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It would be interesting to correlate the decline with the presence of wind-turbines and wind farms not mentioned in these studies.

"Ad-blocker user punishes YouTube with not watching YouTube"

"Leaders command people". No, real leaders don't. Those with a military background that have been in situations where shit was all over the fan will agree.

No code is simply somebody else's code.

I am looking forward to the book and am particularly curious if it will address the origin of "conspiracy cultures" as I personally feel a lot has to do with governments and media …

Is there a reason windturbine effects on bird decline are not used in this study?

After double digit years in software development, terms keep confusing me and often the ease with which they are introduced often puzzle me. Like map, set, list, array, object, sub…

"And vaccines work because they teach immune systems to recognize — and so more effectively resist — pathogens before the actual bug is encountered." Is a bold claim that has yet t…

We are all going to die.

Most whistleblowers have a high moral and ethical standard. In current societies where people make it to the top lying, cheating and misusing or even suppressing others, we watch m…

I like the way the mineyest ecosystem is progressing. I am a huge fan of Minecraft and we turned it into a family thing running our own server. But the take-over by Microsoft feels…

"They come to snuff the rooster. You know he ain't gonna die" - Alice in Chains

In my opinion everybody has a right to an opinion. It saddens me that you feel like the entire linux community is gaslighting you, I sure ain't and do not intend to.

I use GNOME every day. What I like is that it isn't to much. The main use to me of any window manager is to use my mouse as little as possible, be able to tweak all of the underlyi…

Hans Rösling tried to tell us. Take this test to see if your perception of the world is right. https://upgrader.gapminder.org/

Accounting firms don't use calculators that often. They mostly use "What number do you need from us to give you fantasized credit ratings to fool the taxpayers". Accounting firms w…

Absolutely! Laziness is the reason so many bright minds waste their talent in optimizing ads, maximizing nudging and producing clickbait because "it pays me such an awesome salary"…

I recognize your journey. Most of my GitHub work has gone stale and although I didn't say goodbye, most of my work is now on GitLab where it receives more love and care and where I…

A great article with excellent advice that I hope Prusa will pick up.

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I absolutely agree! Freedom of choice has the largest influence on a person's health from all work related circumstances.

Bumper to bumper is horrible. But as described in my response, shifting a timetable could drastically change a commute experience.

I drive 181km single journey every week, stay one or two nights and return. As traffic can be challenging, I leave at 05:00 to arrive at 07:00 whereas leaving at 07:00 would add an…

Every president is a rest stop on the road to civilization collapse.

The debacle was started by SVB, I personally find it unfair to blame mismanagement on a whistleblower.