Yeah, and there’s also an uncomfortable paradox there too. Tropical ecotourism is generally powered by long-haul air travel, which is disastrous for the per-capita carbon emissions of the ecotourists and basically unsustainable at scale. One argument that squares the circle is that the near-term benefits of ecotourism - avoiding imminent extinctions and so on - outweighs the extra climate disruption. Somewhat convincing. But this is not a debate I see much sign of, certainly not among ecotourists. All that said, there’s no doubt that ecotourism has been a godsend for environmental protection in places like Costa Rica and Ecuador.

This features in a scene (episode 9-ish) of The Trials of Life, the Attenborough series from 1990 that has tons of pathbreaking camerawork. It’s all now free to watch and still holds it own against the more modern BBC stuff.

Coincidentally, last night I watched Waterloo (1970) which is now free to watch. It has literally 15,000 costumed extras in its battle scene. Supposedly the largest such reenactment in any movie. Very impressive indeed.

This is a bit mangled but I guess you’re saying, “I don’t just believe authority, I’m an independent thinker”. But where did you get your opinions from? Did you do the research yourself - including the hard science that you (or I) know almost nothing about in detail? Of course you didn’t. Ultimately you just believed someone. The point of “authority” is it means we’re not just believing anyone.

Is it so weird, really, to worry about this new world where authority counts for nothing, where journalistic ethics have gone out the window, where everyone just finds their own personal pundit who expresses their prejudices better than they can themself? This is going to end badly.

Sure. That theory is covered in the article. It’s particularly well-written and clear.

Spend a few weeks camping or hostelling. Then you’ll see how many of your possessions you really need.

Exact opposite here. Missed almost none of it and wondered why I had wasted so much money buying it.

Indeed, false alarm.

They’re in the middle on the first floor!

Hmm. Is there a problem with the image? I can’t get the full-size version. Working fine on other articles.

Who is The Honest Sorcerer and why should we care what they think?

Sorry to be that person but this forum is primarily a text medium. It would be helpful to have, if not the whole transcript, at least a couple of lines to explain what the video is about and why it’s worth watching. Thanks.

It’s a valid point. But electrification always has a huge efficiency advantage at the point of energy use, i.e. electric motors are far more energy-efficient than the best combustion engines. And, of course, it allows for the upstream energy source to be swapped out later. See the kind of thing that India has been building recently.

PS: article that has impressive photo of said solar park.

Apt, never noticed that parallel

It sounds like such hard work to be a member of Gen Z.

As others have said, there are two discrete threat models.

Turning off all the radios (pull out the SIM for good measure) is enough to block any proof of your geographic whereabouts. That absolutely includes wifi. Cell towers are yesterday’s news, geolocation is also done by wifi and GPS and your device will be sharing that with a bunch of third parties if you let it connect.

But there’s a separate issue about what happens if you have to surrender the device. For this scenario, your choice will be between fighting the authorities over the encryption key or presenting a dummy device as your only one.

This radical dualism is partly an American thing. Here on the other side of the pond, most people believe (IMO) that one can be simultaneously a “piece of shit posing as a human being” and a great actor.

Leonardo DiCaprio. I get huge, cringy ‘imposter syndrome’ vibes from him

Exact opposite feelings here, and I generally have a hard time suspending disbelief. I remember seeing The Basketball Diaries (this was before Titanic) and being blown away by his acting. I’d say this is a rare example of an actor being held back by good looks. A lot of folks have just not wanted to admit that this particular heartthrob has genuine talent. To contrast with, for example, Keanu, or Clooney.

Even in a genuine authoritarian state there’s no need to “discard” anything. For these occasions just keep a separate device with plausible data on it, or don’t take one at all.

This discussion breaks community rules, not server rules. The breakage is so flagrant that I don’t know why you’re bothering to argue. Just say you don’t want rules.