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by Lutger 2y ago
Exactly. This is why the European single market is so regulated. Not because it is a socialist market, quite the opposite. It wants to save capitalism both from itself and from the protectionism of its states. The European project is a deep
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by Lutger 2y ago
If by benefit you mean existential risk, then yes. A big benefit. Although in the end, these kinds of markets might drift into oblivion as well, by virtue of being conquered by stronger states. So in that sense, it will all sort itself out.
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by Lutger 2y ago
It's implicit but clear from the article they have thought about this. There's an owner responsible for triage and communication on the incoming reports, and somebody responsible for bugfixing, presumably they have some roster whe
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by Lutger 2y ago
Not literally, though 'feeling' does a lot of work in that sentence and rightly so. You don't exactly have a physical sensor to 'feel' sad either, which also happens up there mostly, but still people usually accept
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by Lutger 2y ago
The D programming language is mostly this, or could be this, however it has several flaws. It still isn't as polished and doesn't have the ecosystem, and is sort of trying to be Rust, C# and Python at the same time which doesn&#x2
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by Lutger 2y ago
Good work needs to look good in order to be seen. And in enterprise, it needs to be able to be compared in order to be fair and afford some level of control from top down. Standards solve those problems at the cost of some overhead and wast
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by Lutger 2y ago
Ruby is what Ruby developers mistakenly think makes not only them, but also all other developers happy, if they would only know. For a lot of developers though, basking in the glory of ambiguous poetry, documented in some random funny blog,
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by Lutger 2y ago
Maybe its my imagination, but Google Home could recognize a lot of things that it just can't do or can't do well anymore. It gives the impression that they just downgraded the whole infra behind it to run an inferior, cheaper mode
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by Lutger 3y ago
Its ridiculous to have a free market decide whether we want to have PFAS or not. Free markets are premised on rational agents making decisions for themselves . But I can't decide to live in a PFAS-free world by myself. I can't de
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by Lutger 3y ago
I imagine he would argue that such type of malls are a bit like feudal lords, he's otherwise clearly assuming malls have fixed rent. The missing part, I think, is the monopolistic nature of big tech. In some domains, you can't do
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by Lutger 3y ago
> When you post on twitter, you can be rewarded with engagement and attention and even the possibility of growing your own brand and following wikipedia on serfdom: >Serfs who occupied a plot of land were required to work for the lord
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by Lutger 3y ago
And much wider that most people think. Generally the roots of trees are 1,5x to 2x the crown. Roots need oxygen, going more than a few meters down in the soil and conditions aren't very beneficial anymore. Most of the soil life (and nu
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by Lutger 3y ago
These are amazing and very informative. There is an important caveat to consider: how roots actually grow depends a lot on the soil. Sand or clay, moisture and especially if and where there is compaction has a huge impact. A lot of root sys
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by Lutger 3y ago
This is how Russian democracy works. Like in your job, there's a scale of punishment for non-compliance, and the ultimate is being sent to the Gulags instead of getting fired. Almost everybody knows its BS but nobody is able to mention
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by Lutger 3y ago
There might even be a whole ladder going further down. You, something about the value of everything and the cost of nothing. I've seen tests with bugs in them, hiding bugs in the code and giving a false sense of robustness. because, yo
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by Lutger 3y ago
Awesome and very simple. There is a small community of eco housing that uses this system, in Boekel. They use solar panels in summer to heat the battery which lasts all winter. On a diy scale, there is also this system for passive greenhous
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by Lutger 3y ago
The opposite is actually true. Insects only eat dead, dying plants and low quality plants. Its an indicator of crops that are lacking in nutrition. For example, once a plant reaches a certain level of photosynthesis, it produces so much sug
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by Lutger 3y ago
Yeah I have something, I think its basically not true that yields are lower when you implement the cutting edge stuff AEA is doing. Current legislation and politics doesn't help, but true regenerative ag (not greenwashed) will also out
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by Lutger 3y ago
That is only partially true, and mostly hyperbolic.
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by Lutger 3y ago
It is actually possible to produce healthier food from healthy plants in good soils, getting good yields with reduced costs. A plant that is healthy has a functioning immune system and is capable of warding of most, if not all pests (except
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by Lutger 3y ago
I feel the complete opposite. I think the EU is the most efficient and enlightened bureaucracy there is, and it is going to save our ass, and maybe the ass of the rest of the world too. I have more trust in the EU techno-bureaucrats than in
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by Lutger 3y ago
You make the same point very well. In the threat model of the average European, corporations are actually seen as a higher risk. Maybe with less impact, but the risk is a lot higher. And they mistrust and complain about the state too, a t
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by Lutger 3y ago
I don't think so. Here are my simplified definition of words, I don't think they are very controversial or meaningless: Capitalism is ownership of capital by corporations who are protected by the state. Neo-liberalism is a version
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by Lutger 3y ago
> As a European I always have mixed feelings when this comes up. First things first, the European NATO members signed a contract to use 2% of GDP for defense and some are not doing that. Not right, they have to honor their agreements. Wh
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by Lutger 3y ago
> The first and most clearly top of mind recently is the US defense umbrella which allows the EU to invest on other things instead of defense. And also to have the US stay in control, that was the deal post WW2. This is changing though,
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by Lutger 3y ago
For some definition of left. The interesting thing about the article is that all this EU regulatory control over corporations is in fact deeply capitalistic and the very reason for its existence, and in the corporations interest. Which is n
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by Lutger 3y ago
That is a bit unfair, as it is intentionally not doing so. You may disagree with it, sure, but as it stands I think your comment implies oversight or immaturity, which is evidently not the case reading the discussion on the issue you linked
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by Lutger 3y ago
I don't know about that, you might want to receive some help yourself right? In some cases it might be better to work at a place that values cooperation more than competition. You sound like you would thrive better at such a work cultu
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by Lutger 3y ago
Ok, it doesn't sound that bad to me? You learned something about consulting, got paid 1600$ for one hour work, got good recommendations and now have time for another interesting opportunity. Don't waste your time and clients money
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by Lutger 3y ago
It is really really hard to do that in a context where its not embedded in either work culture or appreciated by your lead. It is easy enough to 'measure', a good lead would value how you benefit the team and enhance your co-worke

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