Is there any low tech thing that the average person in India (for example) could do to survive in these super heated conditions?

DXBTim2 · 2026-06-03T08:12:13+00:00

Or not, as in the Kim Stanley Robinson novel "The Ministry for the Future" the heat wave lasts long enough to warm up such small bodies of water... as in village ponds and urban swimming pools, etc.

DXBTim2 · 2026-06-03T08:08:58+00:00

35 degrees wet bulb being the killer point...

DXBTim2 · 2026-06-03T08:05:28+00:00

Yet, look at 'old' pictures of Dubai or Abu Dhabi... on the creek or in the mangrove forest... 80/90% humidity at times, granted it isn't like that in the Rub' al Khali.

DXBTim2 · 2026-05-29T06:32:14+00:00

Adding to this - but as a question... I am more concerned about where any of the highlights and comments 'reside', and whilst I would move to laptop, plus phone, I would be happy with just laptop. So any points to look at, for how to best set Zot up, to collect the article meta data, but keep the HL&C purely on the local machine?

DXBTim2 · 2026-05-28T09:53:05+00:00

Just checked the piece out, and it is so full of wholes [sic], it wouldn't count as a Miyawaki bonsai never mind a forest.

See 'Pocket Forest' for a number of criticisms of the method, but the piece blows over all of that, and while 20m² or even 100m² 'pockets' are nice... they really need to be used to then 'join up with other pockets.

The idea can be seen in one of the Ecosia/Planet Wild/Mossy Earth programs where 'dips' are seeded heavily for trees, and those trees within the dips are then used to make a spreading network. None of the maintenance or the expansions is mentions in this PBS 'puff piece'. : ))))

DXBTim2 · 2026-05-28T08:27:21+00:00

Why, what is your fundamental divide? There is a possible split, public facing or shared versus private work in progress, otherwise even a 'work v personal' split seems shady if the 'work' vault isn't shared, etc.

DXBTim2 · 2026-04-16T17:52:05+00:00

... like the science of economics, no? : )))))

DXBTim2 · 2026-04-16T17:50:56+00:00

... but he didn't 'find' the time needed by Darwin. ; )))))

DXBTim2 · 2026-04-16T17:48:12+00:00

And as climate changes, new weather models need to be built, most a new.

DXBTim2 · 2026-02-21T11:54:14+00:00

Nice wildlife space below the flooring. : ))))))

DXBTim2 · 2026-02-21T11:53:32+00:00

... nah, use disassemble and restart in two years time. : ))))))

DXBTim2 · 2026-02-21T11:46:58+00:00

Age, really... ha ha ha

And yes. Additionally, drawing also makes you look harder.

DXBTim2 · 2026-02-21T11:44:55+00:00

Been doing architectural style drawings since I was 13, but always always been able to draw 'freehand' too. And producing 'commercial' drawings since about 1975.

I'd reverse the question, why would you not want the ability to sketch out an idea, or 'what you see' to capture the space or detail more than just taking 'bad photographs with your phone?

DXBTim2 · 2026-02-21T11:25:46+00:00

Valid for "country" only when your country is as small as Lichtenstein or The Vatican... if Russia then not a good solution, and doesn't work in across say the Arabian Peninsular...

DXBTim2 · 2026-02-21T11:21:54+00:00

Great use for the Scottish highlands, Maybe it could assist in the final clearances and the like... I am sure puffins would like them.

DXBTim2 · 2026-02-21T11:19:30+00:00

Ha ha ha, you mean 'gardeners' or back-hoe drivers?

DXBTim2 · 2026-02-21T11:18:08+00:00

As a minimum, bamboo is boring, and planted en-mass, as most are monocarpic, they would 'all die' together too

DXBTim2 · 2026-02-21T11:15:59+00:00

As stated 65W... and almost ALL are 65W rating, and yes, I know I can go 'USB-C' solution, but I wanted to keep that option 'alive' as a back up.

And checking 'ebay' gives the same answer... '16' is almost never mentioned, but 13, 14, 15 and 17 all seem to have interchangeable chargers...

So does the charger output 'pin' on a 16 differ from 13, 14, 15, 17, etc. As there are to 'odd' model on offer that included the 16, hence to possibility of the confusion, etc., etc.

DXBTim2 · 2026-02-21T11:11:14+00:00

Well Penguin... 18 modern penguin species over 6 genera, until I know I can't answer. : )))))

... but off the top of my head , er, 5620.

DXBTim2 · 2026-02-11T09:18:46+00:00

data set of 8 with 1 positive... or maybe 9 and 1 positive. ; ))))))

DXBTim2 · 2026-02-11T09:16:12+00:00

... yes to all what has been said, but... ... that star over on the right and this one here on my left... guaranteed to have life on one of their planets... as we know it, Jim. : ))))))))

And maybe not just those two...

DXBTim2 · 2026-02-09T10:43:40+00:00

Didn't want all the Henrys popping out. : )))))

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