mkempe

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Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin – A documentary film(worldsofukl.com)
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by mkempe 8y ago
This $9m amount was a lie by Google management to the employees. The actual project revenue is much higher, and was planned to reach $250m.
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by mkempe 8y ago
They are building real-time, total surveillance in support of automated killing by drones, supported by almost all of Google's existing commercial projects (Earth-wide mapping, detailed street maps, business directories, phone-tracked
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by mkempe 8y ago
The project is ongoing.
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by mkempe 8y ago
Dystopia was hiding behind official lies, while already being in the works: "The emails also show that Google and its partners worked extensively to develop machine learning algorithms for the Pentagon, with the goal of creating a soph
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Whole Earth Catalog: 50th Anniversary Celebration(wholeearth50th.com)
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by mkempe 8y ago
Your analogy would be valid if someone had previously claimed that the single most effective way to end poverty is to prevent the poor from having children. Then one could explore the logical conclusions of their advice.
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by mkempe 8y ago
Thank you. This reminds me of Maria Montessori's words: If one has grown up with a veneration for humanity, one will not consent to become an unconscious, destructive force to destroy humanity. Men will not lend themselves to those er
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by mkempe 8y ago
The stated purpose is "reduce impact", not "avoid harm to myself".
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by mkempe 8y ago
But why are you entitled to enslaving and killing plants to feed you? after all, plants are alive and have senses, too.
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by mkempe 8y ago
Even more radically than having "no kids at all", one could also commit suicide in order to immediately and more completely "reduce impact" -- as the end-goal seems to be. Can you explain how that is not the logical conc
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by mkempe 8y ago
Please stop moving goalposts, and quit denying scientific facts. 1. As described above, CO2 feeds symbiont algae and thereby drives the growth of coral reefs. 2. The algae and polyps have been shown to be constantly adapting to variations i
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by mkempe 8y ago
On the other hand, the Trump administration wants Germany and German companies to stop trading with the Iranian theocracy.
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Stewart Brand on the Whole Earth Catalog’s Long Legacy Over 50 Years(reinvent.net)
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In actual fact and science, yes, emphatically yes. Reef-building corals contain photosynthetic algae; these zooxanthellae are an endosymbiont that depends on and consumes CO2 for the direct benefit of its host. [1] Up to 90% of the organ
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by mkempe 8y ago
What do you mean?
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by mkempe 8y ago
Please re-read what I wrote and what I was replying to. I'm stating that an additional, slight increase in CO2 capture by the mechanism of ocean waves is not as such a sky-is-falling discovery, because there are enormous quantities of
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by mkempe 8y ago
Actually, calcifying plankton have been increasing 10x in abundance (i.e. an order of magnitude ) in the North Atlantic over the last 45 years , as carbon input into ocean waters has increased. ... "This finding was diametrically opp
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by mkempe 8y ago
The sky is not falling. There are immense quantities of certain creatures in the ocean that take CO2, emit O2, and eventually die and sink to the bottom of the ocean, thus building deep layers of sediments and sequestering enormous amounts
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How kids’ lit became misery lit(spiked-online.com)
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That's a bit under 5,500 per week, in line with Elon's recently publicized goal: "By having a Model 3 subsystem burst-build requirement of 6k by the end of June, we will lay the groundwork for achieving a steady 6k/week
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Timeline of Nucleosynthesis(en.wikipedia.org)
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Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.
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by mkempe 8y ago
Given its political structure, the true rulers of Switzerland are and remain the people. We designate some annual figureheads to shake hands with (rulers and representatives of) foreign powers --especially clear since the adoption of the 18
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by mkempe 8y ago
A bit of both, at least in Northern Europe. For a very long time the Vikings/Northmen lived in small groups ruled by a local, elected chieftain (e.g. Erik, son of Leif). Much of Eastern Europe was similar, and subject to migrations, as
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Stewart Brand: Don't to get stuck over-adapted on some local peak of fitness(edge.org)
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Don't drink beer or coke while eating fondue.
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by mkempe 8y ago
Never do business with someone you don't trust.
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by mkempe 8y ago
It is extravagant and ludicrous to claim that the signal of human influence (CO2 ppm?) on the climate is magnitudes higher than that of the Milankovitch cycles -- which have been driving the regular glaciations and interglacials over the
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by mkempe 8y ago
Thanks. I was wondering why people have been claiming that EU citizenship is a sufficient attribute to trigger GDPR.

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