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by fwungy 4y ago
Germany is considering re-routing existing subsidies for eliminating coal-fired power plants to help defense manufacturers build new production facilities, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Germany Studies Tapping Coal-Exit Funds for Defense Projects(bloomberg.com)
1 points by fwungy 4y ago|2 comments
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by fwungy 4y ago
They used to have debates about controversial subjects where the two sides would face-off in front of a crowd. I think if Fauci and someone really smart like Peter Hotesz would have beat anyone the covid skeptics could have put up and estab
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by fwungy 4y ago
If you take government money as a contract or a grant you must comply with their rules. These rules include diversity targets for race, gender, and disability.
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by fwungy 4y ago
I always say they're doing a really good job so someone can argue that they don't need to keep pushing it more. They are doing a good job. Why create a good product? That's difficult and failure is possible. Much more fun to
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by fwungy 4y ago
The First Law of Bureaucracy As a bureaucracy grows its purpose increasingly becomes its own preservation and growth. Whatever it was made to do becomes secondary. DEI is a program for handing out patronage jobs.
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by fwungy 4y ago
Same thing with covid. People with good questions that went against the narrative were lumped up with people spouting the most stupid and awful things. That's a propaganda technique.
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by fwungy 4y ago
DEI is a juice box for handing out cushy jobs to political hacks. Any organization that puts DEI as its core mission is headed for mediocrity. Protecting people who can do the job but need a little help for whatever reason is one thing. For
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by fwungy 4y ago
Vaccines might not have the same reputation problems if people weren't blackmailed into taking them and doctors didn't push them like carnival barkers. Sensitivities and allergies are recognized for the most mundane and innocuous
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by fwungy 4y ago
I wonder if a covid shot that went through a full testing sequence would have done better?
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High Flying Balloons for International Surveillance(sonar21.com)
3 points by fwungy 4y ago|1 comments
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by fwungy 4y ago
Balloons are commonly used for high altitude surveillance and the international rules are not completely clear.
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by fwungy 4y ago
We accumulate iron as we age, and the accumulation correlates with mortality. Women's mortality starts to match men's as they progress on menopause. The theory on that is that their iron markers go up when they stop menstruation.
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by fwungy 4y ago
Indoor air is unhealthy. Also not living in doors is correlated strongly with shortened lifespans. For me, it's the heated house over freezing outside. Sorry lungs.
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by fwungy 4y ago
Nature is quite clever. Powerful hormones are triggered in the female cycle that operate outside of the conscious mind. We are not rational creatures, especially when intoxicated. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15216427&#x
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by fwungy 4y ago
Go on about your business. Nothing to see here folks.
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by fwungy 4y ago
Hydrogen and electric are complementary strategies, not competitors.
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by fwungy 4y ago
We hired someone once who was only superficially competent in a niche technology that we didn't understand well. This person had a contact with someone who was competent and was coaching them. It took us a while to figure out what was
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by fwungy 4y ago
A lot of people have stopped writing cover letters because they don't seem to have any impact.
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by fwungy 4y ago
The only problem with "to each according to their need, to each according to their ability" is that need is infinite and ability is finite.
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by fwungy 4y ago
People love James Hansen except for the part where he says nuclear power has to be part of the answer.
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by fwungy 4y ago
What could possibly go wrong?
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by fwungy 4y ago
Black people are people. Murder is bad. If black people are murdered out of proportion to all other races, by a wide margin, that's something that needs to be investigated. Down vote me racists.
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by fwungy 4y ago
If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part. Richard Feynman Feynman wrote a lot about the problems of science and scientific group think. Scientists are people. They have egos, careers, and families t
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by fwungy 4y ago
More black men are murdered in the US than white men. But whites outnumber blacks by at least 4:1. Call it whatever you like, but acknowledge that this is horrific. https://www.statista.com/statistics/251877/murder
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by fwungy 4y ago
Yes, but the murder rate of young white men does not approach that of black men. More black men are murdered than white men as an absolute count, which is horrific considering that whites outnumber blacks by at least 4:1. Is it more racist
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by fwungy 4y ago
I have portable panels with my Jackery. Two hundred watt panels would be the max a normal car could handle. Then you have to park in a place with optimal sun exposure to max out. Even at max, that's only enough power for hvac, and it w
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by fwungy 4y ago
It's not surprising that modelers using the same data and modeling theories come up with similar results. My point is that we have no actual way to confirm how correct these models are because we can't check them.
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by fwungy 4y ago
What do you call a murder rate of 81.7/100000 for black men aged 15-24? https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https:/...
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by fwungy 4y ago
Yes. Hansen is quite convincing on his nuclear stance, which is sadly ignored. Net zero energy exclusively from renewable resources is a dangerous and delusional pathway. As for the climate backcasting, it's all theory. There's no

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