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The most expensive thing in this work is human attention. Ie somebody has to give a shit so the thing works well.

Ok. But also:

Earth biosphere is collapsing.

Your complaint re: bottle cap: I stopped seeing caps in gutters.

Your complaint re: recycling scam: a non-scam way of doing is how Netherlands does it and it imports(!) trash because it's profitable.

Plastic straws can be made out of compostable plastic.

And the fucking plutocracy could stop flying everywhere every day.


> I stopped seeing caps in gutters.

Do you think that people who were inclined to discard bottle caps were correctly binning their bottles?

No, they were also throwing down their bottles which were more easily carried away by the rain and wind. Now, both the cap and the bottle are being washed into rivers instead of the caps being left behind. Net improvement: zero.

It's a classic example of survivorship bias. It's like the headline that bottle caps were the third most common litter on beaches - because bottles, sandwiches wrappers and crisp packets had been washed out to sea.


I hope you do realize that without numbers your argument against caps is just a speculation too. Whether it’s some bias or not, we can figure out only via research: the impact is easily measurable.

How high did it go?

They didn’t launch it. They spun it in a centrifuge to see if it could withstand 10,000 Gs, and with some minor modifications (mostly moving the battery to the bottom and gluing the electronics), it survived.

St James, the protector saint of all things covfefe.

Yes. This is intuitively true. Solid specs can be built with high % of AI assist and can be executed fast. Vague specs and exploration would take forever compared to the prior. One can build 10 concrete ideas in a span of a single exploration

Tell us more about your qualifications


Impact of fluoride on neurological development in children (2012) https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/fluoride-children...

Fluoride exposure and cognitive neurodevelopment: Systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis (2022) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001393512...


No. I mean data-no=jose


Today: almost certainly nothing In a decade: almost certainly very little In a century: almost certainly more than the Voyager


Assuming climate change doesn't prevent any kind of launch or most further research.


Wouldn’t the reduction in atmospheric density due to warming make it easier to reach orbit, etc?


Yes but widespread flooding, drought, crop failures and economic collapses etc. would make it much harder to devote resources towards such launches.


It needs to be taken over by the government


Managing Humans by Michael Lopp

And it's a book of his articles.


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