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Record low start to the new year sea ice extent in Antarctica(nsidc.org)
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by jesperlang 8y ago
yeah, the public/private thing is a biggie for me I think. But maybe it's also the speed / "dynamic-ness"? I imagine an open panel discussion can be quite an intense, immersive and interesting social experience :)
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by jesperlang 8y ago
But what does it mean to be "social"? I've been thinking about this alot lately and it's not easy to define. But social media's version of social is making me more and more uncomfortable. I have so many unfinished t
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Are Humans Like a Virus on Planet Earth?(youtube.com)
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Keeping Some of the Lights On: Redefining Energy Security(lowtechmagazine.com)
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by jesperlang 8y ago
bans some polluting vehicles: > The plan, known as Madrid Central, establishes a low-emissions zone that covers 472 hectares (1,166 acres). All petrol vehicles registered before 2000 and diesel ones registered before 2006 will be banne
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by jesperlang 8y ago
I'm wondering this as well. Firefox has built-in containers. Can't we just use them? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers
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by jesperlang 8y ago
I should have rephrased that! The main point is it seem to put us in a very risky situation with methane release. They're mentioning how doing the extraction can potentially destabilize the whole reserve and lead to massive releases. T
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by jesperlang 8y ago
How is it the future of energy? As the article later states, "All the social and environmental issues associated with fossil fuels apply to gas hydrates ". It's later awkwardly explained as a transitional energy source, sure
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by jesperlang 8y ago
> In our resting states, we do not rest. It's funny how language shapes our thinking. The word rest has a bias towards related words such as inactivity and being passive. Hard to change that now! Imagine a culture/language wher
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How circular is the circular economy?(lowtechmagazine.com)
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Max 8 released, adding support for Node.js(cycling74.com)
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Housing and transportation are the same(ggwash.org)
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Arctic’s minimum sea ice extent 6th lowest on record(nsidc.org)
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by jesperlang 8y ago
> The key to occupational happiness is to first figure out what you’re passionate about and then find a job that matches this passion. I think alot of people can misunderstand the "what" of their passion, especially when trying
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by jesperlang 8y ago
So, NPR still doesn't link properly from the data protection choice page to the plain text site... Here is the plain text version: https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=645629133
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Etoys 5.0 is released(squeakland.org)
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by jesperlang 8y ago
I think people just deal with the culture/infrastructure they are born into. If you live in Los Angeles you buy a car, if you live in Amsterdam you buy a bicycle, if you live in Venice you walk. It's the institutions that set this
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by jesperlang 8y ago
This looks great! I was looking for something similar to Dr Racket but for python. I am going to use this in a beginner's course in programming for high school students. I guess you have already seen this article: http://wor
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by jesperlang 8y ago
Another article that refers to the book "The Mind is Flat", there was recently a submission and related discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17625244 Highly recommend reading the book, it really i
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Is ecotech the new asbestos? (2008)(lowtechmagazine.com)
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The Rise of Adblock Shaming(thesocietypages.org)
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by jesperlang 8y ago
> but slowness only became a bad thing when time became money. This. After downscaling my expenses and started working at 25-50% it's amazing how much time I got now compared to working full time. We really under value time and have
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by jesperlang 8y ago
I see this point coming up a lot. But if you consider the car a medium of transport for the individual and how it affects the collective it makes more sense. Think of it as "build cities for people, not individuals"
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by jesperlang 8y ago
Can relate to this 100%, at the moment I'm trying to enter teaching, for me that feels like a good focus if you aim for "interesting outcomes"
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by jesperlang 8y ago
I assume they mean sterile when they say clean. Why do we still insist only on sterile environments? Shouldn't we focus on creating small eco systems that are suitable for humans, where probably lots of different microbes that are be
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by jesperlang 8y ago
> To the farming families of Switzerland’s Engelberg region, cable cars aren’t built for ski holidays and scenic views The simple farmer's cable cars are used by skiers as well though. The terrain around Engelberg is excellent for
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Arctic sea ice maximum at second lowest in the satellite record(nsidc.org)
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by jesperlang 9y ago
key sentence: > Microplastics make up 94 percent of an estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic in the patch. But that only amounts to eight percent of the total tonnage. As it turns out, of the 79,000 metric tons of plastic in the patch
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by jesperlang 9y ago
Ignoring the ridiculous price tag this phone is as close to what I'm looking for yet. I also want to go lighter but a major thing for me is battery life. Light Phone 2 is aiming at 5 days stand by, why are we still dealing with battery

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