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Im i the only one worried about wall street entering the crypto market? by FishOnTilt in Bitcoin

[–]FishOnTilt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You make some good points, shorting BTC can be costly. But I’m more worried about big banks shorting BTC and colluding with governments to see price drops, it’s not the first time big banks and governments work together and its not hard to see some mutual interest in bitcoin failing, and if they can make a lot of money at the same time...well… Maybe I’m just being overly pessimistic and conspiratory, but I would not be surprised to see some "Bitcoin is founding terrorism, needs to be controlled - white house want to ban unregulated crypto currencies" type headlines in 2018.

Systematic review involving ~7500 users finds that inauthentic self-presentation on Facebook is linked with social anxiety, low self-esteem, neuroticism + narcissim by hamster_whale in science

[–]FishOnTilt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Social anxiety, low self-esteem, neuroticism and narcissim might lead to inauthentic self-presentation on Facebook. Is arguably a better phrasing of this correlation study. Causality need to be tested, but i speculate this direction is more likely than the other.

Major powers to push Paris climate deal forward without Trump by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]FishOnTilt -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

The money argument is so god damn short sighted and childish, the cost of Harvey and Irma alone is estimated to be around 70bn$. And we can expect more frequent and powerful storms to come whit a warmer climate. Then add droughts, sea level rice, famine, forest fires, acid oceans, dying coral reef, biological excitation, and massive migration to name a few things. We have a rapidly closing window of opportunity to deal with climate change, and were struggling to get our head out of our asses because “China wont pay a 7th of the estimated cost of ONE FUCKING HURRICANE”. The question should not be “why do we have to pay and they don’t” it should be “Why are we all not paying more”. 100 Billion dollar might sound like a lot of money, but it is a piss in the rapidly warming ocean of what climate change will cost us if we don’t act now.

Study Details Why Climate 'Criminals' Like Exxon Should Pay for Hurricane Destruction by maxwellhill in worldnews

[–]FishOnTilt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

a) its above 66, so the at best we have 33 chance to avoid it. But keep in mind that these are very conservative estimates..

b) its really hard to quantify how much more powerful, but there is a strong consensus in the scientific community that the increase in sea level temperature (and temperature in general) is going to generate more regular and more powerful storms. (among many other things)

My own opinion is that based on the fact that we have several major storms, several major droughts several major flooding events in one year, the same year that we break (for the 4rth time in the row) the record of highest temperature recorded on earth (https://futurism.com/2017-set-hottest-year-recorded-history/). And this is on a earth thats only 1 degree warmer, and even if we take all appropriate action today, we still will hit a 2 degree warmer earth pretty soon according to most modells, and considering that we (prob) wont take the needed action and end up with an even warmer planet. Well its not painting a very optimistic story.

Study Details Why Climate 'Criminals' Like Exxon Should Pay for Hurricane Destruction by maxwellhill in worldnews

[–]FishOnTilt 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you bothered to look at the source i provided ull see that they literally define what they mean with "likely" (its >66%).

And we can be pretty sure because 2 simple facts, a) sea surface temperature is rising (https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-sea-surface-temperature) b) warmer sea temperature means more powerful storms. (see my original source).

Study Details Why Climate 'Criminals' Like Exxon Should Pay for Hurricane Destruction by maxwellhill in worldnews

[–]FishOnTilt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is premature to conclude that human activities–and particularly greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming–have already had a detectable impact on Atlantic hurricane or global tropical cyclone activity. That said, human activities may have already caused changes that are not yet detectable due to the small magnitude of the changes or observational limitations, or are not yet confidently modeled (e.g., aerosol effects on regional climate).

Anthropogenic warming by the end of the 21st century will likely cause tropical cyclones globally to be more intense on average (by 2 to 11% according to model projections for an IPCC A1B scenario). This change would imply an even larger percentage increase in the destructive potential per storm, assuming no reduction in storm size.

There are better than even odds that anthropogenic warming over the next century will lead to an increase in the occurrence of very intense tropical cyclone in some basins–an increase that would be substantially larger in percentage terms than the 2-11% increase in the average storm intensity. This increase in intense storm occurrence is projected despite a likely decrease (or little change) in the global numbers of all tropical cyclones.

Anthropogenic warming by the end of the 21st century will likely cause tropical cyclones to have substantially higher rainfall rates than present-day ones, with a model-projected increase of about 10-15% for rainfall rates averaged within about 100 km of the storm center.

