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by new2628 7y ago
I meant walking to some nearby places instead of driving to far-away ones.
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by new2628 7y ago
"When asked by a student about the use of geometry, Euclid responded by giving him three obols (coins), since "he must need make gain out of what he learns."
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by new2628 7y ago
Why don't you just walk around instead of all that driving?
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by new2628 7y ago
So you don't think any limitation is reasonable?
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by new2628 7y ago
You mention smoking weed in another comment. Do you think there may be a connection?
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by new2628 7y ago
I thought it was clear that "laws" are out of the window everywhere now.
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by new2628 7y ago
Why can't ISPs reduce Netflix data?
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by new2628 7y ago
Well, you have to say which statements from epidemiologists we should trust, because in my country a month ago they said "nothing to see, carry on", and now they say "the end of the world is near, start digging".
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by new2628 7y ago
Here are some examples of dubious advice from experts: the Iraq war, regime changes throughout the middle east, interventionism in general, margarine instead of butter, fat is bad/sugar is good, antidepressants are harmless, medical do
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by new2628 7y ago
Arguably there has been a leadership vacuum for decades, where expert bureaucrats are lecturing and patronizing the population, while themselves are being proven wrong and clueless more often than not, with no negative consequences, see the
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by new2628 7y ago
Yes, the trick of soap and water, it is surprisingly powerful.
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by new2628 7y ago
I used to think this, but in the past few decades I became convinced that only reduction in economic activity will help the environment.
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by new2628 7y ago
OK, just to take the bait: I think pets are a net negative to the world.
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by new2628 7y ago
It's not zero sum, it is negative sum: it comes at the cost of using up non-renewable resources and destroying the environment.
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by new2628 7y ago
> No one will be able to afford an electric car. I realize my opinion may not be the mainstream one, but I think the 2008 financial crisis did more good for the environment than all the "green investments" of the past few decad
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by new2628 7y ago
According to the growth rates along the exponential curve, it seems more like a week or two than a month.
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by new2628 7y ago
At a larger level, "hurting the economy" may be the best thing to happen in a long time for (1) the environment, e.g. clean air, (2) family time, (3) cutting out some useless activities that go on due to sheer inertia, like formul
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by new2628 7y ago
I didn't downvote, but the politicization is unhelpful. When Trump pondered travel restrictions to/from China a month ago, the media jumped at him for being racist/isolationist. All the "experts" explained us that o
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by new2628 7y ago
For the locals in those ports though ...
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by new2628 7y ago
So how did 696 passengers on Diamond Princess become infected?
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by new2628 7y ago
I suspect this is a broadly shared feeling (I certainly share it) -- the downvoters could perhaps engage the point made instead of acting in a way that proves it.
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by new2628 7y ago
You can also travel internationally without a smart phone.
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by new2628 7y ago
Not the OP, but I walk around with a bunch of bills and occasionally a feature phone, most often no phone whatsoever. It works perfectly fine, my friends keep in touch with me in more roundabout ways, usually drop me an e-mail or call the l
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by new2628 7y ago
They just follow the uber/airbnb model -- do it quickly before the regulation catches up and it is too late to fix the damage.
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by new2628 7y ago
X has been a major problem since the beginning of time. Y, Z, and T have been tried, but little progress has been made, and we are stuck with X. Recently, in the context of V, the use of W has shown great success. Could W be the missing ing
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by new2628 7y ago
Some amazing technology in that list intermixed with some vaporware and some dubious advances.
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by new2628 7y ago
I drink one glass of fine red wine once a week while having a nice conversation with a good friend. On other occasions I have a shot of strong brandy before stepping out on a cold winter evening. I don't get how alcohol is such a spect
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by new2628 7y ago
With liquid soap I always feel like I can never fully remove it from my skin, no matter how long I rinse it with water afterwards. With a soap bar my hands just feel cleaner, less greasy. They also last longer and are easier to store/t
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by new2628 7y ago
I found soap nuts to be the cheapest, most eco-friendly, and reasonably efficient detergent there is. Just drop a bunch of soap nuts in a cloth bag into the washing machine, and it produces enough foam to make everything clean.
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by new2628 7y ago
I still rely on notebooks and pens for everything, yet I never used liquid paper. What am I missing?

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