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1321.
by growlist 8y ago
This makes sense to me, as I've asked myself was she bad or deluded? But perhaps instead she started out with the best intentions, only to be forced into gambling with ever greater stakes as each attempt at changing the world fell flat
1322.
by growlist 8y ago
I would add to that the need for more expert scientific input into journalism. Properly informed journalism on science issues seems like the exception rather than the norm. Even major news organisations seem to treat science like some myste
1323.
by growlist 8y ago
Personal anecdata, I was drinking several cups of coffee to get myself through 7 hours' driving with a full work day spliced within. I used to feel absolutely dreadful. Why am I so tired despite drinking all this coffee? I used to thin
1324.
by growlist 8y ago
Please just make Half Life 3 :(
1325.
by growlist 8y ago
Cetaceans are highly intelligent, supposedly more so than other mammals that we eat, which I think counts for something. If not, why stop at whales? Why not primates? Why not other humans? Have I made my point?
1326.
by growlist 8y ago
Another article about the Faroe Islands - this one about women from abroad moving to marry Faroese men. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39703486
1327.
by growlist 8y ago
The Netherlands seem to be the experts on agricultural innovation. Apart from that I can imagine that the wild pristine environment etc would be a powerful marketing angle for artisanal/organic products of various types. Faroese Gin f
1328.
by growlist 8y ago
> eliminates the most painful part Physical pain perhaps - I'd imagine the herding onto the beach still involves a fair amount of terror for the poor beasts. Also I'm not sure I buy the either/or rationalisation presented.
1329.
by growlist 8y ago
How long until satellites have their own service droids I wonder?
1330.
by growlist 8y ago
Seems like a perfect candidate for a cheap hydro power project! 'At high tide, Mallon said some 63,000 litres of water from the Lagan would be gushing back through the conduit, reaching the top of the tunnel'
1331.
by growlist 8y ago
Is it too paranoid to speculate that there might be an organised anti-Musk campaign afoot? One of the red flags for me was reading an anti-Musk article in the Spectator, a reasonably stuffy, right wing establishment magazine in the UK - my