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by spurgu 5y ago
Here's a refreshing read on some of the issues with solar specifically: https://doomberg.substack.com/p/herbie-spoils-the-party
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by spurgu 5y ago
Doesn't look too convincing. And it would be interesting to see how much cases went up as a result of passport holders starting running around infecting people at an increased rate.
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by spurgu 5y ago
Niche subreddits are still decent but the community as a whole is a cesspool. The mistake was bringing internet to the masses, as opposed to keeping it difficult enough to be used only by passionate and/or smart people. Now that the ca
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by spurgu 5y ago
That's the problem Brave is trying to solve. Micropayments have been a potential niche for cryptocurrencies, it just hasn't taken off (yet), even though there's a lot of crypto related "innovations" (DeFi, NFT'
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by spurgu 5y ago
Good question. Very relevant question. It seems to be looked at in a vacuum.
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by spurgu 5y ago
Fuck that. We're mostly adults here. You can say whatever you want as long as you're not being a dick.
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by spurgu 5y ago
Oops you're right! My bad, I was mixing it up in my head. Was mixing it up with this interesting comment I read here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29523605
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by spurgu 5y ago
The study is somewhat skewed since its comprised of people 50+ years old, which have a significantly higher risk to begin with compared to young healthy adults. Edit: Removed false/misleading bit.
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by spurgu 5y ago
For one, NOAA shows a US-centric aurora view while SWL shows a mercator projection. And it has a much nicer dashboard.
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by spurgu 5y ago
Adults over 18 perhaps. But children? And with two vaccine doses, per year? Do the harmful effects accumulate, anyone have any idea?
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by spurgu 5y ago
Interestingly in Finland at least women have been reporting considerably higher amount (around 70%) of side-effects from the vaccine. Haven't looked at other countries though.
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by spurgu 5y ago
Isn't that being a bit anal? It's offical name is "Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2".
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by spurgu 5y ago
> I basically don’t encounter any ads in my day-to-day life, digital or physical. The only ads I encounter are physical. Adblockers don't work for billboards. :D > As for television ads, ugh! Maybe once every year or two I happen
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by spurgu 5y ago
Too easily getting caught up in news. I tend to not really follow what's going on, but I get into these periods where I keep checking everything. Might take a week or two, then I snap out of it and get back to my life again.
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by spurgu 5y ago
Hasn't it "burst" a handful of times already?
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by spurgu 5y ago
Thanks, that's good advice!
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by spurgu 5y ago
I know you didn't mean it that way, but "since 2021"..? :D I was working actively with Python (and loving it) between 2012-2015 (during which the 2 vs 3 transition/conflicts were raging) and the couple of times I've
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by spurgu 5y ago
Also - to elaborate - it doesn't actually cost billions of money to build nuclear reactors. Or wind turbines, or solar panels for that matter. Ultimately it costs energy . You could argue that money is a claim on future energy. EROE
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by spurgu 5y ago
Nuclear will be a part of the (attempted) solution for sure. The problem with nuclear is that it takes many years and billions to build. The US alone would need somewhere around 500 new reactors to replace fossil fuels, not to mention the r
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by spurgu 5y ago
Ok maybe we're getting stuck on definitions here. When I think "progressive taxation" I'm thinking something like: < 10k 0% 10-30k 20% 30-60k 40% 60k+ 60% Whereas "flat tax" is just a se
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by spurgu 5y ago
> My own theory is that the root cause is decades of wide-spread awareness of global warming. Either you understand the science and implications, or you think it’s a global hoax being perpetrated to excuse oppression. Nope, there's
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by spurgu 5y ago
> Well its % based so its already progressive as in you pay far more if you are richer. So if you want to also pay higher % if you are richer. This is just flat out wrong. With a flat tax you don't pay a higher % if you are richer,
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by spurgu 5y ago
Thanks! That's interesting. Looks like I have some research to do.
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by spurgu 5y ago
People get tracing alerts? I've had the apps of three different countries now for some 1.5 years running now and never received even a single blip.
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by spurgu 5y ago
Yeah I stopped looking at case numbers a long time ago. They're completely irrelevant, with the amount of hysteria going around. Hospitalization is the only thing that matters at this point (and in fact has been since the beginning).
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by spurgu 5y ago
I don't know what high horse bubble you live in, but in my almost 40 years on this planet I've only met one single person who has ever had a flu shot and he's younger than me. Granted I have to live in another kind of bubble.
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by spurgu 5y ago
I find it insane that someone would argue against your personal experience like that. I've had the feeling all along that once we've started getting people forced into perpetual Covid vaccinations it's gonna move into seasona
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by spurgu 5y ago
It doesn't help when that thing you're being told to do is constantly changing, and in addition doesn't seem to change where it matters. It seeds doubt and uncertainty, which is surely what we're seeing all around us. No
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by spurgu 5y ago
> This [0] has SARS-CoV-2 at somewhere between 0.26% and 0.83% IFR. Which for context, is compared to respiratory flu at 0.0088% (estimated total population EMR due to flu) [1] Isn't this disregarding (or generalizing) the fact that
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by spurgu 5y ago
Thanks! I had been considering Mastodon for a private (non-federated) little community. But from a quick look it seems Pleroma doesn't have any mobile apps? That's a dealbreaker for many people.

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