harwoodleon

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by harwoodleon 10y ago
The truth is it took us 80 years to get into this mess, it will probably take 80 years to get us out of it. Hopefully technology can provide a path.
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
It's an addiction, like smoking. Except far far more damaging to all life.
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
I told you, you are symptomatic of the short-termist attitude that persists - we must carry on whatever the cost. The alternative is that you make do, because this is a serious situation, far more serious than a business deal. Ironically,
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
This is very simple, but something most of the HN people won't be able to do. STOP FLYING! Passenger numbers have gone up in a step change with CO2 count over the last 50 years, contrails compound the effect. The sad thing is - you wil
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
Personally tired of hearing the word 'record'. It's pretty obvious that every year is going to deliver new records. Why don't we/NASA start reporting on the effects. Then the denialist argument becomes moot. Perhaps
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
The news services wont report this because it's not an immediate threat. This surely is a case now for stopping flying. If everyone made a conscious decision not to fly, be a bit inconvenienced, this would lessen the chance of this and
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
Unfortunately, there is no consensus algorithm to prove him wrong on this point. Upset? I think he's doing just fine btw.
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
At the time I write this post :"What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining a Unicorn" has over 220 comments and 509 points. This post has 80 points and 81 comments. I know there is not much to say in response to this f
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
Fatal problems that hit start ups seem left-field, but they are baked into the design choices we make, often without discussion - because they seem part of "current accepted wisdom". My major issue for startup software development
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
There seems to be a lot of negative press around the rise in value of Bitcoin. The FT's article - comparing the market cap of Bitcoin to the trillions of dollars traded in fiat currencies - was shameful. Bitcoin is not a country it is
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Published 11 years ago, James Lovelock's morbid warning now seems far more real(jameslovelock.org)
1 points by harwoodleon 10y ago|0 comments
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
Stop pumping carbon into the sky?
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
"The results suggest that the thermal toler- ances of reef-building corals are likely to be exceeded every year within the next few decades. Events as severe as the 1998 event, the worst on record, are likely to become commonplace with
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
I can't be sure why you are lying in the road struggling to breathe with multiple fractures. It could be that truck I heard go by that may have just hit you at 90 mph, i didn't see it so I can't be sure. Because I can't
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
Seems a bit what? I really wish I could take you more seriously. There is undoubted, undeniable evidence that human factors caused this bleaching effect. Yes humans are doing it ALL. It is not up for debate.
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
It's not hard to change. If everyone changed what they do day to day (stop flying, stop eating beef, stop driving everywhere), we would not be talking about the future in such a bleak way. But everyone thinks they are the exception, it
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How three-day weekends can help save the world(greenbiz.com)
163 points by harwoodleon 10y ago|150 comments
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
Aside from the shock value of this, this underlines that there are feedback systems that we have kicked in. I think the science is not clear, we are still learning about the effects. Climate sceptics are right in a perverse way, we have no
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
Hit by it all the time? Where do you live? Vegas? If the SV echo chamber extends to Texas, you might be right about the club. She's just being careful! If she has brought the company down by explaining her position she may get in all s
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
Yes, local manufacture/fabrication is the only thing that may make a dent in this.
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
I agree with the tax argument, but it is such an economic disadvantage that any country adopting it would lose out to those that didn't. Any government imposing a tax like that will be hugely unpopular. I don't think it will ever
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Ask HN: Could you give up flying?
3 points by harwoodleon 10y ago|5 comments
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
Biggest mistake is thinking you have to "get" experience. I'm 42 and at the other end of the scale. To me the line now that "it's a good learning experience" and "I'll know better in the future"
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
Penny, if you do end up reading the comments on here, be sure of a few things: You have generated more traffic to their site than Jess ever will. You are not alone in your experiences. You are obviously a great professional and you will pro
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
But the issue with humans is also interpretation. If a contract or set of clauses is detrimental to a specific party, because if the complexity of the structure of a contract, not the language used - then surely this is easier to spot and f
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
I went to a talk with Vitalik Buterin recently where he stated code quality was one of ethereum's biggest threats. But, there is a market for code quality review too now! Trustless contracts must at least be audited or they will have n
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
> Have all of your social circle implement the changes and monitor the data for a few decades to guage the effectiveness of your proposal. So you are saying, wait twenty years to see if we are wrong?
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
The blanket statement applies to humans in general, holidays, business trips, not specific cases like rescue and safety. But, even those cases could be argued when looking at the cost overall vs the cost to individuals.
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by harwoodleon 10y ago
i agree, the lack of mature debate in public this topic is something concerning. I think it comes down to our own ability to deny that the issue is actually real and pressing. Like a smoker, we act on impulse, then try to defend our logic.
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With the three hottest global months on record, is it now time to stop flying?
6 points by harwoodleon 10y ago|16 comments

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