Plenty of places are choosing only to get rid of straws, while still selling (much bigger) plastic cups lids, and bags, so people are not doing everything in parallel that they could.
delaying action on the smaller ones is foolish
Nope. Every action has a cost, and not just monetary but also public goodwill. If you start doing trivial stuff that is not really bringing any benefit to the oceans, but you annoy the public, then you lose credit, and you'll have a harder time getting support for further regulations.
I've been writing C programs for 3 decades, and I have made plenty of mistakes along the way. Occasionally because of using the wrong pointer, but most of them were simply because I got the algorithm wrong. None of these "safe" languages would have prevented the 2nd kind of error.
I clicked on the link to figure out what they were talking about, but it was such a mess that I had to close it before getting a chance to read a single sentence.
Basically, if you can't classify Pluto then there's no point in bothering with astronomy or planetary science since you can't predict or classify.
This is beyond retarded. Pluto has been classified in different ways over the last decades. Did people stop doing astronomy or planetary science in any of those periods ?
Seriously, what alternative do you suggest ? Do you want regular citizens have the legal ability to threaten violence and war, or would you want to take that option away from the government ?
A better system would be some kind of karma, attached to a pseudonymous user name, like here on Slashdot. As you build up karma, it becomes something that's worthy of accountability. Providing a verified real name could be used to provide initial karma, but it wouldn't be required.
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Plenty of places are choosing only to get rid of straws, while still selling (much bigger) plastic cups lids, and bags, so people are not doing everything in parallel that they could.
delaying action on the smaller ones is foolish
Nope. Every action has a cost, and not just monetary but also public goodwill. If you start doing trivial stuff that is not really bringing any benefit to the oceans, but you annoy the public, then you lose credit, and you'll have a harder time getting support for further regulations.
Measures can be done in parallel; there's no need to not do A because B is more important.
Yes, sounds good, except they aren't being done in parallel. People get rid of straws, and then feel so good about themselves that they stop.
And if you don't have a dishwasher ?
Poorer societies with lesser access to education are prone to violence and unrest. This has nothing to do with malfunctioning humans
Except if the malfunction caused the society to be poor and uneducated.
Plastic straws are merely low hanging fruit so pick it while we can.
There is plenty of fruit that's even lower and bigger. Plastic grocery bags for instance.
So we should keep polluting with plastic straws just because they aren't the biggest source of pollution? That's a rather stupid plan.
No, it's actually a smart plan. Start with biggest polluters that can be removed for the smallest cost.
Stainless steel straws are also great for growing bacteria.
Where do you think most of the crap at WalMart is coming from? Exactly.
WalMart is not the one telling the manufacturers to dump their garbage in the rivers.
Besides, check google images for "plastic garbage rivers", and you'll see that it's a lot of plastic bottles and bags, not manufacturing waste.
Most of the plastic comes from India and China. I'll let you argue about their development.
Most of the plastic in the ocean comes from a handful of rivers. Put the giant trap in the mouths of those rivers, and you'll catch a lot more.
I've been writing C programs for 3 decades, and I have made plenty of mistakes along the way. Occasionally because of using the wrong pointer, but most of them were simply because I got the algorithm wrong. None of these "safe" languages would have prevented the 2nd kind of error.
I bet Google crawlers love it when a web page is small, fast to load, and easy to navigate.
I bet Google doesn't care for regular desktop pages.
I clicked on the link to figure out what they were talking about, but it was such a mess that I had to close it before getting a chance to read a single sentence.
What's the problem ? It increases the exclusivity of Apple products. Everybody's happy.
Pretty sure it's not just Apple products that will be affected. Apple is just the first to make an announcement.
> How about never spying?
That's not something that I can control.
Why not remove the network connection instead ?
but people will live on Ganymede and Ceres.
Make sure to finish your drink before the bar closes.
Basically, if you can't classify Pluto then there's no point in bothering with astronomy or planetary science since you can't predict or classify.
This is beyond retarded. Pluto has been classified in different ways over the last decades. Did people stop doing astronomy or planetary science in any of those periods ?
Would you prefer "Unmetered Data"? Perhaps "Fixed Price Data".
No, just call it by the amount of unthrottled data you get.
When I saw the headline, I knew that half the slashdot comments would be about SI units. Right again.
Please, addressing me as "zhey" is really offensive. Please use the proper term "your majesty". Thanks.
yeah, let's all judge the potential of new tech by its first clunky prototype.
Seriously, what alternative do you suggest ? Do you want regular citizens have the legal ability to threaten violence and war, or would you want to take that option away from the government ?
A better system would be some kind of karma, attached to a pseudonymous user name, like here on Slashdot. As you build up karma, it becomes something that's worthy of accountability. Providing a verified real name could be used to provide initial karma, but it wouldn't be required.