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I enjoyed this story. Thank you for sharing.

Eternally grateful for your guides. You got me through my Intro to Networks and Network Programming classes at uni. Thank you.

> most customers would 1) push the button, then 2) complain that their battery performance is reduced.

In this scenario, have them do step 3..

3) push the button a second time.

I feel seen...

Have you been able to find something that works for you?

With careful planning and initial human upkeep for the first few years, it's been shown this can be accelerated and have a self-sustaining forest in ~10 years. Akira Miyawaki (29.01.1928 - 07.16.2021) [0], a botanist who studyied plant ecology, seeds, and natural forest restoration methods, introduced a "reforestation" algorithm known as the "Miyawaki method" in the early 1970s [1]. It has been adopted throughout the world with great success. And also prompted a viral TED talk by Shubhendu Sharma [2] who then produced a 12 video series on YT on how to create your own forest [3].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Miyawaki [1] https://www.af-info.or.jp/en/blueplanet/assets/pdf/list/2006... [2] https://youtu.be/mjUsobGWhs8 [3] https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDw6OmGaV5rnOCATIho19Icvp...

> Why do you think that would be the case? So long as there is value to be had from delivering a result faster, I would expect a correct solution delivered faster to be better than the same correct solution delivered more slowly.

It depends on the problem being solved and the probability that quicker solution could fail. A recent article posted on YC about solving puzzles [0] (I'll have to find the post), described a normal chess player with that of a grandmaster in how they thought about a single move. That move had a ratio of ways the move could backfire to it succeeding. A normal chess player has a ratio of 0.5:1. Where as the grandmaster's ratio floats around 5:1.

Interesting, I like the idea of pre-plastic. Some hypothetical "solutions" (i.e. brain farts) I'll toss out into the ether:

Ban all levels of plastic for the _packaging_ of food and goods.

Incentivize multiple-use and/or highly recyclable materials metal(aluminum), silicone and glass containers for food, rather than "convenience" and single-use.

Single-use plastics can be regulated and limited to medical/hospital use only.

This could also have a benefit of promoting smaller supply lines for things that spoil. Increasing small town economies, farms, mom & pop shops.

Plastics selling point is convenience and cost-reduction for consumers and businesses.

We could place regulation on the distillation ranges for the barrel oil.

As for the forever chemicals... We (U.S.) can approach the problem similar to the E.U. - Prove first, the safety of the chemical by outside labs (disallow testing by the company who benefits from the use of said chemical) before hitting the market. Whereas the current U.S. model is - I get to use whatever chemical I see fit, unless you prove to me wrong.

If I recall correctly, it had something to do with the manufacturing of the pipes used for gas stoves. I need to find the source.

Oh wow, thank you for sharing; this is lovely!