“Energy usage goes UP with time, we are not going to use less energy 10 years from now then we did today.”

“Then that tells me we cannot rely on solar and wind alone if the base materials are limited.”

One day in the future, if you buy a physical house, you will likely have to rent the software that operates it.

“The rate of technological development in Legend of Korra is actually overly conservative.”

“There isn’t an operating system in the world that won’t let you use it without access to the internet.”

“I’d be surprised if there’s a full ICE vehicle available outside of specialist stuff by 2025, 2030 at the latest.”

I don’t see how this has anything to do with Western versus other nations. The Top 15 countries with the worst COVID-19 outbreaks include:

India (#2)

“Let’s say they can build the core colony necessary for minimum survivability in 1 year (and drones can continue to build non-essential additions as they travel). You send your initial colony ship. 201k years after the initial launch, your first settlers arrive. (HOPEFULLY, in that 100k years, the colony is still…

The thing that makes all of this weird, to me, is that the Earth spent most of its existence with simple life on it. Only in the last 550 million years or so did anything emerge we recognize today. The Ediacaran life forms are very different than anything we’ve got around.

Yes.

I paid over $1K for a custom corset last year. I had it made by a corsetiere. It’s not a fetish garment. It relieved back pain I’ve suffered since the age of 17 (I was 41 when I bought it). It’s cut to be worn as outerwear and it’s suitable for professional dress.

You can call it a climate emergency. God knows, Earther does.

“...Although I did not write or even see the tweet...” this has a hollow ring.

Actors have had this problem for decades. There just wasn’t an alternative way for them to be.

This may depend on assumptions made regarding battery life of the vehicle and how often batteries need to be swapped. It may also rely on assumptions about where the electric power for charging comes from.

Because they didn’t want to know if it was true or not. 

This raises the question of whether an EV is a better choice for a gasoline driver if you hardly drive.

The spread of misinformation is inherent to these engagement-driven social media systems. humans and the flow of time.

I feel you. I also left a question on this point over the weekend. 

“Far Cry 6’s narrative director Navid Khavari has written a blog post called The Politics of Far Cry 6 that opens with the line “Our story is political”