y ago|66 comments
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Lessons 'unlearned': 20 years after Katrina, disaster readiness lags in the US(aljazeera.com)
4 points by Qem 1y ago|1 comments
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With current demographic trends I wonder if we'll eventualy see longevity decrease, due to a large number of people arriving at old age without owning a home and no children/siblings to provide support or just check on them from t
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Can you install it as a progressive web app, to work offline as well?
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From el-Obeid to the Arctic: The secret mission that saved n>2k seeds from Sudan(middleeasteye.net)
1 points by Qem 1y ago|0 comments
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> the eu employees whe are the only ones with the passwords to get it are legally required to refuse Can EU ever be sure Microsoft's mothership didn't backdoor the systems in use by the EU child-org, to bypass the local crew co

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