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Commons did a great episode on the Irvings' dynasty a few years back: https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/dynasties-2-the-irvings/

No. That is an entirely incorrect interpretation of the study.

No. This changes nothing about climate models.

> supposed CO2 problem No. This study has changed precisely nothing about how we measure CO2 in the atmosphere. Or climate change in general.

No. Climate scientists did not base all of their current models on a 1980 study about how much CO2 trees can technically absorb.

The messaging of this article is causing people in this very comment section to conclude that climate change is progressing slower (or even not progressing at all) based on a revis…

Yes, this specific messaging feels motivated by the bottom lines of energy producers. The information doesn't actually change what we've measured regarding progress of climate chan…

What are the "aesthetics of gambling"? Do all games involving dice rolls resemble that aesthetic? If gambling aesthetics change to resemble popular game aesthetics, does that expan…

Random Card is rated E.

I really believe that you are approaching this in good faith, so I will do the same. I don't have time to really dig into this deeply with you so these brief justifications of my s…

You can't just say random garbage and use it to justify a wack conclusion, dude.

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I suspect you might even be overestimating.

The politics of the situation might make a perceived lack of technological solution a convenient scapegoat, that is true. However, from the HN comments section, suggesting a techno…

I love hacker news.

> Hate to break it to you Do you? > not the same sort of risky move I don't see it as materially different. I also don't consider this to be an example of either of them being geni…

Eh, Zuck did the same with Instagram/Facebook: “If we don't create the thing that kills Facebook, someone else will.”

You missed the mark here. He was talking about the Russian state propaganda site that the GP was trying to find on google: "PolitNavigator".

> What is the source of this claim? Me, I guess. I've released MacOS apps for free and never felt any expectation to provide indefinite support. They do what they are supposed to d…

>no way I'm doing get payed once support forever or give away for free support forever Why do you keep saying that "support forever" is the default here? Nobody would expect that e…

I truly don't understand your desire to remove Linux file permissions. I also don't get why you think it's difficult to do so. There are plenty of ways for you to enable yourself t…

That might add another step but I think it is unlikely to help reduce the number of victims. If someone is willing to bring up the run prompt and paste whatever they have in the cl…