A trip to a melting glacier will shape how the BBC's new climate editor, Justin Rowlatt, reports on the story of climate change.
You cannot help but be awed by the scale of Antarctica, the great white continent. I visited just before the pandemic struck and it is impossible not to feel humbled in the presence of something that seems so much bigger and more powerful than you. But that sensation is an illusion. When we finally flew over the front of the enormous glacier after weeks of travelling, I found myself staring down at an epic vision of shattered ice. As I wrote at the time, it felt like I'd reached the frontline of climate change; a place where the equilibrium that has held our world in balance for thousands of years was slipping and crashing.

Bitcoin mining produces electronic waste (e-waste) annually comparable to the small IT equipment waste of a place like the Netherlands, research shows.
Miners of the cryptocurrency each year produce 30,700 tonnes of e-waste, Alex de Vries and Christian Stoll estimate. That averages 272g (9.5oz) per transaction, they say. By comparison, an iPhone 13 weighs 173g (6.1oz). Miners earn money by creating new Bitcoins, but the computing used consumes large amounts of energy. They audit Bitcoin transactions in exchange for an opportunity to acquire the digital currency. Attention has been focused on the electricity this consumes - currently more than the Philippines - and the greenhouse gas pollution caused as a result.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:

@dashrender said in What Are You Watching Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Watching Now:

@obsolesce said in What Are You Watching Now:

@scottalanmiller it's raining.

Oh, I didn't even notice. That's what you get for setting up the camera and just letting it run ;)

That's a down pour - how could you not notice?

#sarcasm

#we'renotusedtothatfromScott

Bought Diablo II Resurrected

Nica Breakfast Burrito

The Nica Breakfast Burrito ;)

Welcome @fsalazar from NTG Bolivia.

@gjacobse said in Weekend Plans:

@scottalanmiller said in Weekend Plans:

We are packing LIKE CRAZY. Too much to do to take a load to storage today. But we are loading the van and I'll take it tomorrow. We are down to one car because Paul already sold his, and he has to deal with tons of emergency COVID tests and things (emergency because of travel stuff, not because of having COVID) that require the only vehicle. He leaves Monday morning.

I'll be off to Houston tomorrow with a load for the storage unit. We are in the home stretch now!

We have someone over working in the yard today getting as much as possible ready.

Dominica is busily painting the dining room today.

With the move, will the house be sold?

Yup, hope to have it on the market this week.

@gjacobse said in I can't even:

@obsolesce said in I can't even:

@jaredbusch said in I can't even:

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You just made me log in for the first time in nearly a year just to thumbs down that assclown.

OMG - I didn't notice when reading this on my cell phone, who it was... he's still around? Jeez I know I can be obtuse and all,... but if I was such a Curtis I'd have had my account locked and left the scene....

Yeah, he's never stopped there and they just keep letting him go. It's nuts. He was reported so many times for abuse, lying, intentionally trying to get people to harm themselves, fake news... but always allowed to remain.

El Salvador down to $34, but getting scarier to travel.

REPENT NOW CONFESS NOW
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Now drinking some 12 year old Flor de Caña. Yum. Just straight on the rocks.

@dustinb3403 Sure, let me just get some rainbow unicorn farts sent their way and everything will be good.....

A committee that advises the Federal Communications Commission on consumer-related matters now includes a representative of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which lobbies against municipal broadband, net neutrality, and other consumer protection measures.

Holy cow, I just realized that we've been using MC since Dec, 2018. That's 27 months ago!

Good thing #346: I just reached level 11 of Pineapple Spanish: Fluency Vocabulary Course on Memrise. #memrise #learning

@dustinb3403 said in What does your desk look like?:

Yeah I agree with Scott here, an employee is someone you hired after the business is in place, not a founder etc.

That has nothing to do with what @Dashrender said.

@BRRABill it's been a full year since hte last follow up on this thread. How about an update after another year of use?

Happy birthday @travisdh1