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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Cognitive impairment isn’t an issue. High temp already impairs cognition—air conditioning can fix excess co2 and excess heat — indoors. The ocean ph is currently 8.08. At 1000ppm (worst case scenario) the ph drops to 8.03. Disruptive to eco
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Great ref, from Germany’s energy mix! Here’s an S-curve model I made based on two maximum carrying capacities for solar; the lower bound is the current amount of farmland devoted to ethanol while the upper bound is 1% of the earth’s surface
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
We know that the continued exponential growth of solar means that fossil fuels won’t be absolutely necessary for the economy in 10-15 years. For instance, if we replaced all the corn-for-ethanol fields with solar, we’d produce something lik
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
No, because no ancient sources discuss anyone dying over irrational numbers. Did you read it? It’s not about whether it is hippasus. Sigh.
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
It’s because you can’t create square root of two with a fraction. Pythagoreans were all about fractions (such as their musical tuning).
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
It’s not about conclusively debunking. There is no evidence for it at all! They say he drowned for his impiety at publishing the dodecahedron (stated first by Iamblichus, 700 years later). “The discovery of irrational numbers is said to hav
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Because you can’t make it with a fraction.
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Oh stop. If you have the theorem how would you not test it with sides = 1. Of course we know it didn’t happen. The ancient stories of Hippasus don’t have anything to do with this libel. As is conveniently mentioned in the Wikipedia article
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Why do they always gotta throw the Pythagoreans under the bus? “ Two and a half millennia ago, the Pythagoreans held as a core belief that every number is the ratio of two whole numbers. They were shocked when a member of their school prove
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
I posted it because it had details about the legal and constitutional basis for Hitler’s rise to power. He sort of hacked the system. I knew he had been elected, but I had assumed he operated illegally. The article itself isn’t political, b
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Hitler dismantled a democracy in 53 days through constitutional means(theatlantic.com)
89 points by dr_dshiv 2y ago|86 comments
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Platonism is about the reality of math behind the notation and beyond the human mind — Like that spheres are real even though there is no perfect sphere in the material world. This is a common opinion among mathematicians and physicists eve
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Not to mention the astroinertial guidance system on ICBM nuclear missiles. To wit, there are 12 Ohio class submarines each with 20 trident missiles each carrying 12 maneuverable nuclear warheads (475 kilotons each). The missiles are launche
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
I love this. It’s really easy to get lost in Space when you zoom out and back in after twisting. I can see the planets on the edge of the screen, but can never seem to find them again. Reloading, of course, fixes all. But maybe some compass
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
If you didn’t know that Disney made a cartoon about syphilis, please take 10 minutes to watch this masterpiece/trainwreck https://youtu.be/YHxYW0Fw63Y?si=OcrCEY4l_mJ_lw83
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Coaching helps doctors perform high-stakes procedures: randomized clinical trial(bmj.com)
1 points by dr_dshiv 2y ago|0 comments
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
This will totally (have to) happen in Amsterdam within the century.
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Americans Need to Party More(theatlantic.com)
3 points by dr_dshiv 2y ago|0 comments
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
But then how will kids learn to use ChatGPT?
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Algal blooms are dangerous because it is coastal (i.e. in shallow water). I don't know of any research on the danger of algal blooms in deep sea. But monitoring seems critical no matter what.
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
They don’t market cow’s milk as “gland secretions” either. And while many products are optimized for cost, they don’t market them as “cheaply sourced ingredients.” Plastics have a bad rap. They don’t cause big societal problems, relative to
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
That’s why using timber in construction — especially when it displaces steel and concrete — is great for sequestering carbon.
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
If that was simple, it would have happened. It’s not simple to stop—if governments stopped it over night, they’d be thrown out of power the next day by mass protests. Technology is stopping it, though! The continued exponential growth of so
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Iron fertilization is arguably simpler— don’t need to own the land and it can be scaled. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_fertilization The use of mass timber for construction is a great way to make sustainable fores
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
> “Having shade on the ground is a climate adaptation. I hate to say it, but I've kind of given up on the thought that we're going to fix climate change whatsoever,” said Komenik. “Climate change is going to happen. It's g
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In Colorado, a marriage of solar energy and farming(ksjd.org)
191 points by dr_dshiv 2y ago|115 comments
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GDP per capita of poorest US state rivals Germany(euronews.com)
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Curious how others on this thread experience this. It’s different from anti immigration sentiment in EU & USA then?
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Hypothesis: Old people blow it on cruises and young people have families and start businesses.
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by dr_dshiv 2y ago
Idk the Amish are pretty chill for not integrating. And if immigrants come and integrate into existing gang culture, would you actually be happy? I think it is ok to just say “we don’t want poor immigrants. We want immigrants with something

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