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Aesthesiaphilia ,

Instead of offsets, companies should be pursuing direct carbon sequestration like with https://climeworks.com/

No estimates, no accounting magic. Just a direct measure of physical, measurable tons of carbon directly removed from the atmosphere.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

carbon sequestration is not ever going to work

I don't know what you're talking about, it's a thing that is currently being done. Not some future hypothetical tech.

But yes it is too expensive for now. Costs are coming down hopefully that continues to be the case.

And yes, the best, cheapest, most efficient way to reduce ghg is to eliminate fossil fuels.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

There's plenty of EVs with 300+ miles of range now. Shouldn't be an issue.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

If the overall goal is to increase the human population, it actually makes total sense

If the goal is to prevent murders, then no, it doesn't make sense

Aesthesiaphilia ,

All the IPCC models assume massive amounts of sequestration, I believe

It's a necessity at this point, even if all fossil fuel use stops globally tomorrow

Aesthesiaphilia ,

The carbon tax is supposed to (partially) go towards credits for EVs

Apple security updates could be banned by British government (9to5mac.com)

Everyone in the tech industry facepalms almost every time legislators try to pontificate on technology, but the British government appears to be trying to set a new record. After putting iMessage and FaceTime at risk, the government is now suggesting that it might ban some Apple security updates.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

Surveillance state.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

I hate the fact that those dna samples will 100% end up in a government database of bioanalytics used to further spy on citizens.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

100%. One of the reasons I didn't join a union as a skilled worker is that I don't want to be locked into doing the same exact thing for the rest of my career.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

Screw data centers, I want to see desalination combined with nuclear power plants. They literally generate power by boiling water, it's a match made in heaven.

We just need a few more advances in technology to remove impurities from brine and we'd also corner the table salt market.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

Not to mention a much higher carbon footprint.

The reason evaporative coolers are cheap is because they use a fraction of the electricity that chillers do.

And note that the majority of data center water usage is indirect via power generation, so using less water on site but more indirectly by consuming more power is both more expensive and less efficient.

Unfortunately, evaporative coolers are the best way to go, for now.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

Water is extremely important in most large scale cooling systems, whether it be swamp coolers (aka evaporative cooling) or traditional HVAC (aka chillers).

Aesthesiaphilia ,

For California at least, residential use is about 10% of all water usage iirc. So if data centers are dwarfed by that...not a big concern in the big picture.

The issue I guess is when data center usage sucks up all the local supply. State and region wide they don't use much but they do use a lot in one small area.

UPS workers approve 5-year contract, with 86% of votes cast in favor (apnews.com)

Under the tentative agreement, full- and part-time union workers will get $2.75 more per hour in 2023, and $7.50 more in total by the end of the five-year contract. Starting hourly pay for part-time employees also got bumped up to $21, but some workers said that fell short of their expectations....

Aesthesiaphilia ,

Good for them! I'm glad they got an excellent contract!

But we need to keep in mind that "and benefits" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. I looked at the contract, the pay is something like 30-40 an hour. Good, definitely a living wage, but not $170,000 good. People see that number and think it's the salary.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

I was so busy imagining Cher trying to lick her own pussy that I almost didn't see the tiny waist part

Aesthesiaphilia ,

It's a legit problem when you look at the sum effect of all these local activists trying to "fix" local problems that should be waaaaaay down on the priority list. It pretty much paralyzed all grassroots activist groups for a good decade or so and let Trump run rampant most of his first term.

https://theintercept.com/2022/06/13/progressive-organizing-infighting-callout-culture/

Aesthesiaphilia ,

No, I suspect the real change is performative anti gun bullshit.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

Sure, from a European perspective, but one is center-right and the other is far-right (farther right than any of your parties).

Aesthesiaphilia ,

"wtf are you on about? Oranges have been banned for 10 years."

"I'm eating one right now."

"You're a liar, prove it."

"I'm not going to take a picture of myself for you. What kind of idiot thinks oranges are banned?"

"Oh yeah, prove they're not."

"Prove oranges aren't banned by the government? How the fuck?"

"See, I rest my case"

"You fucking idiot...[3 hours of research and case law into it being legal to eat an orange] here you happy?"

"Oh well they banned them in my country (of 6 people)."

Aesthesiaphilia ,

She plays it for 3 hours a night

Aesthesiaphilia ,

My money is on totally sober moron

Aesthesiaphilia ,

I always try to remember this. SOMEONE is an absolute idiot in situations like this, but it's not always the most obvious one.

