#risk-optimization

[lefaystrent]

Say 'opt' five times in a row. It makes your mouth bounce with horse hooves.

[dragonroilz]

ror but the characters are vaguely medieval

[reasonsforhope]

AYESHA RASCOE, HOST:

With Spain and Portugal saying that hundreds of people have died from the heat waves sweeping through Europe this month, the longer-term view might come as a surprise. Over the past 50 years, the number of deaths attributed to weather-related disasters has actually fallen. Yes, you heard that right. The World Meteorological Organization says that the number of disasters has increased five times over the past 50 years, but the number of fatalities has fallen by two-thirds. Vox climate writer Umair Irfan has delved into this paradox and joins us now. Welcome to the program, Umair.

UMAIR IRFAN: Thanks for having me, Ayesha.

RASCOE: So how can this be? Like, how can the number of deaths be falling even though we hear the news, we see the disasters? You know, seas are rising, summers are hotter, hurricanes seem to be getting stronger. So how is it possible that deaths can be down?

IRFAN: Well, there are two main factors here. One is better forecasting - basically being able to get ahead of these disasters and then hopefully being able to get people out of harm's way. So that's really prominent with things like hurricanes and heat waves. We can actually see those things days in advance. The other side of the equation is how well we can cope with things like storms, fires and heat waves when they do occur. So we have better tools - things like sea walls. We have better building codes. We have firefighting teams that can get people out of fire zones. And so between those two aspects - you know, the better forecasting and the better tools - we've been able to avert a lot of deaths, even though the global population has grown about fourfold since the start of the 20th century.

RASCOE: Are the technological advances that you're talking about available even in less-developed areas?

IRFAN: It's not, unfortunately. And you're hitting on a very important point. You know, the WMO pointed out that about 90% of disaster-related fatalities that occur today are occurring in developing countries. And there's a huge gap in terms of being able to anticipate these disasters before they occur and being able to respond to them and being able to rebuild in their aftermath. And that really is a big shortfall that a lot of world leaders are starting to get concerned about...

You know, the World Meteorological Organization, they launched this initiative to basically say that they want the whole world covered by disaster early warning systems over the next five years. And they think that this is something that's going to be taking a big bite out of the fatalities and the casualties caused by these disasters. So I think it's worth highlighting the progress that's made, but also the progress that we still need to make.

-via NPR, July 17, 2022

Thanks so much to @gardening-tea-lesbian for the link!

[thepersonalwords]

I will not allow my mistakes of the past compromise my hope for the future.

Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life

[swearingcactus]

Cassandra, and literally everyone in the Inquisition: the Champion of Kirkwall?! The guy who saved Kirkwall from Qunari invasion by agreeing to SINGLE COMBAT with the Arishok? Who was there day ONE of the mage-templar rebellion? A man among men, with wit and charm beyond parallel, AND the man who has KILLED Corypheus ONCE before; he's COMING to HELP us?!!?

The Champion of Kirkwall in Skyhold:

[ocherednoe-dno]

the disconnection of genestealers from the [main] hive mind means the chance of a lineage becoming an autonomous species in competition with or opposition to the main tyranid hive, is low but never zero

[starbelled]

im about to have the best bladie ever ...

[vounoura]

........I think I may have accidentally optimized too hard in E33 bc a boss that i think was supposed to be fairly hard was uh. annihilated in three or four turns

[moonshadowmystique]

Life, in its truest form, is a series of bold choices—chapters written by those willing to step into the unknown. Without risk, we are mere spectators, watching as the world moves around us, untouched by the fullness of experience. It is risk that breathes life into our stories, transforming the mundane into the extraordinary.

When we take a chance, we invite uncertainty, but also the possibility of greatness. Failure may loom, but so does triumph. The beauty of every story—be it a tale of love, adventure, or personal growth—comes from the risks we take, the moments when we decide to leap, not knowing where we’ll land.

In the end, it’s not the safe paths we remember, but the daring steps that shaped who we are. So, live boldly. Embrace uncertainty. For only then can your story truly begin.

[juh-wasnt-deactivated19691231]

things i really enjoy doing

designing workspaces

asking questions about problems

optimizing processes

these are highly paid jobs in theory, but i think they probably come with a lot of bullshit, so i guess i'll keep being a glorified PC repair technician

[healixhospitals24]

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[taserbats]

now Am I god's favorite??? or is that just the ocd magical thinking

[eva-does-their-best]

It's actually comedic with context cause I wake up all disoriented and in pain cause of the flu, like, "where am I, when is it, who am I, what is this" kinda disoriented and first thing I do is go into tumblr and suddenly my brain immediately switches into discourse mode and starts working again and I'm no longer disoriented, all because of replying to anons haha.

[fwoosheye]

I wouldn't say it's a new years resolution, but i want to upload more of my OG and various AU stuff next year (sketches, doodles, rendered, ramblings), but I am not quite sure how to organize it so I figured... why not make a poll? Plenty of my mutuals have more experience than me with stuff like this after all. I do have a sideblog for my OG stuff (barely used but I plan on changing that) and I'm considering to get a sideblog for my various AU:s. So...

[asuiru]

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