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by napier 5y ago
In developing country contexts the figures are easier to calculate than people think, due to the fact that functioning recycling and waste management systems are rare. Plastic waste improperly disposed of tallies almost 1:1 with production,
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by napier 5y ago
That they are! But Accelerando and many of his other earlier books were mind-blowing.
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by napier 5y ago
More broadly it was a nationwide CDC advisory and not only that, the same shuffling of elderly infected back into nursing facilities happened in countries across the (mostly western) world. Probably based on shared implementations of policy
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by napier 5y ago
I wish he’d start writing science based speculative fiction again.
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by napier 5y ago
I don't think you can buy Chia yet. I hear people are using their spare storage space to farm it. I imaging lots of torrented movies have been sent to the recycle bin recently.
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by napier 5y ago
Great idea. What are the sachets made of though? Lined with plastic and destined to be burned on cooking fires and ditches along with all the other single use, single serving P&G product plastic packaging formats targeted at the develop
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by napier 5y ago
Variant. Red zone. Booster. RPE. Onshoring. Onchain.
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by napier 6y ago
A cert based DRM/copyright register?
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by napier 6y ago
This is really very promising and well executed. Any plans for additional texts and languages in the future?
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It’s not just oceans: scientists find plastic is also polluting the air(theguardian.com)
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by napier 6y ago
New research links Delhi’s thick smogs to burning of plastics. Link to study: Enhanced aerosol particle growth sustained by high continental chlorine emission in India https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-020-00677-x
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by napier 6y ago
Maybe it’s a desire to compensate for what San Francisco transformed into over the last 30 years.
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by napier 6y ago
I like these kind of stories. Recycling or waste management infrastructure in many countries doesn’t cope well with plastic waste. And many countries that do a good job of collection send bales back to Asia in return trip shipping container
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by napier 6y ago
Would be good with plant derived epoxy polymer.
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by napier 6y ago
My heart weeps and I’m reminded of the novel ‘Highrise’by J. G. Ballard.
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by napier 6y ago
No so crazy. Many believe Chinese interests like behind what’s been happening in Rakhine since 2017 as well. The rest of the world shunning Burma benefits the CCP more than anyone other than the Myanmar generals.
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by napier 6y ago
Not sure if this is relevant but the Tatmadaw are majority owners of Mytel, which has one of the largest networks in subscriber base and hardware infrastructure. They never really gave up control of Myanmar in a strategic sense.
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by napier 6y ago
It mentions it in passing, at the end, with a spin on the facts. The article glosses over the connections that the brokerage clearing houses have with hedge funds that likely have potentially painful short exposure. It also glosses over the
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by napier 6y ago
It wasn't only Robinhood. > Bad Brokers - Restricted purchasing of certain tickers E-Toro - Proof E-Trade - Proof Ally - Proof Public.com - Proof Merrill Edge - Proof IG Broker - Proof Trade Republic - Proof Webull - Admitted they w
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by napier 6y ago
WSB just picked up on games that hedge funds have been more or less exclusively been making bank on at the expense of everyone else.
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by napier 6y ago
Revolutionary concept to be able to read HTML based ebook formats in a browser! But seriously, nice job.
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by napier 6y ago
Manufacturing and building things out of sustainably managed forestry is one of the best ways to sequester carbon while making a profit and producing products people use and value.
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by napier 6y ago
Programmers rarely think like users or in the case of business or specialist software, those who have domain knowledge; and vice versa. Skill barriers to contribution remain high and efforts to scale them like ‘low-code’ tools seem forever
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by napier 6y ago
What we need is a fleet of teleoperated VASIMIR-engined trawlers with electromagnetic fishing nets to clean up space garbage. What about funding? A levy on satellite launches and operators under the polluter pays principle. Perhaps this cou
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by napier 6y ago
>"what would you do with a team of hundreds of people who can solve arbitrary problems only by googling them?" What would you do with a team of hundreds of people who can instantly access an archive comprising the sum total of
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by napier 6y ago
Kind of like with Bitcoin itself. Buying one satoshi gets you lifetime membership in the meme cult of mammon, but keep buying more and you might lose your shirt.
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by napier 6y ago
B.1.1.7 bodes stealthily and percussively enough, but I propose it be re-designated the Great Barrington Variant.
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by napier 6y ago
Fascinating article. Here’s an unpaywalled version that’s readable in any browser and doesn’t require tuning of your JavaScript settings or reflexes: https://archive.is/8vPXT
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by napier 6y ago
Yup. Really can’t get my head around the ostrich-lemming like attitude of the multitudes.
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by napier 6y ago
That’s an elegant and insightful way to describe what’s going on in the developed world. Do you have a vision for a way out of the quagmire of speculation affluenza for the few and envy for the many without opportunity to you know.. make th

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