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by abyssin 5y ago
I’m not sure it is much better, but moderation does have an impact on the tone of the conversation. New content pops up a bit slower, so it’s a bit less exciting. There’s a culture of sourcing information.
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This reminds me of the saying in the psychedelic culture: “Once you’ve got the message, hang up the phone.” In March 2021 I made a similar decision regarding my use of Reddit. I’ve lost years doom-scrolling, but it’s also taught me useful t
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I’d say the amount of violence is related to the amount of resources available in the economy where trust needs to be established. If you have a lot of resources, you can spend more on monitoring and surveillance, and afford more losses. Wh
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I’m less optimistic. Carbon rationing is the only solution. But what political power is there that would be able to simply declare and enforce a maximum amount of fossil fuels to extract per year in the entire world?
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I’m shocked by the same thing in Belgium. Most of teachers’ work outside class could be automated if they decided to work collaboratively. I still can’t understand why they decide not to, and frankly I’m a bit worried that such people are i
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But nobody told us there’s no link at all between these two.
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I’m not a native speaker, but there seems to be something inappropriately judgmental about the wording of “keeping in check”. Loneliness is hard for many and causes suffering, and drugs are sometimes used to try to manage suffering. More us
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I’ve decided to switch career because WFH has made me depressed. I simply can’t stand looking at a computer anymore. Working for a company was bearable when I used to be able to get human connections in exchange. I haven’t tried joining a c
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I've met people like you, some as employees, but most as coaches. I believe their role is somehow religious, priest-like: they are able to occupy a spot between leadership and workers to embody the ability to believe in what the compan
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The practical issue for me is: how to do less and still feel like I’m a member of a functional group of people? Doing less is easy. Being part of a group of people that do little is doable. But I’ve yet to find such a group that isn’t made
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"3 weeks is the realistic estimate, 2 weeks is our best case scenario. The original deadline is no longer realistic due to <changes in scope>|<missing materials>|<whatever>, but if you wish to launch on Friday we can
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Thanks for sharing this.
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You can add a bookmark shortcut button with the address about:profile and that makes it more accessible. I added a key shortcut to the bookmark itself. Then I can use cmd + L to focus the address bar, type the letter p, and hit Enter. That
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The only thing I regret after switching to an iPhone SE this year is the ability to use Firefox with uBlock. I regret not buying an iPhone sooner. It just works.
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This is a visually beautiful page. The first image, the font, the color scheme. Nothing is too original, but it has character and it serves the meaning carried by the text.
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There’s fiction books on Z Library that you can’t find on Library Genesis, especially in French for what I know.
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In the situation they’re in, the question is irrelevant. Companies that engage in such behaviour retain people with the ability to get emotionally involved at the level of the company itself. They get motivated in relation to the story that
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I've always wondered if the difference in tone between French and English that I usually perceive on forums has something to do with French being my mother tongue. Indeed it usually feels like there's more snarkiness when people s
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What we need to do is make planes more expensive, instead of making trains cheaper. That would be relatively easy, but people wouldn’t like it because they want change that doesn’t affect their lifestyle. But if we’re to take climate change
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You comment reminds me of this article that I can't put my hands on, that explained that the generalization of washing machines actually increased work time in some situations, because with it came the expectation of wearing cleaner cl
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The people I know who choose to live outside the city underestimate the impact of commuting on their quality of life, and overestimate the benefits associated to living in the “countryside”. They want a backyard and a dog. Once they’re stuc
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If you consider commuting as labour, you’re creating an incentive for many workers to increase the distance between where they work and where they live. Something comparable has happened in Belgium with the system of company cars. A car wit
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I’ve had a similar experience with my RM1 that had a broken screen when I started it for the first time. It literally took months before I could get a replacement. Their TrustPilot page is a stream of horror stories.
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In the case of CouchSurfing, it kept being genuine for a number of years despite and even thanks to the large user base. What destroyed the community is greed that lead to implementing incentives that go against what made the experience won
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Schwalbe Marathon Mondial are incredibly durable tyres. Never had a single flat in at least 20,000 km on them.
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This was the trick that made it possible for me to stop being addicted to Facebook. You don’t have to fight the urge to load the app. You get a strange sense of satisfaction from slowly unfollowing everything. And the more you unfollow, the
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Robots are doing a lot of work for us, but they don’t look humanoid.
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Trustroots has to be mentioned too. It appeared as a reaction to the rigidity of how things were managed at BeWelcome.
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BMW sells cars that need an paying upgrade in order to use some of the hardware. https://www.carscoops.com/2021/04/bmw-makes-you-pay-for-soft...
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ReMarkable isn’t perfect but I use it to read web articles. The issue I haven’t solved with my ReMarkable is finding an alternative to the default synchronization system. I’d love to use Plato for reading on the ReMarkable, but then I’d los

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