jfnixon

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by jfnixon 7y ago
Hell, the IPCC did not accurately predict 2019 climate change back in 1998 when they had far better models with far more computing resources.
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by jfnixon 7y ago
You misspelled “bank account.”
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Find the speaker/chirper/noisemaker and disable it, using wirecutters if necessary. Black tape works great on LEDs.
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by jfnixon 7y ago
I'm sure they put them up after you moved to that location, correct?
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by jfnixon 7y ago
Let me see if I follow... a publicly regulated private monopoly can work well, as can a public monopoly, if there isn't rampant corruption in government? Is that about right?
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by jfnixon 7y ago
What if we had something like a Public Utilities Commission regulate these companies in return for granting them monopoly access to public right-of-way? A PUC that had accountability to the public, and veto rights over the rates and capital
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by jfnixon 7y ago
So the State government has no influence over the choices of PG&E? And here I thought it was a regulated utility. Who knew?
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by jfnixon 7y ago
Built for the climate of the past? Which one, the one over thousands of years in which CA routinely undergoes multi-decade droughts, or the more recent one of a few hundred years in which the dry periods last just a few years? I think the p
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by jfnixon 7y ago
All housing was new construction at some point.
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by jfnixon 7y ago
Username checks out. I'd definitely believe Bill Gates over J Random Ycombinator any day of the week. And he's right, nuclear is the road to go on if you want reduced emissions.
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by jfnixon 7y ago
Supplementing is not the same as avoiding. As you say, the interactions are complex. Maybe it isn't that supplements of omega3 are beneficial, since omega3 and omega6 compete, but avoiding omega6 while having sufficient omega3 gives th
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by jfnixon 7y ago
I don’t think you actually mean “raw data about temperature change” because most of the warming is only seen in the processed readings, not the raw data. Consider the USCRN raw temperature dsta, which comes from the gold standard observatio
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by jfnixon 7y ago
I'd recommend using monetary penalties, including clawbacks, for motivational purposes. I suspect jail isn't quite the same level of deterrent as money for people who value those extra 0s on their net worth. Civil litigation is ea
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by jfnixon 7y ago
So if the A320neo isn't suitable for a large portion of the customer base, how is it a competitor to the 737MAX 8?
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by jfnixon 7y ago
I don't think the parent is arguing malpractice fear explains it all. But clearly, that fear is a significant element in many decisions.
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by jfnixon 7y ago
The US sells debt all day long, so what's the problem? Maybe we could make Denmark a deal for a few large metropolitan areas, like Detroit and San Fran. Let's see how the famed Danish model works on a larger scale!
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by jfnixon 7y ago
By the old-fashioned way on twitter, don't you mean "running ginormous bot-farms tweeting propaganda?" Because I doubt the PRC will be restrained to simply posting tweets under the bluecheck PRC account.
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by jfnixon 7y ago
Republicans aren't science-illiterate. Spreading that myth is a great way to have people immediately tune out from listening to your remaining arguments. https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2019/03/28&#x2
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by jfnixon 7y ago
I'm so old I can remember when people were encouraged to travel and buy experiences rather than goods, to meet different people and cultures, live outside one's comfort zone, and broaden one's horizons. Now it is stay home, d
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by jfnixon 7y ago
"The greatest polluter is the economy where the only profitable business model is planned depreciation to make people buy new stuff." Cite please, or is this just your opinion?
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by jfnixon 7y ago
Please define "works much better." Thanks.
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by jfnixon 7y ago
Great, that means we can vote to require meat at every meal. Don't like it? Too bad, so sad, we have the right to control what you eat.
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by jfnixon 7y ago
It is legal to own tanks and flame throwers now.
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by jfnixon 7y ago
Regarding NICS access, spot on. I believe it would be constitutional to hold private sellers responsible for a limited period (1-2years) for firearm crime by purchasers. Give a safe harbor for private sales which include a NICS check, but t
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by jfnixon 7y ago
It is a bit tongue in cheek, but giving the top couple of layers some serious skin in the game is the only way to align their interest with safety rather than the next 10-Q.
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by jfnixon 7y ago
How about "must charge only published prices?"
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by jfnixon 7y ago
Want to see senior management laser focused on safety? Require forfeiture of all benefits, options, and bonuses, plus all personal cap gains from stock sales in the event of an engineering flaw resulting in loss of life. Claw it back from a
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by jfnixon 7y ago
"They’ve really discovered that the melt that’s happening is fairly dramatically different from some of the assumptions we’ve had" Wait, you mean you actually have to validate assumptions against actual measurement to make accurat
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by jfnixon 7y ago
"That's generally not really how embassies work..." Someone needs to tell Assange about this, if that isn't how embassies work.
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by jfnixon 7y ago
Hurricanes are not symptoms of climate change. At least, not empirically validated symptoms. “We find that, after adjusting for such an estimated number of missing storms, there remains just a small nominally positive upward trend in tropic

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