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by SlowTao 1y ago
Yep, currently attempting to move from a carbon economy to a metals based on.
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by SlowTao 1y ago
The asset bust coming to Permian basin via fracking is going to be a doozy.
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by SlowTao 1y ago
For those in power, those that point out the problem, become the problem.
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by SlowTao 1y ago
Ouch that is grim but true.
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by SlowTao 1y ago
Having seen the rat-king level street wiring, I am not surprised.
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by SlowTao 1y ago
This is why I think it will not be done. Any possible blow back will be attributed to those who actioned it, even if it might not be their fault. Do some injection in one part of the world and breadbasket crop fails 6 months later, they can
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by SlowTao 1y ago
Yep, this. Same for any kind of solar shielding. Some are so fixed on controlling a single metric (Carbon/Temperature)that they may end up inadvertently influencing hundreds of other things. When simple solutions interact with complex
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by SlowTao 1y ago
And yet again, in a weird way, India lives up to the adage of being disappointing to both pessimists and optimists.
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by SlowTao 1y ago
I agree depopulation will happen by simple resource limitations but I do not think it is any part of a playbook. Hanlons razer : Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. Many wish there was at least malice
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by SlowTao 1y ago
I was not aware of Brown brothers new site, their site in Milwara is the definition of cozy. Next time I am in Tassie will have to check it out. Due to the climate shifts, 'New Zealand wine' is becoming a swear word within the win
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by SlowTao 1y ago
I have always liked this idea, it is such a neat middle ground between massive grid scale systems and the hassle of individual system maintenance.
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by SlowTao 1y ago
While I appreciate things like this that have a lot of references, and I have been aware of this piece since it was published two years back, it is one of those essays that tends to swing far too pessimistic on its claims. Not saying that t
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by SlowTao 1y ago
For most people that is very true, I have seen it repeatedly. I don't know what my secret is, I lost 100lb and have kept it off for a good 5 years now. But it is a bit of an uphill battle. If I wanted to, I could easily just give in to
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by SlowTao 1y ago
A lesser known title that I think hit that perfectly is Rez. So much so that the re-release almost 15 years later was for the most part, just higher resolution and cleaner rendering. But the overall style was not touched one bit.
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by SlowTao 1y ago
It will be interesting to see this in action. It could be like any jail breaking scene, becomes an arms race between the jail and those trying to escape it. As interesting as it is, it should have never come to this.
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by SlowTao 1y ago
Because we could see the direction this was going, for well over a decade now I have been slowly stepping away from internet use outside of what is absolutely necessary or just mundane. Considering how we have gone from barely any form of t
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by SlowTao 1y ago
There is a frame of thought that goes like this. With any mass technology that has the ability to do harm, there are only two likely outcomes. Either you let the technology go free in which case the self terminating phase of blow back becom
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by SlowTao 1y ago
I didn't really think of the family as a PC addition but I can see that angle as well. I kind of just switch off any kind of higher analysis on films like this. I didn't mind the family but that is mostly because they didn't
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by SlowTao 1y ago
I suspect there might be a good few million units in this but that is a long shot from things like Apple watch and iPhone. It would be more of a luxury product than a new product category.
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by SlowTao 1y ago
Apple could do well with just an iPod classic with a moderns screen, a half terabyte of storage, headphone jack and support for Airpods and Apple Music. They could shift a decent amount of units. It wouldn't have to be cheap just done
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by SlowTao 1y ago
Pretty much this. I saw the latest Jurassic whatever film on the weekend. 6 out of 10. It is some cheap but well done thrills that achieves exactly what it set out to do. Not every film has the strive for some great metaphors, and the ones
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by SlowTao 1y ago
I would argue there is no way to make it that you do not fail in some way. ;)
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by SlowTao 1y ago
It is said that God wrote the entire language for to use in a book and that we shall model ourselves off of it. Once it was done, God turns his back on the book and Satan sneaked in and added two words - "Should" and "Aught&q
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by SlowTao 1y ago
This statement is not an attack on your character or being just a broad generalization. The biggest addiction of the modern era is convenience. Once people have it, it is very difficult to give up. We are all addicted to this, we aren'
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by SlowTao 1y ago
There was a report that said the AMOC could collapse between 2025 and 2075. That said the 2025 mark was said to be very unlikely, I hope it still is...
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by SlowTao 1y ago
Not OP you are responding to but someone made a great point. Conservatives will design a society were they assume they are at the top. More left leaning people will design a society with no concept of where they will be in it.
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by SlowTao 1y ago
The example I use is this. Falling of a building is harmless, standing on the ground is harmless. It is the transition that matters. I'm sure we can survive fairly reasonably in whatever climate we end up with in a few hundred/tho
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by SlowTao 1y ago
I'm guessing nothing in particular other than being period correct hardware. Would want to check if the power capacitors are still in good shape.
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by SlowTao 1y ago
That is fair. I think it is a case of just seeing a lot if great talent rush to the "in" thing. Other systems are still being developed and that isnt lost but there is just a feeling if being left out of it all while still doing g
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by SlowTao 1y ago
As a vaguely related aside, my skin is typically better when I have a decent vitamin c intake. Essentially all I do is have a orange or two every night. Nothing too extreme. This is VERY anecdotal!

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