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Authors don't write their headlines usually. Reasonable bet the headline writer knew the reference but they didn't write the article.

There is another plausible causal mechanism: weight gain flowing from hunger/metabolic dysregulation. This dysregulation being caused by some "factor X" which also causes other problems.

GLP-1 then addresses factor X, and the problems it causes, including weight gain.

Not that obesity doesn't independently cause problems but very plausible causality runs more than one way.

>Does anyone really believe Russia will eventually just surrender and leave?

With internal turmoil, yes. To maintain the lines in Ukraine Russia needs to constantly send in troops and materiel.

Eventually Russia may decide not to do so. And then there is no magic "pause the frontlines" button if they do.

There is plenty of precedent for this in Russian history too. The Russian Revolution collapsed the frontlines in WWI. The Soviet Empire collapsed with the fall of communism and concomitant internal turmoil.

Russian propaganda puts a lot effort into treating Russia as some sort of force of nature that cannot be deterred or reasoned with, that will advance and hold Ukraine at all costs.

It isn't true. They're humans like the rest of us, not a natural, unstoppable force.

>Barely any customizations that aren't tied to significant velocity improvements

I never was interested in the tinkering side. The functional side has been very handy.

For example, smart thermostats reduced the heating bill 40% while leaving the place warmer where we actually are.

Smart dimmers on lamps let you dim them in the evening, or turn all the lights off with one push.

Your use cases may vary and the answer may be none do it but a good level of smart home things are quite practical.

You're likely correct, but one big difference is indoor air ventilation standards improved dramatically, leading to less spread of disease indoors.

Simultaneously, air pollution is down, which lowers symptoms.

So it wouldn't surprise me if respiratory incidence is down. Of course there were also more kids in the 1970s, to your point.

>I agree, I tell everyone who will listen that no country, not Russia, China, Japan, France, USA etc has ever made nuclear power profitable.

This is comparing to the base case of fossil fuels. But those have tremendous negative consequences.

From what people report some can see a full picture.

That is what the Canadian law said. This was "if Meta is showing news content".

Contrary to the law's assumption, news is worth hardly anything to Meta, so they just stopped showing it.

Does the Australian law really say:

1. You must show news, even if you don't want to

2. You must pay to do so

3. The rate will be determined by negotiation with the people you are paying

4. You cannot say no to them in aggregate

I have my doubts, but if it does I still doubt it will get the results the govt wants. The problem is news is not valuable to Meta.

We also haven't solve carbon waste, and carbon waste seems like a dramatically larger problem than nuclear waste.

Not considering this tradeoff has led to much carbon waste.

Not in every country, and secondly if you're basing it on life of the author then that does't solve corporate copyright unless you tie it to the live of a particular employee.

You could do "life of author or X years, whichever is longer". Or include a period after death.

But you see how the complexities come in.

Has there been any update on the pay per crawl program?

Agree on all points. The trouble is if some countries stop the price goes up and there's an incentive to find more oil in countries which didn't stop.

Markets are powerful. No real solution other than making market competitive alternatives such that the desire to dig up oil is simply lost. This may or may not be feasible.