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jessant··on Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
Safer for pedestrians, not for the drivers.
jessant··on Eat This Much – Automatic Meal Planner
Intermittent fasting seems to have health benefits.
jessant··on Russia presses Apple to install Kremlin-approved apps
If you look at Kashmir using Apple Maps, it will look different depending whether you are in India, Pakistan, or China. Is Apple recognizing one of those countries claims any more than the other?
jessant··on New disclosures to our archive of state-backed information operations
That is not what is happening.
jessant··on Alienated, Alone and Angry: What the Digital Revolution Did?
A major factor is government usurping the traditional functions of community. You don't need help from your local church or a fraternal society if you are getting aid from the government. And people are less likely to participate in the community if they feel that the government is handling and taxing them to do so.
jessant··on Boeing Starliner updates: Spacecraft flies into wrong orbit, jeopardizing test
I recently watched this video comparing the philosophies of the two companies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3KNmQ_IysU
jessant··on New disclosures to our archive of state-backed information operations
Whataboutism would be to say it is okay for other countries to do it because the US is doing it. It is not whataboutism to say that neither should do it and that the US is getting away with it. Any criticism of the US seems to be met with accusations of whataboutism.
jessant··on Contractor admits planting logic bombs in his software
Any amount of jail time for non-violent crimes seems excessive.
jessant··on Ohio gas well blowout leaked more than many countries do in a year
I doubt anyone could accurately price CO2 emissions.
jessant··on Ohio gas well blowout leaked more than many countries do in a year
Judging by this[1] graph, the federal government spends like 10x on renewable energy subsidies vs nuclear. Imagine how much more developed the nuclear power capabilities of the US would be if it received similar attention.

[1] https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2019/09/23/energy-subsidies-re...

jessant··on Bill to crack down on robocalls passes Senate
How will carriers determine if a phone call is legitimate? How will I be able to determine if there are false positives? How will I report false negatives?
jessant··on Will We Run Out of Helium?
If it gets rare enough, it will incentivize space industry in order to mine it from the moon.
jessant··on The Great $50M African IP Address Heist
I think they mean rare in terms of usage? As in you are as unlikely to encounter an ipv6 address as compared to the amount of v6 addresses.
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