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Just a Moron posted:Are they nobel prize in economics winners? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Clauser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_Giaever both physicists
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Sep 1, 2023 19:13
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Sep 1, 2023 20:12
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beginning to think people with skill and talent in their fields might not always have the best insight or opinions outside of their narrow scope of knowledge poo poo, does this mean the captains of industry we collectively worship might actually be idiots? no no this can't be right
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Sep 1, 2023 20:14
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Cold on a Cob posted:beginning to think people with skill and talent in their fields might not always have the best insight or opinions outside of their narrow scope of knowledge lol even people in adjacent fields or the actual field in question can have some real bad takes when money, ideology, career, or just stubbornness are on the line see: COVID
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Sep 1, 2023 20:22
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corona familiar posted:lol even people in adjacent fields or the actual field in question can have some real bad takes when money, ideology, career, or just stubbornness are on the line yeah true none of us are free of sin, etc etc
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Sep 1, 2023 20:23
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the idea that climate change isnt an issue because its happening naturally is so bizarre. like we put out wildfires regardless of them being started by lightning or by arson. we resist and suppress natural events all the loving time and if a natural cycle is going to immiserate the world and lead to hundreds of millions of deaths, youd think we would try to resist that as much as possible, or at least slow it down to buy time. but no its just this bizarre fatalism and an assumption that we cant do anything at all if its a natural cycle.
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Sep 1, 2023 20:30
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celadon posted:but no its just this bizarre fatalism and an assumption that we cant do anything at all if its a natural cycle. have you considered that doing anything at all will cost money that could otherwise add to the number in my bank account? thought so it's not like it'll affect me. I'll just pay someone to insulate me from the effects, and I'll be long gone by the time the worst happens
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Sep 1, 2023 20:35
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Rectal Death Adept posted:This has been posted at me multiple times today, enjoy im the 777 united pilot who can confirm there is no such thing as a troposphere.
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Sep 1, 2023 21:46
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I signed a letter saying anime is real, so it's real now. I know a lot more people have signed a letter saying it isn't, but I signed my letter really hard
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Sep 1, 2023 21:47
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Just got done watching Miracle Mile with my partner not knowing what to expect (when asked what I just put on, I said some goons in the Biosphere Collapse thread recommended it...) and had a great time. Spent half the runtime trying to recall where I'd seen various actors, and the other half wanting the Tangerine Dream score, which annoyingly isn't available streaming or on iTunes. So, whoever brought it up, kudos to you, good goon.
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Sep 1, 2023 22:05
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In other news, I heard we outlawed climate change as being fake and wrong and a lie, so we're all about done here. Great thread, everybody and what a vibe to end it all on. Can't wait to go back to work knowing the machine can keep on churning for, well, ever.
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Sep 1, 2023 22:07
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celadon posted:the idea that climate change isnt an issue because its happening naturally is so bizarre. like we put out wildfires regardless of them being started by lightning or by arson. we resist and suppress natural events all the loving time the natural cycle is about speciation. one of the species got extremely overfitted to a specific set of conditions which their success upended, and now there are going to be many fewer species for a bit. it's all part of a natural cycle though
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Sep 1, 2023 22:21
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Just noticed this on my computer lol  
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Sep 1, 2023 22:29
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celadon posted:the idea that climate change isnt an issue because its happening naturally is so bizarre. like we put out wildfires regardless of them being started by lightning or by arson. we resist and suppress natural events all the loving time It's funnier, because the chuds that promote this mentality are the first to punch the air whenever humanity conquers puny nature in some form. We tamed the Colorado river, or we conquered every inhospitable biome on the planet or whatever. Oh, a bit too much heat? Gotta leave that be. It's natural and good and not a problem, even if these same dunderheads would seriously entertain nuking a hurricane to stop it if we could. See, if we accepted that we partook in our own demise like idiots, then we'd feel something. A not good something. Also, eco-fascism climate change hoax peddlers being right means I can't have long showers and drive a V8 lifted truck, so it has to be incorrect.
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Sep 1, 2023 22:52
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Bruce Hussein Daddy posted:Just noticed this on my computer lol We should get rid of standby LED indicators on appliances. That will save a bundle.
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Sep 1, 2023 22:53
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Powerscolding
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Sep 1, 2023 23:07
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celadon posted:
"then we are obligated to profit off it as much as possible" - wsj opinions
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Sep 1, 2023 23:11
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once again, people get really mad if you discuss the consequences of our society
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Sep 1, 2023 23:24
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bedpan posted:once again, people get really mad if you discuss the consequences of our society Not me! I'll fight you over this!
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Sep 1, 2023 23:56
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Sep 2, 2023 00:47
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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:i've kinda decided to spend my reading time on scifi and other fiction southern reach trilogy or is there a new entry in this specific subgenre for me to check out?
