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NesquikMikeon Is there enough land on Earth to fight climate change and feed the world?

It's interesting I just finished reading an article about a very similar topic on overpopulation that argues that we're past the point where we have enough land to feed the population using organic methods: https://open.substack.com/pub/depopulism/p/in-defense-of-eff...

NesquikMikeon Things I learnt doing stand-up comedy

Mathematically the minimum number of elements necessary for a pattern is three.

NesquikMikeon Things I learnt doing stand-up comedy

Thanks! :D

Really like the quote and your website. I've had a good play around with your "find a random blogger from Hacker News" project.

NesquikMikeon Things I learnt doing stand-up comedy

Haha thanks for linking!

NesquikMikeon Things I learnt doing stand-up comedy

Author here, you're right that this can happen.

NesquikMikeon What Tech Workers Don't Understand They've Lost by WFH

Hi, I'm the author. I'm a Data Scientist and I spend most of my time doing data analysis in Jupyter Notebooks or coding up ML algorithms.

For me I find it helpful being in an office as at home by myself it's way too easy to get sucked into the rabbit hole of YouTube or the Productivity Porn on Hacker News. For me it helps feeling like I'm part of a team and I don't want to let my team down.

NesquikMikeon Ask HN: What are some of your favorite YouTube channels?

Thorough Analysis of Footwear Materials: https://www.youtube.com/c/RoseAnvil

Python: https://www.youtube.com/c/mCodingWithJamesMurphy

General Programming: https://www.youtube.com/c/Fireship

Learning Brand New Skills: https://www.youtube.com/c/MikeShake

Economics: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePlainBagel

History: https://www.youtube.com/c/TenMinuteHistory

Investing (UK Focus): https://www.youtube.com/c/Pensioncraft

Soccer: https://www.youtube.com/c/BecomeElite

London Transport History: https://www.youtube.com/c/JagoHazzard

NesquikMikeon Malcolm Gladwell slams working from home: ‘What have you reduced your life to?’

As a Data Scientist working at a Publicly Listed Company I've really started to feel siloed and alienated by WFH. I think that my colleagues feel the same, but they just don't voice it. Shameless plug but, I wrote a blog post about it on my personal website here: https://michaelgv.uk/posts/2022/08/what-tech-workers-dont-un...