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A comment on Ask HN: How can I as a coder contribute to climate change?.

Re:Ask HN: How can I as a coder contribute to climate change? by kogir on Saturday November 12, 2016 @10:47AM (#12938393)
The biggest impact most people can have on climate change is not having kids. Think of all the energy they'll use in their lifetime(s). You can prevent all of that.
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Re:Ask HN: How can I as a coder contribute to climate change? by jarnix on Saturday November 12, 2016 @01:56PM (#12939503)
I feel some sarcasm here, but honestly I agree with you. It's difficult to talk about it usually.
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Re:Ask HN: How can I as a coder contribute to climate change? by rajacombinator on Sunday November 13, 2016 @01:55AM (#12942199)
Better yet, just kill yourself. Think of the carbon savings!
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Re:Ask HN: How can I as a coder contribute to climate change? by bbcbasic on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @01:36AM (#12956103)
Get burial in your will too
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Re:Ask HN: How can I as a coder contribute to climate change? by danieltillett on Saturday November 12, 2016 @08:48PM (#12941377)
The biggest impact people can make in this area is give birth to smart people. We need more smart people, not less.
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Re:Ask HN: How can I as a coder contribute to climate change? by gordon_freeman on Saturday November 12, 2016 @07:58PM (#12941189)
What if that kid would happen to be someone like Elon Musk one day? Have you considered that scenario?
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Re:Ask HN: How can I as a coder contribute to climate change? by gcheong on Saturday November 12, 2016 @08:21PM (#12941266)
Considering the probabilities or just the current ratio of Musks to non-Musks it would probably be more likely to happen by having less people with more resources than the other way around.
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Re:Ask HN: How can I as a coder contribute to climate change? by gcheong on Saturday November 12, 2016 @08:28PM (#12941289)
Unfortunately reproduction is a largely ego-driven pursuit.
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