Tweets for the Week of 2019-09-01 to 2019-09-07

Is there any legitimate purpose for protecting intellectual property other than maximizing the rate at which value… https://t.co/PpEebEmpfz 21:04:00, 2019-09-06
I switched from AdBlockPlus to @uBlockOrigin when the former started letting advertisers pay to get whitelisted. To… https://t.co/wkMOyTgTlx 18:29:00, 2019-09-06
@ericmbudd But then also they do like to lobby to ban taco trucks and other street food to avoid competition. in reply to ericmbudd 12:59:56, 2019-09-06
@catvielma There have also been some great examples of off-site panelized construction bringing down both construct… https://t.co/glAvL9pslC in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:52:48, 2019-09-06
@catvielma This EPA study makes a similar case. It's a few years old but I'm sure it's still true. Normal apartment… https://t.co/OqCAYWNcxL in reply to catvielma 12:50:23, 2019-09-06
@ericmbudd It might be rough, but, the unexamined life is not worth living. Or so they say. in reply to ericmbudd 12:14:43, 2019-09-06
I'm a huge fan of @Vanguard_Group, their customer ownership model, and focus on long-term outcomes. However, many o… https://t.co/WvfLwXc1Ws 12:14:01, 2019-09-06
@SarahdawnH A decent overview of the current nuclear policy discussion from @drvox here: https://t.co/zGgqpw5wIR in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:09:29, 2019-09-06
Are these things really at odds? Do they need to be? https://t.co/CaBCXMna15 11:53:35, 2019-09-06
@ericmbudd It better be! It costs 3x as much now! in reply to ericmbudd 11:48:56, 2019-09-06
RT @ZLabe: The ongoing loss of multi-year (old) sea ice is one of the most striking components of #Arctic climate change. Younger sea ice i… 22:45:31, 2019-09-05
@hausfath @HeartlandInst Do you believe that they or those in thrall to them care what the data show? (serious question) in reply to hausfath 22:42:07, 2019-09-05
@ericmbudd Not sure I'm coming back to the US. in reply to ericmbudd 22:36:54, 2019-09-05
@ericmbudd So nice to be reminded why I don't want to live there. in reply to ericmbudd 22:09:24, 2019-09-05
@ChazDoesEnergy @BikeBoulderBike @ericmbudd @AaronBrockett12 Drivers killing kids resulted in riots in Amsterdam in… https://t.co/LJYedIwmmz in reply to ZaneSelvans 22:06:20, 2019-09-05
@ChazDoesEnergy @BikeBoulderBike @ericmbudd @AaronBrockett12 The physical infrastructure has to change. And Boulder… https://t.co/5fI5tZ9XQY in reply to ZaneSelvans 21:59:24, 2019-09-05
I've only realized in retrospect how conservative places like Caltech and MIT are. What would a radically progressi… https://t.co/EGCa8208NP 19:54:43, 2019-09-05
All hail the pirate queen of science! https://t.co/xs1y4FMsyP 19:30:34, 2019-09-05
@ChazDoesEnergy @ericmbudd @BVSDcolorado Fuck. That. Shit. in reply to ChazDoesEnergy 19:12:35, 2019-09-05
Hey @BVSDcolorado you're spouting auto industry propaganda from the 1920s — back when cars were rightly known as M… https://t.co/J3BKSjxmkC 19:11:40, 2019-09-05
@ChazDoesEnergy @BikeBoulderBike @ericmbudd @AaronBrockett12 What a difference a decade makes!… https://t.co/AGYg9b2NVL in reply to ZaneSelvans 19:09:47, 2019-09-05
@ChazDoesEnergy @BikeBoulderBike @ericmbudd @AaronBrockett12 Yeah I don't think Imma be helpful on this one.
Read… https://t.co/J602mIuOFm in reply to ChazDoesEnergy 19:05:23, 2019-09-05
Thanks to @MargaretAtwood's book Payback, for introducing me to the classical reference: https://t.co/Lu6DU1upie in reply to ZaneSelvans 16:52:52, 2019-09-05
Climate change, like the millstones of the gods, grinds slowly, but fine. 16:51:30, 2019-09-05
@nils_gilman And yet it still sometimes feels like a crippling disadvantage when you find yourself surrounded by charismatic overconfidence. in reply to nils_gilman 16:00:24, 2019-09-05
@beaucronin @expectgreatdata Wow. That is… extensive. More than I think I can parse right now but I suspect we'll make use of it! in reply to beaucronin 15:58:07, 2019-09-05
Elinor Ostrom's Law: "A resource arrangement that works in practice can work in theory."
(after decades studying r… https://t.co/fXF3iMp7HM 15:44:58, 2019-09-05
And this is why it's good to have tests.
