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by jnxx 6y ago
> This strain has probably already spread to tens of other countries. Every country which is just about holding things together, whatever their strategy, is going to struggle with a significantly more transmissible variant of the virus.
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It is more likely that this is noted first in the UK. This means that there is some likelihood that it already exists in other countries, but was not notices yet. However, this does not explains away that it appears to have much higher tran
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> Could it still be that this variant is as infectious as others, but just happens to be the dominant one in the regions where the virus circulates the most, for reasons that have nothing to do with the genetics of the virus? That can ha
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Exactly. There exists a really good example for that, the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918.
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> Here absolute fact is only clear when the effect is so strong it's too late. This! I strongly agree that one should not mix up scientific hard knowledge with hypotheses, statements of likelihood, educated guesses and so on. Howeve
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> Without well-controlled cell-culture or animal studies that show that this strain is out-competing other strains in vivo, we don't have solid evidence either way. Just a question: If two weeks from now, it becomes evident that mor
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... any changes in our way of life are so panic-inducing and unbearable that we really prefer to collectively kill ourselves and half of the planet's species in fire
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Great idea! You could look for desmog.co.uk, and also for the technical aspects of the work of Carole Cadwalladr (see Guadian / Observer) and James Patrick ( https://twitter.com/search?q=%40agoodfireburns%20misinformat..
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> Solutions to this problem are unlikely to come from technology. I'd say from technology alone . It is clearly also a collective and societal problem. But a big part of the problem is that much of the things we do are mal-adapted
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> Get a job in the industry. They need technologists in energy industry too. That almost sounds like the fossil fuel industry has already difficulties to find engineering people. Is it?
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This is wrong on multiple levels. One thing I want to point out: Climate change has negative consequences, but this is not a thing that is either going to happen or not in a black-or-white manner. In contrary, there are many degrees of poss
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I do not think this is enough. And it is not adequate. And more than all, it is not a dignified way to live while present fellow humans and future generations are and will be suffering from the consequences of our lack of action. It is like
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So what? It is the most important question of your times, whose outcome will likely determine the future of humanity. Far more relevant than the next JavaScript framework. And also, hard questions do have interesting answers - they are inte
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Broadly, I see three possible domains of activity: - For technological development * anything that explores additional renewable Energy sources (like the Pelamis Wave Energy converter). AS it is a tricky and multi-fac3eted problem, there is
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> The problem is people expect all things to be free (beer). I do not see this is the case in general. People do not expect that.
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Where is the problem, Facebook leaving is a clear net plus for the EU. And the same goes for Amazon with its disregard for workers rights, health and safety standards, and failure to pay taxes.
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> GDPR is fully incorporated into British law Well, you will see what happens to these laws. The whole Brexit enterprise is mainly an attempt to do maximum de-regulation. The discussions about food safety standards and health care servic
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by jnxx 6y ago
That's an interesting point. As far as I remember, there is quite a lot of EU laws which did become UK laws. Aparts from the question of the benefits to do so, it would take many many years to disentangle that. So, the UK governments s
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Which will by the way make treaties in that area between UK and EU more difficult, as they will require some equal level of regulation. And that could bite because services are an important part of the UK economy and a part of them are digi
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Well, for whom regulation works out depends on how your government is. But also, a lack of regulation or oversight can have a lot of consequences. A good example is the Greenfell tower tragedy - fire protection authorities in the EU have wa
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Also, reguilations and rules can help to create trust, and this is what any business is based on. In this way, it helps business.
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The 'we care for your privacy' is not mandatory, it is just whitewashing. In fact, I see it by now as a warning sign that unnecessary processing takes place.
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> For advertising and behavioural tracking cookies, consent is required if it's tracking your personal data to the level of individually identifiable people, but frankly they shouldn't be doing that. And one is not obliged to a
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> Some companies want to use the web to try to change users behaviour And just by looking at Google, they are doing that in an increasingly aggressive way.
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I would doubt whether such a clause would stand in court. Also, agreement (which is only one of the principles which make data processing legal, but I think it is the only one which covers what Google does, using the data for advertising wh
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But as far as I understand, it applies to UK citizens which are traveling in the EU, because they are located in the EU: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=15288746...
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Not only residents (in the sense of having a permanent home in the EU): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=15288746... For example, it also applies to people which are traveling and are curre
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The legal text: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=15288746... Article 3.
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Alone the amount of tarmac for jet runways is massive. It is also often concrete which has a massive CO2 impact.
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You can check that here yourself - it is a carbon footprint calculator from the German Federal Environment Agency: https://uba.co2-rechner.de/en_GB/ https://uba.co2-rechner.de/de_DE/start

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