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Comment · 5 years ago
Unfortunately, [3] mentions the 97% consensus nonsense, making the rest of it less credible as well.
Comment · 5 years ago
Still, nothing life threatening has happened so far, all the doomsday things are projections of the future.
Comment · 5 years ago
There is a huge difference between "humans affect the climate" and "we are all going to die within a couple of years because of human's effects on the climate".
Comment · 5 years ago
No, headlines like that is how "believers" argue. Just cut out the hyperbole and present reasonable, verifiable arguments, not appeals to authority.
Comment · 5 years ago
And you think it is important that it should have been clicked and read? Why?
Comment · 5 years ago
Announcing the paper with such hyperbole makes me less likely to want to read it. It just makes it very unlikely to live up to the hype.

I wonder if you have read the paper, btw?

Comment · 5 years ago
One group of scientists, who can't imagine that their self invented model could be wrong, can't imagine any other reasons than man made changes for the results of their model simulation.

How you get from that to "removes almost all doubt" is beyond me. Such hyperbole does more damage than good.

I don't know anything about those scientists, I don't know anything about their model and their assumptions, so I am sorry, but for me it doesn't remove "almost all doubt".

Comment · 5 years ago
There seem to be companies that embrace WFH, so if I was in that situation, I would strive to become employed at such a company.
Comment · 5 years ago
I have nothing against work just being work, but I think there are different types of companies for a reason. If you want work to just be work, you can choose a company that treats work just as work and doesn't expect you to become one big family.

Like if you give the example of young people and old people - fair enough, then maybe young people are better of looking for jobs where they work together with other young people, and people in their 50ies are better off in jobs with other old people.

Ultimately companies are not created for the benefit of employees, but to create stuff. They try to be good to employees to be able to attract and keep talented staff.

Comment · 5 years ago
If they learned that they have awful coworkers, they can quit again.

I just don't get the sense of entitlement many people seem to have.

Comment · 5 years ago
Didn't they choose their jobs, and with that, their co-workers?

I'd like to see them argue "I don't want to come to the office because I don't like to be surrounded by people like you" as well. Is that a common argument?

I think people who are unhappy with their working conditions should just look for another job. It's fine to try to convince bosses that changes would be beneficial, but I don't have much sympathy for all the whining.

Comment · 5 years ago
Still, it is mostly a cosmetic problem, while we are supposed to believe that global warming will kill us all in a short amount of time. So the priorities should be clear.
Comment · 5 years ago
No it doesn't. The interest on the mortgage can be as low as 0.5%, so even if you pay in cash, you would only be at 1,5% yields (with my generous example of achieving 1% yields via the rent).

The "appreciation" is not a given and not risk free at all. Certainly not 9% per year - for how many years do you think that would continue?

Comment · 5 years ago
Where can you get 9% yield on housing? Where I live, you can only buy houses at prices that are above what you can get back in rents. You are very lucky if you can get to 1% yields, which is below inflation and not technically a good investment. The only way it still makes "sense" is by speculating on rising prices for real estate. Which is not risk free at all.
Comment · 5 years ago
He is rich because he provides you with stuff you want and are willing to pay for. Nobody forces you to buy from Amazon.

It is not your money anymore if you gave it to him in exchange for his services.

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