There's no reason why the availability of free food and/or clothing should limit the potential to grow other kinds of businesses. On the contrary,the less time you have to worry about food and clothing, the more time is available to explore other business ventures.
We have satellites collecting temperature readings from the whole earth
The problem is that we are usually interested in the temperature of a narrow layer of air just above the surface. That's what we measure with a weather station. You can't really measure that with a satellite, without getting confused by temperature radiation and the actual surface or the higher layers of atmosphere.
And that NEVER includes the bias of those making the adjustments, right?
The adjustments are done automatically by software. You can download the GISS sources here: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gist...
You're kindly invited to point out the bias, or withdraw your accusation.
Your assertion that population is bounded "solely" by resources is nonsense, and is the exact opposite of what is actually happening in the real world
What is happening in the real world is that the environment has changed too quickly for evolution. Fast forward 10 more generations with plenty of resources, and populations will be growing again.
The simulation wouldn't necessarily have to be complex. You could simulate the entire universe in a giant Game of Life board, with a handful of very simple rules combined with a huge state space.
We need more weather stations in remote areas such as the Arctic. Areas where most people would be able to install an IoT weather station are already sufficiently covered by existing ones.
Gödel's incompleteness theorems show that in specific cases, it is not possible to obtain a formal system that is effectively generated, complete, and consistent.
what evidence are you offering for your assertion than non-ionizing radiation causes cancer ?
Skin cancer from too much exposure to sunlight for instance. UV light, as filtered by our atmosphere, does not have the energy required to free electrons (i.e. ionize), but it does have the energy to create free radicals.
3D printing is great for low volume production and while I expect it to speed up, there are other ways to make things that often are much more economical and/or effective which 3D printing will struggle to displace.
3D printing is very effective for complicated shapes that you can't make with other techniques, or only at very high cost. And while volume for individual products is low, it adds up to a decent combined total, especially when you consider the much higher margins on low-volume items.
I agree. I think 3D printing is best left to professional print shops. Just send your design files, and they'll send the object back. That way you get much higher quality and lower prices.
And don't forget walking in the sun, with radiation that's both intense as well as energetic, and has been proven to cause skin cancer and other permanent skin/tissue damage.
Consumer iodine-enriched table salt only has a small amount of added iodine. You'd have to eat quite a bit of salt to get enough iodine. Iodine-enriched salt that's used in the food industry has a much higher iodine level. Interestingly enough, most food sources are a poor source of iodine. Seaweed is a notable exception.
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There's no reason why the availability of free food and/or clothing should limit the potential to grow other kinds of businesses. On the contrary,the less time you have to worry about food and clothing, the more time is available to explore other business ventures.
We have satellites collecting temperature readings from the whole earth
The problem is that we are usually interested in the temperature of a narrow layer of air just above the surface. That's what we measure with a weather station. You can't really measure that with a satellite, without getting confused by temperature radiation and the actual surface or the higher layers of atmosphere.
And that NEVER includes the bias of those making the adjustments, right?
The adjustments are done automatically by software. You can download the GISS sources here: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gist... You're kindly invited to point out the bias, or withdraw your accusation.
You absolutely can. And it's a much more efficient method than a patchwork of welfare programs.
As some point you're going to run out of someone else's money.
Your assertion that population is bounded "solely" by resources is nonsense, and is the exact opposite of what is actually happening in the real world
What is happening in the real world is that the environment has changed too quickly for evolution. Fast forward 10 more generations with plenty of resources, and populations will be growing again.
Take a look at rich people, their mansions and vacations and other extravaganza. I very much doubt there's any real upper bound on what people want.
There is a limit to the number of attractive mansions you can build.
The simulation wouldn't necessarily have to be complex. You could simulate the entire universe in a giant Game of Life board, with a handful of very simple rules combined with a huge state space.
Without ANY bugs? Really?
You've never lost your keys and then found them later in a place you were certain you've looked ?
We need more weather stations.
We need more weather stations in remote areas such as the Arctic. Areas where most people would be able to install an IoT weather station are already sufficiently covered by existing ones.
Yes, a synthesiser takes your description of the logic in source code and synthesises the digital logic. FTFY.
Well, this particular hardware doesn't come with source code.
If people aren't interested in fixing this planet, there's not much hope that they'll do better on Mars or Venus.
Because Venus sure as hell isn't any better
If only there was a suitable planet between Mars and Venus....
A child is not a fully functional human yet. Their "rights" are adjusted accordingly.
No need to run the latest distributions on a POS terminal. Just get an older one.
Gödel's incompleteness theorems show that in specific cases, it is not possible to obtain a formal system that is effectively generated, complete, and consistent.
That's what I said, yes. But thanks anyway.
No, it would be silly to make an inconsistent language, rather it would be incomplete.
what evidence are you offering for your assertion than non-ionizing radiation causes cancer ?
Skin cancer from too much exposure to sunlight for instance. UV light, as filtered by our atmosphere, does not have the energy required to free electrons (i.e. ionize), but it does have the energy to create free radicals.
Regular UV light disrupts living tissue by photochemistry, not ionization. Only extreme UV is ionizing, but our atmosphere filters that.
3D printing is great for low volume production and while I expect it to speed up, there are other ways to make things that often are much more economical and/or effective which 3D printing will struggle to displace.
3D printing is very effective for complicated shapes that you can't make with other techniques, or only at very high cost. And while volume for individual products is low, it adds up to a decent combined total, especially when you consider the much higher margins on low-volume items.
I agree. I think 3D printing is best left to professional print shops. Just send your design files, and they'll send the object back. That way you get much higher quality and lower prices.
And don't forget walking in the sun, with radiation that's both intense as well as energetic, and has been proven to cause skin cancer and other permanent skin/tissue damage.
Consumer iodine-enriched table salt only has a small amount of added iodine. You'd have to eat quite a bit of salt to get enough iodine. Iodine-enriched salt that's used in the food industry has a much higher iodine level. Interestingly enough, most food sources are a poor source of iodine. Seaweed is a notable exception.
It's the government that's distributing the iodine pills. It's a safe assumption that they have their reasons.
Just eat a bunch of seaweed.