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by alexgmcm 5y ago
The embargo has forced Cuba to work out how to maintain civilisation in spite of a lack of resources (and petrochemical resources in particular). The rest of the world may be able to learn a lot from them as we face declining resources and
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
FTA: > Without artificial fertilizers, hydroponic equipment from the Soviet Union was no longer usable. Instead, this was converted for the use of organic gardening. The original hydroponic units, long cement planting troughs and raised
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads.” – Jeff Hammerbacher
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
I think the tweet linked to by OP is using the colloquial definition of productivity (i.e. I can get more stuff done) and uses examples of computer technology etc. This isn't to be confused with the economic definition of GDP per hour
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
I think people are doing more work than ever, but that doesn't mean the work is useful. Think about how much easier it is to build a SaaS or something vs. even just ten years ago, but that doesn't mean that the new stuff being bui
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
Also many developers are creating native Linux versions - Paradox Games Studio comes to mind where their Grand Strategy games are available native on Linux. Rimworld and Factorio as well. Nowadays I'm very unlikely to buy a game that d
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
I wasn't familiar with the quote: “For as soon as the distribution of labour comes into being, each man has a particular, exclusive sphere of activity, which is forced upon him and from which he cannot escape. He is a hunter, a fisherm
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
Also from the article: >Philippe Girard writes "when the genocide was over, Haiti's white population was virtually non-existent." That seems pretty in-line with what OP stated, I'm not familiar enough to know if Phili
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
I studied Physics but I think if I could do it all again CS would make more sense (in my job I do some CS stuff anyway and zero physics..) At least in Europe, even Engineering fields (let alone sciences and god forbid, the arts/humanit
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
I much prefer just having a form and a normal website. At least then if I screw up it's on me.
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
Yeah, his other book "Atomic Adventures" was recommended to me by my friends and also mentioned in the book "The Future of Fusion Energy" by Parisi and Ball. I'll have to check it out!
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
>Not because the incidence of disease is lower, but because it’s harder to diagnose. While it's seems true that "High IQ can mask early Alzheimer’s symptoms"[1] I would be surprised if that could explain such a large decli
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
Sorry, I meant Joe Scott - I somehow confused myself in the process of writing the comment.
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
Weird! I just saw this mentioned in Joe Scott's recent video on Nuclear Waste[1] I hope it's successful as I feel nuclear fission power has been unfairly maligned. I strongly recommend the book Atomic Accidents by James Mahaffey[2
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
The Australian bush fires? The Texas storm? There's so many to choose from!
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
>But there is a large grey area between perfect and "utterly wrong" Not on internet discussion boards.
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
For anyone interested in the current state of the art of plasma physics and fusion technology I strongly recommend the book "The Future of Fusion Energy" by Jason Parisi and Justin Ball.[1] [1] https://www.amazon.com&#x
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
> as a way to keep hot-neutron physicists and contractors employed between weapons projects. This far more true of ICF than MCF (i.e. tokamak) approaches. With the excellent results from MAST, it seems the spherical tokamak approach coul
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
Civilisation was born in the Indus Valley and now it is starting to die there.
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
Yeah, even if these are still freak events on the edge of the bell curve - they only need to happen once to kill huge numbers of people. And we are shifting and broadening that bell curve.
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
Apparently, it's a dry heat which should help reduce the danger to human life. But equally, I suppose low humidity might increase the chance of forest fires etc. It seems some have already broken out in the area[1] [1] https:/&#x
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
4 was an option for me. Perhaps you had to scroll to see it.
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
UK just banned Binance too.
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
Or at least a roadmap for the roadmap.[1] [1] https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/313367-star-citizen-deve...
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
It reminds me of the ancient joke about how in Germany if you tell your neighbour you are an engineer he will introduce you to his daughter, in the UK he will ask you to fix his microwave. Except these days it seems the whole of Europe unde
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." - Stephen Jay Gould
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
Cornwall has some of the worst poverty in Western Europe. The Welsh Valleys too since the loss of the mines.
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
I somewhat agree with the sentiment although I think it's a bit pessimistic and as described holds a stronger resemblance to a YA dystopian novel than reality. I went to a state school (i.e. public school in American terminology) in a
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
> why is there substantially less innovation in Europe? I know people who started start-ups and spun out side projects here in Europe (both the UK and the continent). One thing I noticed was that when it came time to raise money almost o
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by alexgmcm 5y ago
Given the state of the housing market in most cities it seems our hard work does pay off... for our landlords.

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