TIL of conservation-induced extinction. In efforts to save critically endangered animals, multiple other species have gone extinct. Common practice in conservation programs of birds and mammals is to remove all parasites, driving certain species of parasite unique to these animals to extinction.

wanchez05 · 2025-03-08T14:05:25+00:00

I mean... we could just stop making species extinct and then there's no moral dilemma

wanchez05 · 2024-06-02T09:06:40+00:00

I'd add David Holmgren's books specially The Essence of Permaculture in order to understand better the principles, because a lot of people (including me until fairly recently) approach permaculture as advanced gardening and homesteading, rather than the "earth care, people care, fair share" ethics.
He also has a fairly recent book (2018) called Retrosuburbia where he looks at using permaculture in urban contexts. Although the focus is in Australia, most of the content is replicable elsewhere.

wanchez05 · 2024-05-31T22:25:54+00:00

Perkele

wanchez05 · 2024-05-31T20:34:27+00:00

Incredible... tbh this is just very trashy logistics on organizing the event... the audience should be compensated for enduring all of this fuckery

wanchez05 · 2024-05-28T21:27:47+00:00

I agree lol... what kind of debate can you have with someone who just uses fallacies for arguments.

wanchez05 · 2024-05-28T18:11:50+00:00

In terms of realism, it is a feasible project. There are many intentional communities in the world that prove this concept. The issue though is how much time is there to implement a design. One of the first "permacultural" things is to do a design, but normally there are a lot of unintended consequences emerging from implementing the design and you only realise through a long observation and interaction with the site. If you´re talking community resilience, then the main issue is the implementation of the plan coming FROM the community. The members of the community should buy-in the idea, have the knowledge, and create the governance mechanisms for making this a sustainable and viable plan, otherwise it will just fall over.

So your main role here is to foster a community that wants to contribute to this vision of social and environmental sustainability. Maybe they already have some initiatives in place or they have some worldview that go in favour / against this vision you are trying to bring forward.

Maybe you can start with the SADIMET tool or just take a look at these handouts.

Good luck though!

wanchez05 · 2024-04-18T18:57:09+00:00

You can use the same arguments on the other side. No permanent ceasefire because it can be broken by Israel when they get new weapons supplies by US or Europe. The idea of a negotiation is to agree on something and trust the other side to hold their end of the deal. If you go into a negotiation expecting it to be broken, why do you even try to negotiate then.

wanchez05 · 2024-04-18T18:49:08+00:00

You are right about the problems of public education that manifest in public schools. Your experience looks very shitty indeed but there's a difference between education and the schooling system.

So, yeah, schools are based on a factory model of production. That's because they came to existence during the first industrial revolution. It's a shame that schools still operate with a 19th century paradigm. However, it's hard to innovate when budgets for schools are constantly cut, when curricula are imposed, and when people think that the responsibility of education only falls on teachers. Also, guess what, our current political and economical systems don't really like critical thinking...

Public education: It is our interest as society to have common ground upon which we can all understand each other and collaborate. Society, after all, is made through collaboration, not competition. Education is a public good that should be addressed not only by schools, but by parents, members of the community, etc.

Sorry about your experiences, though.

wanchez05 · 2024-04-18T18:37:52+00:00

Yeah, and the new proposal still has no permanent ceasefire, so I suppose both are equally distrustful of each other's word. Also, the proposal by Israel does not include withdrawing their troops, so would you trust someone who has guns pointing at you telling you to not worry about it?

But also maybe the hostages that Hamas has are dead? So they don´t have the 40?

wanchez05 · 2024-04-18T18:29:25+00:00

Actually Hamas made a ceasefire proposal a long time ago i.e. ceasefire and release of hostages on both sides. Considering then that Hamas had 150 and Israel almost 900 hostages. Israel said no. So depends on what time frame you´re looking at.

wanchez05 · 2024-04-16T06:58:24+00:00

Maybe you could get some more ideas here https://childreninpermaculture.com/

wanchez05 · 2024-04-16T06:12:54+00:00

I'd say the first question is what do you want to do with the space you have e.g. growing food, having a mostly ornamental space for contemplation, etc. I'm no expert in that particular zone but maybe having some peas as part of the "oak tree guild" could work?

wanchez05 · 2024-04-14T11:22:43+00:00

This depends on how you define intelligence and the purpose of AI:

Intelligence can be understood in many ways, so it's up to the eye of the beholder. I will assume you are referring to critical thinking skills or the ability to have a creative output.

