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by ppf 5y ago
That doesn't matter. You consume their content, and buy their goods. In fact, those two things have increased massively over the past year.
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by ppf 5y ago
"This" = mandating most regular folks put their lives on hold, while the rich and powerful get to continue with their schemes.
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by ppf 5y ago
>Dynastic families have seen their wealth grow significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic >Dynastically wealthy families wield a great deal of political power, and use it to further their interests. I've been saying this pretty m
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by ppf 5y ago
So the issue with social media is that it allows mass dissent from the officially-promoted opinions on various subjects? I think social media is a mass contagion that will doom us to ineffectual and isolated failure, but for that first reas
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by ppf 5y ago
>"Founded in 2004, Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what's going on in the wo
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by ppf 5y ago
>it still works as intended for 99% of people. I would argue that it feels like it works, for 99% of people. I strongly believe that "social media" is a low-quality and unsatisfactory replacement for meaningful social interac
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by ppf 5y ago
Could not agree more. If you halved the rate at which you replaced electronics (TV, laptop, phone, etc), you would probably do more good towards reducing CO2 production than buying an EV.
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by ppf 5y ago
>perhaps giving everyone a different coronavirus may have been an effective vaccine Or allowing them to catch colds, which are coronaviruses 20% of the time.
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by ppf 5y ago
This article is very light on details. I'm also not sure what the difference between "traditional data centres"and "cloud data centres" is. It also completely ignores (as does everyone else) the 700lb gorilla in t
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by ppf 5y ago
Did you ever wear a face mask on a cold day? That made it clear just how much water vapour gets through.
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by ppf 5y ago
pfff....barely. A state-level uncontrolled observational study? I don't see how it's possible to control all the confounding variables.
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by ppf 5y ago
Especially as the main outcome of environmental policies so far has been to shift production and manufacturing to countries that don't care about the environment. Until environmental legislation pays any attention to the huge CO2 costs
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by ppf 5y ago
Fortunately, we have the scientific method, which demands testability and reproducibility, and which shields us from faulty assumptions caused by "common sense".
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by ppf 5y ago
Removing the major source of non-verbal social cues, and an essential element of infant and child development, for an extended period, seems like it will be a huge sacrifice for a healthy society. Also - I find it incredible that the effect
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by ppf 5y ago
I call it the "Orwellian flip", when the sentiment on an opinion goes from "you must not express this opinion, on pain of being politically incorrect" to "oh no, that was true all along, and we always said so".
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by ppf 5y ago
I have read reports that 90% of May's inflow to Lake Oroville was immediatlely discharged, to maintain (a particular definition of) the river habitat downstream. Unfortunately, CDEC's website with data for California is apparently
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by ppf 5y ago
I can't speak to your personal experience, but picking on Germany - for a relatively small incrase in GDP spending on healthcare (11.7%, compared to the UK's 10%), Germany has three doctors per 1000 population. The UK has two. Ger
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by ppf 5y ago
The NHS is a money pit, with endless layers of middle managers and expensive consultants leeching off the system. I don't think that pouring more money into it will fix anything. I think it currently offers terrible value for money, wh
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by ppf 5y ago
Yes, and it shows. Anything other than critical or emergency care is of a distinctly lower grade. I thought it would be a fun idea to do "healthcare tourism", where I fly in people from other countries to experience nationalised h
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by ppf 5y ago
I don't love the NHS. I think it has shown what happens when you combine the potentially endless expense of healthcare with the beauraucracy of government. How many other countries justified their Covid lockdowns with statements like &
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by ppf 5y ago
It really sucks for people like you at the moment, and I really feel for you. Saying that, being happily married but with two small kids (both under 2, for most of lockdown) was no joke either.
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by ppf 5y ago
Next - we should all grow food underwater.
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by ppf 5y ago
>The studies and real world data thus far show a reduction in _all_ infections >Whereas the vaccinated person never becomes an asymptomatic carrier in the first place. I'd like to see which studies those are. "A reduction in
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by ppf 5y ago
How does the reduction in transmission due to the vaccine, differ from the reduction in transmission due to being unvaccinated but currently asymptomatic?
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by ppf 5y ago
Try me. I've already read all of the ones I can find - they all say the same thing - masks have a barely positive impact (non-zero, but barely positive) on the transmission of Covid. This is not surprising, as the holes in a mask are s
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by ppf 5y ago
What is the medical evidence for significant virus-related health benefits (to anyone) of general surgical-style mask wearing?
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by ppf 5y ago
Next we'll find that the cheap and well-understood hydroxychloroquine is actually relatively effective Covid-19 treatment! It's disturbing how much the suppression of Covid "wrong-think" over the last year has resulted i
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by ppf 5y ago
You are apparently unable to recognise an honest evaulation when you see one. I've read the article you linked, and others. They all make statements like "evidence suggests", which is barely the first rung on the ladder of be
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by ppf 5y ago
Apologies, you are correct - he was prosecuted for failing to warn shareholders about the financial impact of the emissions scandal, not for taking part in the scandal itself. As for coal - Germany accounts for 45% of all coal consumed in t
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by ppf 5y ago
How does he have a leg to stand on when talking about airbourne pollution from coal-fired power stations? I think of him every time a diesel VW overtakes me when I'm cycling, and I wonder how much extra damage my lungs are receiving th

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