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wiewiorka6 t1_j7jlzw9 wrote

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jnelsoni t1_j7jlro9 wrote

Yep. I’m afraid you’re the winner of this exchange. Maybe if there’s a real “zen” virus that comes around and makes us all happy to sit around in the dark and cold, just enjoying each other’s company, and being happy with very little, we could slow the ascent into catastrophe, but I don’t see it coming. We’ll be burning each other before we give up combustion-derived energy, unfortunately.

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newpua_bie t1_j7jlab7 wrote

They're not that low everywhere. For example, in Finland (my birth country) the rate is about 83%, while also having one of the world's lowest infant & maternal mortality. US probably just does C-sections more than medically justified (more $$$?)

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PoopIsAlwaysSunny t1_j7jl69t wrote

That’s how I always saw it. It’s not really about the human rights argument to me. It’s about efficiency. It’s more efficient to fund it all from one source instead of each individual agonizing over plan details, arguing with insurance over claims, dealing with doctors, etc. It’s also wildly more efficient to have a healthy, productive population. The current system only benefits the wealthiest and the insurance companies

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Matshelge t1_j7jk7t9 wrote

So what is the result you want? A machine that can tell your age, or a machine that understands that age is just a number?

The reason it ended up like this was that we did not currate the input to give an output that fit ideal output.

It's not garbage data, it's human data. Maybe humans are garbage, but just wait till it starts touching more human taste and preferences, like intelligence or beauty. We will get real mad at those results.

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kenlubin t1_j7jjy1m wrote

> With the new solar and wind projects coming online this year, we forecast these two energy sources will account for 16% of total generation in 2023, up from 14% last year and 8% in 2018. In contrast, our forecast share of generation from coal falls from 20% in 2022 to 18% in 2023; the forecast share from natural gas declines from 39% to 38%.

EIA report from last month, writing about the US.

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