Also: someone going super slow in the fast lane. It's not always the car in front of you, especially if it's a big car. Sometimes there's a little car in front of em.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

Or Russian

Fuckin tankies

Aesthesiaphilia ,

Lol cope more

Communism killed itself, which is good because it has an almost 100% track record of turning into dictatorship.

(Capitalism is working on killing itself but hasn't quite finished the job yet)

Aesthesiaphilia ,

As per my previous message

lol

cope

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Aesthesiaphilia ,

I don't know about you, but I only notice when it's a wildly different pic, usually nsfw. Probably just bias, I bet it happens all the time with pics that seem somewhat related or it's a topic (and picture) you don't care about.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

Funny thing is, kbin shadow bans almost all nsfw content.

Joe Biden’s DOJ Is Claiming “There Is No Constitutional Right to a Stable Climate” (jacobin.com)

In the same week large swaths of the US were under extreme heat warnings, Joe Biden’s Justice Department filed its most recent motion to dismiss a landmark climate case by arguing that nothing in the Constitution guarantees the right to a secure climate.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

I mean...it doesn't

Who thinks it does? What a silly idea

Aesthesiaphilia ,

Cool, but don't try to make the legal argument that the Constitution says so and so when it doesn't. It's a giant waste of time and money.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

It's the basis of law and order. You can't just do whatever you want, that's a dictatorship.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

Privacy? What's that??

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Aesthesiaphilia ,

I'm just glad we all moved away from the "box on wheels" design of 10 years ago. God those were hideous.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

Because - and this is the only real answer you'll get - Starfield is "cool" and "normies" are looking forward to it. Therefore, the "real gamers" must hate it, ESPECIALLY before actually playing it.

Same shit you see in any niche community. Buncha nerds hating on anything too big or popular.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

Exactly. I've been playing Bethesda games for ages, news like this makes me happy they're keeping the stuff that works.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

Or more accurately, the military wouldn’t want you if you are too smart.

You're mixed up, that's US police, not US military.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

I heard - purely rumors - that he had been subject to tons of racism from the South Koreans and finally snapped one day.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

Hey look everyone, we found someone who knows him personally and intimately!

Tell us more!

Aesthesiaphilia ,

That's why it's so juicy, they're all such terrible people we don't have to pick sides

Aesthesiaphilia ,

It's the half you probably don't want to be on anyway. Automated censorship is shitty.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

It's not just written in jest, it's totally made up

Aesthesiaphilia ,

You're probably one of those people who has a mild allergy or has your brain wires crossed, like those people who think cilantro tastes like soap.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

They don't. It's like those "wait, bananas aren't supposed to be spicy?" moments. You probably have a mild allergy.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

But what about!!!

Aesthesiaphilia ,

MintPress News (MPN) is an American far-left[1] news website founded and edited by Mnar Adley (née Muhawesh) which was launched in January 2012[2] and also publishes the MintCast podcast. It covers political, economic, foreign affairs and environmental issues. Editorially, MintPress News supports Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, and the governments of Russia, Iran, and Syria.[3][4] It opposes the governments of Israel and Saudi Arabia,[5] and reports geopolitical events from an anti-Western perspective.[6] In one contentious article, MintPress News falsely asserted that the Ghouta chemical attack in Syria was perpetrated by rebel groups rather than by the Syrian government.[4]

Tankie propaganda. Ignore.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

Everyone pleads "not guilty" the first go around, even clearly guilty people, even people who plan to plead guilty.

You can always change a "not guilty" plea to "guilty" (ie, plea deal, etc). It gives your lawyers more time to get a handle on the case, get paperwork together, work with the prosecutors, etc.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

There's no such thing as pleading innocent. The court will either find you guilty or not guilty. The court will not, and in fact cannot, find you innocent. Only not guilty. Or in most cases, "not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt".

Aesthesiaphilia ,

Does the presumption of innocence still apply even if the crime has already been confirmed to have happened?

Yes. The crime (and the criminal) legally hasn't been "confirmed". The point of a trial is to "confirm" it.

For example, there's probably at least 50 million people who believe no crime occurred.

They're WRONG, of course, but the point of the trial is to prove them wrong.

Aesthesiaphilia ,

Man, I can't belive I'm rooting for the giant corporation here. Crazy world.

Sometimes the boot of capitalism treads on fascists, and that my friends is an interesting time.

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