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Sep 2, 2023 00:49
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yes that’s a southern reach reference gonna read gravity’s rainbow next
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Sep 2, 2023 01:20
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Bruce Hussein Daddy posted:Just noticed this on my computer lol You are single handedly killing all of the coral. Good job rear end in a top hat
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Sep 2, 2023 01:28
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crosspost from burning man thread dear idiot king stereotype: how will you be offsetting your emissions as penance for your crimes against the biosphere
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Sep 2, 2023 01:31
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Didn't someone in this thread say there is no inconvenience so small that people will accept it? It might have been a covid thread instead. Funny to see examples being posted here. Even the tiniest change in habit is just too much, especially when you can point to others making no effort at all. ubachung has issued a correction as of 01:55 on Sep 2, 2023 |
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Sep 2, 2023 01:40
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My partner wants to stop buying liquid soap, and to start using bars of soap, because the liquid soap comes in plastic bottles. We're helping.
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Sep 2, 2023 01:58
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ubachung posted:Didn't someone in this thread say there is no inconvenience so small that people will accept it? It might have been a covid thread instead. Funny to see examples being posted here. People will make massive sacrifices, it just has to be in exchange for something good. The powerful people have broken the social contract in the west and thus ruined the ability to rely on goodwill alone to achieve mass action. But the profits have been great, so who can say.
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Sep 2, 2023 02:10
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starkebn posted:My partner wants to stop buying liquid soap, and to start using bars of soap, because the liquid soap comes in plastic bottles. its called slickdeals and you buy bars by the box
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Sep 2, 2023 02:38
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starkebn posted:My partner wants to stop buying liquid soap, and to start using bars of soap, because the liquid soap comes in plastic bottles. have u tried making your own soap?
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Sep 2, 2023 03:01
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ubachung posted:Didn't someone in this thread say there is no inconvenience so small that people will accept it? It might have been a covid thread instead. Funny to see examples being posted here. Even if these small habit changes could actually fix anything, it seems crazy to me to suggest that consumers choose inconvenience when convenience is still affordable and easily accessible. Why, if it's so drat important to everything, in our consumption driven system, is the burden on the consumer to have to constantly choose personally suboptimal options and not on the producer to not provide those choices in the first place? Because personal carbon footprint is manufactured bullshit to maintain the status quo and push the guilt onto the gormless for as long as possible when the only thing that would have saved us was a total overhaul from the beginning, and constantly moralising about the personal choices and failures of consumers is just buying into that bullshit. People will always choose the path of least resistance, the system has to be designed to ensure that path is beneficial. And that will never happen, because the system is people.
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Sep 2, 2023 07:38
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I watched Miracle Mile too, great movie, cool ending. It just keeps escalating and you know in a normal movie where it would go but it just doesn't go there.
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Sep 2, 2023 07:46
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starkebn posted:My partner wants to stop buying liquid soap Mine had us switch to a kind that you make yourself by putting a tablet in a glass soap dispenser with water. I think it's called blueland and it's not terrible. Way better than bar soap at any rate.
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Sep 2, 2023 08:01
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TheBlackVegetable posted:Even if these small habit changes could actually fix anything, it seems crazy to me to suggest that consumers choose inconvenience when convenience is still affordable and easily accessible. It's also absolutely doomed to fail in the long term because people who can't afford sustainable options won't buy them, and people who can afford them will eventually - sooner or later - become people who can't. Inflation has been painted as a quirk of the Ukraine war, which is true, but it hides the deeper truth that when cheap energy runs out, inflation is going to just keep going up and push billions into poverty. Those impoverished masses aren't going to buy bamboo toothbrushes
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Sep 2, 2023 08:38
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Skaffen-Amtiskaw posted:Just got done watching Miracle Mile with my partner not knowing what to expect (when asked what I just put on, I said some goons in the Biosphere Collapse thread recommended it...) and had a great time. Spent half the runtime trying to recall where I'd seen various actors, and the other half wanting the Tangerine Dream score, which annoyingly isn't available streaming or on iTunes. That was me  Glad you enjoyed it. I didnt see until a few years ago and absolutely loved it. It's so strange it bombed so hard that it virtually disapeared from movie libraries entirely
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Sep 2, 2023 09:07
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moana posted:Also, when society collapses and countries can't source oil we'll go back to burning coal and make things even worse.
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Sep 2, 2023 09:11
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Lol in <10 years we are going to go from this useless poo poo to admonishing users for the waste heat their machine is producing
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Sep 2, 2023 11:25
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toggle posted:i knew it! Only other mammals breathing is a problem. Ours is good though
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Sep 2, 2023 11:55
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Rectal Death Adept posted:This has been posted at me multiple times today, enjoy just kinda taking this all in this morning, from the bleating "THIS IS SO IMPORTANT UPVOTE FOREVER" swarm of blue checks (and the pending Elon "interesting!"), taking exactly 2 second to confirm that this is complete codswallop fabricated by the petroleum industry and these winners:  and yeah, i just kinda wanna start screaming at people on a street corner, i get it now. i see how that happens.
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Sep 2, 2023 12:42
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ubachung posted:Didn't someone in this thread say there is no inconvenience so small that people will accept it? It might have been a covid thread instead. Funny to see examples being posted here. Lol this stuff is all imposed guilt to make you feel bad about your life. Worse you feel about your basic needs, less you'll think about all the freshwater fountains on rich peoples' estates that never turn off
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Sep 2, 2023 12:43
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Ah that's too bad. We were so close to fixing everything!
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Sep 2, 2023 12:44
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