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by padjo 1y ago
And you thought you’d refute it by also not providing sources?
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by padjo 1y ago
It’s been truly fascinating to is f_p from the Drake equation go from a guess of maybe 0.5 as an upper bound to an increasingly confident 1 in my lifetime.
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by padjo 1y ago
This is very tiresome. The fact is, green hydrogen or methane on a scale that would replace fossil fuels during extended periods of low renewable output is miles from proven technology. I’m a booster of renewable energy but some realism is
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by padjo 1y ago
I really hope I never find myself living in a society where your perspective dominates. I’d rather we took care of the weak than grumble about such an inconsequential inconvenience.
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by padjo 1y ago
It’s not theoretical. On one side of the ledger we have people dying horrible deaths, on the other side we have people who can’t have vast quantities of paracetamol on hand for no particular reason. If you do in fact need vast quantitie
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by padjo 1y ago
“A study of cases of acute liver failure between November 2000 and October 2004 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US found that paracetamol was the cause of 41% of all cases” from https://en.m.wikipedia.org
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by padjo 1y ago
Given how common accidental paracetamol overdose is I think it’s perfectly reasonable.
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by padjo 1y ago
“It” being power a country for any length of time from hydrogen or methane created from renewable energy
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by padjo 1y ago
Which proves my point?
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by padjo 1y ago
In theory yes, but in practice we haven’t done it yet and until we have it’s reasonable to be skeptical about it.
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by padjo 1y ago
We’re still a long way from figuring out storage for renewables. Here in Ireland in winter we get weeks long periods of calm, cold, overcast weather where renewables generate almost nothing. There’s no known energy storage mechanism that ca
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by padjo 1y ago
Volkswagen absolutely sucks at software. For example, it took me over an hour of infuriating guesswork to add a second user on my car. Then once a new user was added basically nothing actually takes account of who is logged in. I was hoping
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by padjo 1y ago
I’m a moron when it comes to python tooling but switching a project to uv was a pleasant experience. It seems well thought out and the speed is genuinely a feature compared to other python tooling I’ve used.
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by padjo 1y ago
I think what I’m trying to express is that it feels like the answer isn’t any amount of money, it’s just undefined, like a division by zero or trying to read the value of a binary register on a machine that’s turned off. I think Pirsig call
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by padjo 1y ago
It seems incredibly bizarre to assign a monetary value to the elimination of all human life given the concept of monetary value would be wiped out along with the people.
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by padjo 1y ago
Yes, they would. America is extremely insecure about not being number one and has a zero sum view of global politics.
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by padjo 1y ago
There’s a trainer in my gym who I frequently overhear recommending ivermectin rather than vaccines. Sadly I’m sure some people listen to him since, as a trainer, he appears to know something about health.
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by padjo 1y ago
Is there anything to be said for more ivermectin…
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by padjo 1y ago
I do occasionally forget a bag and have to but a biopolymer or LDPE bag. That doesn’t really impact my totals over a lifetime since it’s a rare occurrence. My bags are woven polyproplene, which the study you linked indicates I need to use a
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by padjo 1y ago
Why would I read biased junk from some random contrarian with an axe to grind? I know a lot about wind turbines but the biggest tell is that when someone calls them windmills they either have an agenda or are woefully misinformed.
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by padjo 1y ago
My country switched to reusable bags almost 25 years ago by introducing a levy on their use. Plastic bag litter has basically been eliminated by this change. I don’t know what alternative you have in mind but the research and experience is
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by padjo 1y ago
Yeah I read as far as “windmills” kill birds and that’s enough to rate the quality of the source for me.
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by padjo 1y ago
What about “let’s ban things with demonstrated negative impacts and reasonable alternatives”? Or should we just sacrifice everything on the alter of vaguely defined “freedom”?
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by padjo 1y ago
Which is?
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by padjo 1y ago
Honestly for beginners just building a habit of regular lifting is by far the most important thing. Progressive overload, going to failure, periodization etc won’t do much if you don’t have consistency. My advice to beginners would be to go
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by padjo 1y ago
I always like BFRC as a euphemism
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by padjo 1y ago
It’s a fairly common failure it seems. Here’s it happening in Ireland: https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2025/02/05/almost-... I had someone complain to me about how it was a change made by
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by padjo 1y ago
Good luck eating data centres.
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by padjo 1y ago
Owning the libs is a thing. Owning the conservatives is not a thing.
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by padjo 1y ago
I mean technically there is a correlation, it’s just very unlikely to imply causation.

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