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cosmic_shame

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    Comment #39570143

    Unrelated but I really wish there were an easier way to read PDFs on mobile devices.

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    Comment #36399802

    Doesn't show on Ventusky: https://www.ventusky.com/?p=49.4;7.8;5&l=pm25&t=20230620/060...

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    Comment #35983772

    This would be such a great use case for an LLM.

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    Comment #35683084

    Do you have a specific issue with one of this takes?

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    Comment #33303165

    Actual link: https://linuxgizmos.com/smart-agriculture-board-features-esp...

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    Comment #32918427

    35-40 minutes, perfect distance. Not too far to meet up for a meal, but too far for drop-ins.

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    Comment #31996696

    I was adding context to OP's statement that "No serious climate scientist thinks we are going to fall off a cliff". If 60% of the most influential climate scientists expect the wor…

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    Comment #31996189

    Nature did a poll of IPCC authors ( https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02990-w ) and 60% of them expect the world to warm >= 3°C.

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    Comment #31659406

    https://archive.ph/9hDDI

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    Comment #31221855

    This sounds interesting, whereabouts?

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    Comment #31207931

    Nobody said that threading the needle was easy.

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    Comment #29916620

    I totally agree, he definitely downplays or under-appreciates the possible severity of climate change.

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    Comment #29913414

    Yes. Interesting counterpoint from Scott Alexander: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/please-dont-give-up-on...

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    Comment #29730829

    Interesting. I'm a pharmacist too. Still working in pharmacy?

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    Comment #29719726

    Deduplicating and/or removing repackaged labels might clean that up a bit. How did you get interested in doing this?

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    Comment #29718385

    How is this any better than just searching DailyMed? Also, it's not returning generic drug labels when using a brand name (see: 'Avastin' vs 'bevacizumab' searches).

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    Comment #29574655

    Scary headline, but means absolutely nothing: “The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (EUA labeled product) is currently being shipped; however, please be advised that the COMIRNATY …

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    Comment #29556120

    For example?

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    Comment #29254886

    I actually did a double take, turns out today isn't April 1st and this is real. Oh how the mighty have fallen.

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    Comment #29120859

    https://archive.md/D5TgE

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    Comment #29071626

    This is extremely misleading. The amount of tris in a single vaccine dose is miniscule compared to a therapeutic dose used as an alkalinizing agent.

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    Comment #28951235

    I don't think that's what OP was getting at...

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    Comment #28950780

    How do you propose one plan to live life without a fossil-fuel based economy? Bunker in the woods with 30 years of canned food? I'm not being facetious, just cannot even imagine wh…

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    Comment #28950198

    AKA an energy trap, see: https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2011/10/the-energy-trap/