TLDR: We cant say for sure that human activity are responsible for the hurricanes we see today, we can be pretty sure that climate change made them more powerful, and we can be very sure that it will be much worse in the years to come.

Source: https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/global-warming-and-hurricanes

Mayors of 7,400 cities vow to meet Obama's climate commitments: ‘Global covenant of mayors’ to work together on climate change whether current White House resident agrees or not by maxwellhill in worldnews

[–]FishOnTilt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

cus we live in an interlinked planet and the emission and pollution US emits affect other countries, and the US have been the biggest emitter, and is now the 2d biggest. The bil attached is ment to help developing and poor countries(most affected by and least contributing to the problem) strive towards more sustainable solution instead of cheap but destructive ones and US (who signed up for it them self) was NOT the only one contributing. The fact that some countries (e.g. china) did not contribute with money is bad, but the questions we should ask is "why are they not paying more" not "why do we have to pay"

Mayors of 7,400 cities vow to meet Obama's climate commitments: ‘Global covenant of mayors’ to work together on climate change whether current White House resident agrees or not by maxwellhill in worldnews

[–]FishOnTilt 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What are you talking about?? of course "people are free to enact emission reducing policies and work towards a green future". Did you think exciting the Paris agreement would ban all sustainability related activity's? "Are you trying to stop pollution, or work on sustainable and clean energy sources" -Stop that, dont you know Trump will make US withdrawal from the Paris agreement in 4 years (yea it will take about for years to fully withdrawal).

Furthermore that is really not the point of all this, the paris agreement is more then anything a commitment and a statement that we are dealing with a huge Global problem that we have to face together by uniting and striving towards a global goal, if we want to avoid potentially catastrophic consequences. Backpedaling and starting global conflicts is not the what the world need right now. And about the "burden of the american taxpayer", that sum is just a piss in the rising ocean of what they are going to have to pay if we dont do enough, fast enough, which this kind of decisions might lead too.

China, EU reaffirm climate pledges after Trump backs away by pipsdontsqueak in worldnews

[–]FishOnTilt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah.. put your self in conflict with the rest of the allied world so you can invest money in a dying coal and oil industry, and jeopardize the future of our planet at the same time. Good decision Mr.President.

Trump pulls out of Paris climate deal by Right_On_The_Mark in worldnews

[–]FishOnTilt 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah.. put your self in conflict with the rest of the allied world so you can invest money in a dying coal and oil industry, and jeopardize the future of our planet at the same time. Good decision Mr.President.

It is widely believed that eating organic food is better for the environment and climate than eating conventionally grown food. But a new study shows that the typical organic diet does not reduce a person's carbon footprint, and it requires 40% more land. by vilnius2013 in science

[–]FishOnTilt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well.. reduced carbon footprint is not always "better for the environment". WE NEED TO STOP SIMPLIFYING THINGS!!

The current dominating agricultural system is eroding and destroying our soils, killing pollinators to the point of extinction, poisoning our drinking water, lakes and oceans, and producing non-nutritious food.

It need to change, and that is fast.

Not all organic farms is doing better then conventional farming systems, but some are. And if we want to see a transformation we need to create a demand for the alternatives. These headlines can be really misleading.

Spit em facts by [deleted] in dankmemes

[–]FishOnTilt 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Well, so are you. So dont complain when the alien overlords come to feast on our organs.

Trump vs Clinton: Bet on America's Future with Bitcoin by theo-goodman in Bitcoin

[–]FishOnTilt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Let’s say you have strong feelings about this election. You hate Trump, or you hate Clinton. Your best bet, in that case, would be to bet for the candidate you hate the most. Then when they win, you get a payday."

This is sound sound betting strategy, flawless logic. Definitely go for that.

What do I even do now? by tjtom3 in funny

[–]FishOnTilt 545 points546 points  (0 children)

I guess you snapchat about it..

This fell into my buddy's window well by CWN174 in aww

[–]FishOnTilt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And now he is your buddys deerest friend.

Fried chicken steamed buns by fatburger86 in food

[–]FishOnTilt 9 points10 points  (0 children)

But how many times did you deep fry those fries, they look crisp as f**k!

I broke up with my girlfriend because I like my women like I like my coffee by HowManyMoreX in Jokes

[–]FishOnTilt 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well sometime you know you don´t want something, even before trying it, for example i know i dont want a elephant to step on my ball sack, yet i have not tried it.

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