I would like an option to select exactly what kind of permissions I grant an app. If I then try to use it in a way that requires additional permissions, it would pop up a request saying that it needs permission to use such-and-such to proceed, allowing me a choice of a one-time or permanent extension of the permissions.
The problem isn't just a matter of reserves. The problem is that we need to keep production volume high, or even increasing. A lot of the reserves, like the Canadian tar sands, are very big, but only have low production rates.
Once again, WHAT do you suggest realistically replaces Facebook for most people, today? Crickets? Yeah that's what I thought buddy
It's like asking what you suggest to replace junk food and cigarettes. As long as you insist on exactly the same experience, nothing can replace it, obviously.
Depends on where you set the goal posts and exactly what sort of time scale you are talking about. I don't think saying "next few years" is out of line if you think big picture.
I took "next few years" to mean 2 or 3 years, maybe 5, not 40 to 60.
Big question is whether we have enough oil to keep ICE cars on the roads until then.
Things will continue to get worse until the exponential increase in cheap solar and wind energy overwhelms the decrease in the value of fossil energy; which should happen in the next few years
Solar is still insignificant on a global scale, especially where it concerns transportation fuels. Tesla is only producing a few thousand fully electric cars in a week, while we have a billion cars driving around using fossil fuels. It's going to take more than 'the next few' years to catch up.
There are plenty of signs that our current population is too high for sustainability. We're running out of resources, including water, topsoil, phosphates, fuels, and we're creating way too much CO2 to name just a handful of obvious things.
I don't think anybody knows the "perfect" number (which would obviously depend on a lot on technology), but it's fairly obvious that we've already overshot it. There's certainly no harm in going back a bit.
Not having healthcare is expensive. Dying people will stop at nothing to get treatment, even if it means threatening doctors or breaking down your hospital.
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No matter how complex a thing is, if you know it well enough, you can explain it to a 5 year old.
No, because some things take more than a year to explain.
I would like an option to select exactly what kind of permissions I grant an app. If I then try to use it in a way that requires additional permissions, it would pop up a request saying that it needs permission to use such-and-such to proceed, allowing me a choice of a one-time or permanent extension of the permissions.
Current reserves are estimated at about 50 years
The problem isn't just a matter of reserves. The problem is that we need to keep production volume high, or even increasing. A lot of the reserves, like the Canadian tar sands, are very big, but only have low production rates.
A rapidly spreading virus seems a better way. And first vaccinate everybody you really want to keep.
Once again, WHAT do you suggest realistically replaces Facebook for most people, today? Crickets? Yeah that's what I thought buddy
It's like asking what you suggest to replace junk food and cigarettes. As long as you insist on exactly the same experience, nothing can replace it, obviously.
Depends on where you set the goal posts and exactly what sort of time scale you are talking about. I don't think saying "next few years" is out of line if you think big picture.
I took "next few years" to mean 2 or 3 years, maybe 5, not 40 to 60.
Big question is whether we have enough oil to keep ICE cars on the roads until then.
The problem is, in the case of Facebook (and Twitter), there is no "elsewhere" to go to. Seriously, go to what?
Go outside ?
Mostly oil, but also gas.
Things will continue to get worse until the exponential increase in cheap solar and wind energy overwhelms the decrease in the value of fossil energy; which should happen in the next few years
Solar is still insignificant on a global scale, especially where it concerns transportation fuels. Tesla is only producing a few thousand fully electric cars in a week, while we have a billion cars driving around using fossil fuels. It's going to take more than 'the next few' years to catch up.
Yes, really.
It's not.
It is.
There are plenty of signs that our current population is too high for sustainability. We're running out of resources, including water, topsoil, phosphates, fuels, and we're creating way too much CO2 to name just a handful of obvious things.
I don't think anybody knows the "perfect" number (which would obviously depend on a lot on technology), but it's fairly obvious that we've already overshot it. There's certainly no harm in going back a bit.
Killing/letting die off and not replacing 293 million people seems like an unsustainable drop.
Why unsustainable ? It's been that low before.
So what human population size is the objectively perfectly ideal size?
One that is sustainable. I don't know the exact number, but I'm pretty sure we're at least an order of magnitude too high right now.
If we reach that size, are you sure noone will then argue that it should be a different size?
Oh, I'm sure they will argue.
There are already too many people on the world. Having less would be a good thing.
Not just money. How much energy is wasted by people watching funny cat movies, playing games, or any other kind of unproductive entertainment ?
I've heard there's this thing called teh sun that emits radiation. I don't want skin cancer.
Sunlight makes vitamin D, which helps prevent skin cancer (among many other important things).
Sounds complicated and unreliable, when 4G already works like a charm.
And offering preventive health care is orders of magnitude cheaper than letting people get so sick that they become medical emergencies.
Not having healthcare is expensive. Dying people will stop at nothing to get treatment, even if it means threatening doctors or breaking down your hospital.
> Eat food. Not too much. Mostly Plants.
Better advice "eat real food, only when hungry". There's no good reason to restrict yourself to mostly plants.
We weren't looking for a particular bag.
Angles add up to 180 ? That's what they want you to believe.
How do you pronounce “Linux”?
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Why stop there ? Why not Mozilla/GNU/Xorg/Oracle/Linux ?