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by stubish 4y ago
He argues this further down as real/unreal being a bad dichotomy.
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by stubish 4y ago
'any e-mail' account means GMail, Apple or Microsoft for the vast bulk of email addresses. Most of the rest people using their work or school email (many of which backed by Google or Microsoft). Personal domains and other provider
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by stubish 4y ago
Apple needs to provide email to users for the same reasons. They are nice enough to let people who already have a working email setup keep using it, but I suspect the bulk of iPhone users will be using their Apple mail.
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by stubish 4y ago
GMail can't go anywhere because of Android. It would need to be replaced with something nearly as comprehensive, tying accounts to 1+ phones and other devices, and authentication and recovery processes. Worst case would be switching to
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by stubish 4y ago
Even well sorted plastics will still have food scraps attached, except in locations where it makes environmental sense to have people wash it first.
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by stubish 4y ago
This is (was?) Weight Watchers. Gamified dieting before that was a word. They used points though rather than calories, which was easier to monetize and meant you didn't run out of fingers.
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by stubish 4y ago
I would go further and require content producers to sell to all buyers at the same price. Or even that content producers must sell to all buyers at the same reasonable price. Since the dawn of mass media, media has formed part of our shar
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by stubish 4y ago
> I'm frankly annoyed that so many people call this a problem. Sure, I understand the surface level inconvenience of this fragmentation, but I think we're getting a little spoiled here. The problem as I see it is done of the co
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by stubish 4y ago
Double or triple glazing, insulation, mandatory energy efficient building codes, fuel efficiency standards, energy efficient light bulbs.... 25% reduction is certainly plausible. I'm surprised it isn't more, but I guess some indus
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by stubish 4y ago
Euthanasia is a decision you will never regret. We force people to live if they don't want to because of other people's feelings. Per the article, 'many people are choosing euthanasia because they’re not getting the “supports
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by stubish 4y ago
That sort of observation bias exists anyway. It is how movies can replace actors with stunt performers in a wig.
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by stubish 4y ago
Does it provide a healthy (physically and emotionally) path to financial independence and ability to retire, sooner rather than later?
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by stubish 4y ago
Right now, household batteries are being installed by those that can afford them (and the prices dropping). They are enough to handle overnight load. And electric vehicles are becoming popular, usually with double or more capacity, which wi
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by stubish 4y ago
I wonder how large a patch we could mine over 50 years, and if it is a meaningful fraction of the ecosystem? The planet is almost covered with deep sea ecology. Plumes and water contamination could significantly increase the affected area,
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by stubish 4y ago
https://investors.modernatx.com/news/news-details/2022/Moder...
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by stubish 4y ago
It would already be a republic if the last referendum wasn't nobbled by the government at the time, where the only choice was between the status quo or giving more power to the historically untrusted elected government. Per https:&#x2
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by stubish 4y ago
There seemed to be avenues open for people to register their displeasure at Labor, via preferential voting. Two minor parties 'Angry Victorians' and 'Sack Dan Andrews' party were obvious targets to put before Labor, alon
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by stubish 4y ago
100% of devices will fail, eventually. It is kicking the can down the road.
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by stubish 4y ago
Exercise always seems counterintuitive. After all, things tend to wear out and break when you use them. You don't use the good scissors for most things or they won't be good when you need them. We would be a lot less grumpy if the
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by stubish 4y ago
Source of the article is https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/12/03/electric-c... No mentions of sources or of anything beyond 'drafted' in the telegraph article. The yahoo article negle
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by stubish 4y ago
One million years ago, I don't know. Also bio-luminescent fungi are a possibility.
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by stubish 4y ago
> the possibility that H. Naledi had no need for light to place their dead There are also sources of light other than fire, such as bio-luminescence.
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by stubish 4y ago
Do you have any evidence that the denormalization of racism etc. is because of social media? Or that social media even helped? The ongoing fight to change the things you cite all predate social media by decades or more. Even with the Arab
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by stubish 4y ago
The common man has no choice but to purchase what is available to them. With regulation, that will be Green. Without regulation, its unlikely retailers will even bother to stock Green until it is cheaper. Free Market, meet Tragedy of the Co
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by stubish 4y ago
I think it is reasonable to expect Google to share the data and get sued for it, because it isn't reasonable.
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by stubish 4y ago
People rushing to finish your game in under 2 hours to claim a refund are not your market. If they make up a large enough percentage of purchases for it to matter, you are going bankrupt anyway. They are not playing at beating your game. Th
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by stubish 4y ago
Microsoft Store and Gamepass support mods now. At least a year I think.
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by stubish 4y ago
One of the use cases for SMRs is to install them in decommissioned coal and gas power plants. They have a roof, and are already connected to the grid and roads, and near enough people to supply workers but not so close to supply protesters.
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by stubish 4y ago
If your local energy storage or grid isn't reliable enough, you can always have a backup diesel generator. Or hydrogen powered generator if you insist this is green. Or some solar cells on your roof. And as much fuel as your risk analy
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by stubish 4y ago
> On the other side, humans have been fine using natural language to delegate commands to each other. Using language to instruct humans goes wrong all the time. Just a short while ago on British Bakeoff I saw 2 of the contestants make wh

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