ElHexo [comrade/them]

Microsoft is the Windows ME of corporations

I don’t agree with the risk that Earth will become Venus, but it is very possible we could hit the hottest temperatures since ~50 million years ago, which were too hot and humid for humans to live in.

Projecting current emissions into the future, Gingerich found that if emissions continue to rise, we could be facing another PETM-like event in fewer than five generations. The total carbon accumulated in the atmosphere could hit the lowest estimate of carbon accumulated during the PETM – 3,000 gigatons – in the year 2159. It would hit the maximum estimated emissions – 7,126 gigatons – in 2278, based on Gingerich’s calculations. Humans have emitted roughly 1,500 gigatons of carbon as of 2016.

Both. Barbarism then socialism, either voluntarily or become socialism is the only system that can reliably sustain humanity.

there is a possibility of Earth even going the way of Venus

Not in the next few hundred million years - fortunately we can make the Earth inhospitable for human life well before the planet cannot sustain any life.

I’ve read a couple thousand for work, there’s no utility or meaning to be gathered except some people have pretty shit lives and some people make very rash decisions (and accidentally chose high lethality methods).

I don’t think I’ve ever read one that was like “to my family, I am sorry but I was not productive every day and I wasted lots of time”

Australia has huge reserves of rare earths.

Australia also has huge reserves of cobalt too, but it’s cheaper to fuck up the DRC with violence and pollution, force kids to mine it and then write articles hand wringing about the ~ moral implications of modernity ~ without mentioning there are viable alternatives.

https://gist.github.com/timvisee/fcda9bbdff88d45cc9061606b4b923ca

South Korea mostly burns it or turns it into fuel (to be burned later)

How so?

Own an idea for 14 years, own a person for life

The starting salary for teachers is $85,000 and the for a top of the scale teacher it’s $122,100 (~$80k in yank dollars).

The rusted-on people are still an issue

Blade and sorcery with one of the popular mods, set health to low and dismemberment to high

Maybe tweak the neck snapping a bit

no investigation, no right to speak?

no investigation no, right to speak!

This post reminded me to give up and close my tabs. 1378 tabs closed.

Libs: I support Taiwan because China is bad

Leftists: do you support the 11 dash line then?

Libs: ???

And the latest in cheat devices

Brake dust is bad but tire dust is the real issue

Emissions Analytics has found that adding 1,000 pounds to a midsize vehicle increased tire wear by about 20 percent, and also that Tesla’s Model Y generated 26 percent more tire pollution than a similar Kia hybrid. EVs’ more aggressive torque, which translates into faster acceleration, is another factor that creates more tire particulate mile for mile compared to similar internal combustion engine cars.

The numbers of votes cast will be pretty grim

Maybe CFLs, but a single incandescent bulb easily takes 60-100 watts. Assuming ten 60w bulbs in the house, that’s 14 kilowatts a day.