pathwonder

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[–] pathwonder@kopitalk.net 3 points 1 week ago

Agreed, as far as solar installers are concerned they can’t get enough product to smoothly complete their projects even before the delusional American tariffs.

[–] pathwonder@kopitalk.net 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Texas has power outages for days at a time. People get rocked by astronomical utility bills. Also, Texas has boil water advisories for big population centres in one of the richest states in the US.

There’s nothing to covet here. It’s an embarrassment.

 

Well, get ready to hear more about it. Forecasters say parts of Western and Central Canada are about to feel the effects of the phenomenon that brings frigid weather in the coming weeks. And it could move to Eastern Canada.

“The European [model], the latest one, is looking like a pretty impressive cold pattern setting up,” said Judah Cohen, a climatologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

“The cold is going to slide down east of the Rockies … you'll hear about Calgary, definitely Winnipeg.”

Brace yourselves and be careful. A reminder from 2024:

The number of amputations due to frostbite in Edmonton reached 110 last winter, the highest level in more than a decade, according to new data obtained by CBC News.

But Calgary marked its second consecutive winter of declining frostbite amputations, counting roughly one-third of Edmonton's procedures last fiscal year.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/frostbite-amputations-reached-new-high-in-edmonton-decreased-in-calgary-last-winter-1.7358413

[–] pathwonder@kopitalk.net 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Was Ninjacentral the okay one and nzbgeek was the one with the data leak?

[–] pathwonder@kopitalk.net 12 points 1 month ago

I’d say you are confusing critical thinking with anxiety. Critical thinking is a deliberate exercise that I choose to engage in, and I might be able to do for a certain period of time. I’d suggest that critical thinking is an investment of time and energy to really understand an issue, how it’s framed, how to re-frame it. At the highest levels, critical thinking will eventually lead to where you stand on an issue, and what scenarios change your standing.

But anxiety is something I don’t mean to engage in, and might not be able to stop. I’d agree it’s a disruption of critical thinking. It’s either a response to stress, or perhaps a force is pushing you to anxiety to break down your OODA loop (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) and render you less effective on the field you’re playing in.