dmans0n

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   by dmans0n 3y ago

   In the book, the Indian government takes unilateral action to cool the planet (spraying reflectants into the upper atmosphere, iirc) after the heat wave kills 20 million Indian people in the space of a few days - a few weeks. Given the frac
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   by dmans0n 3y ago

   This excerpt from the beginning of Kim Stanley Robinson's novel The Ministry for the Future depicts a mass casualty wet-bulb event in Uttar Pradesh: https://www.orbitbooks.net/orbit-excerpts/the-ministry-for-t...
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   by dmans0n 4y ago

   If they would simply move "An IDE for your notes" from the "About" page to the top fold of the front page, we'd all have had a much better time.
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   by dmans0n 4y ago

   I worked on an organic vegetable farm for 5 years. 90% of their income came from direct farmer's market sales. We had the benefit of being able to remember what we sold last week, last year, etc. at farmer's market. We just planne