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by cwkoss 5y ago
I think even the narrow definition includes drugs more dangerous than alcohol. Chemicals like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25I-NBOMe#Toxicity are among the most potent agonists of the 5-HT2A receptor, and are also ext
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by cwkoss 5y ago
> All psychedelics are at least as safe as alcohol This is false. LSD and mushrooms are arguably as safe as or safer than alcohol. However... There are hundreds other psychedelic compounds in existence, and some can acutely cause death,
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by cwkoss 5y ago
Have you seen someone use 5-meo before? The hamilton morris' pharmacopeia episode about 5-meo-dmt usage showed someone using it - and the state they were in made it seem extremely plausible someone could vomit and asphyxiate from that
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by cwkoss 5y ago
Buzzfeed news is the only part of the organization providing any value to society
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by cwkoss 5y ago
I'd imagine single-purpose electronic noses would be a much more tractable problem than general purpose ones. GCMS could be argued to be a generable purpose 'electronic nose' in many ways, but just isn't portable enough
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by cwkoss 5y ago
that's just like, your opinion, man
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by cwkoss 5y ago
There are many environmental and other moral reasons to prefer more-local food (and other products)
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by cwkoss 5y ago
Makes me wonder what other "russian disinformation" claims will be later vindicated as accurate, especially concerning discourse around the russian invasion of ukraine
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by cwkoss 5y ago
Yep! Those are all on my list. I'm hoping heavy woodchip mulching can get me enough water retention to keep trees happy (we certainly get plenty of water the other ~9 months of the year!), but some supplemental water during the hot dr
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by cwkoss 5y ago
Fair point, I thought part of the energy was being used for purification before I read the overview pdf. The site is ~ 1/4 mile from the ocean, so I think the air won't be totally dry... but just won't get a lot of rainfall.
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by cwkoss 5y ago
I want to make an orchard on a hill in the maritime pacific northwest. Its a somewhat odd climate where the time that gets hottest is when it also tends to be dryest (east coast tends to be wetter when hotter). I wonder if something like t
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by cwkoss 5y ago
good
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by cwkoss 5y ago
We should all reflect on why this story is getting so little coverage in contrast to the 'Russian interference' narrative of 2017.
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by cwkoss 5y ago
Seems very odd that people are downvoting the comment I'm replying to: downvoters - why are you downvoting this? Do you think it's false? Or just don't like hearing about it?
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by cwkoss 5y ago
Good software will just need to update their libraries after this change is implemented and everything will keep working fine. Bad software is going to have a mess, but was already a mess.
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by cwkoss 5y ago
That's fair, I think other readers watching us debate whether CIA torture is evil enough that state execution is justified probably has a similar effect to my goals with advocating for it in public discussion... so thanks! Hopefully we
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by cwkoss 5y ago
I don't think it is the violence itself that solves the problem. I think it is the broader public realizing that "the CIA is engaging in acts so egregious my countrymen think execution is morally justified" that solves the p
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by cwkoss 5y ago
That's a fair perspective, and one I've previously held. However my view of social attitudes is that they almost always follow a bell curve: exposure to extreme positions are how moderates reflect on and revise the status quo. T
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by cwkoss 5y ago
We are already as bad or worse than our enemy by torturing them, covering it up, and using bad information to justify genocide against innocent civilians! The idea that we are 'above' them is only possible because propaganda and s
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by cwkoss 5y ago
What is the clever path to fixing an unaccountable branch of government who keeps secrets from the people meant to oversee it to cover up their egregious acts? They are effectively a rogue criminal organization with the power of state prote
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by cwkoss 5y ago
If our country was just, everyone in the CIA who engaged in or authorized torture would be executed. I'm typically against capital punishment, but state sanctioned torture is such a far line past what is acceptable, I really think we&
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by cwkoss 5y ago
I think these sorts of failures of 'common sense' are common among people who have studied economic theory. Economic theory often does a decent job at describing steady states: where the asymptote will eventually land, but does
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by cwkoss 5y ago
Bioengineering has also created many issues: - Monoculture farming leading to large amounts of petroleum based fertilizer being needed to fertilize crops, killing soil microorganisms, speeding soil erosion, and algae blooms in waterways - L
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by cwkoss 5y ago
I've read rotting fish can be great for gardens... maybe the quantity of fertilizer needed is low enough that salinity isn't a major issue.
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by cwkoss 5y ago
Permaculture techniques like no-dig cultivation, perennial plants, and frequent mulching can reduce the amount of labor needed to yield valuable and nutritionally dense produce greatly. Everyone with a yard with trees that need occasional p
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by cwkoss 5y ago
Can salt-water-grown seaweed be used as fertilizer? I'd suspect that it would require significant amounts of fresh water processing to remove the salts or else it could hurt the plants.
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by cwkoss 5y ago
If one of these trees falls in the forest, is it going to kill all of the fungi living in the soil under where it fell?
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by cwkoss 5y ago
Conversely, could be more like "cheap MDF furniture from Target can now give your children lead poisoning."
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by cwkoss 5y ago
If a tree is high in heavy metals and burns up, do the metals become airborne or are they heavy enough to remain in the ash?
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by cwkoss 5y ago
Interesting research question: how much did the fear of air travel resulting from 9/11 reduce the rate of CO2 being released into the atmosphere?

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