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thedmstdmstdmst··on Nitrogen fertilizer shortage threatens to cut global crop yields – CF Industries
Genocide, miserable lives, or do nothing. If you care about yourself, your community / family... you should move away from your community?
thedmstdmstdmst··on Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promote its own brands
What about Outerspace or Mars? Looks like an ultimate definition of 'monopolization' is sorely in need.
thedmstdmstdmst··on An Iraqi who saved Norway from oil (2009)
> would allow a province within their country to hold a sovereign wealth fund worth hundreds of billions, or even over a trillion dollars.

This is Alberta we are talking about? If in your hypothetical the Federal Government didn't mess it up the Province would.

thedmstdmstdmst··on Imaginary Personal Manager
Thanks for the post, I've been doing most of what you suggested except for the auto adding of tasks to my schedule, that is a great idea. Thanks.
thedmstdmstdmst··on Job vacancies surge past one million in new record
It feels to me like having 144 profit on a 300 acre farm is closer to an accounting / tax choice then true measure of profitability. Another poster mentions writing off all equipment during the first year in that calculation.
thedmstdmstdmst··on “Don Quixote” as a manual for living
"Like maybe stay in a prison cell for a few months. Then yea, it's a pretty fun read."

You must know the history of Cervantes and meant the above in reference to his time in prison otherwise this is quite hilarious and profoundly the funniest thing I have read in a long time.

thedmstdmstdmst··on Canada, April: Under-65 excess mortality exceeds under-65 Covid-19 deaths
Yeah I mean addiction has a pretty concrete definition despite your enthusiasm that every use of 'substance' lies on a 'spectrum' and therefore you can't say anything at all about addiction because 'everyones addicted' to something to some degree? c'mon
thedmstdmstdmst··on Canada, April: Under-65 excess mortality exceeds under-65 Covid-19 deaths
Your entire 'real truth' doesn't even deal with the fact that many people can use substances without addiction, but some people absolutely cannot. So by your truth anyone who becomes an addict is weak.

I see a moral failing here.

thedmstdmstdmst··on Lebanon’s underground cryptocurrency market
Are you sure it doesn't go the other way?
thedmstdmstdmst··on Big Oil methane emissions: ‘significant gap’ between reality and reporting
I think it's more the large producers are global companies who have exposure to investors with different goals than smaller companies who have investors essentially looking at them like the lotto.
thedmstdmstdmst··on Big Oil methane emissions: ‘significant gap’ between reality and reporting
I'm sorry but environmental litigation is not a simple thing any corporate officer shrugs concern for. They simply try not to know about those things or offload the risk to third party's etc.
thedmstdmstdmst··on Debian 11
Actually I was setting up a new laptop two weeks ago and installed Debian 10 because I had it on USB, when I booted I couldn't get the WiFi to work, because the kernel for Debian 10 was too old. So using the ethernet port I updated to debian testing (which was had frozen for 11) and installed the wifi firmware. Boom I had my wifi working.

Today I apt-get updated again and the same machine now reports it's on debian 11. It's pretty painless to be honest upgrading. Just follow the basic apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade.

thedmstdmstdmst··on Once an Addict, Always an Addict?
I don't necessarily disagree but do you believe most people grow up in a dysfunctional family as outlined in the linked article as you stated?

Like having at least one parent with some issue that leaves the child with trauma? This is most people's experience?

thedmstdmstdmst··on Zoom settles US class action privacy lawsuit for $86m
Yeah usually a $3,300.00 ticket comes with some form of demerits so even if you pay the fine you lose your license if you do it to much. Can't think of a job where you'd benefit by speeding but losing your license would be fine.
thedmstdmstdmst··on Canada weather: Dozens dead as heatwave shatters records
Climate is a complex system, and averages are just averages. Feedback loops and all that.
thedmstdmstdmst··on The work-from-home future is destroying bosses' brains
I do not subscribe to the parents idea in their comment of that because they had an hour traveling of free time per day, they should get that same time at the same time of day now they are not travelling.

