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mcwoneon Alaska snow crab season canceled after disappearance of an estimated 1B crabs

Thank you for posting this, what an amazing lecture.

mcwoneon Modernity is incompatible with planetary limits: a PLAN for the future

The graph says it all and by the way similar graphs exist for lithium and all the rare earth elements to construct so called renewables.

mcwoneon The energy historian who says rapid decarbonization is a fantasy

Here is a short presentation by Simon Michaux concerning peak rare earth metals which a required for all renewable energy production. One can easily infer from that there will be no renewable energy production that is anywhere close to what is being produced by fossils, we live in a finite world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRGVqBScBRE

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Wondering if y-comb will censor this??

mcwoneon Ivermectin Didn’t Reduce Covid-19 Hospitalizations in Largest Trial to Date

Because of paywall, I'm not sure what study the wsj was referring to but there was a study in JAMA in which Norman Fenton from Queens College commented on which I found interesting: https://www.normanfenton.com/post/study-claiming-ivermectin-...

mcwoneon Ask HN: The book that did it for you in math and/or CS?

I made a mistake ,its learning to reason using logic, sets and relations.

mcwoneon Ask HN: The book that did it for you in math and/or CS?

Another book along the same vein is Introduction to Logic, Sets , and Relations by Nancy Rodgers is a beautifully written book.

mcwoneon The Truth About Nuclear Fusion Q Factors

Let not forget the total energy input it takes to construct the ITER project . We should not be wasting finite resources on this project.

mcwoneon Sisters with Transistors

Too bad the article does not mention Constance Demby. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ire8pSPvX1o

mcwoneon Neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants after infection, vaccination

A January 2021 study in the annals of internal medicine estimating the death rates of non institutionalized patients of .26 percent with age breakdowns . https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-5352?utm_source=...

mcwoneon Primary energy vs final energy: why replacing fossil fuels may not be so hard

Well, I sure hope you are correct on this and we will see a green utopian future. What concerns me is the finiteness of non-renewable resources both oil and the materials used to produce wind and solar power. Processing of ore to produce the rare metals used is very power intensive and polluting. What happens in say 2050 when all this green power tech needs to be replaced?? Is there enough raw materials left over to continue the production of green energy tech ??

mcwoneon Primary energy vs final energy: why replacing fossil fuels may not be so hard

I found this article interesting: https://media4.manhattan-institute.org/sites/default/files/R...

mcwoneon Build your own professional-grade audio amp on the sort-of cheap (2018)

A few years ago I built the lx-mini speaker system and it was a fun project. Foe details see Linkwitzlab.com