We can cut emissions hugely by eliminating plastic crap, building technology and tools to last, living in vibrant medium density neighbourhoods with public transit and bicycles for all, building renewable energy sources, and eliminating meat.

I wake up in the morning, ride my bike to a job where I fix old technology and make a difference, then pick up groceries from local and sustainable businesses, get some exercise and sun in on my bike, and make a delicious vegan meal like roast potatoes. I’m happier, more active, healthier, and I feel like my life makes a difference. You, meanwhile, get to ride around in your metal box having to maintain constant focus or you could kill someone, getting no exercise, and presumably eating meat that hurts animals, wastes carbon, and kills you faster. Of course you need a vacation on a plane to make you happy; your life is miserable.

Where’s the article? I can only see a headline and a picture

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Modern insulation technology has advanced further than you think. An apartment built to a modern standard will have a lot less people loudness than you’re used to. Also, people get louder when the environment is loud, and cars are loud. If you take the cars out of a city, the people get quieter.

Dutch cities are way quieter and more peaceful than American cities. This is because cars are loud.

Missing: David Hume

https://youtu.be/Yco-B4BSaj4?si=VeXezaDwHWPkPvKf

I can read your comment

I’m willing to moderate. Big NJB fan, I watch all his videos when they come out. I’m good at moderation and I have too much free time.

Population growth is not a cause of climate change worth paying attention to. Most of those extra two billion were born in poor countries, especially in Africa. These countries have a fraction of the per capita emissions of wealthy countries like America that are currently seeing or soon to see population decline. When we’re having a conversation about how to control total emissions, it’s orders of magnitude more efficient to focus on per capita emissions than on population. For one, we can reduce per capita emissions without getting into ethical issues regarding population control or economic issues like those caused by the one child policy in China.

IMO most “flashy” frameworks betray the principle of high cohesion. Importing a time library to handle timezones is a great idea. Importing a math library to calculate derivatives is common sense for good reason. But huge frameworks that change the entire way a language is written are ridiculous. I’m looking at you, Vue and Tailwind. I usually see these sorts of frameworks used by people who aren’t qualified programmers and who don’t know software architectures or best practices. In other words, the kinds of people who get promoted to management positions and tell us what frameworks to use.

(Typescript is awesome though)

Uhhhh can I get a boneless pizza

It means giving a bare minimum of effort. Like when there’s an important meeting at work and you attend on the phone so you don’t have to get dressed or go anywhere. The term came about back when phones were low quality but still convenient, so phoning it in was easy, but frustrating to everyone else.

Or we teach all people to distrust authority and to remove bad leaders

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Cognitive dissonance is actually the state of holding conflicting feelings, beliefs, and actions, and it’s supposed to be stressful. Changing beliefs or actions relieves stress.

So you don’t think that killing an innocent for pleasure is murder?