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In my experience the worst dressed definitely have more self confidence about their ability, rightly or wrongly

Nah I see this as a bald dude. When I wear a cap people smile at me, make conversation, etc Not when I’m clearly bald though People treat you better when you look better it’s sad b…

There’s a reason the solidarity movement arose in Poland Remarkable culture

You don’t think it has anything to do with hostile states using fake profiles on social media to drum up discontent in the democratic world?

> For much of human history, we’ve evaluated code quality via code review For the vast majority of human history we didn’t even have written language, let alone code reviews

Just because it makes you feel uncomfortable doesn’t mean it’s bullshit. Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries https://…

Alternatively, think of an alcoholic telling his doctor ‘you told me to stop drinking 5 years ago but i’m still fine’ It’s a slow train, but the damage is cumulative and it will ge…

An emotional reaction is rational.

So just crack on with a +3 degree rise. So much for human ingenuity, when being able to buy plastic shit on amazon is prized over having a temperate world. We wouldn’t want anythin…

You can also respond ‘I don’t know’ instead of doing the equivalent of responding with the first page of an ‘I feel lucky’ google search

It’s not really though. Plenty of classical civilisations saw wealth chasing and work something to be looked down on

That’s not hard sci-fi though. Something like Stephen Baxter’s work is hard sci-fi, the ansible was just a plot device

How is it hard sci-fi? It was basically magic

if it’s the same range for less weight you have more room for munitions and other gadgets

You didn’t answer my question, but it’s understandable why you wouldn’t want to if you believe that. I know magnetic poles shift.

You really don’t see how they’re related? Fair enough.

So you think this climate change is caused by the magnetic poles shifting?

I don’t think it is, and I don’t think it’s repeatedly pushed back I just think the science is still being worked out. But the world is getting hotter, and the scientists know it’s…

If it’s always varied in intensity, why are the ten hottest years on record all after 2015? Surely we’d see random hot years all over the map.

Have you seen that some of these things are so loud they’re damaging to health? But they’re loud at frequencies we can’t hear so it’s not easy to tell without specialised equipment…

And it varies in intensity because human activity is putting more energy into the system

Like an alcoholic saying drinking isn’t bad because he’s been drinking since his twenties and still hasn’t got cirrhosis By the time it’s an issue it’s too late.

I guess you’re not British either then?

I’d be concerned as it throws into doubt their entire accounting mechanism