throwaway3627

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Comment · 7 years ago
There's a crash plan to save species of dying coral and another plan to develop/disperse heat-/acid-resistant species.
Comment · 7 years ago
I bet this is unfortunately, uncomfortably true. There are major behavioral changes needed that can't be left to incentives or voluntary changes when survival is at stake. ICEs, meat agriculture, airline travel, unconfined clinker manufacturing and fossil fuel extraction must end if we're to survive this climate emergency. In addition, Be/CCS must happen, such as ferrous ocean seeding and seaweed extraction for contained burning with underground carbon emissions sequestration. Mexico is already dealing with an incredible volume of seaweed arriving daily on prime tourist beaches... which would be perfect for CCS if we were to burn it to generate power, reduce its volume and bury captured emissions very deep.
Comment · 7 years ago
I needed this info because I was worried about exercising. I have anxiety-like physiological issues, tachycardia, high blood pressure and exercise intolerance without clear causes. I was even admitted to Stanford's cardiac unit for a week, leaving without a clear identified cause after a battery of tests including a 12 lead ECG, stress echo and catheterization. I suspect pulmonary hypertension as I was never ever able to run a mile continuously to save my life at any age without being out of breath, and I have an undiagnosed CTD like Marfan but not (span > 1.0 and many other indicators). Been on propranolol er 160 mg for about a year and 10 mg/dose CBD isolate tincture for about 8 months.
Comment · 7 years ago
Yes. Projection is a terrible thing to waste, but often contrary data points fall on deaf ears and empty bodies.

If society wanted to be more humane and empathetic, it would force all young adults to be homeless and impoverished for some time, and working three jobs to get a taste for how it is for everyone else that isn't sheltered or privileged. The golden rule and empathy isn't practiced as much anymore because there are greater convenient distractions, selfishness, ignorance and lack of community that has the effect of atomizing people from each other... we are mostly divided-and-conquered and enslaved.

Comment · 7 years ago
People think I'm crazy not to go prostitute myself for a job at Google; I think they're crazy for volunteering to be bridled and ridden around for 20 hours a day for years without having equity or ownership in the profits.
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Comment · 7 years ago
Speaking with a friend in a coffee shop yesterday, they mentioned this axiom:

If you want expertise to engage, post something with a mistake and there will be no shortage of keyboard warriors telling you how stupid and wrong you are, with a small amount of helpful information.

It seems a modern taking the shit with the sugar.

Comment · 7 years ago
Be/CCS could realistically reduce CO2 to preindustrial levels (280-300 ppm) for about the cost of the needless war adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan, therefore it's affordable.
Comment · 7 years ago
Possible explanations:

Everyday, I'm shuff-lin'.

or

Have you any idea how successful censorship is on TV? Don't know the answer? Hmm... successful, isn't it?

Comment · 7 years ago
140 hours and no ownership equals slavery in my book. It's sad that more engineers don't insist on working at meaningful-ownership co-ops and ESOP's. Working for somebody else's C-corp where they're all about the money rarely creates a good environment in the interests of workers.
Comment · 7 years ago
Or all 1's, L's and I's with a license plate frame that "accidentally" covers up the differentiating marks. >:)

PS: Reminds me, I should get one of those LPR T-shirts with license plates all over it.

Comment · 7 years ago
I like my new vanity license plate:

DROP DATABASE;

Comment · 7 years ago
Lol. Third vehicle should have N0 L1C
Comment · 7 years ago
Wise move. All Boeing aircraft designed, built or remanufactured in the past 30 years (since regulation has been very weak / absent) are at systematic risk of being deficient in potentially an unlimited number of areas.

Another example of a MAX-like issue is in 2010 Al Jazeera uncovered the plot to hide the facts about the substandard Ducommun critical structural parts that were used on 737 NG (-600 .. -900) and covered-up by Boeing management. The story barely made headlines even though several 737 NG fuselages have broken up on hard landings and runway overruns, killing several passengers, whereas previous fuselages have survived such stresses.

It is a shame that regulatory capture (through political corruption) has been allowed to fester and decay the output of Boeing.

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