you can start by realizing "global cooling/global warming/climate change is a racket.
what you do next is up to you.
Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle climate change?
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#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
if you care to, send me an email (address in profile), and i'll follow-up (just the once) in about a month with where i think it's going.
Hey, I don't seem to be able to see your email on your profile. I might be doing something incorrect though, I'm new to being logged in to HN
ahh, ok. i don't get it either :-)
jason.[lastname-from-username] at gmail
Re: Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle climate change?
#73Can we cut the constant climate change topics? For the last three or four weeks I haven't been able to swing a dead cat without hitting somebody going into histrionics about the end being nigh because humans or cow farts are destroying the planet.
It really is that big of an issue.
Sure, maybe, but this is not the place for bellyaching about it. Or at least it didn't use to be.
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#75Hello!
I asked myself the same question, and ended up founding Tomorrow (https://www.tmrow.com).
I believe understanding the footprint of anything should be a commodity, and easily accessible to anyone. That's why we're currently building an app that automatically computes your carbon footprint, and gives you the means to change for the better. I previously built electricitymap.org, and we're now hiring if you're interested: https://www.tmrow.com/jobs Feel free to reach out directly if you want to chat (or join our Slack at slack.tmrow.com). This is the most pressing issue of our time and we simply don't have enough people working or caring about it.
A bit of reading: - http://worrydream.com/ClimateChange/ - https://www.tmrow.com/climatechange
Olivier
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#76> I'm a software engineer with a diverse background in backend, frontend development. > How do I find jobs related to tackling global warming and climate change in Europe for an English speaker? While not directly answering the question, here are some ideas for purchasing, donating, creating new positions, and hiring people that care: Write more efficient code. Write more efficient compilers. Optimize interpretation…
Thermodynamics is part of the physics curriculum for many software engineering and computer science degrees.
There are a number of existing solutions that solve for energy inefficiency due to unreclaimed waste heat.
"Thermodynamics of Computation Wiki" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18146854
"Why Do Computers Use So Much Energy?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18139654
Re: Ask HN: What jobs can a software engineer take to tackle climate change?
#77Saul Griffiths of Otherlab makes a solid case for massive electrification as the primary means for reducing carbon: https://medium.com/otherlab-news/decarbonization-and-gnd-b8d... (mainly that moving to electric HALVES the amount of energy we need, mostly due to inefficiencies)
Based on his assessment, there are lots of job possibilities in electric vehicles, electric heating and cooling, and LED / industrial processes.