Peter Todd @pete@petertodd.org

@average_random_joe @alex Historically in most of these places neighbouring tribes constantly waged low-level violence against each other. So between each population group there would be parts of the forest that remained untouched, because entering was deadly. Slash-and-burn agriculture is a traditional practice. But the buffer zones would normally allow the forest to regrow relatively quickly.

Apparently it's mainly been Christian evangelists who have reduced the violence by promoting peace.

@average_random_joe @alex Acceleration could go either way. But with some management, you probably could farm that way indefinitely.

Anyway, the deforestation is mainly done by small subsistence farmers: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0743016717300992

There's no easy solution to that. Heck, I've personally heard from a field anthropologist who studied that area that decreased tribal violence is a major contributor to deforestation, because it has eliminated buffer zones between population groups.

@verretor Wait until you hear about space.

@orionwl "The documentation is released under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) and it has a front-cover text: as such, it has been determined not to meet the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG), so it is not shipped in the Debian packages."

Even though it's copyright FSF! 😂

@michaelfolkson Australia is close to that, as pretty much the only flights available to it are business class.

Being a citizen I can get in; I'm not paying $15,117 one-way to do so.

"Just for a minute, I will suspend judgment and believe BBC is reporting the right thing. If TRUE then: social distancing affect more the viruses that are already endemic, allowing SARS-Cov-2 to thrive without competition."

Oops...

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-56483445

TIL the Amazon Rainforest is being deforested much slower than I thought.

@alex Huh, I didn't realize the Amazon was doing so well. I expected deforestation to be a bigger problem than that.

https://dailycaller.com/2021/03/22/candace-owens-democrats-border-hispanics-victim-voters/

"victim voters" is such a great term.

@121 The power usage does go down a bit over time, probably due to the electronics heating up and thus internal resistances increasing. So the higher than expected power usage might just be the manufacturer ensuring it meets a minimum heating power, regardless of manufacturing tolerances.

@121 My Kill-A-Watt is supposed to be a true-RMS meter, and can measure both Watts and VA (apparent power). The apparent power reads a bit higher than the true power. But it's pretty close. Microwave ovens aren't pure resistive loads, because the magneton doesn't run on 60HZ AC. But manufacturers are expected to correct power factors these days, so no surprise that the two values are reasonably close.

@alex That your bios even has a major security issue is already kinda wtf...

TIL my microwave uses 100% of the 15A a North American plug can provide.

The voltage on that circuit doesn't sag appreciably from 120V under load, so it's using 200W more than the nameplate says it should, 1600W.

I'm a bit surprised that Black & Decker used such close margins; my kettle draws a more reasonable 13A.

It's no wonder they changed the building codes here to require 20A outlets in kitchens... 😂

"SF poop-testing startup, once compared to Theranos, charged in $60M fraud scheme"

I think you mean, startup once compared to Theranos, again compared to Theranos.

https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/ubiome-richman-apte-sec-filing-charges-fraud-16042042.php

@Gargron smells like victory.

Wait, no, that's napalm...

@icedquinn Tons of people want to track 100% of the population 100% of the time. Cell phones weren't good enough for them.

The engineers who make this possible should be put on trial for crimes against humanity and executed. That's how evil this pervasive surveillance is.

@icedquinn yes, canada is still pretty lax. Some countries have literally given the entire popula electronic trackers. Just insane.