danuker

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   by danuker 4y ago

   For one, the "integrated" damage model does not use any climate data other than temperature. Rainfall, for instance, is crucial for agriculture, but is ignored. Note the parameters of the model: https://web.archive.org&
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   by danuker 4y ago

   Economists have fit ludicrously inadequate functions to model the effects of temperature increase on GDP. They disregarded rainfall and physics in general. I feel betrayed by the IPCC for treating these studies seriously. This is particular
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   Economist Steve Keen debunks misleading studies on global warming impact(youtube.com)

   16 points by danuker 4y ago|11 comments
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   by danuker 4y ago

   I finally got the chance to start watching this, and I am yet more stunned. Apparently the studies projecting GDP completely ignore the climate science and build their own ludicrous temperature -> GDP model. This does not even account fo
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   by danuker 4y ago

   You could buy cheap property in currently cold regions. But only expect the ROI to occur after enough warming (decades).
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   by danuker 4y ago

   The website speed is also worthy of praise. When I visit McMaster.com, I get DOMContentLoaded: 348 ms. When I visit Amazon.com, I get 2.39 SECONDS, and this is with a 10-core monster of a CPU.
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   by danuker 4y ago

   Indeed, I think this would be a cost-effective way to go forward.
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   by danuker 4y ago

   I am not so sure it's worth it. In general, developer time is much more valuable than machine time. Maybe if you're building a large high-performance server, you should invest in performance. But otherwise, if you only look at at
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   by danuker 4y ago

   I was referring to greenhouse gas pollution, which may have been unclear. CO2 and methane are pollutants. But your point still stands, as you illustrate. Countries might be importing CO2- and methane-heavy products rather than manufacture t
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    by danuker 4y ago

    > - More speed and lower resource usage is nice. > - Being able to use an IDE with it’s full power is nice. In my experience, Visual Studio is much slower when developing. My Python workflow affords a 200ms red-green-refactor loop, wh
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    by danuker 4y ago

    What you say is completely true. But you compare rich countries with other rich countries, and you are looking at exceptions rather than the trend. Morocco, the poorest country you've chosen, is richer than India, the Philippines, Viet
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    by danuker 4y ago

    I thank you for clarifying! Indeed, a hot Earth would mean a lot of disruption. But we'd have a lot of time to deal with it, also. And IPCC (which is an institution created to summarize science and estimate the impacts) should have tak
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    by danuker 4y ago

    I agree that we should aim for improving institutions, education, social equity, and health. But I believe this is orthogonal to fighting climate change.
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    by danuker 4y ago

    Pick any measurement of quality of life that you want. You'll see that it's closely associated with GDP per capita. According to these scenarios, the planet won't die, in as much as it can support GDP.
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    by danuker 4y ago

    Once you get past $20k/yr GDP per capita, there's indeed limited additional benefit (there are diminishing returns). But if look at the scenarios for Middle East and Africa, it would take roughly 10 years longer for the Green Road
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    by danuker 4y ago

    Indeed. Same with nutrition [1] and education [2]. [1] - https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/hidden-hunger-index-vs-gd... [2] - https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/learning-outcomes-vs-gdp-...
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    by danuker 4y ago

    I believe economic inequality is quite unrelated to pollution. You can have rich and green (Ireland/Switzerland), rich and carbon-heavy (Arab states/US/Aussie), poor and green (most developing countries have very low carbon e
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    by danuker 4y ago

    ・^_^・
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    Ask HN: Why aim for reducing climate change?

    56 points by danuker 4y ago|121 comments
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    by danuker 4y ago

    Indeed! Cheers to jart!
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    by danuker 4y ago

    Indeed, and it might also drive down prices. Sodium and sulphur are much more abundant than Lithium (1150x and 260x respectively). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abundance_of_elements_in_Earth...
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    by danuker 4y ago

    This article is consistent with my experience. One thing I'd add is lack of search. Many instances outright disable searching, and those that enable it have it painfully slow and/or unfederated. I see there is a /tags/&l
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    by danuker 4y ago

    Won't work if there are presence monitors.
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    by danuker 4y ago

    In many jurisdictions you don't even need to sue; you can file a complaint with the labor board.
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    by danuker 4y ago

    If I feel like my life has been made better by the comment/link, I upvote. If the comment/link is not actionable, and/or results in wasting time or my life worsening, or encourages social problems, especially a breakdown in c
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    by danuker 4y ago

    I'd expect it would be similar to this list: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/members
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    by danuker 4y ago

    Wow. I did not expect this. I apologize for my unresearched opinion.
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    by danuker 4y ago

    It seems DRM is not the issue, and my comment was irrelevant. ~~You can only buy from DRM-free suppliers, like GOG.com.~~
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    by danuker 4y ago

    I would add Hacker News itself as a great example.
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    by danuker 4y ago

    A Tesla share is $159.32, and its EPS for the last 12 months is $3.61 [1]. That means 2.3% per year. A Toyota share is $145.55, and its EPS for the same period is $16.82 [2]. That means 11.6% per year. [1] - https://companiesmark