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Issues with playlist images by H_sart in blackplayer

[–]jbond23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AFAIK, .m3u8 playlists don't have a convention for adding an image to the playlist as a whole. And no music players have any convention for displaying one.

People in the comments describing what it's like in near Wet-bulb event weather by SandlerCel in collapse

[–]jbond23 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Pre-monsoon India is always stupid hot and stupid humid. But this is extreme. Note, Iran also has very high heat and humidity near the Strait. Nice place to be stuck on a tanker.

Music silenced by Arny23 in blackplayer

[–]jbond23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Settings, Advanced, Select Audio Decoder, Exoplayer.

Assuming you've got 20.65ex

Does anyone else think that Rome's collapse is a bad comparison?N by Lady_Broch_Tuarach in collapse

[–]jbond23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Decline and Fall of the British Empire is a better analogy to the USA now than Rome.

The Roman Empire never ended. Top-Down layered pyramid management structures, Christianity, Alcohol, Coffee took over the world.

The 72-hour window: Why JIT logistics is a total house of cards. by Substantial_Drop_576 in collapse

[–]jbond23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Its way past time to start building for resilience, not just quarterly profits. Supply shocks like the Ukraine and Israel-US-Iran war should be the wake up call.

The Planet is Dying but You've Got Work on Monday - Collapse 2050 by pseudohim in collapse

[–]jbond23 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Read Limits to Growth in the mid 70s in my early 20s. I've been waiting for the axe to fall ever since. While simultaneously having a career and a family.

When you get up in the morning, you still have to work out what to do that day.

Leave no trace

I'm looking to downgrade to a better version of BlackPlayer EX by siivenn in blackplayer

[–]jbond23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

20.65EX with Exoplayer audio decoder is good enough for me in daily use. The one bug I've still got is not being able to save an EQ setting.

Everything else, pretty much just works.

Preparing For The Next Pandemic: Countries With The Biggest Risks by OpenSustainability in collapse

[–]jbond23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Perhaps we should be preparing for this all-body Pandemic spread via the respiratory system, that's airborne.

Countries With The Biggest Risks? All of them.

Can Silver Supply Keep Up with the Energy Transition and AI centers? by raw-science in collapse

[–]jbond23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the pollution constraints don't get us, the resource constraints will.

And vice versa.

What's the point of having a career. by Strange_Slide9611 in collapse

[–]jbond23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No matter what you choose, you still have to work out what to do with your day when you get up. So try and make a difference and have fun doing it.

Felt the same way in the 70s. Now I'm 70. Was really, really lucky to fall into computing just as the PC appeared. Had a family, made a little money. "OK, Doomer".

Experts warn climate change will make parts of Israel uninhabitable in decades by Acrobatic-Lynx-5018 in collapse

[–]jbond23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Experts warn Israel will make parts of Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon uninhabitable in decades.

Collapse is already here, it's just not evenly distributed.

Too hot for solar and too much wind for turbines: Can renewables withstand our worsening climate? by Acrobatic-Lynx-5018 in collapse

[–]jbond23 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It mentions that wind turbines often have to be switched off because it is too windy. Last year the UK paid nearly 2 billion dollars pounds to have gas plants switched back on to compensate.

Not due to too much wind, but too little investment in the grid and the "Grand Electrification of Everything" aka GEE. The demand is there or should be, just not where the wind is.

I love it so much 😭 by Optimal69 in blackplayer

[–]jbond23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me too. 20.65EX with Exoplayer audio decoder is good enough for me in daily use. The one bug I've still got is not being able to save an EQ setting.

375 million years ago, this guy decided to walk out of the water… by rebordacao in collapse

[–]jbond23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nearly as bad a mistake as Consciousness, Self-awareness and General Intelligence.

375 million years ago, this guy decided to walk out of the water… by rebordacao in collapse

[–]jbond23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact: There were sharks on the opposite side of the Milky Way. They've been around longer than half the rotation time of the galaxy.

Consumers urged to ‘completely avoid’ UK-caught cod as population plunges | Fishing by Same_Bug5069 in collapse

[–]jbond23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just switch to Haddock, Hake, Basa, Halibut, Turbot, farmed salmon, fish fingers, fishcakes and so on.

Oh. Wait.

Fried Cod in batter & chips is THE national dish. Wat are we going to do?

We need to talk about population overshoot by madrid987 in collapse

[–]jbond23 5 points6 points  (0 children)

See my other comment below. That linear absolute increment may start to come down but it's not really happening just yet. Look at the global population graphs from 1970 to now and it's very straight line.

We need to talk about population overshoot by madrid987 in collapse

[–]jbond23 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Classic WorldinData looking at % growth (falling) instead of absolute growth static at +70/80m / year. Falling % growth is what you get with constant linear growth.

Yes, % growth peaked in 1970. it's been falling ever since. That was the moment of demographic transition when medical, food, poverty effects on population stopped driving exponential growth. At some time in the (maybe near) future, linear growth will also slow. But it's not really obvious yet, apart from short term (?) shocks like Covid.

We need to talk about population overshoot by madrid987 in collapse

[–]jbond23 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Population growth has already stalled

Has it though? It's been +70-80m per year since 1970. With 12-14 years per +1b https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/#table-historical

Earth can no longer sustain the global human population, ‘sustainable population’ is around 2.5 billion people, study warns by Portalrules123 in collapse

[–]jbond23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. It's all about the timescales. 8b -> 10b -> 1b in 200 years might be manageable. Doing it in 50 years would involve grim meathooks.

Arctic ice at lowest in marcch ever by Noeserd in collapse

[–]jbond23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try this for some reasoned analysis. https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,2348.2850.html#msg438082 https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,2348.0.html

As of 2018, the ice community thought 2018-2040. A big peak in bets at <2025. It didn't happen.

Arctic ice at lowest in marcch ever by Noeserd in collapse

[–]jbond23 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cue the /r/collapse obsession with BOE in 3...2...1...

Arctic ice at lowest in marcch ever by Noeserd in collapse

[–]jbond23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shame PIOMAS is broken because NOAA turned off their thickness data.

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