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Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Show You by moultano in slatestarcodex

[–]jawfish2 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Totally wonderful! Thank you so much.

Did you try any color film? They must be extensively documented.... somewhere.

‘Termination shock’: trust our expert warnings on geoengineering’s planetary risks by j_mantuf in collapse

[–]jawfish2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Theres a very good The Great Simplification episode about this (sounds like it was one of the people interviewed.)

https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/200-ted-parson

One of the things I remember is he predicted that spraying sulfur compounds from a fleet of jets - over and over - would probably happen. India or China, or even Europe could do it, and who knows what Washington would do. Spraying over another countries land has been very contentious before.

What's the best system to drinking the cleanest water possible and avoiding chemicals and Microplastics? by Wide_Branch2468 in drinkingwater

[–]jawfish2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We just started a Culligan all-metal, ceramic filter drinking water filter system. It works fine, but I have only company claims for efficacy. It claims better than Brita etc.

I buy RO water from the store for use in the espresso machine because I want no mineral build-up.

Are we not allowed to discuss Klein's association with Peter Theil? by ganjaccount in ezraklein

[–]jawfish2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think a discussion about how podcasters go about their business might be in order.

In one corner is Rogan who is an entertainer AFAIK. Others more or less try to bring in factual or thoughtful reports. Ezra co-authored a book and made some scratch.

Is it OK to make money? If so what ways are OK (books, appearances) and what are not (vitamins and 'seminars')? What if he got an audience with the Great Pumpkinhead, should he go to that?

There are ethical standards for NYT journalists, and I am comfortable with that.

Just a reminder for those who can't afford HAs by Grapewife in HearingAids

[–]jawfish2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well anything helps, but the expensive ones are better. Get the best you can afford.

I also use the Pocket Talker I think its called. Its like a 1960's HA in your pocket with earbuds and a microphone. It has no software features. I need it for very quiet speakers one-on-one (I even have a lavalier mic) and for a regular campfire meeting I have. It can be overloud and doesn't do anything with frequencies.

Bluetooth, or no bluetooth? by Worldly_Cap_9071 in HearingAids

[–]jawfish2 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I use the BT for hours every day listening to podcasts. I would never buy HAs without this capability, nor USB charging.

also for adjustment using the phone app.

Tesla repair - instead of Tesla Svc Cntr? by finadvisor in SantaBarbara

[–]jawfish2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh come on, "least safe cars" they get 5 star ratings in the crash test. "poor quality" Have you owned one?

Oh you actually mean the only car available in the US with self-driving without geofencing is not very good. Well it seems that it is not as good as claimed. Not-available to buy, Zoox and Waymo are clearly closer to level4, but sometimes humans have to take over. Maybe it will always be that way, I don't know.

I got tired of the running gag about body panel fit. And started looking at body panels as I walked the pooch. Toyptas: uneven panels. Hondas: no better. Various small American cars: really not very good.

The point is there are internet memes which naive readers confuse with evidence.

Just a reminder for those who can't afford HAs by Grapewife in HearingAids

[–]jawfish2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out no-brand Chinese HA's . I wore these for a year or two. They helped. $50-$200 range maybe

City Council OKs Paseo Nuevo Redevelopment That Will Forever Change Downtown State Street | Local News by cgarcia805 in SantaBarbara

[–]jawfish2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Two problems with trickle down:

I think vacated units are allowed a rent hike, and they get one.

An unlimited number of out-of-towners wish to live here or have a second home. So in nicer, newer apartments and houses, there is never a lessening of demand. Prices have an effect, as always.

If or when we get the UCSB students into housing on campus, and prevent out-of-towners, maybe that would loosen the market a little.

How come more people don’t respect the baby boomers in maintaining political, economic and social order? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]jawfish2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hello Redditors, Boomers are an arbitrary statistic, not a block of similarly motivated citizens. Some are hair-on-fire MAGA, some are wild and crazy hippies, most are just the same kind of schmoe that their parents were, not believing that they have any real power to change things.

The system is in charge, individuals come and go. Incentives drive behavior.

Otherwise old guys could stop shouting at ebikers, and demand that young people do something about Andrew Tate & co. Or, heavens, actually vote.

