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littlexsparkee

4,463karma·879submissions·June 8, 2021
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For what it's worth, they are still popular in my library system - I request new titles from O'Reilly and Manning and see titles from other niches than mine so there's definitely folks …
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Somehow it's taken as given that rent goes up - SF took 6 years to recover its 2020 rent, other cities saw a dip during COVID too. Similar thing took place during the dotcom crash.
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https://archive.ph/gYyL2
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NYT piece by same authors: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48281530
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https://archive.ph/Fa2V6
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The primary threat is expansion of existing diseases. I wouldn't discount the temperature change so readily, one of the mechanisms was increased precipitation (as they noted in the case of Valley…
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If you're quick to hit the play button (it briefly says 'Listen' on page load) with page inspect open, you can get the audio link in the network tab.
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https://archive.ph/LtJTs
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https://archive.ph/DbcqV
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Probably low karma, there are some posts with similar issues if you search your error verbatim
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I believe they're referring to the quote showing up on 50 and 51 but that appears to be intentional (transition adds question below)
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the problem, as i understand it, is that an el nino will ratchet up the temperature and push us past the 1.5c threshold significantly https://e360.yale.edu/digest/super-el-nino-cl…
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goated post-rock reference
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I'm as big a doomer (realist?) as they come but I think the framing is misleading here - deaths due to natural disasters have gone down due to planning, infastructure, coordination, better warnin…
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