joostjakob

@joostjakob@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Outliers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How would making states, towns or neighborhoods look richer cause outrage? For income statistics, median us a much better measure in most cases, because it reflects “the average experience” much better. If you want to highlight income inequality, there’s plenty of other stats you can use, e.g. the percentage of all income going to the top 1%.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon rides a bike⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh I thought you were worried about the hill. I do 40 minutes myself and prefer it over any other option

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon rides a bike⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ebike is your friend

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Before times.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Made me wonder: how likely would it be that a modern ginkgo could not reproduce with an ancient one?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't electric car manufacurers put solar panels on the car roofs?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Electric cars do charge when braking. Obviously the energy recuperated is less then waht was needed to drive that fast in the first place. Using driving wind would just increase the energy needed to drive that speed and would be net negative.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon wants to ride a zeppelin⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Preventable, but they still happened, even with the crazy security at plants. But what you’re saying is like “we’ve only had small earthquakes so far, so there are likely to be no big ones”. When it’s really absolutely the other way around.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon wants to ride a zeppelin⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The danger of nuclear isn’t so much on the daily stats of what actually went wrong, but in the tiny risk of having huge problems. The worst case scenario for a Chernobyl style disaster is actually losing huge parts of Europe. Even in well run plants, if enough things go wrong at the same time, it could still mean losing the nearest city. These “black swan” events are hard for humans to think clearly about, as we are not used to working with incredibly small chances (like deciding to plan for a 1000 year storm or not).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bugs⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I did, and enjoyed them!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bugs⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Popped to mind immediately upon seeing the word Portia

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lightning bugs⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While we should absolutely use our backyards to make some space for nature, there’s going on more than this. Even in nature reserves, insect counts seem to be going down. Last I heard, it’s still not entirely clear what’s going on, but probably related to certain types of pesticides.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Petroglyphs⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ancient AI proven

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon thinks about human history⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Heh, I get it. I don’t really want flying cars. I want walkable cities and cycling highways. But I do feel a bit nostalgic for a future we didn’t have where at the very least we would have some serious exploration of Europa by now (and some other likely candidates for alien life).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon thinks about human history⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t judge me for wanting a nuclear flying car!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are MRNA vaccines any riskier than other vaccines?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on the molecule. The ones used in vaccines are nit dangerous. See for example www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202100244467/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon thinks about human history⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh come on, projections from the sixties had us having huge space colonies by now. Growth in the exploration sector has been anything but exponential.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon thinks about human history⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Switching to agriculture was the opposite of lazy. It was much harder work for a poorer standard of living. The issue was population pressure simply did not allow the old way of life anymore.