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Not only a court of public opinion but in judicial court IC behavior like this is deemed unconstitutional once allowed to be discussed.

The link you point to claims 1.2% of fresh water is surface water, fyi. According to the link, the bulk is in glaciers and icebergs (~69% - nice). 30% is ground water, which is cool and all, but replenishes slowly from what I know.

Not to lecture but write out my thoughts, I feel like the discussion on climate change consistently revolves around who supports or opposes the idea and who/what is to blame. To me, looking around, it’s a conversation about responsibility. I don’t see how, say, having a bunch of casinos in Las Vegas is responsible behavior for a society. Same goes with eating a ton of calories and sitting around all day.

And you can say it’s not, no biggie, people do crazy shit all the time. But like a body, it can only take so much before (to extend the latter example) diabetes sets in. At some point it seems like a wise decision to be responsible with our planet and our bodies, collectively. But I don’t really see people willingly assuming responsibility for their actions, let alone their impact on the collective. Oof, especially in the US where the interest in “independence” has a large following.

I'm on the flip side of this preference. If framework laptops had a touchscreen, I would have waffled on ordering one.

I wish I knew more about finance but I was too busy learning about biology…

Generalizations and white-washing here I see. The water estimations, and subsequent use, occurred without meaningful thought about sustainability. (But no matter, who needs sustainability when you have economy ;) The southwest states are going to have a rough go in terms of water because of poor decision making. Then and now. And I don’t mean policy alone, individual decisions add up (e.g., those out of place riverboat-looking boats on Lake Powell).

This question is a tangent to your work. Having never used music LMs, and only being cursorily aware of them - how do you keep up with the sota in your field?

Good point, would not thought of this on my own.

“You kidding me? I love eating bacteria-modified-plastic-waste-paste. Have you tried the blue flavor yet?”

A really disturbing party?

I'm no crypto expert here, admittedly. Isn't the point of decentralization to avoid this level of control?

It's like the crypto 'investor' response is "Decentralization...that's not so important. What we really want is sheer, unaltered speculation."

I reason it’s because culturally we don’t include friendship as important when making life decisions (career, living situations, child reading, etc.). We live in increasingly small units.

I too would like to see a source. Making claims without backing them up with evidence is a poor way to defend said claim.

To me, and granted I'm no expert, but it's written like a script.

Good story, but wrapping it up at the end like the author did reads like propaganda.

How did you find programming language popularity by city?

The amount of ads on that site was too much.

Agreeing with the other comment, that’s a false binary in your logic. Ethics, and morality, are different things and can’t be contained in an either/or statement well.

You had me til Apple. For me Apple is selling the idea that they are the ones to be trusted with privacy, i.e., power. And that's a hard pill for me to swallow.

It’s a good question, and I’m glad that you posted it. I am in a similar situation.

For me, I am becoming wearier and wearier of drinking - but having the access to an external and accessible release is appealing. I don’t have advice but I do have a personal target: I smoked cigarettes starting 20+ years ago. And over the years I got distance from it little by little. Now I have, what I like to think of as, a good relationships with tobacco. I enjoy a cigarette once every 6-8 weeks. Sometimes it’s good and tasty and I enjoy the experience, other times it tastes like crap and I know I’ll feel even worse later so I cut it 1/4 in.

That’s where I want to get with alcohol (and I’m certainly getting closer).

A comment stating Musk owns Instagram and claims other people are unaware.

To me, you’re missing the point of the comment. OP points a group of people’s <i>actions</i>, not their <i>affiliation</i>. Well unless their affiliation forces them to do particular actions.

If you are ready to “play”, provide a legit source for your claim “BLM head bombed congress”. All I find is kids shooting up schools in the US.

You stated a “2020 summer of terror” - was that terror the deaths of citizens by government servants? Likely not your concern. I stated that that comment shows your political bias. Which it does, and continues to do. What aboutism does not enter this debate on your bias.

To highlight your bias, you relate bolshevism to BLM protests, a real stretch (also continuing to reveal your indoctrination). You see protests (property damage, violence) against clear examples of police violence as ”bolshevism”. You’re not thinking.

