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by seadan83 2y ago
I'm unable to open your link (phone issue perhaps). I've heard that in WA state most fires (over 80%) are human caused. Given CA is at 95%, why is oregon so different? Are we talking different measures somehow? I'm wondering
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Nitrogen pollution is poisoning waterways. In Iowa, where the problem is the worst, only 25% of waterways are healthy [1]. I travelled through there recently and anecdotally counted 4 out of 5 lakes as poisoned, with 2 of 5 completely poiso
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I agree not pertinent to crude oil. Toxin is a broad term. It is anything that when added at a sufficient quantity to create a toxic environment. The waterways I refer to are poisoned by nitrogen. The overall discussion was about focusing o
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Ah, I realize now that out of 12 some sentences, you were responding to exactly just the first. The more salient, interesting and more important points I thought were the last 11 some sentences Yes, physcadelics and marijuana have different
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Obviously untrue? Washington states cannabis black market is destroyed and the benefits are manifold. The judicial system no longer deals with petty possession charges, and the selective enforcement of cannabis possession laws is a thing of
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It is not really.. there is massive polutionnof waterways. Iowa is one off the worst states for nitrogen pollution. In that state "just 24% of stream segments and 30% of lakes that were sampled were deemed healthy." [1] I was trav
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by seadan83 2y ago
The Amazon is losing forested area, is nearly carbon positive, and was previously sparsely populated (it being a jungle and all). I have trouble squaring this understanding with the idea it was recently rewilded.
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It is the easy and unsustainable solution. Akin to rewriting a codebase instead of fixing an existing one. Instead of solving the problems of nitrogen pollution, CO2 pollution, plastics- just find a new greenfield instead. Of course code re
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You don't even have to travel that far. The air between middle of nowhere US and everywhere else USA is very different. It is amazing how quickly we get used to our local environments (order days/weeks).
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Living stuff contributes too. Anything under 20 feet tall. If it was just dead material, tree farms would not burn. (But they do, they certainly do)
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Overall most wildfires (in at least the US west) are human caused: "People — whether purposeful, reckless or simply careless — are responsible for about 95% of California’s wildfires." https://calmatters.org/envir
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There used to be redwoods all over california. Hardy fire resistant trees, now they are relatively scarce. Second,wood is heavy. The economics to remove dead trees is not there, does not get done for reasons. Next, the area of the land is i
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Check pictures from before 1920 - note that all the trees are cleared from around towns and buildings. The cumulative scale is immense when everyone had a cabin and used wood for heating. I think you're understating the impact of &quot
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The human lifetime and memory are short. Don't neglect that much forest (in at least the US) has been chopped down multiple times over. The effects of that are still playing out, similar that we have carved up animal habitat with a den
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Hate jumping in, though both of you... The uninviting tone discourages further discussion. I really appreciated where this convo was going until.. > Read the other comments in this thread to understand why. This could be restated in a no
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by seadan83 2y ago
Perhaps we agree? I pretty much entirely agree with you - just adding some extra color. I am of course explicitly not talking about most people. Which is my point - at greater ranges fewer people would be willing to bike, but e-bikes enable
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What exactly are you disagreeing with? I'm postulating essentially infinite time (no upper bound on either time or distance) and finite battery. Which is more real world compared to infinite battery and is why I said when distances get
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Interesting point, though would you agree that an individuals budget for healthcare is unique? The budget for healthy vs not, tends to be 'all of it.' Hence, excessive healthcare costs.
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Reflecting on this, I think that 'for-life' aspect is very key. A 'seeing aid' vs 'seeing crutch'. Crutches are usually meant to be temporary. A walking stick is the walking aid equivalent. Hence, for weight lo
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Yeah, I was a bit glib. My impression is more specifically of the greater northwest vs rest. Perhaps just "the west" vs "the east". Indiana drivers for example really do send it (in my experience). Which is not east coas
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The quoted study does not mention fitness. It does find (1) physical activity level increases of e-bike vs bike riders is similar. (2) e-bike riders ride farther than conventional bike riders. From the linked study: > E-bikers take longe
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by seadan83 2y ago
> Most fit people can cycle distances that ebike readers wouldn't do even if the bike can do it. How many people travel across cities with an ebike? What types of distances are you thinking of? 'Most fit people's feel is a
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I fully agree in many situations that is the case. Oddly enough, there is a curve where when ranges get far enough, pedal bike is what you want again. Eg: 35+ miles one way (ie: past the 90% range of an e-bike). That number will keep going
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> Good luck dealing with the fire when your battery explodes. Any data available for how often that happens? I have never heard of a single instance, nor it even being a risk even. > Good luck getting home when your battery goes flat
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World of difference between, 30, 40, 50 and 60. Feels like something I have noticed between west and east coast drivers. Latter really send it on country turns and just trust the road. West coast, particularly montana, when vision is reduce
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What kinds of things would you say are best as annotation vs in the test method name? Would you mind giving a few examples? Also, are you a fan of nesting test classes? Any opinions? Eg: Class fibrulatatorTest { Class highVoltages{
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Why product owner? (Perhaps rather not say team lead?) Are these deeply technical product owners? Which ones would be best to make this decision and which less?
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What if the bank is also mostly staffed by robots? The crypto crowd would probably ask, "what banks?" I like the thought experiment.
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The musk link gave a "please retry", I was unable to read it. Some of the links felt a bit like puff pieces and none quite helped. The cajun navy link clarified free of service cost to users - but that was not my intended question
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My point was you were recently writing things that I had already far previously agreed with.

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