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#16 Carbon-negative alcohol, The Thing and design heroics

Design Lobster • 19 implied HN points • 15 May 20
🪑 Design Environment Espionage Quotes Objects
  1. Create carbon-negative products to reduce environmental impact - like carbon-negative alcohol made from waste carbon dioxide.
  2. Big and flashy design can hide malicious intent - like 'The Thing' espionage device disguised as a gift.
  3. Find heroism in the ordinary - as seen in the architecture approach of Alison and Peter Smithson using everyday materials.

Conspiracy theory: Electric cars make more air pollution than gas cars

DYNOMIGHT INTERNET NEWSLETTER • 3 HN points • 27 Jul 23
🔬 Science Environment Emissions Technology Research Regulations
  1. Modern gas engines are so clean that exhaust is negligible compared to brakes, tires, and road dust.
  2. Heavier cars create more particulate air pollution from brake and tire emissions.
  3. Electric cars may have higher tire emissions due to weight, but their regenerative brakes make them cleaner overall compared to gas cars.

Better Sleep

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 39 implied HN points • 29 Jul 17
🏥 Health & Wellness Sleep Nutrition Light Environment
  1. Establish a healthy sleep rhythm by getting morning sunshine regularly, even when it's cloudy, to signal your brain it's daytime and improve your sleep quality.
  2. Ensure you're eating enough food and carbohydrates, as hunger can disrupt sleep. Track your caloric intake and consider increasing carbohydrates slowly to optimize your sleep.
  3. Create an optimal sleep environment by avoiding blue light at night, sleeping in darkness, keeping your room cool, and using ear plugs or white noise to reduce disturbances.

Rabbit Holes 🕳️ #37

Creative Destruction • 3 implied HN points • 07 Jun 23
🎭️ Culture Philosophy Social Issues Environment Workplace Community
  1. Shorter abstracts can make weekly emails less overwhelming, encouraging readers to check out the source content.
  2. Challenging the notion of work defining identity and promoting self-complexity can lead to better well-rounded individuals.
  3. Approaching new economic ideas disruptively, like with degrowth, can lead to meaningful change and challenge the status quo.
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It’s the Energy, Stupid

Material World • 2 HN points • 22 Feb 23
🔬 Science Energy Economy Agriculture Environment Technology
  1. Energy is a critical driving force behind the economy, impacting everything from the production of goods to the growth of vegetables like tomatoes.
  2. The availability and cost of energy play a significant role in various industries, such as greenhouse farming for vegetables and manufacturing sectors.
  3. Energy efficiency is improving, but energy remains a crucial input for processes like producing solar panels and other advanced technologies, highlighting its importance in future advancements.

Taylor Swift boon for hotels? Masayoshi Son is back.

Myriad Perspectives • 0 implied HN points • 26 Jun 23
💼 Business Finance Technology Economy Entertainment Environment
  1. Taylor Swift tours have a big positive impact on hotel revenue, especially in cities like Nashville, Chicago, and NYC.
  2. Masayoshi Son made a return with his enthusiastic AI predictions at the Softbank shareholder meeting.
  3. Current financial trends include high commercial credit card rates, elevated new business applications, and dwindling US home listings.

The Big Lie That Climate Propagandists Don’t Want You To Talk About

A Natural Language • 0 implied HN points • 26 May 23
🌞 Climate & Environment Climate Environment Propaganda Sustainability Emissions
  1. The big lie climate propagandists push is the carbon accounting framework, which targets specific emissions sources and ignores larger contributors like deforestation.
  2. Forest clear-cutting emits significant carbon dioxide plumes that are often overlooked in carbon accounting, impacting the rise in atmospheric carbon.
  3. Challenging the carbon accounting framework challenges the very foundation of climate propaganda, revealing the flaws in current climate narratives and highlighting the need for accountability.

Disputable Science

A Natural Language • 0 implied HN points • 10 Mar 23
🔬 Science Climate Environment Data Analysis
  1. Natural phenomena like desertification can often be explained by factors such as land stewardship and natural variability rather than solely climate change.
  2. Environmental crises like extinction and overfishing may be more effectively managed by focusing on creating toxin-free habitats and sustainable growing systems.
  3. Human activities like poor water management and forest practices significantly contribute to natural disasters like floods and wildfires.

Watt's in our Query? Decoding the Energy of AI Interactions

ScaleDown • 0 implied HN points • 10 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Energy Environment Chrome Extension Sustainability
  1. AI interactions have a significant environmental impact due to high energy consumption in training and inference processes.
  2. Different AI tasks have varying energy consumption levels, with complex tasks like generating text or images requiring more power.
  3. Models like GPT-4 consume more energy during inference, especially when deployed at a large scale, emphasizing the need for responsible AI usage.

