notsofunnycomment

joined 1 year ago
MODERATOR OF
earthscience
sorted by: new top controversial old
The Elder Scrolls Online Makes Hefty $15 Million In Monthly Revenue in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Factor 66 😈

World demands end to Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine in landslide UN vote in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Proud Dutchman standing next to you, feeling fucking ashamed.

Hezbolla veteran starter pack in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Thank you for saying this

the Germ-ans in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Someone once told me to that words for things that are not traded across linguistic borders exhibit more linguistic diversity (as in, neighbouring countries use completely different words that share no common etymological roots etc.). Butterfly is one key example.

Climate scientists flee Twitter [to Mastodon] as hostility surges in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for pointing this out. The level of misguidedness is painful.

Crossing the Atlantic on a sailing ship as a passenger? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I didn't know it yet. But it looks interesting. Thanks for the tip.

Do stores use bank account info to analyze shopping patterns? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Does that mean that anonymous loyalty cards don't really add any extra tracking capabilities?

Then what is the benefit for retailers? That some people don't use those cards and are thus paying too much?

Crossing the Atlantic on a sailing ship as a passenger? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Thanks. The tall ships look amazing.

I don't understand why there arent more commercial options around. Aren't there armies of rich tourists and digital nomads struggling with their CO2 footprints?

Wouldnt it be possible to have WiFi on such tall ships? Wouldnt it be possible for people to work online for some weeks?

Crossing the Atlantic on a sailing ship as a passenger? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks, will have a look. (I guess that scammy social platform found a way back into my life).

Crossing the Atlantic on a sailing ship as a passenger? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Interesting, thanks. What does "fulltime liveaboard crusier" mean? You spend your days sailing the ocean? In sailing boats?

82
Do stores use bank account info to analyze shopping patterns? (mander.xyz)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
32 comments fedilink
 

Out of a reflex of distrust, I refuse to participate in any kind of loyalty program of the outlet of the large retail store around the corner.

I tell myself that by refusing to join the loyalty program (which basically comes down to scanning an anonymous loyalty card every time I make a purchase), I prevent them from adding my correlations (what products I buy, in what combos, at what time) to their data.

But since I normally pay by card, I guess they can (and do) already do that with my bank account information?

If I would pay with cash, they can still see those correlations per purchase, but they can't track my purchases over time?

Crossing the Atlantic on a sailing ship as a passenger? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Those are regular cruise ships, right? Yeah no, not interested in that either. Those are incredibly polluting and wasteful things.

Crossing the Atlantic on a sailing ship as a passenger? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No, I basically mean a sailing ship. A ship with sails. I'm curious about the possibilities to cross the Atlantic with no/low CO2 emissions. I have adjusted the title to make this clearer!

50
Crossing the Atlantic on a sailing ship as a passenger? (mander.xyz)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
32 comments fedilink
 

Does anyone know if there are any companies/organizations that offer the possibility to sail the Atlantic by boat as a passenger (so not as a (more or less) experienced crew member). Are there any? Or announced plans or something like that?

(I'm not talking about being a passenger on a large cargo ship. I'm curious about the possibility to cross the Atlantic with a low carbon footprint).

1
if the total fertility rate drops and stays below global replacement rate, will humans disappear? (mander.xyz)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
6 comments fedilink
 

After watching this video I am left with this question.

The video ultimately claims that humans will not disappear, but doesn't do a great job explaining why.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but for the (or a) population to be and remain stable, the total fertility rate needs to be equal to the global replacement rate (which recently was 2.3).

And since the total average fertility rate appears to be currently at this 2.3, any drop in the fertility rate in place A would have to be compensated with a rise in the fertility rate in place B (assuming that, at some point, we would like to stop population decline)?

I guess one way for a population to remain stable, while women are having fewer than 2.3 children, would be to have fewer men? If a population has 100 women and 10 men, each woman would only have to have on average (a bit more than) 1.1 child? (Which would of course also require a collective form of prenatal sex selection.)

I realize that would be bonkers and unethical. Just wondering out loud.

1
Cool web-based tool to explore climate history (climatearchive.org)
 

This is a great way to travel through space and time, and get to know our planet better in a fun and beautifully designed way.

47
rsync speed goes down over time (mander.xyz)
 

What could be reasons for my rsync, which is syncing two remote servers through ssh, to slow down over time like this? It keeps happening. How to check what is the bottleneck?

0
What are the strategic considerations behind the active spread of anti-vax theories? (mander.xyz)
 

When it comes to spreading disinformation about climate change or the risks of smoking, I can clearly see how it protects economic interests (e.g. the value of the assets of the fossil fuel industry or the tobacco industry). I therefore understand that these lies are (have been) regularly pushed by people who do not necessarily believe in them.

But what are the strategic considerations behind the active spread of anti-vax theories? Who gains from this? Is it just an effective topic to rile up a political base? Because it hits people right in the feels? Is it just a way to bring people together on one topic, in order to use that political base for other purposes?

Or is anti-vax disinformation really only pushed by people who believe it?

view more: next β€Ί