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by blue_devil 7y ago
Squint your eyes at a traffic jam on a European roundabout, and you will easily see the non-existent train in that stretched out line of cars.
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by blue_devil 7y ago
>>that the automobile industries in each country play an important role. This. Like the articles states, it's thanks to lots of local resident activists that Zurich got rid of the car-centric urban design. Same for Amsterdam - th
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by blue_devil 7y ago
>>It was never particularly drivable. Neither are lots of other very dense cities in Europe, say in Italy, Germany, Spain etc. yet they drive and park in crazy ways. Space is _but_ a factor. People react to policy incentives and avail
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by blue_devil 7y ago
Seems like the effect size for price was the biggest - people were getting vegetarian meals more when they cost less. From the appendix (page 6) here: https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/suppl/2019/09/
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by blue_devil 7y ago
My point is that what public figures express (in public) should not be conflated with what a random person expresses online, say on Facebook etc. And in practice the two are conflated, and statements by politicians are used to censor the po
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by blue_devil 7y ago
There's a difference between a public figure, such as a politician making such statements vs. an ordinary person expressing an opinion. Politicians have lots of privileges and visibility in society, and with those comes the responsibil
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by blue_devil 7y ago
I'm becoming increasingly convinced digital information has inflicted on us the curse of not being able to forget. The online accumulation aids an eternalisation of our short-term memory that is overwhelming us individually and collect
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California will have an open Internet(nytimes.com)
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by blue_devil 7y ago
This is a step towards creating a world of privileged censorship. >>The ruling stemmed from a case involving an Austrian politician, Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, who sued the social network to expunge online comments that called her a “l
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by blue_devil 7y ago
>>visiting libraries This. Lacking the "efficient optimisation" of online search, you may actually discover real, valuable information from original sources.
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by blue_devil 7y ago
FYI, and I kid you not, FANG in London pays 1/3-1/4 of the same job in Seattle (not even going to go into SV numbers). UK taxes are of course double, and rents similar, if not more expensive for London.
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The presence of microplastics in commercial salts from different countries(nature.com)
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by blue_devil 7y ago
A better expose on the subject from Jan 2019 here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cave-that-housed-...
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Bioplastics(en.wikipedia.org)
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A dam threatens one of the world’s oldest settlements(economist.com)
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by blue_devil 7y ago
EDIT: It does cover "electronic displays" which means TVs & similar. Alas, this does not cover any electronics at all. It's extremely narrow: >> introduced for refrigerating appliances, household dishwashers, househ
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Babies in the womb have lizard-like hand muscles(bbc.com)
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Dutch tractor protest against claims for nitrogen emissions(bbc.com)
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by blue_devil 7y ago
Original report here: https://disinformationindex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/G...
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Ad tech companies fund misinformation(poynter.org)
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That time my husband reported me to the Facebook police(boingboing.net)
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by blue_devil 7y ago
Not bold enough. This regulation is part of the EU Ecodesign Directive. In fact, repairability was studied in the 2016-2019 working plan - so for 3-4 years. https://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-19-1596_en.htm &gt
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by blue_devil 7y ago
That's a good point, but I doubt _any_ company can just jump in and produce spare parts for a branded appliance. So where do you get the parts from?
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by blue_devil 7y ago
There's an (imperfect) cure for that - reviews.
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by blue_devil 7y ago
>a noble fundamental concept behind their policies the word you're looking for is "populist" - i.e.,"we care, but we don't care enough to start looking bad". It's a good step, but not great. Greater urg
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by blue_devil 7y ago
Exactly. They are willing to regulate, but slowly, inefficiently, and timidly.
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by blue_devil 7y ago
Rather people would have to pay for it, but upfront (which is more transparent).
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by blue_devil 7y ago
The shortcoming is that governments are not nimble enough to revise regulations as often as needed. Laws may need years to formulate, but regulations/quantified guidelines should be updated more regularly. >Current regulations are s
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by blue_devil 7y ago
>From 2021, firms will have to make appliances longer-lasting, and they will have to supply spare parts for machines for up to 10 years. 10 years is not long enough - big appliances can easily live much longer. Appliance manufacturers sh
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by blue_devil 7y ago
Yes, it's overrun. _No_ amount of child abuse imagery is "normal". Why the oblique comments? Fighting this disgustingness is underfunded, simple as that. In the absence of public money, every major tech company should have a

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