valgor

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by valgor 7mo ago
Go vegan. You will no longer be apart of horrific animal abuse, the leading cause of biodiversity loss and deforestation, and if done correctly, will likely improve your health. You won't be able to get so much good from doing one thin
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Ask HN: What are company or side project ideas that you have but will never do?
2 points by valgor 8mo ago|3 comments
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by valgor 1y ago
The birds are dying anyway. So instead of their bodies being used for profit to continue the industry, they will die with hopefully little to no government bailouts, forcing farmers to change what they do for a living.
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by valgor 1y ago
As an animal rights activist, this will do wonders for the movement. As chicken farms become unprofitable due to all the birds dying, prices will go up. This gives people like me an edge to talk about alternatives. We already do this with e
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by valgor 1y ago
Curious what projects you use rust on for crypto?
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by valgor 1y ago
I love the idea of computational experiments that replace testing on animals. Reading about what we do to animals in the name of science is heart breaking, but learning there are computational models and experiments being developed to take
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by valgor 2y ago
Came here to say this. Money is a tool to make the world a better place. He could be funding schools, scholarships, research projects, new start ups, and so much more. This is what I have been doing, and it has given my life so much more me
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by valgor 2y ago
As a vegan of four and a half year, I can confidently say being vegan is not similar to killing oneself.
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by valgor 2y ago
I completely agree with you. HN is very anti-vegan, so mentioning not eating meat always comes with a torrent of downvotes. I imagine any self-sustainable colony would not have meat in their diet because there is no need for it.
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by valgor 2y ago
Including those that work directly on cultivated meat? There are literally companies out there selling cultivated meat right now. Regressive countries like Italy and conservative states in the US like Florida and Alabama have banned the sel
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by valgor 2y ago
I like thinking about space colonization. Whether it be a the first colony on Mars or a robust space station orbiting Jupiter, what do you think their food is like? Do you think they have farms growing cows and pigs and dogs? Or do they hav
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by valgor 2y ago
Funny enough, I mentioned not eating meat on another hackernews thread today and someone told me I'm going to get an autoimmune disease.
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by valgor 2y ago
Processed red meat is a class one carcinogen and red meat is a class two. Smoking is a class one. What this means is there is a direct, provable correlation to consuming these products to cancer. Sure, a cigarette may not cause the same lev
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by valgor 2y ago
I know they are trying to be practical with "reduce meat intake" and "drink less", but meat and alcohol is on par with smoking and they say "don't smoke". I hope we get to a point where we can say "do
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by valgor 3y ago
I highly recommend Ultralearning [1]. It does not talk about hours required to learn something, but how to define your goal, plan out the study, and then immerse yourself into the task. https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/
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by valgor 3y ago
Look up Blue Zone groups. Researchers study groups of people that live the longest and how they live. Of course diet and exercise is a big component, but a reason to live is another. There are other interesting factors as well.
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by valgor 3y ago
I started writing about animal ethics at the end of last year. This is mostly a clearing house for my thoughts, but I have found some people enjoy reading it. https://joshbaldwin.substack.com/
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by valgor 3y ago
What does being male or female matter? It is about adding to suffering in the world instead of removing suffering.
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by valgor 3y ago
Imagine it being 2023 and you are asking for more animals to torture. We should be demanding advancements in computational chemistry and biology, in vitro methods, and synthetic biology. Minor scientific advancements should not come at the
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by valgor 3y ago
Do whatever you are interested in. You want to help students or animals or prison reform groups, etc. Find organizations, look at their volunteer needs or email them. Then get to work. Otherwise, work in common tools.
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by valgor 4y ago
And this is why if one are interested in huma rights then one should work for prisoners rights. They are the most vulnerable humans to get shit on. If we can treat our criminals with dignity then maybe we can treat everyone else with dignit
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by valgor 4y ago
You are living in a dream world. Those animals exist for research and profit. Why would anyone walk them? Complete waste of time, and not to mention potentially damaging the research by contamination.
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by valgor 4y ago
That is how slaughterhouses work, at least in the US. Poor migrate workers get to work on the killing floor for low wages and dangerous work. Keeps it out of sight and minds of the more affluent people that eat those animals.
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by valgor 4y ago
Careful, one false step and your behavior will align with your morals.
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by valgor 4y ago
People like that don't rationalize it. You cannot win the ethical argument against eating animals. One simply ignores morals or does not care. And I don't mean this in an attacking way because we all do this to some extent.
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by valgor 4y ago
I took it a step further by starting on sheets of paper, second draft goes into a notebook, then the three draft gets typed on the computer. This really helped me not be afraid to write crap since I will toss the paper if it is bad. And the
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by valgor 4y ago
This is very true. Ideas are pretty cheap to come by. Implementing, building, teasing them out into a practical scenario is hard.
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by valgor 4y ago
CO2 is not the only molecule that causes the greenhouse effect. Methane is far more effective at heating up the atmosphere despite its short half life. That is why it is so dangerous.
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by valgor 4y ago
Whole article about methane emission. Not one mentioned about cows.
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by valgor 4y ago
I volunteer at a farm animal Sanctuary, and promote veganism. Best work ever.

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