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19gon Carbon dioxide peaks near 420 parts per million at Mauna Loa observatory

Probably recency bias, media coverage, and because for the resources it uses (with any source of energy), it’s hard to see it as a better alternative to what exists currently

Agriculture, fossil fuels, transportation and manufacturing for single use products are some of the highest order problems to me.

19gon Is skipping J&J and waiting (a little while) for Pfizer/Moderna wiser?

I saw this video, which illustrates what you pretty much stated:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3odScka55A

I actually wish I got the JnJ vaccine (I got the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine last week).

19gon Dieter Rams Palettes

Seems like you're really trying to defend your point in the comments, but I'd say like you do in other areas of art and design: a portfolio

19gon Dieter Rams Palettes

I agree. There’s a lot of nuance in color palettes that can lead to changes that are hard to describe.

There’s also something to be said about an expert’s ability to discern the finer details of one version over other versions of the same thing.

19gon Desirable streets: where do people prefer to walk?

+1 for Walkable City! For everyone saying that the conclusions in the post are obvious, it apparently wasn't obvious enough that in the US, many cities are built for cars and not people.

Another good book is 'Happy City' although I liked Walkable City more.

https://www.amazon.com/Happy-City-Transforming-Through-Desig...

19gon Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?

this is pretty cool! one thing i would want to see is the classic or 'must do' routes of the destination.

19gon Remembering The Sims, getting nostalgic about PC games

fyi, your link only goes to the YT homepage

19gon No, WallStreetBets isn’t robbing Wall Street to help the little guy

The narrative of what's happening has evolved too.

It wasn't until retail investors were blocked from buying did people perceive it as a class war. Even on HN, the bigger news is about Robinhood and other firms and how they handled the situation.

At this point, anyone still buying and holding is doing so to make a statement about showing it to the suits, which as you said is going to end up poorly.

I'm also fascinated that the number of subscribers to wsb grew from 1.8M to 4.9M in two days and how they're handling it.

19gon Ask HN: What should I do on my Pomodoro breaks?

The point of the break period is to give yourself time away from your work so by nature I'm not sure how 'productive' you want it to be because any other productive activity requires focus. If you want to avoid moving pictures during your break, the optimization of the time doesn't have to be productive:

- go for a walk (even if its only within your work area)

- talk if you're around someone who also needs a break)

- organize your time/ideas for your next task

- water your plants (if you have any)

- play with your dog/cat (if you have any)

- stretching or some other short spurt of physical activity

- work on a puzzle

- chess

- drawing

- meditate

- nap

19gon Deleting Facebook permanently

I deleted the Instagram app from my phone a while back, but still was stuck browsing on the web version.

More recently, I've had issues logging in via mobile browser so that's helped as another blocker.

19gon Identifying Heat-Stressed Corals

Thanks for sharing this.

Given that the coral microbiome has a complex composition, I'd be curious to see how this could offer consistency in measuring coral health across different species.

19gon Investors pour $1bn into buying up small merchants on Amazon

Sorry - it worked for me. I'll opt for an archive.is link next time.

19gon Investors pour $1bn into buying up small merchants on Amazon

non-paywalled link: https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2020/12/22/investo...

19gon Ask HN: What can a technologist do about climate change?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21024358

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20015037

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18332012

19gon The science of addiction: Do you always like the things you want?

If 'wanting' and 'liking' can be dissociated, what are the methods for changing the stimulus that results in the 'wanting'?

19gon The Social Life of Forests

This is also a good book on the topic:

https://www.npr.org/books/titles/488266595/the-hidden-life-o...