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asdfasveatoday at 1:32 PM3 repliesview on HN

Sustainability?

What resource will we run out of if we continue to piss in traditional urinals?

Has bullshit marketing terms invaded scientific papers now as well?


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vlyantoday at 2:13 PM

not so long ago it was very fashionable to include DEI/ESG/etc lip service in those things, regardless of whether it made sense. for example, I've read a study comparing leather tanning compounds and it had a completely out of place paragraph babbling about climate change. the author wasn't even American, it's a global cargo cult.

bobsmoothtoday at 1:36 PM

Water and chemicals spent on cleaning. Less splash means less cleaning.