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by ppf 5y ago
I suppose it depends what you think is the bigger calamity - CO2 emission, or energy scarcity.
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by ppf 5y ago
And that might be the biggest plot twist - a government-mandated switch from something that works, to something badly thought out with large unintended consequences.
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by ppf 5y ago
Let's not forget (at least in the EU), power-limited vacuum cleaners that don't clean.
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by ppf 5y ago
>> I could also make very similar arguments about the AZ vaccine, as a younger person. >How would that look? You really can't see the parallel? "There's data coming in that suggests the AZ vaccine is deadly to a smal
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by ppf 6y ago
>"since the situation is in flux and information is still trickling in" >I won't find you the data that doesn't exist yet. Right, so not exactly something that you can base much on (yet). I could also make very sim
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by ppf 6y ago
Indeed, and the worldwide response to Covid has highlighted just how far down this path we have already come as a (Western) society. We already were a society of isolated, atomised, under-developed and ineffectual individuals, and that has
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by ppf 6y ago
Your source says this: >It's unclear exactly what the age breakdown is when it comes to this variant strain It seems you need to spend more than 10 seconds researching your ideas. The rest of what you've said in response to my
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by ppf 6y ago
>It already did evolve this way and will continue to do so. I'll need a soruce for that, as all reports I've read indicate that Covid has mutated the typical direction - that is, to be less deadly. >Any novel virus evolves i
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by ppf 6y ago
It's absolutely true, and something that is forgotten in the rush for "green" EVs. In the long run, the fuel is not the unsustainable part of mass public car ownership, it's the rest of the car (or at least, the idea of
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by ppf 6y ago
Will it definitely evolve into such a version? What's to stop any other virus doing the same? How do you intend to stop this, without continuous vaccination and social control? What new piece of information do we have, that justifies t
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by ppf 6y ago
It's also the level of absurdity I'm seeing in the response to Covid itself.
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by ppf 6y ago
In this case, I'm glad that, around the time everyone was talking about moving to Signal, I threw out the baby with the bathwater and ditched my smartphone entirely. I'm so disappointed in this action by Signal, and very glad I ne
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by ppf 6y ago
I am so glad I left Portland. It is an astoundingly beautiful city, set in world class scenery, that is being driven into the ground by absurd and dogmatic ideology. You reap what you sow.
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by ppf 6y ago
I have the same issue with Microsoft Teams. Someone once invited me to join a group on Teams, and now (years later) I get occasional but persistent emails from Teams. I can't stop them, because the setting apparently needs me to be sig
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by ppf 6y ago
It's something I learned to be true on a personal level, and I'm sure it applies to many other levels - giving yourself away for free on Facebook and other social media devalues your social contributions and presence as a human be
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by ppf 6y ago
>the ID.4 is the first product to be sold nationwide that confirms the company’s commitment to sustainable mobility. Exactly what about the mass extraction of lithium is at all sustainable to provide the energy storage for all motorised
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by ppf 6y ago
Same here. As a tech-interested kid growing up in the 90's, a very significant amount of my formative years and social development has happened online. I'm now starting to realise what a mistake that may have been (not that I coul
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by ppf 6y ago
It's already well underway. In my opinion, a combination of tech and the entertainment industry has transformed the populations of many Western countries into atomised, ineffectual and under-developed veal calves.
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by ppf 6y ago
That's not ideal, as it would eat through the battery's cycle life at a much quicker rate.
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by ppf 6y ago
My OS doesn't let me waste my time in such a way. It's a feature ;-)
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by ppf 6y ago
By "narrative", I assume you mean the idea that "Covid doesn't affect the young by very much". Taken as a proportion of total Covid deaths, that is very true. Given that practically no young people die in develope
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by ppf 6y ago
Except that everyone is running to keep up with all the new web standards introduced by Google. I assume you also don't use Android.
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by ppf 6y ago
It wasn't popular on here last time I said it, but Google has won the web. Time to move on. Also - Google is the natural result of the Silicon Valley business model. You got what you wanted!
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by ppf 6y ago
But that's the whole point of the SV business model! Strangle any competition by initially offering your products for free (and funded by huge amounts of VC), and then raise prices at your leisure once you're the last one standing
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by ppf 6y ago
But that's the whole point of the SV business model! Strangle any competition by initially offering your products for free (and funded by huge amounts of VC), and then raise prices at your leisure once you're the last one standing
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by ppf 6y ago
I thought the accepted solution to these problems was "disrupt!", not regulation. Edit: It seems that not even Silicon Valley likes the monsters it has created.
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by ppf 6y ago
I read it. None of that says anything about how effective the vaccine is at reducing transmission .
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by ppf 6y ago
So far, there is one pre-print of a non-peer reviewed study suggesting this is the case. As you (and the article) say, much more research is needed.
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by ppf 6y ago
What is incorrect about my reasoning?
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by ppf 6y ago
No, not silly, but potentially justified, in the case of a pandemic. However, these changes obviously increase the risk to the recipient of the vaccine. There's a higher chance of something going wrong with the actual injection, as a b

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