Humanity will probably die out in the next hundred years and the planet will finally be able to recover, even if it has to start over from microbes to get there.
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Thanks to COVID and speeding mRNA research we are at the cusp of curing many auto-immune diseases. I'm 47 with a kid with diabetes and another with celiac. I'm confident both will be cured in my lifetime
Fuck yeah. Science, bitch!
I am about to go on a date!
How did it go?
Well, I was worried that I had forgotten the art of dating, but it seems that there will be another! I don't know how it will end up, but for now I'm happy!
I was worried that I had forgotten the art of dating
Peepee go in vajayjay. You’ve got this.
Have a great time and be sure to tell lemmy all about it afterwards!
Hopefully we're about to have dozens of Luigis. That's something to celebrate.
Nintendo should see that Luigi is trending and make some more games. For... Reasons.
A Nintendo Hitman clone where you play as Luigi and have to take revenge on Bowser's cronies because they stopped Mario from getting treatment when he needed it.
you are not about to be kicked in the nads by me....
...but one of you will be.
The corporate real estate market is going to tank, people are going to turn their empty office building caused by everyone working from home into apartments, and rental prices are going to crash because of how desperate the corps are to bring in any money. Once rental market tanks, housing market tanks, and all those massive investment firms buying up neighborhoods are going to see their investment shrink like a cold Wang doodle. Expect crying ceo's and a massive government bailout in the next 4-7 yes for this exact scenario.
I know turning office buildings into apartments seems like a fantastic idea on the surface but there are a LOT of reasons this doesnt work, ranging from fire code issues, utility service locations and access and HVAC design. Sorry.
How is that good? Rich people will get away with it and we will pay the price.
Battery prices are collapsing and we are at an inflection point where electric vehicles will soon be more economical to purchase, drive and maintain for a much greater number of people. This is as inevitable as the phaseout of coal.
Sodium ion batteries are also supposedly gearing up to be a solid li-ion alternative in the next 2-3 years. Not as energy dense yet but they're closing the gap.
Fingers crossed that pans out.
Not only that, but lithium sulfur is coming too.
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I'd broaden that to a whole host of "green" and "alternative energy" sectors.
All the panic about Chinese "overproduction" of EVs and similar technologies is just China going whole hog on those industries. It's not an "overproduction" in the traditional sense, where a company produces more than the market will bear and has to sell excess inventory at a loss. China just produces all of this stuff cheaply and at a huge scale.
About 20 years ago the general perception was that EVs were a joke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2HX5wsQVEA Now we have cost effective solar and wind, efficient battery storage, good and cheap EVs and drones, modern heat pumps etc.
I don't even think all the tariffs will matter in the long run. China is currently adopting all that stuff at a breakneck pace. Their production capacity won't just go away once they've saturated the domestic market and the growing number of countries that have trade agreements with China). At that point, Chinese manufacturers will have no choice but to start actually selling below cost, just so they can clear inventory.
And this has a snowball effect too. Energy is often the limiting factor in production. An abundance of cheap energy makes it cheaper to produce more cheap energy production.
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All those early access games I bought will get updates in 2025.
I'm now on a Early Access conveyor belt. Every few months, something I've been waiting for gets a new update. I got like 10 games that I rotate between, with new ones being added and old ones getting dropped off.
And they're all big with their community support.
Im very excited.
You may not be getting many upvotes but I feel you man. I had one come along for me recently and it was pure bliss. Was so great I bought a copy at full retail for my kid just to make sure I was additionally supporting them (and they wanted it but that's a bonus lol)
Well, in the northern hemisphere, we'll start getting progressively more daylight in 6 days.
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I might be getting a new job which is better in every way. Only a couple people know about it.
Edit: I didn't get the job. I am not taking it well.
Hey!! Congrats!!! That's really nice!!!! What will you do in this new job?
Reception, with some managerial responsibilities. There's room to move up.
I have a Bachelor's in Game Programming. The world doesn't need another game programmer right now, but my experience managing projects came in handy.
I currently work in grocery, min wage, as a janitor/stocker.
Nice!!! Not only is this a nice job it also gives you contacts, something that can be really really powerful when looking for a new job as some people can just make a new position for you, literally how my dad went from a reception worker to his accounting job when he graduated!! I wish you a great job and that things work out amazingly for you!!!
Holy shit awesome man! Even if it doesn't pan out don't lose hope! I got rejected on 3 different positions and thought I was just not the cut. 7 years later after landing the 4th and I'm a completely different person. NEVER give up! You and your future are worth it. I promise.
Daytime energy is soon going to be free in much of the world. The advances in green tech, especially solar and batteries, are real. Much faster progress than even the optimists were predicting a decade ago. The revolution is reaching a tipping point where it becomes self-sustaining and requires no state subsidies. I am not a tech utopian, and this alone will not save us. But there's no denying it's good news. It's all happening far too late but it does look like humans are going to kick their fossil habit after all.
Inconvenient footnote: thank China.
Can't wait to get charged $0.50/kWh by PGE for energy they generate for free, weeee.
People can talk shit on China from a geopolitical stance and I'll agree with them, but yeah, they picked up the slack where other countries were lacking when it came to green progression. Technically our (US) own fault too. Greed ruling over progression really fucked us.
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There's a bloke on Youtube who actually purveys good news on a regular basis if anyone's interested: https://www.youtube.com/@itsSamBentley
Thanks for sharing this!
Thailand is set to legalise same sex marriage and Norway is set to ban ICE cars, both in 2025.
There's probably a lot of these small wins happening around the world. Let's keep an eye out for them so we don't lose all our hope for a better future.
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People now about solar but I think most people don't know that the 21st century will become dominated by solar really fast. The growth will be exponential and in the coming decade we'll really see it happening at a ridiculous pace.
It'll also be really cheap and complemented by cheap storage. It always sounds like it's 50 years away but in reality electrification is coming in so fast and cheap where the developing world will leap frog fossil fuels.
If you're a homeowner you can almost certainly buy solar in a manner where the monthly financing will be similar to what you save in monthly electric bills. So it's a wash.
This year.
The difference is that electric bills will go up, while the financing terms stay the same.
Looked into this a few years ago and you could have said the same then. The problem was the deal with the financing had all these weird caveats when you looked into the details like you didn't own the panels, and any cost would transfer with the sale of the house, it was like a forever rental with no upgrades ever.
When we get to the point that you can get solar added, and own everything, and can pay for it without financing with a positive ROI in 3 years, that's the tipping point.
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Jubilee is coming. Whether that's good or not in your book probably depends on whether you are a devout Catholic, but its certainly a rare event.
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