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811.
by hirundo 5y ago
How is this reconciled with the NASA 2016 report that the "Change in Leaf Area" was largely positive from 1982-2015? https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2436/co2-is-making-earth-green...
812.
by hirundo 5y ago
Because it is such an important function, and because light disrupts sleep, it is important to sleep mostly in the dark. If it gets light naturally in time to wake you up when you need to, great. If it gets light earlier, not great.
813.
Meta-analysis suggest risk reductions of statin treatment are modest(jamanetwork.com)
1 points by hirundo 5y ago|0 comments
814.
by hirundo 5y ago
s/criticize/demonstrate
815.
by hirundo 5y ago
I wonder if there's anything here to the puritan notion that virtue requires pain. It's cliche that men bond particularly tightly in the blood and fear of war. Does that apply to birth? Is the maternal bond strengthened by birth t
816.
by hirundo 5y ago
Courage on the order of Tank Man.
817.
Stack Exchange Q&A access will not be restricted in Russia(meta.stackexchange.com)
6 points by hirundo 5y ago|0 comments
818.
by hirundo 5y ago
Except that, according to the article, other countries that also had lockdowns had fewer accidents as traffic reduced.
819.
by hirundo 5y ago
The date of the post is crucial to knowing whether it's relevant content, and that's missing in this table.
820.
by hirundo 5y ago
True, but I can't tell the difference from about three feet away.
821.
by hirundo 5y ago
Discuss it ... and then dictate it. Engineering teams are better run by hierarchy than consensus. "A camel is a dog designed by committee." Would you rather have a dozen people put whatever they like in the soup pot, or let the be
822.
by hirundo 5y ago
This is why they mock my tin foil hat; it threatens their control.
823.
by hirundo 5y ago
I printed this William Blake on a Pixma last month: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp82/p_127... A skill that Blake took a lifetime to learn is now for sale on Amazon with free shipping. Bu
824.
by hirundo 5y ago
> Taken all together, the large body of literature with consistent findings indicate there may be significant benefits to lowering the total amount of air pollutant exposure one receives over a lifetime. Dr. Attia is someone who is willi
825.
by hirundo 5y ago
That is a floccinaucinihilipilification.
826.
by hirundo 5y ago
"A huge part of the problem is that digital spaces generally have no equivalent of a disapproving glare." That's largely what down votes are, and why it's a problem that YouTube now hides them. We need both smiles and gl
827.
by hirundo 5y ago
True. But Newton and Einstein revolutionized our understanding of the universe in a way that a Feynman, Hawking or Gell-Mann didn't. I doubt these gentlemen would have disagreed with that.
828.
by hirundo 5y ago
I've thought Hawking was being a bit over-marketed since the Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode where they place him next to Newton and Einstein as three great physicists in history. That scene was a lot of fun and I'm glad they di
829.
EU Commission demands Google takedown RT and Sputnik from search results(lumendatabase.org)
37 points by hirundo 5y ago|44 comments
830.
by hirundo 5y ago
I feel like a smuggler. I closed my Twitter account due to such shenanigans, and now read my favorite tweeters via Nitter RSS feeds. None of the various Twitter bovine excrement comes along for the ride, just the words of the people I inten
831.
by hirundo 5y ago
On the bright side, global warming is good mediation for nuclear or volcanic winters and solar minimums.
832.
by hirundo 5y ago
They can be sold for building material. https://www.pinterest.com/roberthathaway9/airplane-houses/
833.
by hirundo 5y ago
> “Serpens ni edat serpentem, draco non fiet” (A serpent, unless it devours a serpent, will not become a dragon) And dragons do not become less hungry. This is a fair summary of current world events.
834.
by hirundo 5y ago
The Dude drank White Russians. Is that problematic now? Lebowski II: The Search for an Alternative Beverage.
835.
by hirundo 5y ago
If they are yet another data broker with a novel phishing pitch, giving them your info just adds it to one more list among many. If they're legit, they could lower the spam volume by a few decibels. Seems like a reasonable risk/
836.
by hirundo 5y ago
Editor: "Erica, Mike, I need that story right now." Erica&Mike: "Sorry boss, it isn't written yet, all we have are notes with topics, bullet points and numbered lists." Editor: "Time's up. Pub
837.
by hirundo 5y ago
> these reactors would still require huge infrastructure investment in order to spread the power. Nah, I've done it in Factorio, a single wire can handle the full output of multiple reactors.
838.
by hirundo 5y ago
Kids, watches were devices that boomers, like Walter White, used to tell time before iphones.
839.
by hirundo 5y ago
It's a good thing for the public to know what the Russian administration and people are saying and thinking, no pardon is required. This is another good reason why not to banish .ru from the interweb. It's the other side that bene
840.
by hirundo 5y ago
Given that these gentlemen are known to have at least ordinary prudence, even in the face of a $10k loss, an operational definition might take the form L5 = the person asserting that L5 has been achieved is willing to be driven by the v

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