tim333

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by tim333 1mo ago
I think The West may be like democracy - the worst system apart from all the other ones?
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He makes a good argument for not guilty.
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He does seem to have some questionable blog posts like >If Putin is a war criminal, then Madeleine Albright was no less of one https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2022-03-25/putin-war-criminal-...
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by tim333 1mo ago
AI has quite a lot to do with current policy. I thought we were going to have carbon emissions peak with electric cars and the like and now suddenly everyone wants to build tens of GW of data centers powered by gas turbines. Although I&#x27
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I find most comments differ from scientific reality in both directions - denial one way panic the other. It's no doubt real and I think most people accept that but it may be dealable with.
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From the above linked Wikipedia: >Historically, CMIP models, the gold standard in climate science, show the AMOC is very stable; although it may weaken, it will always recover [...] In 2020, research estimated if warming stabilizes at 1.
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by tim333 1mo ago
I guess you people can post publicly suggesting we improve things. If everyone did that there would be consensus to make changes. On a personal level I also plan to get aircon which may not help the planet but may help me.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bypass_Paywalls_Clean works
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Better late than never.
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There's probably a bit of a pivot to European suppliers rather than the US. The gear isn't quite as good but you don't have to worry about Trump issues.
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The "Bond villain reputation" seems to work quite well for Palantir marketing.
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by tim333 1mo ago
I think Labour on the last one but the Tories had anti privacy stuff too and none of the minor parties had any hope of getting in in my area.
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by tim333 1mo ago
Good news on some of the worst predatory cesspitness - they've been shutting the Asian forced labour scam centers: >China executes 11 members of Myanmar scam mafia https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2gdr
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by tim333 1mo ago
It's a country of moderation in most things.
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I didn't. I voted against and thought it would be soft Brexit. But here we are.
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The idea of independence wasn't ridiculous, it's just the details made it hard to make it work.
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But usually change it's mind later. One vote for life is more 1933 Germany.
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As a Brit I've never been asked to vote on that. If you are talking about the general election it's not a main issue compared to other things on the ballot.
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by tim333 1mo ago
I agree with the over simplified calculation. People have been going on about Germany and China having a surplus and the US a deficit for dunno 40 years saying it can't work but why not? If someone in the US wants a Merc and the German
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If you want to understand a situation it sometimes makes sense to state the facts?
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by tim333 1mo ago
The pizzas I've been buying in Tesco are quite good really like this lot https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/food-drink/bes... apparently they are "hand stretched" but I presume much
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by tim333 1mo ago
Common phenomenon with "Stock goes up/down 10%" articles.
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If only they'd read his 2017 paper asking "Is deep learning approaching a wall?" they'd have known this deep learning stuff is no good and could have shorted the AI companies. https://indexinvestor.com/re
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I was going to say. At least NZ is cold in parts which may come in handy.
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First they came for the Autistici Invenati And I did not speak out Because their budget was €20,300 ...
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Yes. The Palestine Action bit is in the government complaint not the article. My point was the article glosses over or doesn't mention the actual reasons the government cites. ( https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-
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by tim333 1mo ago
The action is against Autistici Inventati, not noblogs. The govt argument is >Autistici Inventati [...] exclusively provides its services to vetted individuals, collectives, and groups it perceives to be aligned with its ideology, includ
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by tim333 1mo ago
About 160,000 people die each day if less dramatically.
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The article seems misleading implying it's due to the ""collective’s “far-left” politics"" which seem odd as far left isn't illegal. If you look at the govt announcement it cites: >multiple high-profile inst
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by tim333 1mo ago
You've posted that five times now. Bit excessive?

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