https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/...

Yup, the sad truth is that if you really want to save children, you need to ban parents.

Discord is only the latest and least of the problems in that regard - Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest locked all of that content up first.

Right, the economist refer to this as "externality". Fossil fuels aren't cheap, if you factor in the costs that people using them transfer to third parties. Theoretically, if the true cost of using fossil fuels were factored into every pound of coal or gallon of gasoline consumed, then we would use *exactly the right amount* of fossil fuels. Probably not zero, but not as much as we do when we pretend pollution isn't a cost.

You mean the house with geothermal heating?

The house with solar installed *decades* before it was cool or fashionable?

The house that he pays a *premium* on his electric bill to promote renewable sources?

He buys from renewable sources to offset the CO2 release. Something every major corporation also does.

Is it big? Sure. Even has a heated pool! He's rich as are most people in national politics.

He used *his* money and invested in making it as green as possible.

The only potential silver lining is 'politics as usual' wasn't getting even close to solving the problem in the US. Biden's efforts were welcome but looking at the scale of the problem we face, the 'Manchin problem' held far too much back.

Trump and company will make things exponentially worse.

And the masses may need that 'worse' before starting to vote in favor of real and effective solutions. Assuming Trump doesn't bumble us into WW III.

China is installing more renewable energy every year than we have ever installed.

China has installed 20-30,000 miles of true high speed rail in just the last 20 years.

Both are massive investments in a carbon free economy.

They also installed a huge amount of coal in just the last couple of years. Plants that are *already* being idled 30% of the time b/c they have enough energy. They're also the more efficient types our 'clean coal!' morons claim are totally fine.

https://cleantechnica.com/2023...

Reality isn't all or nothing but multiple steps and *progress* towards a goal.

China is walking that walk, while the US is actively running backwards.

The North East coast will see 1-2 FEET of sea level rise if the AMOC shuts off. Why? because the 'drain' no longer drains so there's a huge pile of water that North America is rotating into.

Native American's have flood myths far starters. It's a very widespread concept.

https://mythologyworldwide.com...

Ancient flood myths are far more likely due to 2 things:

1. Floods happen everywhere
2. Baths are cleansing

Humans make up stories to explain and control societal behavior.

Fusion Energy would, eventually, be cheaper than all other forms of energy.

Fusion Energy would stop Global Warming because the carbon dioxide and other pollution of fuels would eventually be eliminated.

while it still includes two controllers featuring dials and number pads instead of joysticks, they're both wireless and charge when docked to the console.

Wireless, no matter how good, still has delays or blips which interrupt the signal. You need the consistent signal of a wired connection.

I know people will give me reasons why I'm wrong, but this is no different than having touchscreens for basic operations in a car. You need the analog touch for simplicity and reliability.

Slop is a totally fair term for any low-quality AI-generated material, and not an unreasonable one for AI-generated content in general due to average output quality.

It sounds like "Graf Zahl" was a not-so-benevolent OSS project dictator and this was the last straw.

Try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

That's what they've done. Or rather they've bought the politicians who create the regulatory frameworks. But if people woke up and realized they've been frog-boiled into giving away their privacy, then that would be prohibitively expensive.