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I really dislike cars and they way they dominate our lives and environments.

I've talked to local government reps about schemes like this, and the challenge that's always thrown back at me is without pricing, how do you regulate demand?

Currently, you normally pay a scaled fee based on distance of journey for public transort. The minimum is quite high, and that prevents you from taking a short trip. With free, how do you stop people using a bus for very short trips meaning you need more vehicles that are then empty for long trips?

I cycle a lot, but bikes are a pain in that you need somewhere to park them, something to secure them to prevent them getting robbed, they're horrid in the rain and you have to ride on the road or a bike path. I can see the attraction for scooters that avoid these problems, but for the length of journey they're good for, why not just walk?

Some countries really don't want you automating SMS's to their local users, countries like UAE for example are very restrictive. Other issues, number porting often brakes cross carrier SMS and roaming in general often breaks SMS delivery.

Isn't the best solution for "last mile" for all of us is to walk it?

With all of these, you're often kicking the vulnerability down to the enrollment step. You've still got to find a way of assigning the authentication device/key generator to the users account in a secure way and dealing with losing the device.

What's the universally accepted alternative?

The difference between chat and facebook is that with a team in chat, you can move it to anywhere (teams, irc, mattermost, zulip, whatsapp). With facebook, you can't move your friends, so you're stuck.

Teams is absolutely taking share from Slack. As chat permeates organisations, it needs policies, single sign on, oversight and standards that are harder to implement in slack than Teams/Office 365. I know of many organisations who've been forced off slack because 'company policy'.

I find the feeling of hunger goes away quite quickly when you're fasting, provided you haven't eaten anything already.

Things that help: - Drinking water - Drinking Coffee - Gentle exercise (something like a walk)

I've also had weight loss success with IF. I do 16/8 mostly with the occastional 24 hour fast. I get a lot of pushback that it's 'bro science', and a lot of claims around improving insulin resistance isn't proven, so it's good to get some science behind the practice that clearly works.

The reason I have found it effective is that it's simple to follow. I don't need to count calories, I don't have to learn too much at all, I simply don't eat outside of my hours. Given I've now found I don't feel hungry most days until I start eating, it means I eat less.

Now the net result may simply be less calories, that that's not as simple as 'calories in calories out', because I'm consuming less as a consequence of the timing, not by consciously eating less. This may be an odd distinction for people who can diet, but for those of us who struggle with weight, it's crucial to success.

> Why would I pay for a car and then have to rent another car?

Because it makes sense to do it this way financially. I live very close to work, and commute about 10 miles a day. Once or twice a year I want to drive a few hundred miles, so it makes much more sense to rent a long range car for this than buy one.

You'd think that Australians would be very focused given they probably are one of the worst impacted by changes in climate? Is that not the case?

Yes we do. You do not have to holiday half way around the globe twice a year.

I disagree. They're both essential and individuals doing nothing and insisting that political/government intervention is the only solution isn't going to get anywhere.

Corporations and governments will take notice when individuals change behavior, if you stop buying products that contain lots of single use plastics, companies will stop making them. If you divest our pension and savings from any company with an interest in fossil fuels, they will notice and change. If you half your meat consumption and eliminate beef, it will be noticed and a change will happen.

There is massive power in consumer action, particularly for those of us in countries that are really the problem (the rich ones).

I'd like a bigger emphasis on efficiency. Space heating/cooling in particular, your first big win is to increase efficiency before you even start to think about renewable. If you spend money to cool, increase ventilation, shade, find ways to reduce heat buildup in the first place. If you spend money to heat, insulate, wear more clothes, use public spaces more (share heat), shut doors. For both, use good thermostats or smart systems to manage heating and cooling.

In general you see a lot of advise for dealing with symptoms of our over consumption, not the cause. Buy less (toys, food, clothes, cars, travel, whatever). What you own, use it for longer, fix it, do without.

How is this any different from artificially putting nitrates into soil for crop fertilization?

Doesn't everyone get this sensation?

Lifting is good advice.

