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aport

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About aport

Earth Scientist and tech enjoyer.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #43061402

    She's starting to talk like climate change deniers and intelligent design cranks. Paranoid and desperate for attention.

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    Comment #41664527

    Looks very flood-prone

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    Comment #41242311

    You're correct, the comet theory has been debunked for years at this point.

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    Comment #40823050

    I don't see how the threat of regulatory capture would argue against letting experts decide what actions need to be taken to protect the publics health and the environment

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    Comment #40822764

    I would much rather unelected bureaucrat scientists decide how to implement the intent and application of laws than congress.

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    Comment #40070258

    You can find the preprint, which the Twitter thread summarizes, here ( https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.10102 )

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    Comment #38816271

    Question for any physicists out there. If the theory can be tested with just a 1 kg mass on Earth, could the fluctuation in mass of GPS satellites also be detectable from their tim…

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    Comment #37662104

    I've used Pocket Casts for ~8 years. Can't recommend it enough, a really great app.

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    Comment #37124185

    I dont think there's much to discuss about this article because Kaku's opinion on AI is worthless. He is less a physicist than a parrot that is paid to repeat far fetched claims ab…

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    Comment #37123291

    I would describe Michio Kaku the same way.

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    Comment #37061169

    [flagged]

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    Comment #36864828

    Further in the paper "The mean of the bootstrapped estimates of the tipping time is 〈tc〉 = 2050, and the 95% confidence interval is 2025–2095."

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    Comment #36864665

    From the paper "The mean of the bootstrapped estimates of the tipping time is 〈tc〉 = 2050, and the 95% confidence interval is 2025–2095."

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    Comment #36693581

    > Outlook 2003 had that for... 20 years. It's kind of weird they say it emulates mobile interfaces.

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    Comment #36185980

    Because it is* much farther away from Earth and closer to the sun at that point.

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    Comment #35190266

    I live in a right to work state and they are using it correctly.

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    Comment #35171415

    Neat. Reminds me of the Racer game Google put out a decade ago with music by Giorgio Moroder. https://youtu.be/YT0k99hCY5I

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    Comment #35169111

    I don't disagree, but as someone who uses T-Mobile, the only thing they have going for them is their cheap prices and freebies. And even then they're barely worth it. If prices ris…

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    Comment #35124082

    Absurd finger pointing without any self-reflection. If this represents the thinking of powerful people in silicon valley then I'm glad their world is burning down.

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    Comment #34941299

    How about you explain how what was just shown to you is not unhinged racism.

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    Comment #34630683

    I pay for way more streaming services than I should but unsubscribed from Netflix years ago and started sharing a login with extended family. Even though I have access to it I rare…

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    Comment #34433498

    Nonprofits such as?

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