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by kemiller 4y ago
I think you’re underestimating how hard it would be to ensure that the buried carbon in the trees stays buried. Not to mention the colossal job of finding and managing these burial sites. There’s an argument that we should be using way mor
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For the record, I'm 46. I clearly remember what it was like before, during, and after the internet revolution and I've seen how things have changed. I actually partially agree with you that part of the solution may be to simply st
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They are but that’s precisely the problem. More and more of our vital communication channels are owned by single private entities. IOW public discourse is being replaced by “public” discourse. The promise of blockchain solutions is that the
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I came here to say the same thing. What a silly tease. I won’t be making it to NYC anytime soon so no like they’re losing custom…
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by kemiller 4y ago
I had a front row seat to Kodak's demise, and I can tell you that the depth of their denial internally was far, far greater than Meta's today. Not to say that Meta isn't in trouble, but I wouldn't count them out just yet
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And premature scaling. Would someone please tell every tech company’s interviewers?
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I think the point is that the UK only needed rebuilding, not fundamentally restructuring.
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Ask HN: Any companies doing contract to hire?
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Not sure how a Marshall plan would have worked since, unlike Germany, we were not occupiers. Our ability to reshape their system was limited. Not that we didn’t bubble things.
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by kemiller 4y ago
Renewable sources, yes. But not storage, and it’s that base load where nuclear can help.
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It’s not a straw man, it’s the whole point, and no one is saying not to push as hard as possible on renewables too. Porque no los dos? The best part of nuclear is that it slots in for coal as base load with no other changes. If we can do
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by kemiller 4y ago
It’s played up. The simplest summary is “looking after future people is an overriding moral good”. The bit about digital people is just one extrapolation.
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Thanks for this perspective and also thanks for taking crackpots seriously. I get that it’s usually not worth the effort, but I’m glad someone is doing it. If nothing else I imagine it hones our ability articulate what we do know to an audi
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by kemiller 4y ago
Anyone who has ever raised a small child will realize this is how kids learn too.
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Wait… so does this mean the moon really IS made of Swiss cheese?
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I understand this, lol. But you can also take heart that you don't struggle alone. You might be surprised at how many places you can be open about this stuff and have positive things result.
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by kemiller 4y ago
Well, first of all, I didn't say it was the only cause for depression; it's a condition that comes in lots of different flavors and this is only one. Second, to elaborate a bit more, having to constantly manage your brain in order
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by kemiller 4y ago
I think ADHD causes depression because you get constant negative feedback from (many) teachers & bosses.
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by kemiller 4y ago
I'd like to see one like rust, but with an AI-enabled compiler that can help you by suggesting implementations, and also estimating time/space complexity for you, detecting infinite loops, etc. So rust + copilot, but more, and de
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It’s not a solution everything buts it’s a solution for domestic water. California ag interests are digging their own graves and I’m not sure what we can do about it.
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I find a lot of my productivity boils down to knowing what work not to bother with. This can be hard to value.
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by kemiller 4y ago
This is a really good point that I hadn't considered before. It's facebook all over again — selling your own content back to you. Repo owners should be at least compensated when their code gets used. That would be an incredible ma
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by kemiller 4y ago
I learned a thing today. I had no idea this even existed but it's awesome.
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No point to induction then. Just use a resistive element. Seems like it would be hard to heat the air fast enough to compete, but who knows.
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by kemiller 4y ago
Gas used in cooking is a minuscule fraction of the all the ways we use methane, let alone other fossil fuels. The biggest problem with gas stoves as far as climate change is concerned isn't the gas they burn directly, it's that o
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by kemiller 4y ago
The more companies copy Tesla and outdo them at things Tesla is bad at, the better for all of us. And hopefully force Tesla to get better.
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Most industries outside of the actual tech industry treat software engineers as low level technicians, pay and promote them accordingly, and then complain they can’t find anyone competent. Academia is that plus some of the worst internal cu
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Yes they do.
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It’s right where you would naturally expect a handle actually. To the point that people new to the car use it by mistake. Not the best design tbh.
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This is fascinating but how long before some enterprising person mines it and puts it in chic packaging and sells it to bougie consumers as “sea sugar” with implied health benefits?

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