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by pawsforthought 4y ago
It’s somehow more grounding than every other human concern, if only for the fact that we have no ability to affect it even one iota (beyond our solar system). The greatest light show in all existence.
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
YMMV, but I got great returns on investing in a proper chef’s knife, and learning how to use and maintain it properly. There’s a real pleasure in dicing an onion or whatever in seconds. Knowing I can do that helps lower the ‘activation ene
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Except, industrial agriculture and fisheries are nothing like subsistence predation. I see no problem with hunter-gatherers’ predation of wildlife, provided they act in ecological balance with their environment (and they do tend to, out of
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
As another commenter suggested, above-ground tubes could be used in less space-constrained geographies, thereby keeping the benefits of an enclosed system, with lower cost. To my mind, it’s hyperloop with all the nonsensical parts stripped
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Knew of the existence of these, but never seen the emptying process. It’s a very neat design consideration the way the barrier rises up out of the ground, so you’re not left with a gaping hole. I think the obstacle to connecting trash recep
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
To quote directly from the project FAQ: > Efficient micro-distribution in urban areas is a nice idea, but so far there has not been a single city logistics project that has functioned in reality. How is CST city logistics going to fare a
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
The consortium of investors certainly sees it as viable, to the extent that there’s no reliance on public subsidy for the project. Switzerland has the advantage of being relatively compact, so I do wonder how the economic case would stack u
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Yet another nail in the coffin of human exceptionalism. Consider not what you are eating, but who . To those who would downvote, I encourage you to read the following: https://aeon.co/essays/human-exceptionalism-is-a
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
This article from The Atlantic gives some more context to the delphinophilia: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/06/ho...
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Indeed. The article talks about projected reduction of freight on roads of 40%. I wonder about induced demand. Presumably total freight volumes will not change drastically in response to the availability of this new system, in which case on
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
One very concrete action that requires no political will, would be for the media to stop giving a platform to the shooters. If any would be shooter clearly sees that their message will go unheard, that they will die in anonymity, I think th
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Hah, well, yes. I think he was trying to show good faith in his position, and respect for former colleagues, but yes, the individuals must at some level be fine with what they’re doing. In fact, the very notion is a dangerous and absurd one
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Not grandstanding, given that you’re all strangers and this is a pseudonymous account. In truth, I stopped working and gas prices are real high. That was the initial grounds for the car to sit idle. Then I got to thinking whether I should k
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Hmm, true. Thanks for the perspective.
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
> Europe simply has nowhere to store the waste of nuclear energy. Hmm, well Finland is building a spent fuel repository: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onkalo_spent_nuclear_fuel_re...
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
To your fifth point, nuclear reactor containment vessels can easily withstand a plane crashing into them [1]. [1]: https://youtu.be/F4CX-9lkRMQ
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
In that case, I beg your pardon. Although, I’m curious where the desire for a truck and a boat comes from. I know when I bought my car it was the sense of freedom it granted me that appealed, and some vague sense that cars are what “real” a
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Given that all of recorded history has taken place in the last 10500 years, and that time has seen a huge diversity of social structures in civilizations across the globe, I think your pessimism is unfounded. Yes, people are selfish. People
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Are these people obese? I don’t judge. It’s sad really, the way corporate interests have so profoundly shaped the fabric of North American cities towards car dependence, and hijacked our proclivity for calorific foods to the point of widesp
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Never mind just TikTok, why did the children have access to smartphones at all? But then, I think that’s where you’ll find your answer. This technology pacifies, or at the very least occupies.
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
I don’t think you can drive into Venice, it being a city built on a flooded lagoon.
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
On your last point, that’s precisely what Lemoine very cogently argues in an interview with Emily Chang [1]. To paraphrase, he points out the absurdity in Google’s position, that a sentient AI cannot have been created, because they have a p
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Cry me a river.
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Realistic if your approach to the problem is one of barbarism. If, on the other hand, you give homes to people who need them, unconditionally (and provide support for addiction and mental health problems), you get people off the streets and
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Fair point. At least some kinds of awful corporate decision-making would surely be much less likely under worker ownership. For example, 3M and PFAS contamination. It’s a stretch to imagine workers local to the factories and very directly b
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
I’m not convinced that worker ownership is necessarily better either, not in a global sense at least, not when we emit into the same beleaguered environment. Consider a worker-owned coal mining operation. It will have the same self-preserva
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
We really don’t need much protein: 0.8g per kg of bodyweight for typical sedentary adults [1], none of which needs to be sourced from animals. Perhaps even worse than the energy requirements of animal agriculture is its land use. Today, a
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Frankly, at this point, if anyone is prognosticating without reference to climate change, they’re indulging in alternate timelines that bear little relevance to the one we’re on.
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by pawsforthought 4y ago
Can you elaborate? We most surely are headed for human catastrophe, but which one and where are you referring to?

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