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Re: The Greatest Speech Ever Made

EricKrasnauskas — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:30:00 -0000

Your powers of intuition serve you well.

Re: The Greatest Speech Ever Made

Jeff Davis — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:23:24 -0000

Ummm is he supposed to be who I think he supposed to be.....

Re: The fallacy of personal choice

Gordon Wong — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:09:58 -0000

Agreed. From the modeling perspective, you've cut down on variables with the self-binding

Re: Climate Change: Republican Renaissance?

Jeff Davis — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:00:12 -0000

that fits in with the american way!

Re: Climate Change: Republican Renaissance?

EricKrasnauskas — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:44:59 -0000

Hell with that! I love a fat superhero.

Re: Climate Change: Republican Renaissance?

Jeff Davis — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:38:46 -0000

you may need to update that photo to a thin Christy.

Re: Sweatpant Science

EricKrasnauskas — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:36:22 -0000

The screensaver does lag your machine a little bit, so I guess a better machine could always help, but I don't think it really matters. You can't interact with the stuff on the screen, it's more or less just to show you what you're working on. Most of the projects give you a status bar on your tasks and sub in something new when you hit 100%.

Re: CLIMATE CHANGE

EricKrasnauskas — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:33:32 -0000

Thanks for your kind words, Richard. :)

Re: Sweatpant Science

Jeff Davis — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:31:27 -0000

I fucking love science! oh shoot is that copy written? I suppose you need a decent computer? can you interact with it? or is it just data on your screen...

Re: The fallacy of personal choice

EricKrasnauskas — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:10:05 -0000

Hi Gordon! We live in an incredibly short-termist, instant gratification culture at the moment, so combining that with our own acute desires makes "doing the right things" in the moment is often very difficult. Making smart decisions is often less a function of adherence to a monolithic overarching principle than simply having small, correctly aligned incentives at the time of choosing.

Re: SAIL

Susan Crandall — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:02:33 -0000

Thanks for posting this - great summary!

Re: The fallacy of personal choice

Gordon Wong — Mon, 06 May 2013 09:49:42 -0000

The way I describe this is that you are making it rational to make the right choice in the moment. That is, you make a longer term choice that then drives the outcome of a series of short term choices

Re: Reverse climate change with mobile desert meat!

tarcisio jose davila — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:52:04 -0000

I liked this article because it is an affirmation of what I've been trying to tell people.
The problem of climate mudamcas is linked to lack of water in the soil.
The Decomposition of organic matter in the soil produces ammonia displacing the clay, and made the soil impermeable. Not to do whith de CO2.
http://tj.davila.zip.net

Re: The fallacy of personal choice

tarcisio jose davila — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:49:17 -0000

Doing the right thing is to abolish the use of ammonium fertilizers in agriculture and put water in deserts.
Reducing emissions only serves to delay the development of people without scientific background.
http://tj.davila.zip.net

Re: The fallacy of personal choice

Eric Krasnauskas — Wed, 01 May 2013 10:54:57 -0000

You've been really good with your running lately, and we did a lot of self-binding when we were losing weight together, you remember?

Re: The fallacy of personal choice

Jeff Davis — Wed, 01 May 2013 10:49:36 -0000

I like this idea of self binding. For me i do better when I know the results, i.e. I know that if I run every other day and eat right i will lose weight and work towards a healthier me...
Also, I feel everything is easier when done together with friends! Nothing is fun alone....

Re: The fallacy of personal choice

Eric Krasnauskas — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:49:23 -0000

Further up the chain: carbon tax. That helps put the right price for everything, and the market helps sort out the rest.

Re: The fallacy of personal choice

Dan Carmen — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:39:10 -0000

so.... higher gas taxes? That's what most of Europe does, right?
But seriously, I know what you mean. My choices mean next to nothing if for everyone like me there are 10 other people who can't be bothered to think about their choices, or if they can't afford to make the better choice.

Re: Climate Talk – Saul and Laura, 2/1/13

EricKrasnauskas — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:24:49 -0000

Mobier was not among them, for obvious reasons.

Re: Climate Talk – Saul and Laura, 2/1/13

Amy G. — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:35:14 -0000

...but what cheeses were served?

Great description of a discussion.

Re: SAIL

EricKrasnauskas — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:57:38 -0000

Hi Pat, happy to be of service! It's a great class, you should make sure to carve out some time if they run it again next year.

Re: SAIL

Pat Somerice — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:43:16 -0000

Thanks for sharing this! Because of my own scheduling limitations, I didn't apply to be able to go because I couldn't make 2 of the classes. I'm so happy to find your rundown of the first class and eagerly await hearing about the others! Thanks!

Re: Reverse climate change with mobile desert meat!

EricKrasnauskas — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:35:20 -0000

Hi Chris, thanks for the links, I'll definitely go check them out. Greening the Earth in this way is a nice thought, but If the science turns out to be dodgy then it is what it is.

Re: Reverse climate change with mobile desert meat!

Chris Asp — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:12:01 -0000

First, love your stuff, but sometimes a little more research is in order. Savory's work may have its place but that is not in the desert.

http://www.kcet.org/updaily/so...

http://freethoughtblogs.com/ph...

Re: Stocks likely to crater from here

Jeff Davis — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:26:12 -0000

Thanks, I was kinda being tongue in cheek there but 1/2 curious too. Good advise i will look into these and see if my current provider can help with these. Keep the info coming.