tito

25 ms·

331.
by tito 7y ago
Check out Benchling! YC company (S12), founded by a CS undergrad from MIT. [1] Learn more about their story. Biotech is growing so fast. There’s tons of room for scientists and non-scientists alike. Programmers have a lot to add here, even
332.
by tito 7y ago
A16Z has only published "Eating the World" articles two other times, to great success: Mobile is eating the world (2016) Software is eating the world (2011)
333.
by tito 7y ago
Nice analysis! I'm interested in learning how to read these papers better. Which section suggests "trained on data from areas with climates and landscapes wildly different than where the model is applied"? EDIT: I see it now
334.
by tito 7y ago
Wow those maps/visuals are really shocking! I wonder how the NYT team went from the data in the paper to developing these maps.
335.
by tito 7y ago
Glad you responded! Lots of thoughts on this. The estimates are sure to be not exactly right. But I don't let that hold me up! I see sooooo many people get stuck because they can't figure out "Well is it 700 billion tons of c
336.
by tito 7y ago
Every time a climate change article hits the front page of HN, I cheer a bit. Are there any other awesome tech + climate communities around?
337.
by tito 7y ago
I upvoted, FWIW. Maybe help explain your perspective some more? It sounds like you're just kind of saying "we can't model anything so why bother?". We can model what we can. Sure, the big recession catches the world by s
338.
by tito 7y ago
That would be neat, like something out of Pacific Rim where these monsters come out of the ground and start making a lot of ice! "It's too hot! ROOOOARRRR!"
339.
by tito 7y ago
That the climate is changing is not a complex question. The impacts are less known, but an unstable climate seems net negative for the average person on Earth. Heat wave deaths in Serbia and Canada: https://www.usatoday.com/
340.
by tito 7y ago
The ocean sucks out carbon. It's a carbon sponge, not an emitter. The ocean is absorbing about 30% of our emissions currently, however that may soon drop [1] Hope that helps! I'm a bit puzzled you know all those terms but apparent
341.
by tito 7y ago
Nice, the video addresses myths such as: "Climate Change -- Isn't it natural?" Made by a former geologist, science journalists for 25 years.
342.
by tito 7y ago
WATER: Traditional municipal water pipes aren't perfect either. They're expensive to install and maintain, and it takes energy to pump all that water around and maintain pressure. Think about Flint [1], think about the upcoming sh
343.
by tito 7y ago
Following up here: The reference to 2070 seems to relate to the rate of melting (ablation rate), which was greater than the 2012 melt. The rate of the recent melt was modeled as the average daily melting rate in 2070 in SSP585: https:&#x2F
344.
by tito 7y ago
Would love to see that! See my post above about IEA solar power predictions, interested to learn more about predictions over the years.
345.
by tito 7y ago
Huge props. I haven't even read the link you posted, but wanted to say I admire your post. Climate discussions often end up fighting even though they're all sort of on the same page. I'm always up for adding more curiosity, a
346.
by tito 7y ago
Great to see you here! I wonder how many HN people are actively working on Climate change research. Maybe we could have a meetup or something. Here's our meetup on pulling carbon from the air, mainly in the Bay Area but want to spread
347.
by tito 7y ago
Nice, I like the part about equalizing! Fast travel, cheap energy, exotic food for all.
348.
by tito 7y ago
Yes, that future society will be unrecognizable in many ways. Today, my lifestyle emits over 30 tons of carbon dioxide per year. That's the weight of almost 30 cars every year. Any society that manages to do away with that will be comp
349.
by tito 7y ago
Climate change is the biggest opportunity civilization has ever seen, and I'm happy to share that view with others that might contribute. Appreciate your thoughts on this! You make a great point about LED bulbs and their landfill poten
350.
by tito 7y ago
I'm fascinated by this graph of the growth of solar as compared to International Agency Predictions. Year after year, the IEA massively underestimated the growth of solar. Last year, at a workshop with the World Bank I heard an expert
351.
by tito 7y ago
Greenland's massive ice melt wasn't supposed to happen until 2070. It seems even the scientific predictions can be too conservative. The changing climate isn't a linear system, it's more like a step function. Once the ic
352.
by tito 7y ago
Climate change will create the first trillionaire. Find every machine that eats fossil fuels and electrify it. Find every crop that requires stable land and predictable weather and farm it in a shipping container. Find every underlying infr
353.
by tito 7y ago
Tropical forests are also now a carbon emitter: https://www.carbonbrief.org/tropical-forests-no-longer-carbo...
354.
Don't Electrify Everything(thebreakthrough.org)
1 points by tito 7y ago|0 comments
355.
by tito 7y ago
This is the correct answer. We are abysmal at engineering biosystems. As Stewart Brand says "We are as gods and we must get good at it".
356.
by tito 7y ago
Transporting energy long distances seems like such a waste. There's the cost of transporting fossil fuels or power lines for electricity. What economics would it take for your mine to have its own solar or nuclear powered microgrid. Wh
357.
by tito 7y ago
Appreciate the thoughtful questions, and inquisitive responses! Great to see people figure out how we might push these closer to zero. We'll need to lower the costs of manufacturing solar panels and transporting electricity + raise the
358.
by tito 7y ago
If you're curious, try googling for "SandShifter", here's an energy.gov profile: https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/project-profile-csp-energy... https://www.osti.gov/biblio&#x2F
359.
by tito 7y ago
Good to know, thanks! Seems obvious this is the way to go. Excited to see growth in this space in the future.
360.
by tito 7y ago
Wow that's really exciting, I need to pay more attention to nuclear.

More ›