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Ecological and geological time is always a reminder of how brief the human lifespan truly is. 200 years is the blink of an eye for an ecosystem, but lifetimes for us. It's inspiring to see people work on restorations that they will never be able to appreciate in their own lives.
> I think there's a chance that emulating Heroku that closely is a path to failure in the 2020s.
I'm not sure I agree, considering that a different platform emulating this exact setup with ~zero configuration is basically everything we want! GitHub actions is (I agree) really great and very versatile, but I'll take Heroku's UI over digging through actions plugin documentation for hours any day.
Until another service has all of this, we’re sticking with Heroku.
> Overall, it doesn’t look like Walgreens’ 2021 closure rate requires explanation beyond pandemic effects, their own 2019 cost management program, and broader economic trends. Additionally, it appears their 2020 closure rate was below, or at best on par with, their 2019 closure rate, indicating that the new DA, who took office at the start of 2020, did not accelerate the decline of Walgreens in San Francisco.
You do realize that Google also scans your images for CP, and furthermore that Google's current business model is literally surveillance advertisement, right?
Try getting that behavior from Google, a company who's existence is dependent on surveillance advertising.
Here's a few examples:
1. I follow a few photographers that I greatly admire. Some of their best work is on Twitter. With super-follows, I can support these artists and get exclusive posts for things like gear reviews, etc.
2. I follow a lot of economists/scientists that often have really interesting insights. Noah Smith, Tyler Cowen, Ezra Klein, Scott Manley, to name a few. I'd happily pay a couple dollars a month for more in-depth content by them on Twitter.
3. I also follow some interesting writers and creators, like Craig Mod, Hundred Rabbits, and Kyle Chakya. I could see myself paying them a couple bucks a month if enough of their content was offered that way. They are also people I really respect, so I'd be happy to support them.
They definitely have corrupt politicians though, no doubt about that.
If you're in New Orleans, I recommend considering an evacuation if you have somewhere to go.
Postgres
Redis
Express + knexjs (TS on backend)
Heroku
Create React App front end.
Simple, boring technologies.
> People who had recovered from COVID-19, including those no longer reporting symptoms, exhibited significant cognitive deficits versus controls when controlling for age, gender, education level, income, racial-ethnic group, pre-existing medical disorders, tiredness, depression and anxiety. The deficits were of substantial effect size for people who had been hospitalised (N = 192), but also for non-hospitalised cases who had biological confirmation of COVID-19 infection (N = 326). Analysing markers of premorbid intelligence did not support these differences being present prior to infection. Finer grained analysis of performance across sub-tests supported the hypothesis that COVID-19 has a multi-domain impact on human cognition.
I disagree, "punk" is not about dystopia, it's about rebelling against the status-quo. Solarpunk, at its core, is about rejecting our current way of life. That's where the punk comes from.