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by z2h-a6n 5y ago
To start with, I agree with this: > I think the mRNA vaccines are a tremendous marvel and our best tool for defending ourselves from COVID. But they are not a panacea, and we cannot build trust in them by demanding it. But I think
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by z2h-a6n 5y ago
I use the built-in darkmode settings in qutebrowser [1], which work surprisingly well for most websites, but certainly not perfect. My impression is that the implementation is mainly in Qt, or Qt Webengine, so the same functionality may be
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by z2h-a6n 5y ago
Yojo's comment matches my feelings fairly well. I would add as a corollary to the better 'slow burn' coverage that they have less 'flash in the pan' coverage as well. I.e. the weekly format of their print edition te
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by z2h-a6n 5y ago
I must admit that I have only read the first book in the Dune series. I've heard that the first is by far the best of the series, and my reading list is long enough as it is, but I shall consider reading more of the series. Anyway, my
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by z2h-a6n 5y ago
Good point! I was mainly thinking of the desert of southern Utah and neighboring states, the subject of the book I quoted, and with which I have personal experience. That region is not free from its own human-caused environmental issues of
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by z2h-a6n 5y ago
I've only read the first of the Dune books, and I do (somehat vaugely) recall the Freemen project to green Arrakis. My comment was intended less as a comment on the greening project in the context of Dune and more as a challenge to the
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by z2h-a6n 5y ago
My point was not so much about the distinction between nature and development, although I think the distinction is far from artifictial (depending perhaps on what one means by "nature" and "development"). Rather, I was r
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by z2h-a6n 5y ago
>> Or a naturalist tale of trying to turn the desert green? What about a naturalist tale of keeping the desert as it is, and resisting the urge to destroy it for the supposed benefit of the humans? I recently read Desert Solitaire b