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Forum: Current Events 03-29-2020, 01:33 PM
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For posterity.

For posterity.
Forum: Current Events 03-04-2020, 12:32 PM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
Not a tornado, but a similarly...

Not a tornado, but a similarly geographically-concentrated storm leaving a visible trail behind it (https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article240706446.html)
Forum: Current Events 02-25-2020, 02:05 AM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
Windows open in February.

Windows open in February.
Forum: Current Events 08-09-2019, 10:48 AM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
How can you take someone seriously when he says...

How can you take someone seriously when he says that all the other scientists are ignoring the sun?
Forum: Current Events 08-09-2019, 09:43 AM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
So this guy thinks he's the first guy to have...

So this guy thinks he's the first guy to have discovered the sun.
Forum: Current Events 06-02-2019, 10:10 PM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
Unusually, we had fairly heavy hail...

Unusually, we had fairly heavy hail (https://www.flickr.com/photos/happymonkey/47989431201/in/datetaken/) in DC today. Slightly bigger than penny-sized.

...
Forum: Current Events 03-11-2019, 11:13 AM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
Don't like it? It's great! I only don't...

Don't like it? It's great!

I only don't like it as an excuse not to have governments combat climate change, because it itself benefitted and is benefitting from just such a government program.
...
Forum: Current Events 03-09-2019, 11:30 AM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
That transition caused a lot of complaints and...

That transition caused a lot of complaints and bellyaching, and Trump is moving backwards on it. Because a lot of the reasons for optimism are things pushed for, advocated for, incentivized, and...
Forum: Current Events 02-27-2019, 05:34 PM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
That's glory for you I guess.

That's glory for you I guess.
Forum: Current Events 02-27-2019, 10:25 AM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
The term already has too many definitions; ...

The term already has too many definitions; Before Trump co-opted it, it was actual fake news, i.e. stuff Romanian teens made up and put on websites designed to look like real newspapers, and before...
Forum: Current Events 02-26-2019, 07:08 PM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
The current definition of "fake news" is "news...

The current definition of "fake news" is "news Trump doesn't want to be broadcast", which, to the extent it has any relationship to accuracy at all, is a positive relationship.

Yes, I saw that...
Forum: Current Events 02-26-2019, 05:56 PM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
E is false and does not follow from any of the...

E is false and does not follow from any of the previous items.
Forum: Current Events 02-26-2019, 12:58 PM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
That's less than double, and it's almost doubled...

That's less than double, and it's almost doubled in my lifetime, during most of which had China enforcing a one child policy.Rate of technology development is not intrinsically tied to reduction in...
Forum: Current Events 02-25-2019, 06:22 PM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
However, do use Wikipedia instead of absolutely...

However, do use Wikipedia instead of absolutely nothing.

Another random site I found (https://judithcurry.com/2015/12/13/a-closer-look-at-scenario-rcp8-5/) has more criticisms.

But they mostly...
Forum: Current Events 02-25-2019, 05:10 PM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
Seems like the correct one to use when saying "if...

Seems like the correct one to use when saying "if we don't reverse the trend..." The critique of 8.5 mentioned on that page is "we'll run out of fossil fuels altogether before we get there." I'm...
Forum: Current Events 02-25-2019, 04:54 PM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
Here's the border...

Here's the border (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains) between precipitation and drought/water deficit.
Forum: Current Events 01-31-2019, 10:48 AM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
My car said 9 while I was driving home last...

My car said 9 while I was driving home last night. And my heat had been off all day at home.

Luckily, I'm surrounded on 2 sides, plus the top and bottom, by other condos whose heat I had leeched...
Forum: Current Events 01-13-2019, 02:31 PM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
First shovelable snow of the winter in DC. ...

First shovelable snow of the winter in DC.


https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7919/31789316937_afb32cc4a1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Qr7ypk)
Forum: Current Events 11-15-2018, 11:08 AM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
Prius. Low center of gravity, decent snow...

Prius. Low center of gravity, decent snow handling. I was more afraid of others.
Forum: Current Events 11-15-2018, 10:27 AM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
First snow here, too. I may have jinxed myself;...

First snow here, too. I may have jinxed myself; the roads were quite scary.
Forum: Current Events 11-10-2018, 11:55 AM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
I'm always the first panel. But DC...

I'm always the first panel.


But DC doesn't get snow often, and it seems much less frequent and deep in recent years. I've probably only dug my car out 5 or 6 times in the last 3 years. And...
Forum: Current Events 09-20-2018, 01:19 PM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
Hell no. My car's never been so clean.

Hell no. My car's never been so clean.
Forum: Current Events 09-20-2018, 12:55 PM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
I think the DC area and Seattle swapped summers.

I think the DC area and Seattle swapped summers.
Forum: Current Events 09-11-2018, 11:32 AM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
Yeah, my parents got flooded in the last big...

Yeah, my parents got flooded in the last big storm. First time that's happened, and they've been there over 40 years.
Forum: Current Events 07-23-2018, 01:05 PM
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Posted By Happy Monkey
It felt exactly like the seaside on an overcast...

It felt exactly like the seaside on an overcast day today, in northern VA, at least for the short time I stepped outside. Something about the temperature, humidity, and wind. If a seafood...
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