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Comment Re: Publicity (Score 1) 121

Lol.
This is the heatwave that climatologists EXPLICITLY said has nothing to do with climate change?

You know, Oregon Public Broadcasting, that BASTION of right wing agitprop?
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.opb.org%2Farticle%2F20...

"Supreme Court is hopelessly corrupt" yes, when your sole yardstick is "doesn't do what I want it to".

Comment Insurers just want more $$ for insurance (Score 2) 65

It's curious that they are talking about all the risks of extreme heat when the general consensus is that cold kills vastly more people.

Nearly all scientific surveys show that anywhere from 7x-20x people die from COLD than from HEAT.

Lancet:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thelancet.com%2Fjour...
Cold : Heat 15:1 in US; 20:1 averaged across 13 countries.
SBN
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sustainabilitybynu...
Cold:Heat 9:1

To be fair, NOAA's report had it at 1:4...but was based on MEDIA & WEB reports /nicescienceharharhar
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.ametsoc.org%2Fv...

Aren't we #followthescience on this one?

Why do you suppose the article and the insurers claims are about HEAT? It wouldn't be ideological ambulance chasing, would it?

Comment I'd be more impressed with 'copilot' (Score 2) 49

If it simply let me do a decent fucking search in outlook.

How can they 'roll out' AI to 'assist' us with 'everyday' tasks but you still can't do a goddamn boolean search? And don't even get me STARTED on the asswipe shitshow of Outlook for Android. I'd support Israel OR Iran if they would just include whoever designed that abortion in one of their strike packages.

Comment Re: Is there anyone over the age of 12 (Score 1) 46

"The farmers don't know if their corn is for human consumption"
Certainly not in the case where they don't know how it's going to be used, they would conform to the usual limits.

I'm not a farmer, but I know farmers who have stated "I'm growing this corn for ethanol" ahead of time. I don't know if that's a contract thing or something unique to MN or just that particular farmer.

Comment Re: Is there anyone over the age of 12 (Score 1) 46

Anyone buying it is a moron - 15% savings for 20% less mileage AND increased gasket damage.

Plus, as I understand since it's not for human consumption, many of the limits on weedkiller etc are suspended or drastically reduced leading to increased contamination of drainage basins and rivers.

Ethanol was a stupid idea on every level.

Comment Two steps (Score 2) 134

1) absolutely demand right to repair - the idea that units which may be in FUCKING COMBAT need to call a service tech is unbelievably stupid.
2) find out who approved this contract AND FIRE THEM.

The contract needs to go away, and anyone in the DoD who agreed to this is literally not doing their job in a way that could ostensibly cost lives. This level of incompetence not only can't be tolerated, there have to be actual consequences.

Comment Re: Remember? (Score 2) 79

Originally there were two tiers of cable channels: the "bundled" ones like ESPN, CNN, etc (those have pretty much always had commercials, they were just like additional tv stations), and "premium" channels like HBO and Showtime, which you specifically had to pay an additional monthly fee for. Those premium channels were free of external commercials (ie they would promo their own shows, etc but this was confined to between shows, never within them) until at least what the mid 90s? Later?

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