I think the downvotes are due to the "perfect is the enemy of good" argument they inadvertently make. I.e. because it's not also collecting micro plastics, it's not worth doing. It's likely not intentional, but it's a rapid killer of good, new ideas.
As for the micro plastics issue. The only viable way is to design/breed an organism (or organisms) that can consume and digest the plastics. A genetically modified krill might be able to do it, if not, bacteria.
It's a massive challenge however. Not least proving that it's safe. Once it's loose in the oceans, putting that genie back in the bottle will be difficult.
Off the joke topic, but something that made it make a lot more sense.
Scientists have studied this. Women do what are known as IOIs (Indicators of Interest). Most men can pick up on these. When they flirt, the rate doubles, or even more.
The problem lies in the base rate. It can vary a lot, from 5/hour to 120/hour. At this point men are left with a conundrum. Is a 60/minute lady a 10, desperately flirting, or a 100, who's slightly off put by you. The lady's friends have an instinctive read on this rate, so it's quite obvious. Most men have been burnt however, so tend to be over cautious. This can lead to a lot of flirting at oblivious men, who think you're just being polite.
It doesn't have to be at once. Something that took 2 weeks of effort can be bragged about for a day or more (spread out over time and conversations), without feeling like you've gone too far. Half an hour doing the dishes, give yourself a few minutes to be proud of the results.
Your monkey brain will quickly make the associations, and start giving you dopamine hits in response.
It's likely more down to social cohesion. Smaller villages all know each other (or at least passingly aware). They also don't have a huge pool of workers to draw upon.
If all your staff agree it's an issue, then finding replacement staff won't be trivial. Also, a large chunk of your customer base likely agrees. Finally, a small pub is unlikely to be run by a big shot CEO. They will have a lot more empathy than the average middle manager.
We used to, but too many arseholes used it as social cover. They would say something racist/sexist etc then, if it turned out people called them out, they broke out the "it's just a joke" card. By tagging at the beginning, they lose that excuse. 90% of the time, it's not needed, but we also don't want the arseholes hiding behind us. I'd rather clarify than help them.
It also helps, since this is an international community. What is obviously a joke to you, won't be to another English speaker from elsewhere. Let alone someone with English as a second language.
Factor in at least 10% of the time you took to just feel good about a task. That could be a hobby you achieved something in, or just doing the washing up. Give yourself time to get whatever dopamine hit you can. It creates a positive association, that improves your chances of doing better in the future.
That's why most poker players use static probabilities. It gets even worse when there uncertainty involved. E.g. your 40% sure a player had an AK before folding. Along with an 80% they didn't have a spade.
The Human mind is incredibly good at doing calculations like this. Unfortunately it has to be learnt, and is in the form of "feels" rather than actionable probabilities.
I know kitten space agency is being developed. I'm not sure how much of the original KSP team is involved with it. I suspect they are carefully skirting copyright laws on that front.
I knew someone who used to monitor the transmission of porn (TV) channels. Apparently, it was the most boring, soul crushing experience. You lose all interest by about day 3. It also messes with your own love life.
They weren't allowed to let the KSP1 team even know they were developing.
They were given no useful information on the codebase they were required to build on.
They had completely unrealistic goals, given the limitations.
When the early access released, it was a car crash. Rather than trying to fix things, they fired the dev team, but still insisted it was still being developed.
ChatGPT is useful for casual discussion facts. As seen as anything remotely important leans on it, it shouldn't be trusted any more than a guy down the pub.
Enlightened self interest. Climate change will fuck china over. Slowing it is definitely in their interests. They are already maxing out on installing renewables in china.
They likely did the maths and concluded it was cheaper to help the west decarbonise than try and replace their coal power plants.
I personally disagree with a lot of aspects of China's governing, but they are very good at long term planning. It's a lot easier when you expect to be in charge in 20 years, to plan for 20 year time spans.
I never said they were idealistic about it. If it's cheaper to flood out solar panels, but build coal, they will do. They are likely maxing out on renewable deployment, but still need more power.
It's akin to a meat eater not going vegetarian, but persuading a dozen friends to cut back on meat, with got vegetarian food. If it's a net gain, call it a win.
Which one do you have, and how have you found performance? Their prices seem in the sweet spot.
The Vision AI S250 seems like an excellent option @£499