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by goda90 2mo ago
> People have wanted to collect rain to create electricity, but that hasn’t worked on a large scale It might be a useful effect for small electronics in damp environments where solar isn't a great option. Caves, rainforests, showers
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by goda90 2mo ago
How many people still know how to tell them to do the right things?
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by goda90 2mo ago
My employer has this policy. We also have a strong code review process. But it all crumbles in the face of developers burning out as management thinks we can move way faster and being overloaded with code that had little thought put into it
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by goda90 2mo ago
On our present course we're probably not going to reach Type I on the Kardashev scale, let alone Type II, because of collapse. We need to embrace long term planning instead of short term profits if we want to avoid that.
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by goda90 2mo ago
> There is no bounds to how much electricity humans need, and the more we have the more prosperity we will have There are bounds to the Earth's capacity for our consumption. We won't be prosperous if ecosystems collapse.
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by goda90 2mo ago
What part confuses you? The threat to stable and affordable electricity and water supply? The water, light and noise pollution? The threat to jobs? The threat to truth and transparency? The threat to privacy?
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by goda90 2mo ago
Climate change is now a short-term problem. In the next 10 years, numerous ecosystems will be pushed to the point of collapse, and feedback loops will increase as natural carbon sinks start to release their carbon in the face of rising temp
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by goda90 2mo ago
What about using mouse velocity? If the mouse is changing position at a certain rate, don't show the tooltips.
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by goda90 2mo ago
I think it was determined that the Turing test is too easy because humans are too easily fooled.
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by goda90 2mo ago
> Fossil fuel extraction is not the problem. It is a problem though. Extraction and transportation of fossil fuels is a major source of methane, which is a much more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2.
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by goda90 2mo ago
People using a brain to computer interface to communicate to others isn't going to want all their thoughts exposed either. We already have a number of less mentally invasive technologies being developed for communication.
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by goda90 2mo ago
It's expensive, early attempts didn't impress, and many gamers are hostile to the tech because it threatens the livelihood of game creators and impacts gaming hardware prices.
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by goda90 2mo ago
Maybe we bring back the "lighthouse keeper" type jobs for remote infrastructure
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by goda90 2mo ago
I'm guessing the GP means the weird results leads to adding magic numbers to get good results.
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by goda90 2mo ago
I would hope critical infrastructure would have someone on site 24/7. The Internet could go out, roads blocked, and weather too dangerous for a helicopter and you'd still want power to flow. If people want to work remotely, they c
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by goda90 2mo ago
What makes an ALPR cost more than $1000 per unit?
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by goda90 2mo ago
Are they not damaged by delayed updates including security patches?
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by goda90 2mo ago
Reminds me of this project to generate every melody possible algorithmically in order to fight music copyright lawsuits. https://allthemusic.info/
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by goda90 2mo ago
Just need a lawyer looking for an interesting class action, to be honest. All gOS users can be in the class.
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by goda90 2mo ago
> I prefer speed cameras, red-light cameras, and so on because automated enforcement removes discretionary power from enforcement agents. There can still be corruption with automated enforcement. If the punishment is fees and the fees go
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by goda90 2mo ago
Do we know the biological mechanism to cause OTS, though? That would open up avenues for treatment and more precise prevention besides "rest more" (not that that's a bad preventative).
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by goda90 2mo ago
How do we adapt?
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by goda90 2mo ago
>there is nothing healthier than being skinny Being fit is healthier. Studies support the idea that being overweight but physically active is cardiovascularly healthier than being skinny(GLP-1 or not) and sedentary.
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by goda90 2mo ago
This makes me wonder how many tons of free hydrogen would it take to react with a significant percentage of Earth's oxygen to the point it would harm life.
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by goda90 2mo ago
Isn't lower calorie consumption in general correlated to longevity? (Assuming no major malnutrition)
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by goda90 2mo ago
When did this change supposedly occur because when I last got one the bun looked like it did in the 2023 photo, which was in the last two months.
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by goda90 2mo ago
Why does this page say there have been 0 >2.5mag earthquakes this year?
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by goda90 2mo ago
Humans need to eat. Humans don't need AI. We're consuming too much in general and this speculative bubble is making consumption skyrocket with questionable gains for humanity.
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by goda90 2mo ago
If we could somehow start getting the upper-middle class and the upper class, and the upper-upper class to appreciate the ordinary abundance, it might cure them of the greed that drives wealth extraction at the detriment of those in lower c
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by goda90 2mo ago
I want all mass surveillance gone, regardless of the brand.

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