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fjwateron Claude Code wiped our production database with a Terraform command

Why would you do this?

> Make no backups

> Hand off all power to AI

> Post about it on twitter

> "Teaching engineers to build production AI systems"

This has to be ragebait to promote his course, no?

fjwateron Global warming has accelerated significantly

I agree that climate is a factor, but the survival argument only goes so far. Finland, Sweden and Norway face similar sub-zero winters but maintain a higher standard of living with less than half the per capita emissions of Canada.

fjwateron Global warming has accelerated significantly

I don't think it's fair to look only at gross emissions by country. How can we demand that India drastically cut its emissions when its per capita output is already so low? Forcing reductions there effectively caps their living standards while developed nations continue to enjoy the benefits of much higher individual carbon footprints.

fjwateron Global warming has accelerated significantly

I don't think that's fair to say; the USA's CO2 emissions per capita are roughly 150% of China's, and the average Canadian emits more than 7x as much as an Indian citizen.

The entire EU produces only about half of the USA's total emissions, despite having a population of over 100 million more people.