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Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Re: Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Post by wnscooke »

sandworm101 wrote: post #140
iagooar wrote: post #83

I have been to northern Norway and Iceland a few times. It all started when I was running my previous SaaS at the peak of its growth. I needed a break, and wanted to go far away, while still being close enough if sh*t hit the fan. My co-founder had recently talked to some friends who had been to Tromsø, Norway. The place looked perfect, so I booked a 5-day solo trip there. Places that are so distant, with such harsh…

And when you want to experiance true issolation in the face of nature, Alaska and Westerm Canada are waiting. Try a drive north through BC in winter. Fish on an Alaskan river only accessible by floatplane. Wake up to watch the northern lights only to realize you are looking south. Or pan for gold only to look up and see a grizzly cub walking cassually past. Norway: 15 people per sq km. Alberta: 6.7 British columbia:…

In my younger days I hitch-hiked from Fort St John to Inuvik, via Whitehorse. It got into my blood and bones. I'd love to return... maybe one day.

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Post by 0ckpuppet »

Arainach wrote: post #241
kyledrake wrote: post #237

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If I'm allowed to be anecdotal too I've also spent a decent amount of time in the area, including a visit to Bloomington, Indiana to visit their Informatics school, which was full of very interesting, open people that were absolutely wonderful and invited us into their world for a weekend. The last night there I had dinner at one of the professors' houses in a very nice neighborhood that was absolutely lovely, and in…

University towns are exceptions that the rural and suburban parts of these states largely hate. They are the tiny pleasant exception to the whole that is not representative. Ann Arbor is a nice town. Bloomington sounds like a nice town. The vast majority of Indiana and Michigan are sparsely populated and full of people who distrust anyone not like them and are not interested in broadening their experiences. "Got tire…

Sounds lke you grew up in the wrong small town, you could say the same about a bad neighborhood in any major city. I get around in the midwest for motorsports events, and there is a critical mass of people who love to meet travellers and love to travel themselves. Maybe it's condescension they distrust?

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Post by Taikonerd »

o11c wrote: post #266
cipheredStones wrote: post #188

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Every guy named Gary is named after Gary, Indiana. Gary Cooper named himself after the town, and then got very, very popular.

Not all , only most Americans. For Brits it's usually after Sir Garfield (spear field) St Aubrun Sobers. And even before Gary Cooper there were people using it for Gerald (spear power), Gerard (spear hard/brave), and (old) Gerbert (spear bright). It is a cousin to, but believed not historically derived from, Garrett/Garrod. It is unclear whether German/Germain derive from this root or not. It is usually unrelated to…

Thank you, I thought this was interesting!

Re: Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Post by coryrc »

SilverElfin wrote: post #160
coryrc wrote: post #66

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Wood is a much better insulator than those two materials. At cold temps even the fasteners holding on cladding over foam sheets is a significant source of lost heat, so if screwed into wood instead of steel framing, you conduct much less heat.

Can’t you put some insulation on fasteners? Or just hold insulation on from the inside without piercing the outside wall?

Obviously there are various schemes to mitigate (not eliminate) this loss and others. It all takes expertise and money, both of which will be in short supply.

Also it's not like Greenland has an excess of concrete or steel either.

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Post by BeFlatXIII »

bradgessler wrote: post #15
tptacek wrote: post #5

It's funny to me that in portraying Indiana as a "blank state" he's highlighting one of the most beautiful parts of the state (the route through the Dunes along the Michigan lakefront; if you've seen "Road To Perdition", you know what that area looks like). It's not important to the article, a complete tangent, but I can't not call that out.

Unfortunately the dunes and lake are not visible from that stretch of I-94. Southern Indiana is another beautiful part of the state. It's mostly rolling hills with lush green forests and farms.

I-64 is an underlooked gem. I used to drive there all the time.

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Post by osigurdson »

Broken_Hippo wrote: post #312
osigurdson wrote: post #213

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I've never been to Indiana but I don't like when people say things like this about other places. Yeah, these people are "too tired" to go anywhere else - right. I hope the author enjoyed channeling Hemingway for a bit but seriously what does he know about why people live there?

Would you rather hear about being too poor to go anywhere else? I'm from Indiana, lived there until I was 35 and family still lives there. "Too tired" is an apt descriptor, though. "Too Poor" or not having opportunities is generally good too, but you likely wouldn't see all of that while driving through. Most people just live there because they were born there and their lives are there. "why would you move here ??" i…

I feel like that is a valid view from someone who lives there but, if you aren't from a given place, I'm not interested in your opinion. Also, "why would you move here?", how many places on Earth meet that criteria?

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Post by WalterBright »

spacechild1 wrote: post #299
WalterBright wrote: post #243

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> Greenland is being openly threatened by the US Not really. It's just bluster.

Denmark/Greenland certainly thinks differently. And empty threats are still threats.

There's been no followup on the "threat".

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Post by kyledrake »

Arainach wrote: post #241
kyledrake wrote: post #237

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I'm allowed to be anecdotal too I've also spent a decent amount of time in the area, including a visit to Bloomington, Indiana to visit their Informatics school, which was full of very interesting, open people that were absolutely wonderful and invited us into their world for a weekend. The last night there I had dinner at one of the professors' houses in a very nice neighborhood that was absolutely lovely, and in…

University towns are exceptions that the rural and suburban parts of these states largely hate. They are the tiny pleasant exception to the whole that is not representative. Ann Arbor is a nice town. Bloomington sounds like a nice town. The vast majority of Indiana and Michigan are sparsely populated and full of people who distrust anyone not like them and are not interested in broadening their experiences. "Got tire…

Having spent a decade in Portland and a few years in the Bay Area, all I can say here is that I've met these people in droves in both places, and the rural-urban political divide is just as strong in the coastal states as it is in the Midwest. I don't think content people living simpler lives are a thing that is unique to any state or region in the country.

If your experience is different, it may simply be the product of cost pressures. It's easier to have a simple life that consists of smoking weed and playing video games with your friends if you don't have to figure out how to afford an expensive house. And something tells me people in Indiana, even their dullards, could figure out how to ride a bus if they really needed to.

Re: Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Post by spacechild1 »

WalterBright wrote: post #328
spacechild1 wrote: post #299

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Denmark/Greenland certainly thinks differently. And empty threats are still threats.

There's been no followup on the "threat".

First, a threat stays a threat, even if you don't "follow up".

Second, there are stories about alleged covert CIA operations. The topic is certainly not off the table.

Don't you see any problem with the US expressing desires to annex parts of a fellow NATO member, let alone not ruling out military action?

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