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headsupernova··on Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
Only to be clawed back in bankruptcy court. The donations did more harm than good because of that
headsupernova··on Nine US states are teaming up to accelerate the adoption of heat pumps
This isn't true, the latest models work at temps far below that. There are still thresholds where you'd want another source, but they're very functional even in the upper Midwest.
headsupernova··on What Happened to David Graeber?
These are not about the book Debt...
headsupernova··on China is building nuclear reactors faster than any other country
Incomprehensible to want to slow china on this front... climate collapse doesn't stop at country borders.
headsupernova··on Arc browser built-in AI features [video]
you can also 'pin' it as the first extension and it'll open with cmd+e then return.
headsupernova··on Arc Browser 1.0
yeah the shortcuts for Sigma are a total dealbreaker
headsupernova··on Rapid Covid tests miss 90% of asymptomatic cases
These are exceedingly rare, like almost never happen.
headsupernova··on Global heat in ‘uncharted territory’: 2023 could be the hottest year on record
Can you explain the cardboard part?
headsupernova··on Why Roses Smell Nice
Covid!
headsupernova··on Fairbuds XL review: noise-cancelling headphones you can fix
My 3s do this as well but it's quite intermittent
headsupernova··on IPCC climate crisis report delivers ‘final warning on 1.5C’
Our descendants will rightfully conclude that we were a generation of comfortable cowards. Truly unforgivable. Yet we understandably don't know what to do as individuals. The scale of the tragedy is almost inconceivable.
headsupernova··on LED lighting badly suppresses human melatonin production at night
Probably quite bad unfortunately. Look into NO2 exposure from stoves.
headsupernova··on Ask HN: DarkSky Alternatives?
So glad to see the FlowX mention. I've been obsessed with that app since back when it was called WeatherBomb. The premium data is well worth the cost imo, and the customizable widgets are so useful once you dial them in for what you're interested in!
headsupernova··on The number input is the worst input
a fun one I've found is that the Samsung keyboard on Android won't let you input negative numbers... they just omitted (-) entirely from the layout.
headsupernova··on I hacked my car
Amazing stuff here folks - this big brained developer just generalized a literal continent of billions of individual people and is the top comment on smart people site hacker news dot com
headsupernova··on Ask HN: Where to work to combat climate change?
Yes, politics is the arena now. The science is done, and I can personally attest to the hollowness of working to refine the precision of our understanding at this late stage in the fight. There are tech jobs in offset accounting, but that field is generally doing math on scams that justify continued emissions.

Politics and propaganda are the buttons to push right now. Hopefully those will unlock other meaningful fields soon enough.

headsupernova··on The Upper Middle Class Is Getting Squeezed
I think they'll be fine.

A squeezed upper middle class is good for the climate. Squeeze away, I say.

headsupernova··on Crypto miners aren't honest about power use – time for a crackdown
This bs is debunked in every crypto thread... We're facing climate collapse and need to immediately ramp down nonessential energy use. Crypto mining facilities simply do not make the cut. That said, the mainstream financial system requires a haircut too, no doubt, but at least it provides some basic use to normal people.
headsupernova··on In defense of cryptocurrency
Those things produce joy, dry clothes, and steel. Crypto produces... scams? We're facing climate collapse and need to choose what we burn electricity on very very wisely.
headsupernova··on The New York Times is wrong about Haiti
Can you link to any example of that argument being used for reparations?

Also generational wealth is like _the_ predictive factor in future economic outcomes. This is basic stuff.

headsupernova··on Coin Carbon Cap – PoW cryptocurrencies ranked by energy efficiency
I think a more thorough societal discussion about what our goals are given tight carbon budgets is what they're getting at, not the individual decision of someone to mine it.
headsupernova··on A CO2 capture solvent with exceptionally low total costs of capture
Simple - don't light it on fire.
headsupernova··on AstraZeneca vaccine safe and effective in U.S., Chile, Peru trials
Because IP and profits are somehow more important than life in this capitalist hellworld
headsupernova··on Browsers eating RAM
Exactly but with the benefit of using the Safari engine and some other bells and whistles
headsupernova··on How this Ends
We need this for the whole world if we want to stay within ecological limits and avert the worst horrors of climate change. GDP is bad news
headsupernova··on Is Spacetime Real?
Why not?
headsupernova··on WhatsApp delays privacy changes following backlash
public utility time!
headsupernova··on [dead]
Everyone is always choosing the best option available to them... The point is that there's no reason the world should be set up in such a way that it's their only or best option.
headsupernova··on Wind and solar are cheaper than thought, admits UK government
> free markets

> externalities are untaxed.

??

Free markets are utterly and demonstrably unable to solve climate change.

headsupernova··on SpaceX raises $1.9B
Life on Mars will always suck hopelessly compared to life on Earth. It's a terrible cold desert where you can't breath.
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