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Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why (2024)

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Re: Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why (2024)

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Post by threethirtytwo »

GlacierFox wrote: post #9
Johnny_Bonk wrote: post #4

Looks like comments are being deleted on here... the climate change denial crowd is only growing :/

Are they? I thought you couldn't delete your comments on here?

You can, but only briefly. HN gives you a short “oops window” to delete comments. Officially it’s for typos. Unofficially it’s a dignity rollback mechanism for people who realized mid-thread that they don’t actually understand what they’re talking about.

Re: Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why (2024)

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Post by pinkmuffinere »

threethirtytwo wrote: post #11
GlacierFox wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are they? I thought you couldn't delete your comments on here?

You can, but only briefly. HN gives you a short “oops window” to delete comments. Officially it’s for typos. Unofficially it’s a dignity rollback mechanism for people who realized mid-thread that they don’t actually understand what they’re talking about.

To be fair, i appreciate both types of deletions. If somebody feels they were just adding noise, Im very happy if they can reduce that noise.

Re: Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why (2024)

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Post by Forgeties79 »

Johnny_Bonk wrote: post #4

Looks like comments are being deleted on here... the climate change denial crowd is only growing :/

It’s felt like there's been a serious uptick in incredibly hot headed new accounts the last few months. The number of dead comments I’ve seen in threads lately is staggering. Anecdotal but idk, feels that way.

Re: Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why (2024)

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Post by roxolotl »

doktor2un wrote: post #2

I’d love to see the raw data.

There’s a ton of raw data here. Not sure what you’re looking for specifically but if you look for it the vast majority of the data used for studies like this is public.

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/international-comprehensi...

Re: Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why (2024)

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Post by reactordev »

pinkmuffinere wrote: post #13
threethirtytwo wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can, but only briefly. HN gives you a short “oops window” to delete comments. Officially it’s for typos. Unofficially it’s a dignity rollback mechanism for people who realized mid-thread that they don’t actually understand what they’re talking about.

To be fair, i appreciate both types of deletions. If somebody feels they were just adding noise, Im very happy if they can reduce that noise.

I confess to using it under both circumstances at times.

Sometimes you think you know…

Re: Earth is warming faster. Scientists are closing in on why (2024)

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Post by jakelazaroff »

threethirtytwo wrote: post #11
GlacierFox wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are they? I thought you couldn't delete your comments on here?

You can, but only briefly. HN gives you a short “oops window” to delete comments. Officially it’s for typos. Unofficially it’s a dignity rollback mechanism for people who realized mid-thread that they don’t actually understand what they’re talking about.

Eh, even when I understand what I'm talking about, sometimes I submit a comment and then instantly realize "you know what, I actually don't want to debate this with a random stranger on the Internet".
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