Telaneo

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by Telaneo 3mo ago
I didn't mean to imply there aren't any constraints.
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
Pensions probably ought to be reduced/readjusted in accordance with life time expectancy, or some other maths that actually ends up in the green somehow while still allowing those who cannot take care of themselves to live a decent lif
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
There are truckloads of perfectly good food and clothes being incinerated every day since that's somehow cheaper for the owners of capital. The excess is there. It's just not ending up in the pockets of those who need it.
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
We are producing enough excess that we can spare enough of those things to those who are unable to take care of themselves, and we have for a number of years.
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
> Interesting that you highlight classics, is the implication that it's more ... productive for your personal development to read classics than trashy thrillers? No. You can play Candy Crush for all I care if that's what gets y
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
Even if you're bad at productivity, even in the sense of producing enjoyment, you're still worth so much more. My OP was explicitly about not taking economic productivity as the be-all-end-all of someone.
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
I'm sure it's feasible, but it's treating the symptom rather than the disease. I'd rather people never get to the point of having to call a friend because they can't afford food today than them not feeling shame whe
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
> By this logic, everything produces something, therefore everything is productive. Yes. That word is only useful insofar as you say or imply a goal. Candy Crush is not productive in gathering food. Most people imply the goal to be money
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
> Looking after disabled people requires an enormous productive surplus from the rest of us and a recognition that the people creating the enormous surplus are in practice worth quite a bit more than the people who are on the receiving e
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
> If you consider Candy Crush as productive I guess words just don't have meaning anymore so there's no point arguing. I'm using the word differently to you. It's productive insofar as you enjoy doing it. Just to make
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
> could you please summarize in short what you meant here as keypoint? > I'm not sure we are interpreting this right,based also on reactions and troll references in clear contrast to your other comment. I'm not sure what&#x2
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
Most people want to work. Most people want to provide value in some form. The author of the article is unable and willing, but is still treated as unwilling by the system. We're better of acting in good faith and treating everybody who
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
> The cost (no profit) of 1 Million homes where people want to live (where your community is), would be roughly 0.5 Trillion to 1 Trillion USD [1]. That sounds worth it to me. > We simply don't have the construction workers and t
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
> Is playing Candy Crush productive? If you enjoy it, then yes. > Hard work is a good in it of itself. People pay lip service to the idea that we shouldn't be productive or measure our "worth" (whatever that is) by prod
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
We have enough medication. People not being able to afford it has little to do with whether or not we have (or could easily make) an excess. Insulin costs ~3 USD to make per vial. People not being able to afford ~30 USD insulin is not becau
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
Housing is clearly the biggest problem, yes, and I doubt you'll find anyone who'll disagree that it's not a big problem. But it's a big problem for political reasons. If we all woke up tomorrow and thought 'we need
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
Have I said anything to the contrary?
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
The other commentor mentioned food and clothes to you. I'll add that I can get food for free locally (soup kitchen style, although I don't think they actually serve soup) if I really need it. Around 10% of houses in the US are vac
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
I've considered suicide because I was unable to make ends meet. I don't want others to experience that. Is that too much to ask?
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
We have enough excess in society that we can spare enough of those things to those who are unable to take care of themselves.
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
> If your worth is not determined by your productivity, then what remains of you underneath it all? Everything else. You are worth so much more than your productivity. I'm glad I never got sucked into the protestant work ethic, sinc
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
Because GPUs have had it soldered since the beginning, while desktops have had it slotted since (close to) the beginning. There are some exceptions to that rule, but it mostly holds. Not to mention that the bar of acceptibility is moving. W
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
The RAM in your desktop could run at much higher frequencies if it were soldered. The RAM the M5 Macbooks use runs at 9600 mbps. The base spec for DDR5 is 4800, and I rarely see people running at much higher than 6000. There's probably
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
Absolutely. It's not worth it unless you're more principled than anyone I know at least. Instead you're left with a minor punishment and most of your faith in the justice system left behind.
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
> but then says he can't have me disrespecting and being a smart-ass to his cops Maybe it's just me, but I am of the exact opposite opinion. Cops have enormous power, and any misuse of it should be pushed back on hard. Cops tha
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
> When I was a kid I wanted to be a police officer because I wouldn't have to follow any laws or rules. Then I got a little bit older and realized that wasn't how being a police officer actually worked in practice. Then, I got
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
Heck, it could be unconstitutional for the government to make X illegal, but if the courts say 'no actually it isn't', or it never actually gets to that point, then it doesn't really matter much, does it? The text of the
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
> Is the backlash really about privacy, or is the real problem a complete lack of trust in government? Both. Even if a hypothetical perfect police force could serve justice better with a panopticon, that is A.) not the police force that
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
On some level, it feels like (some) politicians haven't realised this, or have forgotten it. We can either have a functioning democracy and justice system, where responsibility is delegated to people whose job it is to uphold society&#
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by Telaneo 3mo ago
If you're stuck with them, that's understandable. There's no reason the banks should be dicks about it, but they often are in cases like yours. All the accounts I've opened in recent times have just been a matter of logg

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