dmans0n · HackerTrans

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

In the book, the Indian government takes unilateral action to cool the planet (spraying reflectants into the upper atmosphere, iirc) after the heat wave kills 20 million Indian people in the space of a few days - a few weeks. Given the fractious state of international politics and the urgency of the problem, this seems like a fairly realistic depiction of how efforts to cool the planet might commence IRL.

dmans0n

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

This excerpt from the beginning of Kim Stanley Robinson's novel The Ministry for the Future depicts a mass casualty wet-bulb event in Uttar Pradesh:

https://www.orbitbooks.net/orbit-excerpts/the-ministry-for-t...

dmans0n

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

If they would simply move "An IDE for your notes" from the "About" page to the top fold of the front page, we'd all have had a much better time.

dmans0n

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

I worked on an organic vegetable farm for 5 years. 90% of their income came from direct farmer's market sales. We had the benefit of being able to remember what we sold last week, last year, etc. at farmer's market. We just planned based on that, and rarely ended up throwing away a substantial amount of produce. Lots of vegetables can be returned to cold storage and brought to a market the next day, too. Carrot & beet bunches with greens on them get topped and sold in 5lb bags. Onions, garlic, squash, potatoes, etc don't suffer from going to and from different markets. Salad greens can be more sensitive, but it depends on the weather and how they're displayed.

Also, a box of veg that was made well and truly unsaleable by a day at market would be thrown in the compost to be turned into next year's fertilizer.

The place I worked had ~10 acres in cultivation and grossed $200 - 300k. Their kids have college funds.

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