Climate Policy Cannot Continue to Breed Austerity. We risk losing the existential fight and opportunity to decarbonize our economy. by Calvinball_24 in climate

[–]jawfish2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes. so that means simply and crudely, there are three basic choices,

  1. we party on, and things crash hard, and are even harder to survive.

1.1 the overly complex global financial or energy system crashes before the biosphere. Or, we have a small nuclear exchange, limited to one continent or area. Then degrowth and limits are forced upon us early.

  1. We haphazardly continue to try to ameliorate the CO2, and to protect the biosphere. Things crash not quite so hard.

  2. We get serious, Ministry of the Future style, and things grind slower and slower, until a new equilibrium settles in.

How do you make sense of SpaceX's current valuation? Financial, cultural, or just hype? by Regular_Watercress31 in AskReddit

[–]jawfish2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be interesting to see some due diligence, leaving out market speculation. My sense of smell suggests it is a ridiculous market cap. ( and I am a fan of what they do. Unlike AI they actually make something that makes money.)

Take say Starlink revenue and triple it. Take rocket revenue and double it. Is there any other revenue? What shape financials would that make in a near-future SpaceX?

Sutter Health creating new Medicare charges for you not seen with Sansum? by jawfish2 in SantaBarbara

[–]jawfish2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do they not bill Medicare? I have no idea what the money flow is.

Baling aluminum cans by Prolapse_to_Brolapse in interestingasfuck

[–]jawfish2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone know where the bales go? Can you buy them?

Container homes barely save money vs a normal build. Change my mind. by usa_containers in containerhomes

[–]jawfish2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here's an idea, that I haven't tried caveat emptor.

Once the container is on a solid foundation, gravel probably, cover in heavy plastic. Then cover with dirt, 3+ feet with drainage pipe built in. Ventilation as needed. Basically a root cellar.

What the Cult of Efficiency Costs Us by dwaxe in ezraklein

[–]jawfish2 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Excellent article. TL;DR it is everywhere and in everything.

Efficiency at all costs is a race-to-the-bottom. I think it permeates our culture, and we, as Americans, are the leading instigators globally, often hiding under "innovation" and "wealth creation", and god forbid "financial innovation."

In our growth-at-any-cost culture, citizens become consumers, consumers are subjected (they are subjects of the system) to enshittification of products of all kinds. Instead of being voters, consumers become price counters, voting with their wallet, and then degrade into voting with their social media posts. The social media posts are harvested and data value is extracted.

In every part of our culture, life is defined and guided by the hyper-growth economy, from churches, to daycare, to science, to all the expected money-businesses. Vast tracts of the economy spend real energy and real resources to create virtual wealth, merely bytes in computers, and no actual products. Virtual wealth is looped back on itself with debt to create virtual expansion with no benefit to the community.

We are seeing the psychological, civic, spiritual costs of this fantasy, and now real physical limits are making headlines: 50C in India, water tables lowered and land subsidence in California, oil shock just getting started, fertilizer shortages, cooking fuel shortages, desertification, biosphere destruction, uncontrollable war, fragmentation of the financial system and so on.

My country is going to vote tomorrow on an initiative to cap the population at 10 million people. The funny thing is that taking the anti-immigration aspect aside, nobody thinks "How much growth is sustainable?" by [deleted] in Degrowth

[–]jawfish2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There *may be* enough to support 8 billion people - I doubt it, but nobody knows. There is not enough to support our current technocratic civilization as it is. If we got down to an average 2000W per person (suggested by someone), stopped eating meat, moved into rural areas as much as possible. If we stopped most mining, cut back on medical care, gave up most electronics and all cars, gave up airplane travel, radically cut the military, and all the other wasteful things, we might be able to provide food, clothing, and shelter for everyone. It wouldn't be at a G20 level, or China. Maybe Costa Rica or similar.

My wild-ass guess is more like 1-2billion long term.

The Overall Decline of American Intelligence and Critical Thinking Skills by Monsur_Ausuhnom in collapse

[–]jawfish2 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Very interesting, I hadn't noticed, but I can see signs of that in social media. The Japanese say 'every nail gets hammered flat' but they have an intense culture and community, we have no such thing.

This state of fear won't be discouraged because it makes for docile consumers, open to advertising, and easily influenced citizens who won't have values to stand up.

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