Much of the current problems with climate reality in my view can be traced back to scientists going that extra mile to sound alarms and suggest or imply political remedies.
That's bullshit. Even if the activism causes reasons for doubt, that doubt should be resolved by studying the science, not outright dismissed.
Clouds are complicated things. They reflect sunlight, but they also reflect earthlight, keeping the earth warm. How much of each depends on the time and location. On a global scale, most of the effects cancel each other out.
Gold is desirable in jewelry mostly because of its value. It's an investment you can wear (and show off). In the early days of aluminum it was also used in jewelry, until someone figured out how to make it cheaply, and then people lost interest.
Beanie Babies are a mass produced item made from cheap materials. There's no reason for the value to be substantially detached from manufacturing cost.
Bitcoin is not mass produced.
Why you'd think that the two have anything in common is puzzling.
(gold, diamonds, land, etc for example) have many uses which is why they have value.
Their many uses is why they have *some* value. They are traded well above that, though. Industrial diamonds are a lot cheaper than jewelry diamonds. Cheap gold mines can produce gold at $400/oz, but people are willing to pay $1200 for it and put it in a vault. Why is that ? The only time that happens is when there's a supply shortage, but we're mining 10 times the amount of gold that is needed for industry, so there's no shortage. And we already have a 50 year stockpile of the stuff.
Why not ? What's so special about artists that they can make one thing, and then collect money for the rest of their life (and their children's) while other people have to repeat their work day after day ?
Even if procedures are effective and safe doesn't mean there aren't alternatives that work better and are cheaper.
For example, many diabetics can be helped by simply encouraging them to eat a low carbohydrate diet. Instead we recommend a low-fat diet, and prescribe medicines for the rest of their lives.
The past year, I've been looking mostly at older movies that I've never seen before. They weren't all perfect 5/7, but still more entertaining than most crap produced today.
I've also noticed that the older movies take some more time to tell the story, instead of hurrying through 5 parallel subplots with 4-second edits.
I can make a clone of bitcoin, and invite a bunch of people around the world to start mining it with 100000 distributed raspberry Pis, and it would not be difficult to manipulate.
I can make another clone, and have 1 miner with 10 million ASICs, and it would be much harder to manipulate.
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No one should be entitled to use another man's work without the appropriate compesation.
A limited copyright gives you appropriate compensation. Nobody else gets compensated in perpetuity for their work.
Much of the current problems with climate reality in my view can be traced back to scientists going that extra mile to sound alarms and suggest or imply political remedies.
That's bullshit. Even if the activism causes reasons for doubt, that doubt should be resolved by studying the science, not outright dismissed.
causes more clouds, reflects more sunlight.
Clouds are complicated things. They reflect sunlight, but they also reflect earthlight, keeping the earth warm. How much of each depends on the time and location. On a global scale, most of the effects cancel each other out.
For decades, sea surface temperatures were measured by ships, using a temperature sensor on the seawater intake used to cool the engines.
And older ships would use a bucket on a string to scoop up some seawater and then someone would stick a thermometer in it, and write it down.
nobody denies climate change
Plenty do.
Model output and measured temperatures:
https://twitter.com/ClimateOfG...
You forgot that there are other 5-year-olds that are "forking" your drawings, which creates an essentially unlimited supply
You may be forking the code, but you're not forking the infrastructure it runs on.
Maybe because both of their values during their respective hype bubbles far outstripped their real value?
How do you determine the real value ? And, using your method, what's the real value of gold ?
it doesn't physically exist anywhere except as a pattern of electrons in a computer, and it only has any value because of the delusion of the masses.
Your "real" money in your bank account doesn't physically exist either. These are also just patterns on a computer.
Gold is desirable in jewelry mostly because of its value. It's an investment you can wear (and show off). In the early days of aluminum it was also used in jewelry, until someone figured out how to make it cheaply, and then people lost interest.
The moon landing was actually faked on the moon. It was cheaper that way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Beanie Babies are a mass produced item made from cheap materials. There's no reason for the value to be substantially detached from manufacturing cost.
Bitcoin is not mass produced.
Why you'd think that the two have anything in common is puzzling.
(gold, diamonds, land, etc for example) have many uses which is why they have value.
Their many uses is why they have *some* value. They are traded well above that, though. Industrial diamonds are a lot cheaper than jewelry diamonds. Cheap gold mines can produce gold at $400/oz, but people are willing to pay $1200 for it and put it in a vault. Why is that ? The only time that happens is when there's a supply shortage, but we're mining 10 times the amount of gold that is needed for industry, so there's no shortage. And we already have a 50 year stockpile of the stuff.
because Muslims arent actually individuals like the rest of us, they're just one big stereotype.
How many Muslims do you know that complain about their Jew-hating brothers ?
Point is, they should not have to.
Why not ? What's so special about artists that they can make one thing, and then collect money for the rest of their life (and their children's) while other people have to repeat their work day after day ?
the flip side of the wonderful free availability is the artists either starving
Or, you know, maybe they can produce something new once every few decades to support themselves.
If I build a house, I can will it to my ancestors, it will remain ours in perpetuity unless sold at some point.
Did you pay a royalty for the idea of using a roof and walls, or did you steal those ?
Is "jew hating" the new blood libel?
They hate gays too.
If I tell you that Jesus healed the sick many dismiss it although I can produce reams of historical documentation
Just because someone wrote something down doesn't make it true, especially not when making extraordinary claims.
That must be why they've opened their borders for Jew-hating immigrants.
I only believe stuff if it's on YouTube.
Even if procedures are effective and safe doesn't mean there aren't alternatives that work better and are cheaper.
For example, many diabetics can be helped by simply encouraging them to eat a low carbohydrate diet. Instead we recommend a low-fat diet, and prescribe medicines for the rest of their lives.
Speech doesn't ban itself, you know.
The past year, I've been looking mostly at older movies that I've never seen before. They weren't all perfect 5/7, but still more entertaining than most crap produced today.
I've also noticed that the older movies take some more time to tell the story, instead of hurrying through 5 parallel subplots with 4-second edits.
and most of the sets are green.
I can make a clone of bitcoin, and invite a bunch of people around the world to start mining it with 100000 distributed raspberry Pis, and it would not be difficult to manipulate.
I can make another clone, and have 1 miner with 10 million ASICs, and it would be much harder to manipulate.
The distributed part of the blockchain is it's entire benefit (so that it's hard for a single entity to manipulate it).
The distributed nature is accidentally related to the difficulty in manipulating it.