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SSRI's or Benzodapines have severe side-effects, yet relying on them to survive isn't seen as disruptive to society. There may be an argument against self-medicating with Alcohol or Cannabis, but them being un-natural isn't it.

Brilliant book too! Well worth a read.

No doubt about it; shutting down the nuclear plants ahead of schedule was simply a bad decision, and I don't think anyone is claiming that crypto actually caused the current energy crisis in Europe.

It's a mess caused by a whole lot of varying factors, ranging from public utilities being sold out to international cartels who pocketed the income without investing in grid improvements, to the EV rollouts, to power plants being decomissioned. On top of that, you have Russia flexing their muscles, and if that conflict somehow escalates then Russian gas imports will be weaponized. I suspect the EU would like to be the ones doing the weaponizing and that means reducing the energy usage and fast.

Under those circumstances, proof-of-work crypto is simply low-hanging fruit and banning it will have a relatively large impact with a fairly small number of people being hit. People will prefer that to even higher energy prices, regardless if it's morally right or not.

Well, to be frank, it's not about the environment, and barely about national security: some places in Europe -- southern Sweden being the most notable example -- has severe energy shortages to such an extent that new businesses have to go elsewhere when they want to expand.

Other parts of Europe has a power surplus, but the grid's capacity simply isn't high enough to transfer all of it to the locations where it's needed.

As it turned out, the environmentalists' push to kill nuclear power wasn't that great since the plants were in the areas where the power was actually consumed.

It's not about waste; it's a matter of managing an energy shortage while simultaneously trying to threaten Russia with sanctions and whilst being dependent on Russian gas.

A CO2 tax won't help when the issue is that the grids simply can't keep up with demand.

Surely you're not trying to restart the A1200 vs. Falcon debate? We all know the Amiga was superior anyway. ;)

Seconding this. The NC10 was an amazing little thing for writing a lot when on the go. Too bad the white screen issues have killed most of them off by now.

Searched for of a metal band. The results were full of Pakistani movie reviews.

Luckily, Spotify search still works.

Also, while pigs are naturally curious and definitely aren't dumb, I suspect our primate cousins are closer to us on the conciousness scale.

And yes, bacon. Combine the transplant with an offer on cheap pork, and we'll soon have heart transplants and bacon deliveries as a service. :D

Out of curiousity: what made the OOB experience bad for you? I've always found it extremely easy to use.

It's more of a confirmation thing, I think. We've been pretty sure about Covid being airborne since early 2020. This probably helps convince some of the few that insist it isn't.

My theory is that OOO's are (in general) short, and short messages have a tendency to end up in spam folders. The fact that people often don't use the spam buttom as a delete button probably doesn't help.

Also, Gmail is a common source of spam, and they often end up in RBL's.

It's not just tractors. Looking around the area where I live, there are a large amount of lorries, escavators forklifts, grain dryers and other veichles, with 20+ expected years in them. Electrifying all that will require massive upgrades of the grid -- remember we're also assumibg we're electrifying heating of houses and personal transport etc. Sure solar will help a bit, but without synthetic fuels, agriculture is not going carbon neutral anytime soon.

Luckily, there's been a lot of progress within that area. Green petrol and diesel would give more maneuvering room, and not just for farmers, but society as a whole.

The basic idea isn't bad, assuming it's implemented in a sensible way.

However, the most likely result will be higher fuel prices -- until the lack of income starts hurting governments and "carbon taxes" are added on top of electricity prices instead, regardlessif the energy is green or not.

They still use, and export coal though.