Hank

Did you take a look at the cabin? Seems in line with something like a private jet.

Black people have different hair than other races so it requires a specific skillset not all barbers have aquired. Also the black American community puts a lot of value in their haircuts. Because of that black barbershops are not only a place where you get your hair cut but also an important meeting place in the community with huge cultural importance.

Btw I’m a white German who’s never been to the US who got all his information about black barbershops from media so if someone better informed than me chips in I’d rather listen to them than me if I were you.

I’m not a fan of healthy young people using e-bikes but the speed argument is in bad faith. To hit 20mph for more than a short moment you have to be a fit, experienced rider unless you have a fancy race bike which is tricky to ride and will massively limit where you can ride, the comfort and safety for anyone who doesn’t basically live on their bike.

I’m not a nerd.

Isn’t that a kbin exclusive bug? Tbh it brought me more entertainment than annoyance so far

Maybe he wants to get rid off the somewhat smart people on Twitter so the rest can be easily radicalized with the intend that they vote against their interest and for the interests of rich people?

I’d say it’s either that or he wants greater reach to feed his narcism.

It is enabled. Still no tiddies:(

I didn’t block NSFW instances but I also don’t see them. I’d like to though.

Creating your own game will help against gaming addiction? That’s like telling an alcoholic they should get into microbrewery.

For me it’s Skyrim but finally it’s a game you’re so familiar with that you don’t need any motor skills besides your muscle memory.

I see your concerns. I think we can’t avoid using our land. The alternative would be not existing. Also we have to agree that most people demand a degree of consumerism that puts a strain on the resources we have. That’s the reality we face. Paper is a very necessary good and probably will be forever. The production of paper is resource intensive. Removing lignin would reduce our demand of resources.
I don’t see big poplar forests with the whole purpose of harvesting cellulose as that problematic if we keep in mind that this also gives more space for habitats we have to protect.What this research promises is that we can make the best of what we have because that is all we have left after we ravaged the planet and are not willing to stop that.

Poplars are probably the best way to get a lot of biomass quickly. I doubt hemp is a competitive alternative.

And they’re not engineering a new species of tree, they just modified the trees to reduce the lignin content so the cellulose can be processed easier and less resource intense.

While what you’re saying is generally true about trees, they’re creating poplars for the paper industry. They will grow in big monocultures and get mowed down after just a decade. That’s pretty much worthless as an ecosystem.
They’re grown in a similar way for biomass for the energy sector. Poplars are probably the easiest way to build up a lot of biomass.

Did you read the article? They’re just reducing the lignin content in the wood so it’s easier to process cellulose. I don’t understand where you see the difference to let’s say selective breeding to produce bigger and sweeter fruits. CRISPR is just an optimised and probably better results promising alternative to the massive amounts of trial and error we had to go through to isolate promising genetic traits.