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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
Doesn't it matter if they think it's 1.5 degrees or 3 degrees of warming? Doesn't that 1.67X change their perspective substantially?
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
I worry that part of the reason some Americans don't fear climate change is: 3 degrees Fahrenheit is only 1.67 Celsius, so Americans might be practically understanding the warming as "half" of what other countries/people
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
Seems Apple loves to Think Different every couple of years. They make these paradigm shifts so quickly, it's a blessing and a curse.
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
Renewables paired with batteries can improve grid resilience, actually. Distribution of generators means less loss in the wires travelling, batteries paired with renewables to provide overnight power and load-smoothing, these are good thing
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
Yes! This is the exact reason I drive an old car (2008 Prius with 180k miles!). I could buy a new vehicle like a Black Model 3, but then I'd have to go through the hassle of buying and insuring a new car, and then I'd be nervous a
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
Why can't we acknowledge the simple fact: some kids are smarter, they learn faster, they remember better? I went to gifted and talented programs, and even there I felt like the pace was slow and easy for the top kids. If you put those
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
1 day vs 1 week: wouldn't that make them a 5X engineer? That's half of the advertised 10X...
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
Assuming there are multiple breakthroughs on the research, design, and scale-up phase, fusion will only help us in a couple decades, put on the brakes is a 2020/2030s task. Putting on the brakes means slowing down, which means decarbon
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
Ooooh boy, the islands set-up is super fun! England is mega OP on that scenario, and if you get Great Lighthouse? My god, so broken :) One thing with the speed of AI turns, you may be able to go into the advanced settings and turn on "
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
Juniors are beginners, learners, apprentices, and are bound to make mistakes and design things poorly. The issue is there are so few high-quality engineers relative to the demand, and it's hard to prove who is high-quality before they&
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
Wow, tell us how you really feel. How much have you used R and Python? Maybe those data scientists would prefer if you didn't viscerally hate the main data/statistics language and didn't call it useless for things beyond a na
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
The splintering into groups, the otherization of "not us", has existed for a very, very long time. Chimpanzees brutally murder other groups of chimps, females and children alike, and they have even been seen eating their enemies&#
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
I absolutely adore Civ V, it's one of my top played games of all time (behind SC1, SC2, and now Dominion the card game). I play an Earth style map, large size, with 10-15 other Civs, and just go to town on Science/Industry. I lov
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
CCP being a more or less reasonable ruling body: where does the Genocide of the Uighurs fit in with them being "reasonable"?
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
I think the internet evolved around and past blogs. They still exist, but much more entertaining forms of content, which use a lot more data and tech to host, have come to dominate. Think of the percentage internet mind-share web blogs had
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
This reminds me of the false-positive vs false-negative dilemma faced in medical testing. Either you optimize for low cost and convenience, or for catching true-positives or true-negatives. For HIV testing for instance, if someone does test
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
The first chart you posted is global emissions. If you break out Europe and the US, you'll see our emissions-reductions efforts are in fact leveling off emissions, and in some countries reducing them. But globally speaking, China and I
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
I fully agree, I think we could get bigger wins scaling up artificial meats than many other solutions we're spending money on, like hydrogen fuel cell vehicles or nuclear fusion. While those great technologies will be amazing in the fu
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
How can any healthcare professional, who has probably had multiple vaccines in the past, not take this Covid-19 vaccine? Isn't this akin to a tech worker using "password" as their PW?
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
How does the global job vacancy market look? Here in the US, a lot of local restaurants and retail stores are hiring; practically every place you enter has a NOW HIRING sign out front. I'd say immigration would be a huge boon to many o
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
Normal means that there is a bell-curve distribution of how insecure individuals would be; you'll see both more and less self-confident individuals. However, if you barrage the populace with photoshopped, top 1% in beauty, frankly unhe
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
You don't have a problem with an increased level of emissions relative to other possible scenarios of our food system? Imagine if 50% of meat eaters ate 50% less meat, particularly beef. That'd lead to ~25% less meat emissions, ak
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
Weight is certainly a variable one can point to, but EVs still end up VASTLY more energy efficient than ICE vehicles. If you account for the hundreds of gallons of fuel inserted and burned by the ICE vehicle over time, much of which is then
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
The cops can decide to do anything with us, yes this is a sad reality of the USA. This doesn't mean we should invite them freely to search our possessions looking for ways to get kickbacks and meet their monthly quotas. Don't give
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
It's just naivete. The man is a military Veteran, he believes in the system, maybe he's a Blue Lives Matter supporter. Does he know that highway robbery via cop occurs all the time? Does he know not to trust cops who get massive k
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
Are you assuming we'd only use SRM and not continue the MASSIVE efforts already underway to lower yearly GHG emissions? And once we go zero, we're already seeing dozens of plans and ideas to handle what we've already emitted.
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
Why argue global warming is not a massive existential threat? Both are huge problems, we have the resources to begin tackling/experimenting on both areas, so why downplay solutions to either? The sea is expanding in size as it heats, m
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
How do you determine who is a dedicated job applicant? First, everyone shoots their resume and maybe cover letter into your black hole. Are the dedicated ones the ones who actually included a cover letter? Or is it how enthused/persona
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
This example is extremely egregious - can anyone fact check on those identical names and very similar pictures? Other commenters have posted American examples as well, which while blatant are not nearly as egregious as the Russian example.
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by WhompingWindows 5y ago
The Veteran never learned: Don't talk to the cops. "Am I being detained? Am I free to go?" Is all he needs to say. "So when the officer asked him about carrying cash, Stephen said “yes.” When the officer asked to search

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