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shotta··on Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points
I never said it was a study. Politicians, movies by Al Gore, the 1972 and 1982 UN conference on the environment.

How about a study on studies not being reliable? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16060722/

shotta··on Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points
The 1972 and 1982 UN conference on the environment. You're right, it was 50 years ago.
shotta··on Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points
My chunk of the planet was suppose to be underwater 20 years ago, 15 years ago, 10 years ago, last year, in 3 years, and in 7 years. We are a naive species that does not understand climate or how and why it changes.
shotta··on US Government Bans Export of Nvidia A100 and H100 GPUs to China and Russia
Reminds me of an old Apple ad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoxvLq0dFvw
shotta··on Average new car transaction price hits a record $48,043
One of my friends had to buy a new (to him) car out of necessity. He decided to buy the only new car on the lot. He was bragging. Great deal.

Here’s the catch.. it requires premium. He didn’t know that. The dealer made sure not to volunteer any extra info. He’s keeping those miles low.

shotta··on What happens when a reservoir goes dry
I’m pretty sure the Mississippi River use to seasonally dry up in spots prior to the building of the lock and dam system.
shotta··on Help me identify possible tracking device found in my car
Living in winter. Preheating the vehicle. (That’s what I use mine for, which is factory installed.)
shotta··on Anti-Abortion Centers Find Pregnant Teens Online, Then Save Their Data
This reminded me of when Target outed a teenage pregnancy to her parents through targeted advertising.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-targ...

shotta··on System Preferences Reimagined on macOS
I shouldn’t (and won’t) have to do that.
shotta··on System Preferences Reimagined on macOS
Right click a message window -> show times.

Search works great. My CPU is idle. Sync iCloud works perfectly if you toggle your iPhone to also share SMS with your Mac.

shotta··on System Preferences Reimagined on macOS
Took me forever just to find sharing to rename my machine.

Trying to step people through this convoluted app over the phone or text is really going to be a chore. I had the old System Panes memorized.

shotta··on Crabs evolved at least five times from separate groups of crustaceans (2021)
crabby*
shotta··on Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of American firearms (2015)
My serious and simple response would be, why are you turning against law abiding citizens instead of focusing on the psycho criminal that was known to police prior to the event?
shotta··on Designing for non-rectangular browser windows
Is Dunder Mifflin Sabre finally releasing the Pyramid?

https://medium.com/dunder-mifflin-paper/unleashing-the-power...

shotta··on How did Tropicana lose $30M in a packaging redesign?
I got into the mango orange juice, and it got really hard to find.. which led me to frozen and there’s no going back! There are so many more options, and a lot more options without added sugars and corn syrup being added to the mix.
shotta··on A wild turkey is attacking people in D.C.
Still mad about not being the National Bird.
shotta··on What Is the Fediverse?
Crazy. You dropped civility in your hypothetical when you called the example a transphobe.
shotta··on Are the Great Lakes really inland seas?
I have always loved this song about a shipwreck on the Great Lakes. https://youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI
shotta··on Snapchat’s product is booming
Twitter and Reddit (and third party clients like Apollo) are allowed to bypass this.
shotta··on Our smartphones are stuffed with photos. The challenge is finding the good ones
I use the App Flic to sift through my photos. It lets you pick a month (or I think day) and then you go through your photos right swiping (keep) and left (trash bin to review once again before emptying.)

Another app, Gemini, can help you find photos of nothing (floor shots, sky shots, pocket shots) and blurry shots and duplicates.

shotta··on Asus and DD-WRT – don't even think about it
I’m a huge fan of MerlinWRT on Asus hardware. https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net
shotta··on The Nintendo Switch has now outsold the Wii
For me the Switch was solely a Zelda rectangle. I didn’t explore beyond that game at all for over a year. The store seems bad for discovery, but the online community is awesome. I’ve discovered new (to me) genres of game that I love and have gone back to older consoles to find similar games. The switch reset me back into gaming. If that makes any sense!
shotta··on Delta CEO wants U.S. to put unruly passengers on 'no-fly' list
If they make an anti-masker list I hope they make one for people that express this much hate towards strangers as well.
shotta··on A&W Turns its 'Worst Marketing Fail' Into a New Burger, Launches 3/9lb sandwich
My eyes were instantly drawn to the 1/4. It looks like the winner being held up to me.
shotta··on I tried 30 mustards this summer
Poupon U!
shotta··on Congratulations, Mini, you made the stupidest turn signals ever
What I failed to articulate (I can’t get my brain to boot this morning) is that a decent amount of motorcycles use arrows as their turn indicators. When I see a blinking arrow at night, I assume it’s a bike.
shotta··on Congratulations, Mini, you made the stupidest turn signals ever
My dad put little mirrors in the garage so he can check the blinkers easily without leaving the vehicle.
shotta··on Congratulations, Mini, you made the stupidest turn signals ever
What if it’s dark outside.

Is that a motorcycle? I can’t tell. I guess that motorcycle is turning left.

shotta··on Vaccine experts: Covid-19 booster shots aren't needed now
The meme of people sticking themselves with every needle they can get ahold of is real?

I think this is a bad idea, to make this booster decision on your own. Talk to your doctor first.

shotta··on Is Hacker News a good predictor of future tech trends?
This only looked at submissions it seems. I gather a lot more useful information lurking the comments. I think discussions in the comments here are far ahead of the mainstream.
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