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by oska 7y ago
Thanks for your comment. Yes, I should have used some word other than 'dreadful'. How would you contrast your experience as a young adult to that of young adults in South Korea today?
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by oska 7y ago
South Korea's near neighbours (China, Japan, Eastern Russia) have below replacement total fertility rates. I just looked up North Korea's - apparently it was 2.05 in 2005-2010 which is also (just) below replacement level. [1] Not
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by oska 7y ago
I do not at all like the early established conceit of this article: that a country with a currently low birth rate is 'committing suicide'. Yes, social conditions in South Korea are dreadful in many ways and yes, these conditions
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by oska 7y ago
> in the absence of alternatives Can't make this argument any longer. Plenty of electric vehicles which can serve as taxis, and in the UK they manufacture one especially for the purpose. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org&#
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by oska 7y ago
Yes, it's an obvious joke. "You couch alluder" is the wink.
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by oska 7y ago
Compare the crude birth rate since 1920 for Thailand and China on this Gapminder chart [1]. You'll see that Thailand started with a birth rate higher than China's. In 1967 they were at around the same level at which point they b
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by oska 7y ago
Agree. And the picture at the very top is actually of wheat, not the product. They save the picture of the actual product for the very bottom of the article.
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by oska 7y ago
> The USD has risen against pretty much every major currency in the past several years. And would have risen more without QE.
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by oska 7y ago
It can't be priced below the cost of extraction (not without subsidies anyway).
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by oska 7y ago
A paraphrase of the html title might be better than the current submission title, e.g. An interview with Bobby Murphy, cofounder of Snap
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Information Theory for Intelligent People (2018) [pdf](tuvalu.santafe.edu)
451 points by oska 7y ago|19 comments
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by oska 7y ago
I question the redefinition of predator , an organism that hunts and consumes its prey, in this term micropredator . I wonder how accepted and widespread its use is. And the author doesn't use this much more restricted term. He didn&
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by oska 7y ago
> The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator The mosquito is a parasite, not a predator. When the author of the book mislabels the ecological niche occupied by the mosquito in the title of his book it gives little confidence
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by oska 7y ago
More detail and more examination of the difficulties but their concluding paragraph is still optimistic: > In the emerging food delivery wars, the stakes are high, the margins are slim, and the competition is vast. Some will fail. Others
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by oska 7y ago
I would support a ban against keeping cats as pets in Australia (and eventually their complete eradication from the continent). I don't think I am about to get my way anytime soon though so I applaud those people with pet cats who kee
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by oska 7y ago
I believe the theory you're referring to is what Wikipedia calls the theory of Abiogenic petroleum origin [1]. But that theory is for hydrocarbon liquids and gasses, not for coal. The two theories can be complementary, i.e. coal and pe
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by oska 7y ago
For people unfamiliar, 'Red Cedar' in Australia refers to a tree from the mahogany family, Toona Ciliata . Quoting an easy reference: > It is one of Australia's few native deciduous trees. The timber is red in colour, eas
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How Sydney destroyed its trams for love of the car(theguardian.com)
137 points by oska 7y ago|123 comments
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Open City (wartime declaration)(en.wikipedia.org)
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Boar wars: how wild hogs are trashing European cities(theguardian.com)
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by oska 7y ago
Lead acid batteries, a mature battery technology, have a 99% recycling rate in the USA [1] (and similar rates in other developed economies). [1] https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/battery-council-inter...
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by oska 7y ago
Why would birds go silent when they see a tiger? They're not in danger. The only possible danger would be to their eggs/chicks in a nest and my experience there is they make noise when they perceive any possible intruder near thei
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by oska 7y ago
Once you have mined the material to use in the battery it can (and will) be recycled into making new batteries (or other uses). It is essentially mine once . Natural gas is extracted and then burnt. Because it is consumed it requires conti
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by oska 7y ago
What natural disturbance does clear cut mimic? No, it certainly does not mimic a forest fire. Nor does it mimic rare events such as the blast effects from a volcanic explosion (such as Mount Helena).
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by oska 7y ago
> Google does not curate web results, ever. Where is the transparency or independent third party oversight to back up this statement? Or do we just have to take it on faith?
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by oska 7y ago
And the 2009 news article properly referenced by that wikipedia article: https://www.cnet.com/news/tesla-motors-founders-now-there-ar...
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by oska 7y ago
It depends on whether you think everyone should be encouraged to vote or whether you think only people who are 'informed voters' should vote (people who have followed the political debate and are informed on policy positions, etc)
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by oska 7y ago
I would make a distinction between curating voting information and displaying it once a user searches for that kind of information versus running a "Go Vote" banner (google doodle) on the home search page without a user having mad
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by oska 7y ago
Interesting to see (apparent) success on the type of promises that Theranos made.
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by oska 7y ago
To play devil's advocate: What role does a for-profit advertising company have in encouraging people to vote? And what are their motives in doing so? Disclaimer: I haven't read the pdf (only responding to your comment) and don&#x2

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