Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On Mon, 6 Jan 2025 20:17:12 -0500, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

On 1/6/25 5:49 AM, D wrote:

 
 
On Sun, 5 Jan 2025, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
 

On 2025-01-05, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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We have achienved something no other species has done. Science.

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Someone once pointed out, though, that for all the great things
science can do, it can't make the sun shine brighter or the rivers run
faster.  If our consumption continues to increase, sooner or later
we'll hit the crunch.

 
We can use things more effectively, we can build nuclear. In terms of
power we have no problem out all. This is a solved problem and only
requires political will.

 
   We ARE very wasteful - even with known-limited resources. There's
   mostly not enough money in 're-cycling' to make it worth it (except
   in 4th-world countries - oh reports are of a really good
   gold-recovery chemistry lately)

There are a few recycling projects that do make money and they don't
require government intervention.  My information is from the '90s but
there were two lead acid battery operations in the LA area and it was
worth hauling junk batteries from Denver or further. The Kaiser aluminum
smelter in Spokane also pulled in crushed aluminum cans from all over the
west. The local pulp mill had cardboard hauled in but they shut down.
There must still be a market since the company that handles the garbage
has a separate dumpster for cardboard.

The oddest one was in Rancho Cucamonga. I hauled past the sell date beer
from Denver. They distilled it for industrial alcohol.

Plastic recycling is problematic as is glass. I've got a suspicion after
the people have their feel good moment separating the trash it still winds
up in the same landfill.