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Unfortunately life isn’t a triple-bling placebo controlled study.

There isn’t a cohort consisting entirely of otherwise identical yous we can use to retrospectively assess the outcomes of single-changes.

And besides, it’s not like one or any number of psychedelic experiences, results in a perfect human experience free of suffering or what have you.

You’re responding to an argument I didn’t make.

And looks like you agree that coding isn’t engineering.

The first high-level programming language was Plankalkül, created by Konrad Zuse between 1942 and 1945.[2] The first high-level language to have an associated compiler was created by Corrado Böhm in 1951, for his PhD thesis.

How long are you going to keep claiming programming is a brand new discipline?

Okay, engineering proper has thousands of years of history. But it’s not like coding came down in the last shower.

Fair enough that any random app probably doesn’t need to be probably correct. And that’s why it’s not engineering.

The practice of coding is a science and an art.

I guess we should make a distinction between Engineering and engineering.

Lower case e engineering is the design and manufacture of complex product - in which case, sure coding is engineering, and coders are engineers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_programming_languag...

Also, wasn’t the 250 ppm atmospheric CO2 concentration prior to the start of the Industrial Revolution a historic low as far a geological-time goes?

I suppose that’s not particularly relevant for more recent old growth tall trees that seem to have got by fine in a colder Earth.

But it’s easy to imagine a warmer, wetter, Earth with higher atmospheric CO2 concentrations being more conducive to taller tree growth.

On the other hand, I probably don’t really know what I’m talking about, not my area of expertise.

Oooo, I get a bit excited about interdisciplinary techno-plant-and-livestock

Another area that might be easier to break in to as far as work goes is labouring for an irrigation business, kinda agricultural plumbing.

You’ve probably seen pivots[1] and side-roll irrigation systems.

This would put you in more direct contact with the farm operators, expose you to a wide range of agricultural crops, and also tie neatly in to your existing CS skill set with regard to agricultural SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition), or Industrial Arduino as I like to call it.

Working for seed processes / distributors and fertiliser and pest & weed control industries could also be another foot-in-the-door move.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center-pivot_irrigation

It’s pretty well known, in cycling at least, that hard interval training is super effective for untrained people or people coming back from a break, but the gains plateau relatively quickly, and the stress of doing this kind of work is hard to sustain for long periods.

This is 100% experience with both cycling and running, and something I worked out on my own early on, prior to the advent of smartphones and even talking to anyone who knew anything.

I enjoy sprinting, both running and cycling, but it’s mostly something I do to regain my endurance ability after a break. Two two weeks of high intensity interval training, and then I’m able to sustain moderate intensity jogging for 30+ plus again, or an hour cycling.

Which would ignore that jet fuel is going to be a multiple of the gasoline price.

That doesn’t sound right. If my Duck Fu is any good, jet fuel is currently going due US$3.00 per gallon, avgas (leaded petrol) at $3.30, and gasoline at $2.88 gallon.

There’s nothing much special about jet fuel, it’s just kerosene, same as RP1 (Rocket Propellant), heater fuel, and lamp oil you can buy from the hardware store, with a touch of something to stop it gelling at low temperature if I understand correctly, but also jet fuel tanks are heated if I recall correctly.

I believe standard diesel fuel will also works in jet engines, but kerosene is cheaper.

I’m not in the US, and if I understand correctly their gasoline (petrol) price can vary greatly from state to state, California being the worst? Is that right?