I think it is hilarious how quickly and flippantly you solved the problem by saying "heck" get your wife to take care of the kid and go outside for an hour guy. I certainly am not prescribing anyone travel an hour a day just to get their own free time.

If you have a wife and kids I wish you all the best.

thedmstdmstdmst··on The work-from-home future is destroying bosses' brains
The parent comment specifically mentioned toddlers being around. So maybe it is about kids?

I think you framed the whole thing in such a way I can't get my head around.

Why not simply "heck" take the hour you need after your infants asleep or been played with and you you've at least acknowledged your partner?

thedmstdmstdmst··on The work-from-home future is destroying bosses' brains
Yeah and heck just tell your infants it's daddy's time now.
thedmstdmstdmst··on A possible link between childhood trauma and Alzheimer disease
Yes, certainly.
thedmstdmstdmst··on When six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months (2020)
Yes of course, the natural course of development of humans is to do away with all other humans. Then you can be fully human.
thedmstdmstdmst··on A possible link between childhood trauma and Alzheimer disease
Most people start from a place where they say "I am completely normal and everything I do is normal" and reason from there.

For a person to acknowledge their trauma they must be wanting to be free of it and at least be able to see them themselves for who they truly are.

Your idea that most people have experienced trauma growing up of some form, but few want to admit to such really does not surprise me.

What is with the "particular type of trauma" idea? While they are not the same at all I don't see the value in any hierarchy of trauma. Trauma is an individual's inability to cope with an experience.

thedmstdmstdmst··on Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia
Well just so you know the past populations were not necessarily more in love with the treatment of indigenous.

Here is an editorial from 1888 about the first Prime Minister of Canada and his starvation of indigenous, doesn't necessarily seem to me that everyone was on board with the treatment back in 1888.[1]

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1888_Editorial_carto...

Also a better chance of what succeeding? Do you know the history of Canada? The displacement of indigenous was the point of the policies.

thedmstdmstdmst··on Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia
Yes good point.
thedmstdmstdmst··on Never mind the 1 percent: Let's talk about the 0.01 percent (2017)
As soon as you increase the average education of potential employees, you increase the average value of potential employees. Which means your business is better at creating value?

Where do you get better educated people mean everything else stays the same?

thedmstdmstdmst··on Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia
If you investigate you will find that the CURRENT Canadian Government released a report saying the CURRENT treatment of indigenous in Canada is an ongoing genocide. Specifically for the eradication of culture you mentioned.

Matters very little what people like yourself who are far away from any impacts want to call it, it's still happening.

thedmstdmstdmst··on Ask HN: People with AD(H)D, how do you deal with it?
Just wanted to add, yes all of this.
thedmstdmstdmst··on Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic
Well except for the link that I posted that specifically said : *Please note for all dashboards that as of March 12, community samples are no longer being routinely tested for non-COVID respiratory pathogens including flu.

And that they at least show non zero results for past years.

thedmstdmstdmst··on Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic
Well this is from the early part of 2020 for Alberta.

https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/influenza/Page14481.asp...

**Please note for all dashboards that as of March 12, community samples are no longer being routinely tested for non-COVID respiratory pathogens including flu.

And if you look at the 2020 - 2021 dashboard

https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/influenza/influenza.asp...

You'll see they don't have any test information for Influenza.

I may be misunderstanding this as it is hard to make sense how the governments statistics show no testing and that news article you mentioned with the chief medical officer for the province saying otherwise.

thedmstdmstdmst··on Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic
In the province I'm familiar with the Provincial government has canceled all testing for the common Flu unless your in the hospital. This is being misconstrued as the flu disappearing in my province which is obviously true because it's not being test for.

It's not being tested for because they are prioritizing COVID-19 testing, unless your hospitalized.

thedmstdmstdmst··on I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
I feel this is just word play but being a great parent and partner is not a responsibility in so much as it is a goal.
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