Try to stop caring as much. Books like 'the subtle art of not giving a fck' may help. If you find something start to bother you, remind yourself that ultimately it doesn't really matter and that while you'd like to succeed, you don't have* to, so take some of the pressure off yourself.

Disagree. The reason fuel is so cheap to permit the cars burning gas is because it's priced artificially low. If you were to charge based on replacement value (it's almost priceless given the production time), the cost of fuel would go up massively, productivity would stop and Mr Trump (and all the other world leaders) would no longer be able to boast about their growing numbers. I'm not denying individual responsibility, that's vital too but the big change also has to occur at the top and a market that lives on growth is a problem.

3.5% for a single activity is actually quite a big deal, particularly for something that in the main is non essential.

To me, air travel is one of those things that's artificially cheap. It's zero rated for tax and largely encouraged for economic growth reasons. It's direct impacts are perhaps not as bad, but indirectly someone going from the UK to New York for a hen weekend is the kind of thing that should be unacceptably and prohibitively expensive.

That only works if you wear the clothes you buy until they're worn out. Most don't, most buy clothes and have them sit in a drawer until they make up their mind they really don't like them and send them to landfill or the charity shop. From the sound of things, you're not the problem!

Isn't the flaw in just treating this like an energy source problem? It isn't. Switching to Nuclear or renewable doesn't reduce the massive contribution from beef farming for example. Another huge contributor is deforestation due to crops such as palm oil, which demand is fueled largely by palm oil being considered a renewable energy source. It's too complex to boil down to 'wait for the unicorn technology to solve the problem'

The big hitters in terms of CO2 are Transportation, Industrial production, Power Generation and Food production. For each of those, some big wins:

- Travel less, particularly long haul and travel more sustainable, share a train, avoid air travel

- Buy less, particularly clothes and consumer electronics that you don't really need. Make things last longer, own less. Boycott manufacturers who make deliberately disposable/single use products.

- Make your home more efficient, that means insulation if you're in a cold place and ventalation, use of shade if you're in a hot place. Replace fossil fuel heating with renewable electric where possible

- Waste less food, eat less meat particularly red, buy things that don't have lots of waste attached (like short shelf lives, lots of packaging), and buy food that hasn't traveled far to get to you

Any more suggestions?

You know why. Most of the world has market economies that rely on growth. The measure of growth is GDP and put simply GDP doesn't measure how much you're wasting, just how productive you are. Short term political aims are in conflict with long term environmental stewardship. The current US president only cares about his numbers, not the mess he's leaving behind. We'll be in full panic mode when it negatively impacts GDP, which will of course be too late.

The odds need adjusting giving it's not quite mv3 but just separation agreement. I don't think we're at 80% hard, 20% cancel a50? Even though it didn't get an indicative majority, there's still a chance MV3 fails and we move to a longer extension and/or peoples vote.

I think it's potentially the same thing. I noticed some years ago that I exhibited some of the symptoms of low testosterone but blood tests showed that I was low but still 'normal' so no TRT required. I made an effort to improve my natural Testosterone, lifting (particularly compound lifts like squats, deadlifts), more sleep, dealing with stress better, eating more fat and protein and getting more sun. I definitely feel happier, and that could be not related to T levels as I've not retested but it appears to be linked for me. I know it's a trope, but all men should lift (bro).

Scratch is good from around age 8 to 14 or so, depending on their ability. Most kids don't even know they're learning, scratch is really fun. Coder Dojo has some great lessons, eg this one to make your own version of plants v zombies:

http://kata.coderdojo.com/wiki/Scratch_Plants_vs_Zombies

Depending on their age, for young kids best results I've had are Pi's (or old/cheap pc's) that boot straight into scratch. Far better results than an intimidating command prompt.

https://scratch.mit.edu/

Alternatively Pi's (or old/cheap pc's) that boot straight into Minecraft Eduction Edition:

https://education.minecraft.net

This has paths for the very young in minecraft itself to older kids using ide's.

No google music on the graph, is it just not reported in terms of subscribers or is it significantly less than even pandora?