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   by nielsbot 3y ago

   It seems Starbucks has changed their tune after Schultz’s departure. (Not holding my breath however) But they’ve now said they’ll negotiate with the Starbucks union and pay back pay for all workers that were cut out of the pay hikes and cre
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   by nielsbot 3y ago

   And a big part of people not believing in climate change is a persistent and pervasive disinformation campaign by oil companies and the wealthy.
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   by nielsbot 3y ago

   I mean… fine. But at some point this is people (along with other people) trying to do nothing about climate change. May pessimistic take is: We all better pray “market forces” deal with this problem because that’s the only way carbon emissi
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   by nielsbot 3y ago

   The article says they produced 5% of the UK's electricity... Can't they just shut it down?
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   by nielsbot 3y ago

   Was this a destructive test? Thing looks like it destroyed itself. (What's with the foil just flying all over the place?)
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   by nielsbot 3y ago

   > no one wants a kilometer of tailpipe hanging off the ass end of their vehicle speak for yourself
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   by nielsbot 3y ago

   This is a terrible take, and unions absolutely contribute. Just look at the concessions the UAW won from the "big 3" recently. Unless workers band together they have no bargaining power. Without bargaining power the owners horde t
8. 938.▲
   by nielsbot 3y ago

   > The carrying capacity of the planet is not fixed, but a function of technology; and side effects such as pollution or climate change are just more problems to be solved. As long as we can keep coming up with new ideas, growth can conti
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   by nielsbot 3y ago

   Too few humans? I see this said a lot but it’s so counter-intuitive to me that humankind will be worse off in the long term with fewer of us around.
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    I did see this recently: "An unhealthy obsession with sickness increases risk of dying, study says" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/12/25/hypochondri...
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    Makes me think of this paper "Open, extensible object models" by Ian Piumarta and Alessandro Warth: https://www.piumarta.com/software/id-objmodel/objmodel2.pdf The focus is on the object runtime where al
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    I think that was one of the areas that SAG-AFTRA lost on. Majority Report spoke to one of the negotiators and national board member: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E62k1ZsY1IU
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    I’d bet serious money on yes. Amazon and Starbucks are incredibly anti-union. Unions scare them—unions mean shareholders and execs would be forced to share more profits with their workers. (The horror!) Just one example: Even though workers
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    So because of this you think we should dismantle the administrative state in favor of the judicial apparatus? Everything I've read about this says it will result in mass deregulation of industries that must be regulated. (Koch Industri
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    that’s ridiculous
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    sounds like he wasn’t doing it out of a sense of justice, but do get revenge on his office
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    from the article, it doesn’t sound like this guy is exactly like other leakers who leak on moral grounds. This guy did it for revenge against the government. He also showed no remorse for either the child pornography or the leaking so that’
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    Because electricity is a common good. Some subsidize others so we may all have electricity. Kind of like the postal service. Or insurance.
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    I also think people be overly concerned with the “moochers”. that said we should still dedicate resources to make sure programs are applied fairly and not taken advantage of.
20. 950.▲
    by nielsbot 3y ago

    Answering my own question: Looks like there's something called solar fuel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_fuel
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    When I saw "iCalendar" I assumed this was a format (and possibly old article) related to Apple's "iCal"--but turns out it's a standard from the IETF in 1998 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    Can we use excess solar energy to create synthetic fuel (hydrogen?) to power jets? I know almost nothing about this space. I would appreciate a comment on why this is feasible or not...
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    Turns out it's all of the above
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    while there is always a risk of regulatory capture—which i abhor, the current imperfect system is better than no system. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/we-are-witnessing-...
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    Another take: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/we-are-witnessing-...
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    coasting on their search+ads monopoly you mean.
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    What I keep reading is this will lead to greater deregulation overall in practice. Example: https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/20/24044179/supreme-court-ch...
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    Or even elote! ^_^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_on_the_cob#Elote
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    Here's the problem: While many wish to live in some fantasy world (hello Libertarians) in our current system, getting rid of the Chevron doctrine will effectively lead to greatly increased deregulation of industry, which will have many
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    by nielsbot 3y ago

    "sure, pay us more"