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by zosima 4y ago
This seems naive or even infantile. When USA invaded Iraq, ought we then also to have supported the Iraqi rebels? US soldiers committed some nasty war crimes, didn't they? Ukrainian soldiers have no doubt, committed nasty war crimes to
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by zosima 4y ago
It's very relevant, as I can believe a bunch of Nazis didn't adhere to the Minsk agreement. And no, this war doesn't protect anyone. And indiscriminately killing young Russian and Ukrainian men serves no sensible purpose. A w
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by zosima 4y ago
Politics 101: Claim that your enemy is a genocidal aggressor madman and is devoid of all humanity. Real war 101: All sides commit horrible atrocities. Just stop it.
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by zosima 4y ago
Neither Ukraine (or at least the Azov batallion) nor Russia adhered to the Minsk agreement. There was low-intensity fighting from both sides, going on since 2014. And honestly, in this fight, one of the parties, the main attackers on the Uk
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by zosima 4y ago
Gas is a precondition for renewables. Without gas there's no reliable energy source, that can be turned on and off at will. That is renewables without gas can not keep the lights on, when the sun's out and there's no wind. (O
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by zosima 4y ago
Why? Negotiation and letting Russia keep some of its influence seems to have been one of the few paths which actually haven't been seriously tried. This is a well-argued classic explaining why this war was predictable and avoidable:
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by zosima 4y ago
Clearly. Though I don't think they have indicated any interest in annexing most of Ukraine. Rather the original plan seems to have been to install a puppet government in Kiev. And when that failed, they decided to take the easternmost
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by zosima 4y ago
> No, Russia is clearly pushing for the eradication of the Ukrainian nation and, as a longer term goal, the re-establishment of the Soviet Union in one form or the other (this means invading and destroying other countries). This is pure
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by zosima 4y ago
Still seems to be about twice as many dying from cold weather. https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indica... https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indica...
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by zosima 4y ago
Or maybe this event had some influence? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/tongas-volcanic-er...
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Comic book about monsters illustrated by Midjourney AI(twitter.com)
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by zosima 4y ago
1. One of the main humanitarian catastrophes recently was the famine in Darfur. Which was very much genocidal. 2. Africa and the world definitely has more arable land than what you're suggesting there: https://www.afrik21.af
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by zosima 4y ago
Of course droughts happen. But when unaccompanied by any of the three above, Africa still ought to be able able to feed itself with plenty to spare, even in the most severe droughts experienced.
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by zosima 4y ago
Africa has probably 60% of the world's arable land and is extremely fertile. The cause of food shortages in Africa is never, even in the worst droughts, that there is not enough land. Food crises in Africa are always, with I think, no
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by zosima 4y ago
And they are even more over represented in the NBA. Could there be other explanations for that than racism?
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by zosima 4y ago
One detail: When the special theory of relativity was published the problem of the aether, or rather that the speed of light was the same in all directions, was very well-known. This problem was very much based on empirical evidence. Specia
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by zosima 4y ago
No, why would you claim that?
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by zosima 4y ago
If the natural variability is high enough, then any effect will be hidden by it. Sure, we can say with some certainty that the effect of microdosing on most scales are not that huge. But we wouldn't have expected very large effect size
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by zosima 4y ago
In studies such as these with huge intersubject variability, and probably also quite large intrasubject variability from day to day on many scales, it makes sense to look at change from baseline for individuals in the various groups rather
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by zosima 4y ago
Of course it is. It's a quote from a seller from a company selling products like these: https://quwave.com/QuWave-USB-Harmonizer-Computer-&-TV-EMF-P... I hope the vast majority of people will take the word of peopl
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by zosima 4y ago
It may be related to them preparing for a round of begging for public money? https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/07/28/politics/house-vote-chips...
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by zosima 4y ago
It hasn't been ruled out, but as Derek Lowe mentions, there is a good amount of genetic evidence that increased cleaving of APP and thus more amyloid-beta leads to earlier, faster and more severe Alzheimer's. And certain mutations
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by zosima 4y ago
Fatality rate from ski lifts may be very, very low. But number of broken limbs per user are probably relatively high compared to other modes of transportation. (Especially I think in small pull-based lifts)
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by zosima 4y ago
Does the smog in LA consist of N2O from farms?
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by zosima 4y ago
This is apparently not directed against carbon, but N2O, which is another greenhouse gas. It's something I've heard preciously little about, and therefore I'm surprised that many countries suddenly are seeing this as an extre
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by zosima 4y ago
Screwing up food production can have massive, very immediate effects that surpass even the most wildly imaginative climate change scenarios. I think a benefit/risk calculation is in order here.
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by zosima 4y ago
Is this coordinated with the efforts in Netherlands to also reduce the amount of fertilizer use? https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/dutch-farmers-protest-b... And what are the scientific rationales for these pol
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by zosima 4y ago
No, it probably won't spread nearly as well outside the gay community, and never become anything resembling Covid (or smallpox fortunately...). But it's spread so extensively in the gay community, that it's also going to infe
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by zosima 4y ago
And Germany will be using the gas to heat Ukrainian soldiers in training. So what? The situation is a mess, and painting Russia and russians as having no interest but war, does not make it less messy.
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by zosima 4y ago
This is interesting, mostly because to me it reads as a typical blub paradox type response to react. http://weblog.raganwald.com/2006/10/are-we-blub-programmers....

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