What's the best way to integrate continuous data validation into a… https://t.co/uWEMrEylg2 14:11:19, 2019-09-05
@SarahdawnH If humanity is committed to high energy consumption for everyone, it will be hard to do without. in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:27:37, 2019-09-05
@SarahdawnH I used to be less supportive of nuclear, but I do think it's at least worth learning about. This was a… https://t.co/SEvj8S1RmK in reply to ZaneSelvans 12:26:13, 2019-09-05
@SarahdawnH I think that was more of a "did you read Drawdown" quiz than a general knowledge quiz — some of the an… https://t.co/AL3b0BvgwV in reply to SarahdawnH 12:23:53, 2019-09-05
@drvox I know video autoplay is a pet peeve of yours. @Firefox has added some built-in controls (including no sound… https://t.co/DVRa9pVk4O 17:20:10, 2019-09-04
@stacey_goldfarb @boulderprogress @CHThiem Maybe it's time to start thinking about Boulder's future, rather than its past. in reply to stacey_goldfarb 16:28:17, 2019-09-04
@ChazDoesEnergy @estrellaboulder @bouldercolorado IIRC the public hearings about adding bike lanes to Table Mesa were pretty awful too. in reply to ChazDoesEnergy 14:58:24, 2019-09-04
@bolderbekah Oh *that's* what they mean by parental controls. Duh. in reply to bolderbekah 12:58:18, 2019-09-04
"An unknowable, very possibly existential risk demands more than trying to calculate the very cheapest possible sol… https://t.co/pvI3bLa1lE 12:53:18, 2019-09-04
RT @samnbk: Estoy en una mesa en la que están presentando un análisis de las sentencias de los tribunales españoles sobre violencia sexual.… 12:31:14, 2019-09-04
A cost-normalized list of most livable cities would also be interesting. Like where's the best livability value? https://t.co/jzOD3Aq50w 11:16:23, 2019-09-04
This @CHThiem piece about fearmongering and the subversion of public process in housing politics is about Boulder,… https://t.co/A7ywlXRoW5 09:21:00, 2019-09-04
Even AI knows zoning messes up everything. https://t.co/kwq06osdFP 23:33:55, 2019-09-03
@shayshinecastle Just follow that yellow brick road. in reply to shayshinecastle 21:35:26, 2019-09-03
@CHThiem I would be surprised if you can get anything other than intrinsically more affordable and energy efficient… https://t.co/zOpvsGWbpw in reply to CHThiem 20:34:29, 2019-09-03
@shayshinecastle I've seen numbers more like a billion… but maybe that would be city+county? Or adjusted for inflation? in reply to shayshinecastle 20:28:31, 2019-09-03
RT @elispat: @shayshinecastle Hey, it's 6 pm and it's time for a reminder to support Shay. She's really good at this. https://t.co/mxZCI4wQ… 20:03:02, 2019-09-03
@CHThiem Meaning they were equating the Minneapolis comp plan with enabling (*gasp*) high density housing? in reply to CHThiem 19:57:20, 2019-09-03
god I hope I get to vote for this woman. https://t.co/U1TxzCMTli 18:37:21, 2019-09-03
@drvox There better be otters. in reply to drvox 16:46:57, 2019-09-03
@JasenThorpe The First Rule of Flight Club is… in reply to JasenThorpe 21:59:15, 2019-09-02
I can't believe this is what it takes to get me excited about the playoffs. https://t.co/E1bm1Qix0u 13:46:00, 2019-09-02
Uhhh.
Cc: @NuclearAnthro https://t.co/Iw7KC8Sw7C 11:22:20, 2019-09-02
A visualization of global maritime shipping: https://t.co/73rbAlj8qY in reply to ZaneSelvans 00:20:51, 2019-09-02
In principle we could do it now but… the global commercial shipping fleet has a gross displacement of about 1.8 b… https://t.co/tASakROH8m 00:08:33, 2019-09-02
There's an aesthetic attraction to the apparent stability and balance of Nature, but there's also a deception. Syst… https://t.co/siSyzGRBMe 23:36:23, 2019-09-01
Reading @MargaretAtwood's book "Payback" about the nature of debt in the most general sense. Based on this series o… https://t.co/a2ypNRnCaW 21:04:00, 2019-09-01
Political purpose is the "Desire to push the world in a certain direction, to alter other peoples’ idea of the kind… https://t.co/Wi2TF6k9JW 19:43:55, 2019-09-01
@drvox Is @drthrax available? in reply to drvox 19:36:55, 2019-09-01
Omg, there is no question. There are whole worlds of ice, crystalline in all its many high pressure forms. Don't be… https://t.co/XG4WJ5KY16 19:35:57, 2019-09-01

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