yimby

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[–] yimby@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

The same paper addresses this directly. 86% of human beings live below this standard of living today.

[–] yimby@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

I'm just bothered they chose divide by 3, instead of 16 seconds divide by 2 which is wayyy easier

[–] yimby@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Best admin!

[–] yimby@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Without spoiling too much, do yourself a favour and read the Dune books haha. Hint: book 4 is titled God Emperor of Dune.

[–] yimby@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Source for further reading? I'm also pretty invested in road design and I'd like to learn more about how it's done in Ontario.

[–] yimby@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 months ago

Thank you for being an amazing admin!

[–] yimby@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 months ago

I know it from the tribute plaque to the Apollo 1 astronauts who sadly passed in a tragic fire during ground tests.

[–] yimby@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] yimby@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Is it your instance or my instance doing the censoring here? Scunthorpe effect at work.

[–] yimby@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago

Survivorship bias?

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xkcd #2878: Supernova (imgs.xkcd.com)
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They're a little cagey about exactly where the crossover point lies relative to the likelihood of devastating effects on the planet.

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