Assuming you’re a US citizen, do you realize you already live under an example of socialism? How do you think roads, school, social security benefits, both good and killer cops, etc. are all paid for? By collective taxes used to pay for services, infrastructure that helps society function.

Also you wanna see terror, how bout plots to kidnap the MI governor or attack OH’s power grid [2].

Doubtful you give much thought to domestic terrorism when it’s not for purposes of opposing your political opponent.

Don’t lump half of your country under the guise of a single umbrella term. It will severely distort/disrupt your ability to think.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_Whitmer_kidnapping_... [2] https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh/pr/3-men-plead-guilty-dome...

Your political bias blocks your vision of violence at protests:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Right_rally

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_United_States_Capitol_a...

Next time you have, what I imagine you believe to be, a real good comment. Head for a mirror and look at yourself and say these words allowed: “ There are more ways to look at life, society, politics than the one I have. I haven’t given this adequate thought and my opinion is likely wrong. I should educate myself rather than write comments.”

Yea. If it’s not a perfect solution, let’s do nothing!

Where have people outlawed these straws, and what is your source for it (if it happened) doing less than nothing?

This doesn’t address the largest consumers of water in the area, as stated above. People consume far less water than business and ag.

IMO, golf courses in the southwest is straight up foolish. Start the ax there.

I have an opinion, that sort of conflicts with having an opinion itself - but hear me out. I have growing opinion that Americans (US) more often than not feel a compulsion to have an opinion. A family-member states an opinion or event, we read something in the news, etc. and, without being even _decently_ educated in the subject, choosing to hold an opinion and (pseudo) defend it. I'm outing my former self here.

How much easier is life if we choose a select group of topics to be informed on and debate those. Letting the other shit go, saying to ourselves "I'm not knowledgeable enough here to have an meaningful opinion. And therefore, I will stfu." That takes a lot of where with all and, aside from myself, I have not heard a single person say words along these lines.

Violent anarchists, who are these? Also, as I am interested to learn, sources would be helpful.

From your comment, I get the sense that you believe climate change isn't a top priority for humans.

I disagree, I hold the opinion that we humans are on course, and hold responsibility, for the sixth (current) mass extinction event. And that the cause of this has been human activity and our consumption habits [0].

Mass extinction, sounds sober, sounds like it might have an effect on humanity and human suffering on a global level, no? It may not be a concern if you are of the belief that humans _will not_ be among those included in this extinction event (and are wholly species-centered). I don't believe we will dodge the bullet of our own creation - it seems clear to me too few individuals are willing to change their habits to do. Let alone take the time to educate themselves on the topic.

Here are a collection of quotes in support of my argument, accompanied with citation:

"The overarching driver of species extinction is human population growth and increasing per capita consumption." [0]

"In the past 500 years, humans have triggered a wave of extinction, threat, and local population declines that may be comparable in both rate and magnitude with the five previous mass extinctions of Earth’s history." [1]

"Moreover, we have unleashed a mass extinction event, the sixth in roughly 540 million years, wherein many current life forms could be annihilated or at least committed to extinction by the end of this century." [2]

"Our review lays out arguments clearly demonstrating that there is a biodiversity crisis, quite probably the start of the Sixth Mass Extinction." [3]

Does this sound to you like one of the biggest problems facing humanity? If not, according to your rigorous and sober analysis, what is?

Lastly, I'd like to know, where are you pulling "Fewer people die from natural disasters today than ever in human history" from?

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[0] "The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection". Science. 344 (6187): 1246752. [1] "Defaunation in the Anthropocene". Science. 345 (6195): 401–406. (2014). [2] "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice". BioScience. 67 (12): 1026–1028.(2017) [3] "The Sixth Mass Extinction: fact, fiction or speculation?." Biological Reviews (2022).

Tor at least but there’s likely more. also rumor in the internet goes (and looking to be correct if misguided) the us government identifies its citizens that dl Tor

Could you provide a link or two of content that might be censored elsewhere? I am curious to read “banned literature”.