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by hkt 3y ago
Nuclear isn't the only practical solution, though. We have the technology today to make a real go of properly using solar, wind, tide, etc.
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by hkt 3y ago
I was writing both about ten years ago, and ditched Ruby with great joy after wrestling with dependency management. It isn't great in python, but Jesus, it was awful in ruby. I haven't bothered writing in it since.
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The League of Movable Type: the open-source font foundry(theleagueofmoveabletype.com)
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by hkt 3y ago
Or we could do something crazy like respect democratic norms rather than descending into a plutocratic hellscape.
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by hkt 3y ago
More importantly, can it aggressively fingerprint them and supply adtech companies with an approximation of their identity?
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by hkt 3y ago
Solar thermal panels can be used for this!
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by hkt 3y ago
That's the one. They do residential courses. Also a variety of masters degrees.
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by hkt 3y ago
Correction: they used lime mortar. Modern concrete was created about a century and a half ago. The random bits were chunks of lime which increased the building's hydraulic qualities - lime self heals, concrete doesn't
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by hkt 3y ago
Mix them with a bit of soil rather than leaving them on top.
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by hkt 3y ago
You're both correct. Building grade sand is scarce and its extraction is environmentally catastrophic.
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by hkt 3y ago
We need to stop using concrete as a building material: there are enormous numbers of alternatives and the vast majority of them use a fraction of the carbon during their lifecycles. For instance, lime stabilised soil has been used in large
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by hkt 3y ago
It is more than just money, though: it is about the law and how power in society is apportioned.
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by hkt 3y ago
The point is that it is not a single issue, but the result of many complex, interacting and interdependent issues. The stress of insecure work. The consequences of poor diets and little exercise. The cost of housing. The receding access to
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by hkt 3y ago
Beautifully put, an answer approaching literature. I have the same feelings about Blackpool. Coastal towns really are monuments to another time. The houses are beautiful, too - a two bedroom flat in one of the old guesthouses on the sea fro
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by hkt 3y ago
That's an extreme reaction and a brave thing to share (with apologies for me being desperately immature)
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by hkt 3y ago
Except that efficiency really does matter right now as energy demands are increasing globally
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by hkt 3y ago
100% this. Few people have been able to answer the question of "how does it compare to a heat pump that has a SCOP of 4?" without me having to fight the urge to roll my eyes. By the time (highly explosive) hydrogen gets into peopl
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by hkt 3y ago
Or subtle success, depending on whether that's sequence or simultaneity..
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by hkt 3y ago
I'm ready for my down votes for this but here I go: Electric bikes are cheap, efficient, fast enough, safe, good for your health, and good for the environment. Live somewhere that isn't bike friendly? Do the right thing instead of
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by hkt 3y ago
I love this concept but also find it hard to believe the Linux foundation (currently only posting US based roles) will do remuneration in equity..!
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by hkt 3y ago
Because it does not make economic sense. Also because that is comically inward looking and has a whiff of racism about it on the "shared culture" side..
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by hkt 3y ago
Re: eco terrorism, I strongly suspect this will happen too. Domestically in places like the UK where the penalties for peaceful protest are increasing dramatically, and internationally when people start realising their lives being destroyed
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by hkt 3y ago
Not a science, neither relevant nor useful information
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by hkt 3y ago
We have inputs other than words, for a start
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by hkt 3y ago
Not so: open source licenses tend not to have any clauses requiring reciprocation, free software licenses do. Think MIT or BSD vs GPL.
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by hkt 3y ago
It'd become much more sustainable to do what you're talking about if it was accompanied by energy saving measures. Do it well and you could easily aim for 5kWh per day per house by minimising heating and cooling choices.
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by hkt 3y ago
For those in the UK, you should join the United Tech and Allied Workers - see https://utaw.tech Aside from normal union activities, they have a very active interest in employee surveillance and are looking at how to fight it. Go
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by hkt 3y ago
Will a fake nose, moustache and glasses do? (My point? Characterising anonymity with an item of clothing associated with paramilitaries has associations that don't need to be there.)
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by hkt 3y ago
"Stolen". Do you think taxes are theft? The idea of property is a legal one. It has no other basis in the world - if a democracy decides that property is forfeit if the law is broken, that is perfectly fine. See also, wealth taxes
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by hkt 3y ago
Unless they decide they do. That's the strange thing about sovereignty in a democracy. It is worth remembering that there's no such thing as a "global" company, by the way. These are largely American companies. They are

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