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by myshpa 3y ago
I've read somewhere that just buying a parenting book, even without reading it, can make some people better parents or have a positive influence. Simply thinking about how to be a better parent and showing an interest in improving can
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by myshpa 3y ago
Don't look up!
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by myshpa 3y ago
> Are you saying that American Heart Association, NHS UK, British Dietetic Association and WHO recommendations are wrong because people can't be bothered to change their diets. Those recommendations are not inherently incorrect. If
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by myshpa 3y ago
https://nutrition.org/plant-based-diets-and-diabetes/ A Perspective published in Advances in Nutrition, “Plant-Based Eating Pattern for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention and Treatment: Efficacy, Mechanisms, and Practical Cons
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Ecological 'doom loops' edging closer, study warns(phys.org)
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Poland investigating bird flu outbreak among cats(bnonews.com)
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Spike in North Atlantic sea surface temperature(twitter.com)
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by myshpa 3y ago
Yes, because people can't be bothered to change their diets. But it's different now, when there is 8 billions of us. Everything changes. And we can obtain Omega-3 from algae, which is the same source that fish rely on. --- The oce
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by myshpa 3y ago
> People think they can convince several billion people to give up meat but replacing several thousand coal power plants is too hard… No, energy and transport is easy. Changing agriculture and diets/habits is hard. Unfortunately we
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by myshpa 3y ago
Instead of beating your wife seven times a week, consider implementing "Beat-less Mondays" as a compassionate alternative.
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by myshpa 3y ago
40 percent of U.S. corn is used for ethanol 36 percent of U.S. corn, plus distillers grains left over from ethanol production, is fed to cattle, pigs and chickens Much of the rest is exported. Only a tiny fraction of the national corn crop
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by myshpa 3y ago
> World population is going to fall precipitously by the end of the century. That would be too late. Are you aware about the amount the destruction we cause? Without functioning ecosystems our civilization will perish, 100%. Some think w
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by myshpa 3y ago
It sure isn't. Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/31/avoiding... The climate benefits of veganism and veg
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by myshpa 3y ago
If the world adopted a plant-based diet we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets We could double forest area, stop biodiversity loss and store whole
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by myshpa 3y ago
Cows eat 22 kg of plants to make 1 kg of meat, out of every 100 kcal you feed them you'll get 2 kcal of meat. Why not skip the inefficient intermediary? And we could/should use nitrogen fixing plants and biodiversity instead of ma
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by myshpa 3y ago
Subsidies (for fossil fuels and animal agriculture) are not free market. And "free market" got us where we're now.
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by myshpa 3y ago
Salads and corn? Your idea of what vegans eat is very much off. Vegans consume a variety of plant-based foods such as fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, and plant-based alternatives. Most of the recipes you know and love can
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by myshpa 3y ago
It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and tre
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by myshpa 3y ago
Or we could switch to eating plants now. We already get 82% calories and 63% proteins from plants. https://ourworldindata.org/land-use If the world adopted a plant-based diet we would reduce global agricultural land use fro
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by myshpa 3y ago
This page contains the figures / calculations (first link in the euobserver's article). https://chemsec.org/reports/the-top-12-pfas-producers-in-the... The top 12 PFAS producers in the world and the staggerin
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by myshpa 3y ago
PFAS 'forever chemicals' cost society €16 trillion a year https://euobserver.com/green-economy/157075
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by myshpa 3y ago
Most waxes are made from fossil fuels anyway (because money).
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by myshpa 3y ago
'We Kill People Based on Metadata' https://www.justsecurity.org/10318/video-clip-director-nsa-c...
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by myshpa 3y ago
Just 13% of corn is consumed by people. Most of it is used as animal feed.
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by myshpa 3y ago
https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets If the world adopted a plant-based diet we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares
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by myshpa 3y ago
Nothing, beans are ok, one of best sources of protein for plant-based diets. Biggest problem with soy is that 77% is consumed by animal agriculture, which is causing much harm in the world (deforestation, pesticides/herbicides, runoff,
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by myshpa 3y ago
> not because they're essential food They are essential, ask any vegan :) > but because they sell a lot in China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almonds_in_California "Farmers exported $4.5 billion worth
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by myshpa 3y ago
Nah, just abolish patents and trademarks.
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by myshpa 3y ago
Look around ... the answer is always "more than I have now". It's a game, and the game is rigged.
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by myshpa 3y ago
Does anyone have experience with it? How usable is it on MacBook Air / Pro, and how much GB RAM is required? And regarding programming, how comparable is it to GPT-3.5 / GPT-4?

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