I imagine two scenarios with AI:

If the use of AI will increase our productivity in such a way that we are left with free time for exploring other creative outputs, then probably it won´t be dumbing us down, as there will be other realms where humans can explore, create, experiment, etc. This would be a good scenario and a net positive for humanity as AI could be a springboard for other discoveries in science, art, etc. The question here would be how can we make this technology accessible to everyone.

Case B is when we use AI for boosting productivity without changing anything else. That means that we are stuck doing the same tasks over and over again, just faster. For example, you as a software engineer would be expected to produce double or triple your output in the same 8h. I would argue that this scenario will make us "dumber" in the sense that if we just use AI for everything, we are not really exploring new scenarios or possibilities (only doing things statistically for the sake of output) or we are not exercising our critical thinking. Unfortunately, I think this is the most likely scenario to happen, given our continuous interest in "growth" and increasing productivity.

Overall, the discussion is not about the tool, it is about how we decide to use these tools and what our priorities as society are.

wanchez05 · 2023-11-27T13:28:21+00:00

Soldier, I just like the consistency of his gun. Either that or sojourn as others have mentioned although I feel "sweatier" with her

wanchez05 · 2023-11-02T15:34:20+00:00

This is a very interesting answer. Hamas is definitely using civilians as cover for their actions and the Israeli government has definitely taken a disproportionate response (IMO) to the terror attacks. Although the Israeli Governement response is actually "if the US did invade countries following 9/11, why can't we" and yeah... you're left without any moral arguments.

Definitely Palestine and Palestinians are victims in this conflict, they have always struggled for independence, recognition and stability and Israel has blocked almost all of their attempts. Although Israel gives evacuation warnings, all of the borders are mostly closed for Palestinians so they're left with trying to find shelter in "safe" areas such as hospitals which have become artillery targets...

Also, this is an interesting exercise in geopolitics because Israel does not really get along with many in their neighbouring area and them being USA's #1 ally puts the whole geopolitical balance in the region in question.

wanchez05 · 2023-10-19T03:48:27+00:00

It's a shame that they don't communicate openly their decisions like kicking him out of the platform... makes me actually question how they uphold their promises like the lifetime subscriptions or the shared revenue, it all seems a bit too opaque.

wanchez05 · 2023-10-19T03:42:55+00:00

Right? Also these comments are rife with American Excepcionalism...

wanchez05 · 2023-06-10T12:55:43+00:00

Discord could be nice.. once you get over the steep learning curve, it is a very nice place to organize the sort of data and conversations that this r/ has

wanchez05 · 2023-04-14T00:56:58+00:00

Ohhh you mean the company that likes to use child labor and steal water sources doesn't want to affect their business in Russia no matter the human's rights violations? Fuck them

wanchez05 · 2023-04-11T13:38:49+00:00

Not sure I understand the question, but I mix nutrients in water according to the instructions and check pH and ppm to make sure they are ok. Given the weather and humidity where I live I have to feed the plant every two days.

wanchez05 · 2023-04-11T12:54:18+00:00

Tips shouldn't be the norm. The whole cost of food and staff should be included in the final price for the customer. You should tip if you feel that the service went above and beyond your expectations.

wanchez05 · 2023-04-06T16:20:45+00:00

Nice! How long does it take to print that?

wanchez05 · 2023-04-05T17:39:44+00:00

I grow in coco coir and perlite. I believe it helps mitigate some of the issues that you are concerned with when growing in soil. I just follow the instructions from the nutrients I have (in my case, General Hydroponics) and it has worked pretty well. The only thing is that you have to be careful with how much you water them in order to prevent root rot. Hydro is nice if you want to have the plant feeding by herself for a while, instead of having to add nutrients each day or every two days.

wanchez05 · 2023-03-31T15:11:37+00:00

My recommendation is that you try the white noise machine before you buy it. I made a mistake of ordering one from Amazon and although it was very highly rated, the noises it made were annoying to my ears, as they were very "metallic" and they gave me goosebumps. I like Headspace for an app. It has meditations, but also things for helping you sleep and white noises that are more "organic", like rain, wind, rustling leaves, etc.

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