zaphod4prez

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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
Cap and trade does in fact make it so that polluters pay for ghg emissions. Why do you say that we can't "conceivably pay for"?
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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
Grass fed cows but the vast majority of cows are fed primarily or exclusively grain, not grass/hay.
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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
This is going to seem pedantic but like just sharing my perspective. Central Park sooo doesn't feel like a forest to me. It's like walking around a crowded lawn (ok maybe thats a bit dramatic). But Central park really doesn't
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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
I am a huge fan of zulip
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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
Loveland is such a cool organization
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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
This is an extremely simplistic reading of a complex real-world issue. There multiple other factors that almost definitely dominated the changes you cite. Including population growth, other massive changes in the regulatory, political, econ
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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
In many parts of the US this is so out of the norm that people would be freaked out by you trying to talk to them (SF, NYC for sure but even in Chicago which is supposed to have that Midwestern friendliness... it'd be weird and often u
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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
The idea behind these actions is to pressure ICE into abiding by international human rights laws in its handling of detained immigrant children. To me, that seems like a very reasonable thing-to-care-about.
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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
Sorry but that is just not true. Vaccine use applies the same selection pressures as [people existing and having immune systems]. The things you are comparing are totally different and not comparable.
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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
Can you provide a reference for where Amazon &/or google say that, specifically? Bc another comment mentinos that they sort weasel around that claim and dont actually clearly state it. From my own perspective (and certainly dont me
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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
I also remember this story and hearing that it was just made-up rather than real. However, I know a lot of professional artists and most of them do not have a process that consists of "sitting and thinking about what to make." It
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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
I'd love to hear more about this! Have you written about your experiences anywhere?
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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
This is really insightful and totally rings true in my experience with myself, my siblings, and the students I've taught. Thanks
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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
A similar calculator exists here! https://cable.ayra.ch/pigeon/
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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
Matthias Wandel is just the coolest. Highly highly recommend watching all of his videos
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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
... people with to whom I choose to send things. I do not choose (or rather, I wish I could choose not to) send a ton of detailed information about my phone. my location, etc. to a bunch of unknown companies and people. I feel like I must b
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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
This is an ad for Aldi's. 1. Why is it published in Slate 2. Why is it on HN? How is this related to tech or... anything?
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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
I think this question is misguided. It is extremely difficult or even impossible to trace problems back to a specific source. The burden should be on companies that are creating an entirely new compound to prove that it is safe. See: talcum
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by zaphod4prez 7y ago
Can you share some evidence for that claim? It doesn't seem intuitively true to me, but I could be convinced that higher risk-tolerance tends to be rewarded. I'd be curious to hear more about where your idea comes from.
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by zaphod4prez 8y ago
The above comment by moviuro, who seems to be from France, directly contradicts your claim. "1. That's how it's done in France AFAICT. In April/May we get the pre-filled form on our tax site [0,1] and make sure it's
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by zaphod4prez 8y ago
Ok let's run this scenario (please check my math here, I'm not positive I'm doing the probability right). Let's assume we're talking about a man, bc men are more likely to be affected. Your lifetime risk of developi
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by zaphod4prez 8y ago
Uhhh, I feel like the constant stream of discoveries about Facebook's highly highly unethical behavior stands on it's own merit. Like, if you just made a list of the crap they've done, that's really enough for me to be v
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by zaphod4prez 8y ago
What's the "this" that is all there is? What is the struggle you describe, exactly, and what would it mean for it to be "worth" it? What do you mean by freedom, exactly, and on what basis is it good (you imply that
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by zaphod4prez 8y ago
Okay, here's where I see an important difference. Let's break it down into a few constituent parts. We have a thing (scripture / spiritual belief OR the scientific method as applied to the world). Then, nasty, messy fallible
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by zaphod4prez 8y ago
Uhhh, I'm gonna have to strongly disagree with you about Google being a "good guy" here. For example, did you know that people at Google can read your email [1]? ...And so can literally hundreds of app makers...[2] That to me
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by zaphod4prez 8y ago
That study looked at the weight loss "supplements" they sell in gas stations and delis... not at vitamins that probably the vast vast majority of readers here buy. It's really not applicable here at all. A good source for inf
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by zaphod4prez 8y ago
I notice that you use the word "stagnation" here, which definitely has a negative subtext. Most people probably feel that same negativity towards the thought of that long period of slow change / stability. I wonder, however,
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by zaphod4prez 8y ago
I don't think that it's unreasonable to worry about that sort of news-manipulation (after all, all these negative articles are accusing Musk of doing that very thing...). However, I tend to believe these negative articles; mainly
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by zaphod4prez 8y ago
I'm reading your comment as implying that fiction is more manipulative than nonfiction? If that's true, I'd be curious to hear more about your reasons for that. Don't mean that in a challenging way, this is just a topic
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by zaphod4prez 8y ago
I think they're assuming that the leavers are people who were concerned and did research about it and decided to leave, while the accepters are "john/jane doe" sorts of people who dont actively question their use. It doe

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