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   by specialist 3y ago

   Yup. We'll need additional cooling strategies. Dr Tao's MEER project is so audacious and crazy, it just might work. https://www.meer.org "Volts podcast: Dr. Ye Tao on a grand scheme to cool the Earth" [2022&#
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   by specialist 3y ago

   > more of a scam than a practical process Elites and grifters always co-opt and subvert any and all reform, revolution, rebellion. That hardly absolves us of our collective moral obligation. We must protect and provide for (present and
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   by specialist 3y ago

   Time machine is neat metaphor. Thanks for sharing. -- Net Zero is not enough. We must do Net Negative, a much bigger project than Net Zero. The goal is CO2 350ppm, or lower. Today is 417ppm. It will be >600ppm in 2050, our current global
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   by specialist 3y ago

   Just checked and yes indeed, the German govt has and will continue to shut them down. Darn. I really thought they were going to pause and keep them running, for a while longer at least. I don't pay much attention to stuff outside of th
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   by specialist 3y ago

   There are no markets without regulation. Regulations make the market.
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   by specialist 3y ago

   The Clean Water Act not applying to wetlands is not Alito's dumbest decision. More like tied for first place. I volunteered for a wetlands conservation group for a decade. Only made possible by Bush 41's efforts to further codify
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   by specialist 3y ago

   Transitioning from natural gas to renewables will make Germany weaker?
8. 1238.▲
   by specialist 3y ago

   SCOTUS is gathering both legislative and executive power onto itself. Our Constitution's balance of powers was specifically designed to curtail that. As a long time fan of democracy and loyal citizen of the USA, I'd rather have el
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   by specialist 3y ago

   Further Yes and: Cutting costs, versus investing, means the PHBs have decided the ride is over. In other words, the combo of layoffs and corporate buybacks is about profit taking (while they can). Every business, market, etc, has a lifecycl
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    by specialist 3y ago

    Neat. aka constructive solid geometry (CSG)? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive_solid_geometry
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    by specialist 3y ago

    What would that look like? Citizen assemblies (juries)? Sortition? Modest, obvious reforms like passing For The People Act (HB1)? (I'm very interested in the idea that there might be an optimum level of corruption. Counter intuitive an
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    by specialist 3y ago

    > Because PyPI ... could always substitute a new key. Isn't that what public key servers are for? For publishing my FOSS to sonatype, I had to first publish my public key, eg keyserver.ubuntu.com. I don't know PyPI, but from
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    by specialist 3y ago

    "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him." Probably every culture has something to say about pretentiousness, false prophets, stolen valor, etc. I think this is just a case of friendly fire. u/esbeeb got fluffed up, comm
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    by specialist 3y ago

    Another reactionary Catholic argues against teachings of Jesus, rejects Second Vatican Council, despises liberation theology. Lather, rinse, repeat. Yawn.
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    by specialist 3y ago

    If Fairey's Hope is not fair use, Warhol's Prince rip off most certainly isn't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_%22Hope%22_poster...
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    by specialist 3y ago

    > Personally I don't think this case has clarified "fair use" one bit. All it does is add more confusion into the mix. The Roberts Court in a nutshell. At least they made a ruling. Versus slipping this case thru the emer
17. 1247.▲
    by specialist 3y ago

    Translation: Your well being is a violation of my rights. Whereas a humanist might consider how to make blue-collar work less terrible.
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    by specialist 3y ago

    Can you heat treat to kill the knotweed? Like injecting steam into the ground? Inspired by a demo reel of a ground cooking weed remover, I've experimented with using the tea kettle to kill stuff in my drive way. Works pretty good. A fe
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    by specialist 3y ago

    Agreed. On the positive side, being domain specific and well known, Hl7v2 "interface" specs are more simple and predictable than other IDLs I've used. (Just vibes. I haven't done a formal comparison.) We had a stock huma
20. 1250.▲
    by specialist 3y ago

    Is there any demand for such a tool? Ages ago, I created an n-up imposition engine for bookwork. Also adjusted pages for creep and shift. And very basic printer marks. It was just a simple UI form, not a graphical app (Illustrator, QuarkXpr
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    by specialist 3y ago

    Correct.
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    by specialist 3y ago

    We need systems, processes, and technologies which ensures the authenticity (provenance) of a supply chain. Art, food, electronics, materials, clothing, malware, root kits, ad nauseam. I've been reading about counterfeit, black market,
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    by specialist 3y ago

    This announcement links to demo reels of actual users. More of this, please. I wish Apple would produce Starfire style demos showing off their products. In context narratives showing how real people use stuff. Covering features old and new.
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    by specialist 3y ago

    Organizationally, I'd love a separate "cleaning crew", whose primary job is chewing thru the back log. Outside of the release cycle. There's dozens of us who revel in polish, fit, and finish.
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    by specialist 3y ago

    Just terrific. I remember a good number of those early examples. Also, the blog is great. It's amazing to me that style and taste shine thru, regardless of the medium. If there was just one thing I could change about myself, I'd g
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    by specialist 3y ago

    Just like with dating preferences, leet code interviews are merely a fast rejection heuristic. Because there needs to be some kind of filter. And we haven't found any better. If we took more time, with dating and interviewing, we'
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    by specialist 3y ago

    I've done this so many times. Each time is hugely embarrassing, after the realization kicks in. Any more, my starting assumption is that I'm wrong about almost everything. Someone needs to invent a time machine, so that I can go b
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    by specialist 3y ago

    The errors are in other people's code. My own code, FWIW, is flawless. Natch.
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    by specialist 3y ago

    I assume management failure. Always makes me think of the documentary The Rubber Room, about the employees who can't be fired and won't quit. Our startup was acqui-hired. We were assigned to the one VP who voted against hiring us.
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    by specialist 3y ago

    > better economic efficiency Yup. Keep the money moving. So weird that corporate media (the plantation class) emphasizes wealth accumulation while ignoring most other metrics like velocity of money and gini coefficient.