Bretton Woods, Mont Pèlerin and Safety

Beyond Harm • 0 implied HN points • 14 Feb 24
🌍 World Politics Globalization Policy Economics Environment Inequality
  1. Financialization has led to the prioritization of capital over people in economic systems.
  2. Efficiency in production has often come at the cost of safety and risk transfer.
  3. The economic ideologies from conferences like Bretton Woods and Mont Pèlerin have shaped a system that values capital over safety and people, prompting reflection on potential changes.

Book Review: "Thinking in Systems: A Primer" by Donella H. Meadows 4/5

Poczwardowski Notes • 0 implied HN points • 17 Aug 21
🔬 Science Systems Thinking Environment Interconnectedness
  1. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to system thinking, starting with basic examples and progressing to more complex ones.
  2. Using system thinking lenses to view the world can be a valuable tool in understanding interconnected systems and forces at play.
  3. Perceiving the world as a network of interconnected systems is highlighted as an essential perspective, particularly by environmental scientist Donella Meadows, emphasizing the importance of understanding nature's complex connections.

Fight to Repair Weekly: Week of October 31, 2022

Fight to Repair • 0 implied HN points • 03 Nov 22
🕹 Technology Right-to-repair Legislation Activism Environment Antitrust
  1. All eyes are on New York Governor Kathy Hochul as the Digital Fair Repair Act awaits her signature, passing overwhelmingly in the Legislature.
  2. Albany's Times Union urges Governor Hochul to sign the right to repair bill despite lobbying efforts from special interests.
  3. Farmers face barriers to repair equipment due to restrictions on accessing repair tools, as highlighted in an opinion piece supporting the right to repair.

Fight to Repair Daily: August 5, 2022

Fight to Repair • 0 implied HN points • 06 Aug 22
🕹 Technology Repair Environment Antitrust
  1. Massachusetts is close to a decision on automotive right to repair laws which could impact how vehicles with telematics are standardized and opened up for repair.
  2. Nintendo fans are facing issues with DMCA takedowns, affecting areas like modding and use of soundtracks, bringing attention to copyright restrictions in the gaming industry.
  3. Local initiatives like the Repair Economy Washington's furniture refurbishment project highlight community efforts to support refugees and reduce waste through repair events.

Smartbulbs and Tractors and NFTvs...Oh My! The Worst of CES

Fight to Repair • 0 implied HN points • 11 Jan 22
🕹 Technology Cybersecurity Privacy Environment Agriculture
  1. The CES event showcased concerning security issues with products like John Deere's autonomous tractor, raising questions about cybersecurity and potential risks posed by vulnerabilities.
  2. Deere's response to security vulnerabilities, including launching a bug bounty program, fell short in transparency and substance, indicating a lack of significant organizational change to address the issues.
  3. Other categories for the Worst In Show at CES included privacy concerns with products like the Sengled Smart Health Monitoring Lightbulb and environmental impact with items like the Samsung NFT Aggregation Platform.

The Week in Repair: Dec 20-27

Fight to Repair • 0 implied HN points • 28 Dec 21
🕹 Technology Repairs Legislation Environment Sustainability Campaigns
  1. Hospitals are fighting against a surgical robot monopoly, claiming it forces hospitals to buy maintenance services and parts at inflated prices.
  2. Apple's iOS update fixed the Face ID repair trap on the iPhone 13, improving its repair score and response to repairability concerns.
  3. There is a growing movement for the Right to Repair, aiming to make electronics easier to repair and reduce e-waste by increasing access to repair tools and information.

The Week in Repair Dec 13-20

Fight to Repair • 0 implied HN points • 21 Dec 21
🕹 Technology Repair Environment Politics Sustainability Manufacturing
  1. Canada's push for a right to repair highlights a government effort to promote repairability of electronics and inform consumers about environmental impacts.
  2. Dell's Luna concept laptop focuses on easy disassembly for repair and recycling, aiming to extend the life of components through reuse.
  3. The FTC's letter on regulatory priorities emphasizes the importance of right to repair, signaling potential new rules to address anti-competitive behavior in various industries.

7 episodes out! The BeyondHarm Podcast, Subscribe & now, Listen

Beyond Harm • 0 implied HN points • 21 Feb 24
🎙 Podcasts Environment Politics Safety
  1. The BeyondHarm Podcast offers a convenient way to engage with discussions on risk, community, and politics in a succinct format.
  2. The Podcast covers diverse topics like environmental justice, climate change, and infrastructure safety, providing valuable insights from HazTechRisk.org and Jim Bratton.
  3. The BeyondHarm Newsletter is aimed at addressing safety concerns by creating information symmetry among citizens, government, industry, and regulatory agencies.

America is the Ultimate Failed State.

C.O.P. Central Organizing Principle. • 0 implied HN points • 22 Aug 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Elections Foreign Policy Government Military Environment
  1. America is facing a water and food supply crisis due to environmental damage and unsustainable practices.
  2. The US military heavily relies on oil, leading to aggressive actions to secure oil supplies globally.
  3. Western ideological philosophies prioritizing property rights have failed America and the world, resulting in environmental destruction and potential fascism.