Viewing profile — andrewwhartion

No. If it was pre-recorded, I'd be surprised if he was "lost for words".

As I understand it, "A Netflix Original Series" only means that they have exclusive distribution rights in a given region/country.

The carbon credit _is_ the (market-based) mechanism by which someone else has to not emit, or sequester, the CO2. [0] Of course, it relies on there actually being a cap on carbon i…

Yeah, I did a double take when I saw the number as well, then realized there's an O2 in CO2..

I think there's something in this... The person behind the cash register could even ask, "Would you like to make your 'gas/petrol/fuel' today carbon-neutral for an extra $2.45?". I…

Quick 'back of the envelope' (literally) calculations: Toyota Camry [0] Dual VVT-i engine gets 7.9L/100km and 183gm/km emissions. That roughly works out as 2.3kg CO2 per 1L petrol.…

Swimming in a concrete/Pebble Tec pool in Cairns in the summer is akin to taking a warm bath...

I've looked at these challenges and considered trying them out, but there's an opportunity cost involved in doing them. I'm sure they're of some value, but I prefer to spend my tim…

I think there's massive scope for improving the delivery of educational material, but most of my ideas have been related to later secondary education and university and to what I a…

I'm still meditating on the advice given. Perhaps a moment of silence for a fallen comrade...

Very nice. Now all I need is the same thing but for all my photos so my kids can dig through them in 30-50 years time, like I can do with my parents' photos...

If you're not in a rush, it might be worth keeping an eye on the factory outlet [1] as they pop up at a bit of a discount there and could be available locally if you're not in the …

I think it's also that a dog will also respond differently to a third party (the trainer) than how they respond to the owner with whom they already have a relationship. The owner c…

Fertilizer run off from agriculture (mainly sugar cane farming) is also a huge problem [1]. Not sure if they're actually getting any better with this or not... [1] https://www.qld.…

While not really related to specifying multiple sizes, PDFs do have the concept of an artbox, which could be used by the PDF author to indicate the area of the page that actually c…

> It's well known that accelerating rather quickly to your cruise speed is the optimal strategy for fuel efficiency, hence the reason to switch from 3rd to 5th gear directly. I don…

Competition is desirable for the consumer, not for the producer.

Sure, but when do you call time of death? (It's a rhetorical question) I guess I'm happy to grant the author a little artistic license to make his point.

To quote the article... "With no force on earth capable of preventing the oceans from continuing to warm and acidify for centuries to come, Veron had no illusions about the future.…

> I am from Norway, so I grew up with the Law of Jante. I am surprised that that law seems to have spread across the globe. A similar concept is 'tall poppy syndrome'.

I was living in Finland at the time we had our first child, we received one of these. I can tell you from first hand experience that what you've written was precisely the case for …

Isn't that what a release candidate is for?

"It's not trial and error, it's trial and correction".

“The 9/80 work week… occurs over a 2-week period as follows: employees work seven 9-hour days in a 2-week period, one 8-hour day and then receive one “free” day off every other wee…

> most buildings are built by people that don't use them Having rented for the past 6 years in 4 different houses, I've become convinced that this is one of the most significant fa…