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cafebabbe··on A Coronavirus Vaccine Could Kill Half a Million Sharks, Conservationists Warn
There isn't a way out to this mess that doesn't involve rethinking wealth redistribution.
cafebabbe··on Rideshare operations are being suspended in California
Cool story, like a mini american dream! Some drivers have differing views on the topic though :(
cafebabbe··on Warren Buffett traded Goldman Sachs for gold
A very forgiving description for what is just plain hypocrisy.
cafebabbe··on Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, study finds
As far as i know, no model predicts a glacial period in the next decades.

Also, inhabitable land & crop failure will happen with an increase of 3 to 4 degrees (and this is the optimistic outcome), so i don't see why it's not worth or your "truly catastrophic" characterization.

cafebabbe··on Amazon satellites add to astronomers' worries about night sky
Not to mention the thousands of workers having to deal with grueling, unsafe work conditions.
cafebabbe··on How will the world vaccinate seven billion?
Why would we need to vaccine absolutely everyone ? isn't herd immunity a thing?
cafebabbe··on Garmin obtains decryption key after ransomware attack
brand reputation is a heck of a liability
cafebabbe··on CO2 emissions set to fall nearly 8% this year, the largest drop in history
Well how do you mine lithium? What's the carbon footprint of recycling batteries ? (Do we even recycle them, or just make virtuous promises?)

We are nowhere close to reducing the consumption of fossil fuels. Green energy is just a sexy proxy.

cafebabbe··on Humans Not Invited
Is there a <vague object name with high number of definitions> in this picture?
cafebabbe··on CO2 emissions set to fall nearly 8% this year, the largest drop in history
Yep, CO2 or GDP, pick one.

Gives you a sense of the size of the problem.

cafebabbe··on YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly contradicts WHO advice
Checks and balances.
cafebabbe··on Coronavirus has caused a bicycling boom in New York City
Oh my sweet summer child, you have no idea ;)
cafebabbe··on Spot the Drowning Child (2015)
I never said it was a perfect security measure - but it does help a lot.
cafebabbe··on Show HN: HN reader that filters out COV**-19 and Coronavir** articles
Alas, people in the US will soon learn that denial isn't a good vaccine.
cafebabbe··on Spot the Drowning Child (2015)
So many of them don't have arm bands? It's borderline criminal to allow untrained kids in a pool without wearing those.
cafebabbe··on Doom Eternal can hit 1k FPS courtesy of the id Tech 7 engine
How can we know for sure?
cafebabbe··on Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application
Just use a laser rangefinder. If you can't borrow one, they are really cheap and make room measurements a trivial task.
cafebabbe··on Intel desktop board BIOS update end-of-life
In some industries, that's not even medium-term.
cafebabbe··on Rx – Extensible pixel editor implemented in Rust, inspired by Vi
Gamedevs.
cafebabbe··on Employer health plans are getting pricier and skimpier
Instructions unclear, it's "free" in my country, and it's still great ? What am I doing wrong ?
cafebabbe··on Employer health plans are getting pricier and skimpier
It's rather painful to watch from this side of the Atlantic.

I guess that I need to acknowledge this is really what most people want in America.

cafebabbe··on The SR-71's predecessor used cesium-laced fuel to create radar-absorbing exhaust
"I know it's toxic but from a technical aspect, that is really cool"

is a great alternative HN tagline

cafebabbe··on I wanted to punish my daughter with a no-frills phone but it didn't go to plan
Nokias, especially the 3310 model, had stellar UI for text and voice calls. Contextual menus always spot-on, two actions max for getting anywhere, T9 typing...
cafebabbe··on Average Global Temperatures since 1850
Ah yes, denialism latest fancy mask.

"ok ok it's actually happening, but it's something more complicated, you're still wrong"

https://skepticalscience.com/climate-models.htm

cafebabbe··on Raspberry Pi 4
What? Even on low-profile distros, Raspberries are terrible desktop PCs. This one is certainly looking better but i don't expect a game-changing experience, in light of existing i7s CPUs and javascript-"powered" apps.
cafebabbe··on The Backlash to Plastic Has Oil Companies Worried
Without fossil fuels, no Haber-Bosch process. No Haber-Bosch process, no fertilizers. No fertilizers, no food security.
cafebabbe··on What Ancient Romans Used Instead of Toilet Paper
[Narrator voice] They didn't.
cafebabbe··on Why Recycling Doesn't Work
I don't know. Can you ?
cafebabbe··on Why Recycling Doesn't Work
The hygiene is a non-problem. I used to worked in (decent quality) kitchens - you would never believe what I've witnessed. And still, sanitary problems occur incredibly rarely.
cafebabbe··on Why Recycling Doesn't Work
Survival is definitely valuable, by simply allowing you to produce value longer. I think the problem is that there is no 'long-term' factored in how we measure value.
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