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by imw 3y ago
Not GP, but US livestock subsidies total $50B since 1995: https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2022/02/usda-livestoc... I found this a useful primer on the form that those subsidies take: https:/
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by imw 4y ago
In my experience, what does work is to lead with joy. I've found so much new life and enjoyment in my cooking since I went vegan. Cooking delicious food and sharing it with people is sometimes the best we can do.
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by imw 4y ago
It doesn't reflect well on your argument that your quote doesn't appear in the source. "Results estimate that livestock consume 6 billion tonnes of feed (dry matter) annually – including one third of global cereal production
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by imw 4y ago
77% of soy beans are used as feed in animal fattening. The basic biology and ecology of trying to push calories through a lossy (25x!) step in the food cycle doesn't work out. If anyone wants to engage with the consequences of animal
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by imw 4y ago
Fascinating. I've spent a fair amount of time in/around pro-livability discussions, and I've never really come across what you're describing. In my experience a solid portion of the folks advocating for more human-friend
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by imw 5y ago
I honestly don't see how you get there. To me it seems much more like an argument that newspapers should not be printed on parchment, or in 128pt font. Seems pretty reasonable to me.
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by imw 5y ago
But they say right there!: "Reinkstone is a professional and responsible company based around people." ;-)
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by imw 5y ago
Ultrawideband cooperative/cognitive free space communication. We're stuck in a paradigm of radio communication (clear channel) that is 100 years out of date.
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by imw 5y ago
May I introduce you to my friend and colleague, Hardening Guidance?
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by imw 5y ago
This is a pretty fun starting point: https://www.submarinecablemap.com/
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by imw 6y ago
Not everything needs to be financialized/transactionalized. In this case I am not really sure what it would solve. The capital costs of building networks like these, when you factor in the know-how and time required to build and scale
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by imw 7y ago
These sections really stood out to me: "there is a significant difference between serving ads based on a Google search and working with the Chinese government on artificial intelligence or hosting the applications of the Saudi governme
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by imw 7y ago
Does anyone know if there is data on the effectiveness of handwriting on paper, versus a tablet, e.g. the reMarkable?
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by imw 7y ago
To be clear, I don't think parent commenter is a horrible person. I think they are misapplying their talents and hurting society. I do understand your concern. Dialog is critical. But dialog only seems worthwhile if it is honest and o
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by imw 7y ago
There's a lot of interesting physics in building thermonuclear weapons. Doesn't mean you should do it. Your talents could be used to help the world. Instead, they are being used to enclose common spaces and pull apart the fabric o
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by imw 7y ago
"He added that users would be able to remain anonymous or pseudonymous, at their own discretion—including the ability to keep their digital wallets separate from their Facebook profiles." Imperial march plays in background, dark p
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by imw 7y ago
Honestly, I find this horrifying. Why take one of the few decently commons-producible information goods and enclose it with a pay-for-play economy? What is the possible benefit to society?
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by imw 8y ago
While I agree with your point about client-side vulnerability, I think the central issue you highlight has reached a tipping point. The use of zero-knowledge arguments of knowledge, such as the zk-snark, allows for anonymous, but still veri
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by imw 8y ago
If the STEM disciplines weren't rife with sexual harassment, would we have lost the insights of countless women?
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by imw 9y ago
Lead author is CJD. cjdns == cjd network suite
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by imw 10y ago
Aligning one's interest with the broader public makes sense because we are part of the broader public. What benefits the broader public benefits us individually, too.
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by imw 10y ago
Damn. Well said.
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by imw 10y ago
As I understand it, historically speaking, the Electoral College was basically created to ensure the preservation of slavery as an institution. For reference: http://time.com/4558510/electoral-college-history-slavery&#x
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by imw 10y ago
You have the appearance of agency. That agency is mediated and curtailed by a profit-motivated intermediary that ultimately has almost total control.
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by imw 10y ago
The degree to which your likes and dislikes influence what you are fed is hidden in Facebook's proprietary codebase. For the most part, feed algorithms are tailored to show you whatever will keep your eyeballs on the screen. The idea t
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by imw 10y ago
Special snowflake, 'triggered!', elitist, pussy, pinko, queer, and so on. The difference is that the labels you point to as 'ad hominem' when used by liberals aren't really ad hominem. They are about ideas and behav
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by imw 10y ago
This logic only holds if you take an extremely narrow view of what constitutes self-interest. If you broaden that understanding to include the benefits we receive from wider social progress, then doesn't this chain of reasoning fall ap
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by imw 10y ago
The mere fact that people have appealed to the basest human instincts throughout history doesn't, of itself, mean we haven't turned some invisible corner. This seems to be essential to how cybernetic systems work. It is true there
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by imw 10y ago
Just because they're numerous doesn't mean they're not a lunatic fringe.
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by imw 10y ago
This should not be privately owned. It should belong to the entire human race. Otherwise it will be more of the same fallacious drivel that landed us in our current predicament.

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