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by jonathansizz 9y ago
> As far as I can tell, conservative viewpoint on climate change is varied, from 'the effects of man made climate change will be mild and not catastrophic' to 'golabal warming is caused by increased solar activity' Un
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EPA Climate Website Archive(epaarchive.cc)
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by jonathansizz 9y ago
Looking at the statistics, I'm not sure that wind turbines are any worse than man-made structures generally (or other human-caused threats, including other types of power plants). https://www.fws.gov/birds/bird-ent
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by jonathansizz 9y ago
Journals are already under fire for privatizing publicly-funded research. They justify their existence by claiming to hold the research they publish to the highest standard, primarily through the peer-review process. That this journal has n
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by jonathansizz 9y ago
For KDE you might want to go with KDE Neon https://neon.kde.org/
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by jonathansizz 9y ago
Metabolism First and RNA World are two competing hypotheses that have both been around for a long time. Here's a nice recent review of the field: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41570-016-0012
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by jonathansizz 10y ago
A core problem is that it's much easier to break things than to build or maintain things, so huge amounts of work can be eliminated very easily, whether through neglect or design.
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by jonathansizz 10y ago
It makes me sad when I think of the sacrifices made by previous generations for the greater good, to consider that in our time we're happy to gamble with the future just to make things more comfortable for us in the present. In the 194
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by jonathansizz 10y ago
The problem arises with those people who read The Selfish Gene and assume they now understand all there is to know about how evolution works. I'm sure you're not one of them, but nevertheless they are quite common, well-educated
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by jonathansizz 10y ago
It greatly oversimplifies a complex process, ignoring modern developments in the field of evolutionary biology (including the entirety of population genetics), and makes many unfounded assumptions. The Spandrels paper I referenced above e
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by jonathansizz 10y ago
But please continue by reading more rigorous work on evolution, or you run the risk of being badly misinformed. I suggest, at a minimum, a decent textbook. Here I'd recommend Douglas Futuyma's Evolution . Follow this up with some
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by jonathansizz 10y ago
The Moto Z Play, with its combination of 3510 mAh battery, Snapdragon 625 processor and 1080p screen has great battery life. Add in a power pack Moto Mod if you need even more. It's a mid-range phone for a mid-range price (and so comes
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A roadmap for rapid decarbonization(science.sciencemag.org)
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‘Moore’s law’ for carbon would defeat global warming(theguardian.com)
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by jonathansizz 10y ago
I think neverminder meant that, amongst countries that separate, the larger of the new countries will generally be better off than their smaller neighbour. Your list doesn't address this point. Examples would include Pakistan-Banglades
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by jonathansizz 10y ago
I know a few keen amateur astronomers who make extra cash by producing astronomical equipment for other amateurs. Some of them are very skilled, and could probably start a fully-fledged business if they wanted to, but they prefer to keep it
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by jonathansizz 10y ago
They don't get electrocuted, but they still die from collisions with the lines. https://www.fws.gov/birds/bird-enthusiasts/threats-to-birds/...
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by jonathansizz 10y ago
Next time you get a common cold, pick any (non-toxic) substance you like, ingest it twice a day, and within about a week you should be feeling much better.
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by jonathansizz 10y ago
> genes aren't so much randomly scattered in chromosomes as much as they are grouped in ways that maximize useful insertions/deletions/frameshifts. This isn't true. Almost all mutations are either harmful or neutral,
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How to save capitalism from itself(the-tls.co.uk)
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by jonathansizz 10y ago
1. Allow limited following of accounts. Right now, when you follow someone, it's either all (default) or nothing (if you mute/unfollow). But in many cases, I'm only interested in a subset of someone's tweets, on certain
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Shell's 1991 warning: climate changing ‘faster than at any time since ice age’(theguardian.com)
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by jonathansizz 10y ago
No amount of data can convince a conspiracy theorist that they're wrong (the new data are just part of the conspiracy). They'll just say the new images are faked, just as they say the original missions were.
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by jonathansizz 10y ago
That doesn't follow, at all. If we're talking about Earth-like life, then any such life would need protection from radiation to be able to live long enough to reproduce. If such protection wasn't provided by the planet's
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by jonathansizz 10y ago
I think they'd have pressure not to write clickbait articles. At present, clickbait works because it makes money by driving ad impressions. Many readers don't even mind wasting time on such content, and those who do quickly move
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How America Lost Faith in Expertise(foreignaffairs.com)
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by jonathansizz 10y ago
But over 3/4 of car sales are for used cars, which have an average price 1/3 of the new car average#. The Model 3 might prove to be good value for a new car, but a new one will still be unaffordable for many American drivers. # h
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The Rockefeller Family Fund Takes on ExxonMobil(nybooks.com)
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A chart’s ability to mislead is off the scale(ft.com)
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The best battle scenes ever shot from Apocalypse Now to Hacksaw Ridge(theguardian.com)
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