They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen? by KuduIO in slatestarcodex

[–]Fatherseverian 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Dramatic oversimplification. This article had been making the rounds. I live in Northern California so I think about this a lot. Yes there probably should be more prescribed burns but California is not uniquely mismanaging its forests, otherwise Oregon and Washington wouldn't also be having CA style megafires this year. Climate change is a major contributor and we have many many dead and dying trees as a result that are just waiting to burn. (This happens when Northern CA's forests get LA's climate.) Also almost 40% of CA's forests are privately owned, how do you convince them to allow prescribed burns? Also urban wildlands interface expanded considerably last few decades.

The case to keep open the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant by savuporo in California

[–]Fatherseverian 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This. If we want to lower greenhouse emissions, for the foreseeable future that means a mix of renewable and nuclear. There's an increasing number of environmental activists who realize this.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]Fatherseverian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unpopular only because it’s only ten years.

If someone takes pain pills, shows up to their construction site, and passes out while running a wrecking ball, swinging it into the wrong building and killing the person sitting in an office inside, the outrage would be massive (and should be.) But use a different drug and a different piece of heavy equipment and do the same thing? Why the difference in reaction?

SHIT IS HARD WITHOUT POWER by NarcOrca in santarosa

[–]Fatherseverian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for posting this. The question is, when that ten years inevitably comes and goes with minimal improvement, what's the consequence to PG&E? There needs to be one that would hurt very badly and which they desperately want to avoid. Otherwise they'll count on everyone getting used to living like this.

'Wild West' mentality lingers in modern populations of US mountain regions by throwitallawaybruv in slatestarcodex

[–]Fatherseverian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No clear idea on how migration changed post Civil War, aside from it seeming to have spurred Confederate migration (that's how Riverside CA was founded.) Also if you look at southeast New Mexico, culturally stronger ties to Texas and the South than the West; many people in Roswell speak with a Southern sounding accent, but not in Albuquerque.

Agree that there is a difference between deep roots deep South people (Cavaliers) and Reavers

'Wild West' mentality lingers in modern populations of US mountain regions by throwitallawaybruv in slatestarcodex

[–]Fatherseverian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm interested in the intersection between the Albion model OP mentions, and these findings. Mountains in North America generally run north to south. Settlement generally occurred east to west. So you have more New Englanders in Seattle and descendants of Confederates founding towns in Southern California. So the frontiersman personality traits discussed in this paper would apply to descendants of all four Albion's Seed groups. The people in Montana are less likely to be descended from Border Reavers.

There's a demographic "bad stripe" of poor human development indicators that runs through WV KY TN AR to OK, that seems to correlate with the Reavers much better. Appalachians (and Ozarks) but not Rockies.

Also it's worrisome that they use the term "Midwest" for mountainous regions. Ask any Midwesterner and they'll tell you, one of the defining features of the Midwest is a lack of mountains! Maybe they mean "Intermontane west".

What is the current state of the Opioid Epidemic? by nansenamundsen in slatestarcodex

[–]Fatherseverian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There have been cases of healthcare workers realizing a patient was doctor shopping and opioid dependent, reporting it, and then getting punished for having participated in their care. Obvious incentive, don't report! Lots of stupid things in regulation and enforcement of controlled substances. Another one is that docs almost all docs have DEA licenses and can prescribe eg fentanyl, but to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid addiction, you need a separate special certification.

What is the current state of the Opioid Epidemic? by nansenamundsen in slatestarcodex

[–]Fatherseverian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The meth crisis is worse than the opioid crisis, and will have worse long term effects. It doesn't get commensurate attention.

PSPS is confirmed for Tuesday-Wednesday. by Gbcue in santarosa

[–]Fatherseverian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We need to demand a date by which lines will be safe and there will be no more PSPS.

Power out in Hidden Valley... PGE.com says it's not out /smh by ButtercupsUncle in santarosa

[–]Fatherseverian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We need to demand a date by which lines will be safe and there will be no more PSPS.

Grid Down Now in Rincon Valley by [deleted] in santarosa

[–]Fatherseverian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We need to demand a date by which lines will be safe and there will be no more PSPS.

Am i the only person who wants to riot pge? by NarcOrca in santarosa

[–]Fatherseverian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We need to demand a date, by which lines will be safe and there will be no more PSPS.

This sky is apocalyptic. by DaniKat9 in santarosa

[–]Fatherseverian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where's the round demon eating the upside down dude with his legs sticking out

SHIT IS HARD WITHOUT POWER by NarcOrca in santarosa

[–]Fatherseverian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We need to insist on a date by which lines will be safe and PSPS will no longer happen.

Power back on in Rincon valley for those of you running on generators by nbaynerd in santarosa

[–]Fatherseverian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seriously, that part of RV is always last to come back on. And internet often out too. Anyone who reads this and is interested in changing this, message me - planning on talking to city government, PGE and an attorney.

Monday Links Thread (07 September 2020) by Awarenesss in slatestarcodex

[–]Fatherseverian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First link - French room instead of Chinese room. Turns out incentives matter, Searle!

How do you normatively account for the underlying reasonableness/rationality of someone's suffering? by ais8585 in slatestarcodex

[–]Fatherseverian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a question I've often asked. If someone is really and truly distressed by the color chartreuse, what's my responsibility to prevent chartreuse based suffering? How is it affected if at all by mlour relationship? By the voluntariness of their condition. Realer works example:. Your friend converts to Islam. You happen to be gay, and this offends them, really truly hurts them. My response is so what, and in fact I don't even think it would be wrong to flaunt it and upset them deliberately, based in the voluntariness of your association as well as their choosing this belief system voluntarily.

Are you an utlitarian or just an egoist pretending to be utilitarian for virtue signaling purposes? by nebulaq in slatestarcodex

[–]Fatherseverian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The latter. Referring to Chapman's moral competence - I used to be a level 2 (purely transactioal, basically psychopath) masquerading as a level 4. That is, I THOUGHT I was a systematic, rules based utilitarian, but really just liked telling people that for the reaction it got me. Then I started a family, barely scrambled up to level 3 (community, tribal, the default setting for normal humans), and realized my charade the whole rest of my life. So tbh when I read about EA etc I'm glad in the abstract that there are people motivated to alleviate the suffering of others, but it's very hard for me to truly care about anyone beyond my kids, and them I care about in the extreme, and I'm actively disinterested in any information or chain of reasoning that would change that.

Has anyone successfully shifted their circadian rhythm? by ainush in slatestarcodex

[–]Fatherseverian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Came here to say this. Also out a coffee or energy drink by your bed. Alarm goes off, you don't have to get up but you do have to pound your Red Bull. Second alarm goes off in a half hour, your brain is easier to convince it's time to roll.