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by tejohnso 5y ago
Another thing I heard about wind energy recently was that the friction of the blades significantly warms the air, so if deployed at scale, the total effect on atmospheric warming would not be as beneficial as hoped. Not sure how valid it is
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by tejohnso 5y ago
People aren't talking about it? How about the Congressional Research Service? https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11885 Or from China, calls for a new reserve curency: https://www
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by tejohnso 5y ago
Okay so you're changing your argument now. Instead of a simple comparison to hand washing, you're saying people should "look at the odds" and somehow make a judgement call. Well, that's a much different request, and
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> In fifteen to twenty years, China will have a much bigger economy, more advanced technology and more capable armed forces. It will also remain America’s most formidable rival, and will be able to constrain the exercise of American powe
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by tejohnso 5y ago
Hand washing is not widely known to have harmful side effects that sometimes even require hospitalization, and sometimes even cause death. Same for unloading in designated places.
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by tejohnso 5y ago
Okay so in this case we aren't talking about negative impact being direct contamination, but rather that there is a hospital resource management problem that exists, and people should be vaccinated to help alleviate that resource manag
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> Are you then implying anyone who does know somebody sick or hospitalized has warranted fear? I'm not talking about whether it is warranted or not, but if you know somebody sick or hospitalized, the fear you experience from that is
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by tejohnso 5y ago
If everyone is getting covid, including person A, how does person B being vaccinated reduce negative impact on person A?
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> Remember - long term, literally everyone is going to get covid Should we stop bullying others to get vaccinated then?
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> extremely easy to change peoples minds though. If a serious enough pandemic arises, you won't have to change minds. Real fear of the pandemic will be enough. I don't know anybody, who knows anybody who died or was even hospit
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by tejohnso 5y ago
London is better than Toronto, but I'm not sure I'd call it affordable anymore. Real estate prices for a basic detached home have more than doubled in the last 5 years.
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by tejohnso 5y ago
>He's still a 5-year old though, so removing TV alone won't help with that, you still got to parent / occupy him most of the time Right. There's nothing quite as engaging as tv/gaming that he can just sit without
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by tejohnso 5y ago
With school out for summer, my preschooler is either playing a video game or watching youtube for hours on end. We try to force some time away from screens but it is a never ending struggle, as screen use is the immediate, default state to
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by tejohnso 5y ago
Wouldn't this be very doable in the US, with a lot less hassle? Have you looked at rent prices in some of the smaller cities in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Utah?
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by tejohnso 5y ago
I find myself listening to Lex much more, and Joe much less. Overall, I'm very glad that the format exists, and we're able to hear from experts / academics who otherwise wouldn't have a platform to really get into the de
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by tejohnso 5y ago
I've done something that sounds similar with bash scripts and systemd path units. Every time I modify a configuration file from any of a number of paths I'm interested in versioning, I get a prompt to supply an optional commit mes
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> No matter how far you take graphics, eventually, the farthest you can get is text. Interesting point of view.
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> Does Apple's solution only stop people from uploading illegal files to Apple's servers or does it stop them from uploading the files to any server. Perhaps they're trying to prevent being in "posession" of ille
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Electron Transport Chain(youtube.com)
2 points by tejohnso 5y ago|0 comments
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by tejohnso 5y ago
And the digital currency sounds like fiat direct deposit :)
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by tejohnso 5y ago
I'm with you. I've been saying "gas is too cheap", half joking, for years. That's just based off of watching people's use of their vehicles, having not the slightest concern for gasoline cost. It's not eve
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by tejohnso 5y ago
You're not alone. Eco-anxiety is real and a growing problem. If you search that term, you might find something helpful. I've seen suggestions that people will go through the typical five stages of grief, ending with acceptance.
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> One reason some hospital staff say they are resisting COVID-19 vaccination is because it's so new and not yet fully approved by the FDA. > "I want to see more testing done," she says. "It took a long time to get
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by tejohnso 5y ago
I ditched my vim-like plugin when I realized I could ctrl-f, ctrl-enter to follow links in chrome.
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> Describing FIRE as easy and saying that anyone who fails to do it is somehow less wise or immature is nonsense peddled by a bunch of people who retired early by writing "how to get retire early" blogs. I haven't heard an
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> unless you want to live like a single 24 year old your whole life. Controlling expenses and living a humble life style is pretty much the opposite of living like a single 24 year old. At least for me and most of the single 24 year olds
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> or want to extract your equity as debt Pretty tempting to do just that when your house value doubles in 5 years and you're left with six figure equity with near zero interest rates, in an investment market that is manipulated to a
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Amazon Spheres(en.wikipedia.org)
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by tejohnso 5y ago
Can you explain why it is extremely rare if we should be using it? Is it politics? Branding?
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UAP Theory(uaptheory.com)
1 points by tejohnso 5y ago|0 comments

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