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811.
by tuatoru 3y ago
Yeah, EVs are the minimum possible change that at first glance looks like it might work, of course without disturbing the global capitalist system or our cultural values. Wow, people are going to be pissed off in thirty years. "Why did
812.
by tuatoru 3y ago
Well, again coming from a "female choice" perspective, young Chinese women are striving to have careers (or at least fun) before starting a family. They are being told to do this, and most people conform to expectations. (Choice
813.
by tuatoru 3y ago
I think you mean favouring their own ethnicity (which is fantastically narrowly defined, socially, in Japan. If one of your grandparents was Korean and the other three Japanese, you're mostly treated as Not A Real Japanese Person by Ja
814.
by tuatoru 3y ago
The trigger for war is variability of the rate of decline among different countries with different ideologies and different outgroups. A USA with 70 million people would feel very threatened by an Iraq with 300 million, for example. Just a
815.
by tuatoru 3y ago
It absolutely is the business of governments. Unavoidably so. Housing policy, tax policy, education policy, healthcare policy, family law - governments are influencing population massively.
816.
by tuatoru 3y ago
Despite a several decades long decline in total fertility rate, most demographic models I have seen assume that lifetime fertility will magically bounce back to replacement level. Underpants gnomes models. Bounce-back could happen, but ther
817.
by tuatoru 3y ago
Artificial wombs don't reduce the period of bring a child to be be a functioning social being (currently 18 - 28 years). Nor the costs or other incentives or disincentives. To me, the most likely consequence is to reduce the total fert
818.
by tuatoru 3y ago
A billion Indians are becoming more religious? Really? Politics is polarising along lines of religious identity, yes, but increasing religious behaviour? Going to temples more, donating more of their incomes? Are you sure?
819.
by tuatoru 3y ago
No, of course not. Second-generation immigrants and later trend towards the culture of their host country. Third generation is indistinguishable from the rest of the population. This is universally seen...except for Jews, who have long memo
820.
by tuatoru 3y ago
At population level age of the woman at household formation predicts number of children. It's simple biology.
821.
by tuatoru 3y ago
Except western society, and particularly Anglosphere. Our culture prioritizes individual success over the family unit. It's actively increasing the costs and risk of family formation, and decreasing the number of children it's pos
822.
by tuatoru 3y ago
It's essentially because of western individualism, de-emphasizing the family unit and prioritizing individual fulfilment. Especially with women, if you believe the doctrine of female choice operates in the world. Second generation and
823.
by tuatoru 3y ago
The Hackney Horse breed was developed in the 14th century in Norfolk when the King of England required powerful but attractive horses with an excellent trot, to be used for general purpose riding horses. May well have been named after the
824.
by tuatoru 3y ago
After Reader. Best after Reader.
825.
by tuatoru 3y ago
Chrome was based on Webkit, which I think was associated with the K Desktop Environment project.
826.
by tuatoru 3y ago
I recall reading about this in 2010, and again in 2014. I hope this group can get it to work.
827.
by tuatoru 3y ago
Yeah, "software defined radio" was a "huh?" for me.
828.
by tuatoru 3y ago
No, the losers are the people who are not employees: business owners mainly. Hence the whining and throwing of toys out of cots.
829.
by tuatoru 3y ago
Yes. Even if the "influencer" is someone whose output I have followed for years, I'm going to cross-check and triangulate if something gets recommended. That's in back-packing/hiking. Something I have noticed there
830.
by tuatoru 3y ago
With the move to electronic media, there is scope for more experimentation in length. There is no intrinsic reason why books should be a particular length. Books were the length that they were, in the 20th century in particular, because of
831.
by tuatoru 3y ago
Yes. One of the core skills will be making string from local materials.
832.
by tuatoru 3y ago
Come the apocalypse, unless those billionaires can each go into the bush by themselves with just a knife, and come back with a dressed deer carcase, their security teams are likely to deem them dead weight and kick them out of the bunkers.
833.
by tuatoru 3y ago
Yeah, this bothered me a lot back in 2012 or so after reading a paper by James Hansen pointing out that one of the chief effects of adding CO2 is to change the shape of the distributions of seasonal temperatures and rainfall The bell curve
834.
by tuatoru 3y ago
> He is expecting, and preparing, for widespread riots by 2050. The riots will begin, he says, as they have throughout history, when we run out of food. Except, we (the rich world) won't run out of food. About a third of the global
835.
by tuatoru 3y ago
Here's your nitpick, then. This is a site self-selected for people who like to read, who do a lot of reading professionally as well. If you're communicating to be understood, principle #1 is "consider your audience, their bac
836.
by tuatoru 3y ago
The story of the Newry Canal, the first one, is amazing. Over a hundred years from first order to construct, to opening. Much delay, neglect of oversight, scope creep, fraud, misaligned interests and lack of drive. I had no idea Wikipedia
837.
by tuatoru 3y ago
Now also on Ars Technica[1]. 1. https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/worm-that-jumps-from-...
838.
by tuatoru 3y ago
What fraction of cars are BEVs where you live? Will you still be able to charge at the supermarket when every other car is fighting for the same chargers, do you think? Reliability hasn't been an outstanding feature of chargers to date
839.
by tuatoru 3y ago
So if sales of ICEVs and hybrids stops in '35, then the stock of cars on the road should switch to being >50% electric in the mid to late 2040s.
840.
by tuatoru 3y ago
Because you are in a scenic rural area, enjoying the rural view of rural scenery without wires in it.

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