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by NonContro 5y ago
Climate change kills people. Each kilotonne of CO2 is calculated to lead to one extra death from climate change: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.0232... So these protestors saved 26 lives.
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by NonContro 5y ago
We're running out of time to wait for the established political class to do something about this. We need people power - shutting down coal plants by blockading entry of personnel and deliveries, and disabling equipment. It took just 5
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by NonContro 5y ago
If AI is suitable for 99% of driving, why not use remote drivers for the remaining 1%? (eg. accidents, construction, adverse weather) You could have a central office in a cheap location of the USA for professional drivers to take control as
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Antibody titers decrease by up to 40% each month after vaccination(medrxiv.org)
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by NonContro 5y ago
According to Tim Sweeney, yes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/01/14/epic-games... "Exclusives have been critical in gaining momentum in the presence of a competitor that began 2019
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by NonContro 5y ago
What about Steam? They control 90% of PC gaming and even charge regressive commissions, with higher rates for smaller developers.
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by NonContro 5y ago
So why don't we have remotely driven cars?
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by NonContro 5y ago
If this is correct then the most logical decision is to immediately cease all domestic COVID limitations, and expose as much of the vaccinated population as possible to the existing strains. Australia, New Zealand etc. should open up immedi
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by NonContro 5y ago
After a decade of struggle with skin conditions, what works for me: - Eliminate all foods that contain added sugar, including milk (lactose) - Have cold/lukewarm showers, every 2nd day - Use a rough washcloth and Nivea Sensitive Men&#x
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by NonContro 5y ago
92% of Brits have COVID antibodies, either through exposure or immunity: https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-around-nine-in-10-adults...
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by NonContro 5y ago
After reading this article, Afghanistan doesn't seem inherently like a war of attrition at all. "Men fought, men switched sides, men lined up and fought again. War in Afghanistan often seemed like a game of pickup basketball, a co
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by NonContro 5y ago
Right now, our roads are only designed to be human-readable. But what if machines become the dominant drivers? We need to make the roads machine readable: Road signs redesigned 'QR Code' style, maybe even some kind of wireless bro
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by NonContro 5y ago
No one needs masks anywhere, except perhaps those currently symptomatic and needing to travel in public to access treatment. Children certainly don't: "Distancing, hybrid models, classroom barriers, HEPA filters, and, most notably
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by NonContro 5y ago
Florida has a higher age 65+ Vaccination rate than California or New York: https://www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus-covid-19/vaccine-trac... We're rehashing all of the same arguments from 2020. The Southern States p
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by NonContro 5y ago
The problem will multiply. If people are incapable of integrating into one of the richest, most well-run, and liberal countries on the planet, then entire family groups should be sent back, with a once-off €50,000 as motivation (still repre
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Valve Reused the Code for Flickering Lights in Alyx 22 Years Later(80.lv)
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Ernst and Young Is Using Deepfakes to Talk to Clients(80.lv)
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The War Nerd: Was There a Plan in Afghanistan?(nakedcapitalism.com)
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by NonContro 5y ago
If you examine ancient (ie. 'pre-COVID') CDC documents for recommended responses to influenza Categories, based on the global CFR of 0.66 COVID is classed a 'category 3' influenza variant. Go to page 9 and see what was m
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by NonContro 5y ago
Florida has a higher age 65+ vaccination rate than California or New York: https://www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus-covid-19/vaccine-trac... Respiratory viruses peak earlier before Winter in the tropics (ie. the South US
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by NonContro 5y ago
And take them where? How many Afghans nationals were on the US payroll? Its not our responsibility to take them all into the USA or elsewhere where they can represent a continued burden to those societies, and the ranks of collaborators in
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by NonContro 5y ago
In terms of cutting costs, the way we exited Afghanistan is the best way to do it. Pull out overnight, abandon all the equipment, and the rapid takeover by the Taliban means we don't need to keep running bombing missions to support a s
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by NonContro 5y ago
To be more specific, Intel currently allocates a fair chunk of their dies to iGPUs. Will that no longer be the case when Intel manufacturers their own dedicated GPUs? It seems like a waste of silicon.
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by NonContro 5y ago
How long will that situation last though, with Ethereum 2.0 around the corner and the next difficulty bomb scheduled for December? https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/olla5w/eip_3554_o... Intel co
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by NonContro 5y ago
California's population would be shrinking (due to inter-state emigration), if not for international immigration: https://www.ppic.org/wp-content/uploads/californias-stalled-... Securing the southern border a
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by NonContro 5y ago
Part of this is from dumb EU policy, which classifies woodchips as 'renewable energy': https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/3/4/18216045/ren... Thus fueling demand for these sort of
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by NonContro 5y ago
US forces abandoned the country 'overnight' - leaving behind all of the military equipment the Taliban would need for their reconquest: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210814-weapon-seizur... Why
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by NonContro 5y ago
We need to fix plastic use in the West, so that we can export the technology and solutions to the rest of the world. Same with fossil fuel use.
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by NonContro 5y ago
What % of African Americans have already been exposed to COVID and thus have natural immunity? Why not just allow antibody tests to be regarded the same as vaccines? Carving out this kind of exclusion would solve the problem, and allow vacc
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by NonContro 5y ago
Less than a month ago, 40% of the Australian population was under a stay-at-home order: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-57845163 The Australian military is being used to intimidate dissenters (eg. anti-lockdow

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