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by abyssin 5y ago
Reducing the size of the government wouldn’t solve much, though, and it would rather make it even more disappointing. This kind of malfunction almost looks like some people in power are ok with leaving the impression the government is impos
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by abyssin 5y ago
Screen tearing isn’t gone, unfortunately. Watching videos on my Linux machine is a pain. I use a Lenovo T460s and I’ve spent too much time looking for a solution (more then an hour). I like the freedom of a Linux OS (i3m is cool) but it loo
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by abyssin 5y ago
I'm not too surprised people spend time to express this point of view. I loved his channel but there was always something that felt a little off for me. One evening I launched a Google search wondering if I was the only one and found t
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by abyssin 5y ago
This post convinced me: https://www.reddit.com/r/BaldAndBaldrDossier/comments/judnlm...
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by abyssin 6y ago
I had the same reading flow but I gradually got annoyed by how many web pages Pocket wouldn’t parse correctly, then how some pages wouldn’t display correctly on the Kobo. For instance some pages would have the text aligned to the right. Now
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Nemi Ships(en.wikipedia.org)
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When you eat at a restaurant in Europe, half the food comes from the microwave.
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by abyssin 6y ago
Why not simply make it illegal to exploit fossil fuels? The result is the same, except that making it illegal has a certain result, as opposed to a tax that is less direct. Of course it's very hard to make it illegal, but I don't
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by abyssin 6y ago
This is the best summary of why we're so well headed to a catastrophe. It seems that be definition, you won't accept any reduction of your standard of living. What if there's no way around it? Your standard of living relies o
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by abyssin 6y ago
We don't live in isolation, and most of us couldn't. If we want to be part of the social fabric, we're often forced to use these services to some extent, so they have real authority over us.
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by abyssin 6y ago
One could argue that livestock is more useful than Bitcoin, since it feeds people. Of course I agree we should reduce meat consumption.
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by abyssin 6y ago
I've had this issue when I switched back to Firefox one year ago, but now I have this sequence in my muscle memory: ctrl + l to focus the address bar, tab to highlight first result, enter to load it.
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by abyssin 6y ago
I believe you're referring to a mushroom growing technique called PF Tek. But following this technique, you are supposed to wait until the substrate is done boiling and has come back to room temperature before inoculating it with spore
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by abyssin 6y ago
You can remove stitches using a simple knife.
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I agree with you in the sense that's how they rationalize their reaction, although I think they don't actually wonder about it and you made a figure of speech, and instead they don't feel it's fair that some stop working
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by abyssin 6y ago
In rich societies with strong social safety nets, it is possible to live as if work had been abolished. One only needs a fraction of the ressources consumed by a normal Westerner to live a materially comfortable life. But what you realize w
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by abyssin 6y ago
I tried building a similar air purifier in Belgium last year and I've never been able to source the parts at a similar cost.
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by abyssin 6y ago
I'd love to read your story. Did you write about it? The years of depression, traveling to the ayahuasca place, the sessions, the changes you made in your life afterwards.
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by abyssin 6y ago
Did you have to specialize in some kind of technology or sector? Or is it simply because self-employment means paying less taxes?
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Prices are low because we have lots of machines using cheap fossil energy working for us. If we have less machines working for us, we'll produce less goods, and we'll be less rich.
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by abyssin 6y ago
Next step is to reduce energy consumption. It's so obvious I wonder why it isn't talked about more. I'm not saying it's easy. We either choose to reduce energy consumption, or the consequences of climate change will forc
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by abyssin 6y ago
From vast, non renewable natural stocks found in the ground.
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by abyssin 6y ago
Is it market efficiency or is it cheap energy?
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by abyssin 6y ago
Climate change sure isn't going to be fun, whether we manage to stay under the 2 °C target or not. But I don't think we should spend too much time lamenting about it. Instead, we can find ways to lower our CO2 emissions, even if i
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by abyssin 6y ago
Given that it provides mostly luxury services, it's quite easy to get rid of these 2%. Nobody is going to suffer from not being able to take the plane to go on a vacation.
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by abyssin 6y ago
In our situation, optimism is a moral duty. I understand the cynical attitude, because I have it at times. But I also think we can't just say there's nothing to do. I'm afraid that would strengthen the tendency of many people
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by abyssin 6y ago
At my previous company, performance management was a show they put on to get a story to tell when it was time to discuss compensation. Lack of performance resulted in firing without warning. Performance assessment gave information about the
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by abyssin 6y ago
Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
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by abyssin 6y ago
I remember picking up the conversation coming from a hot air balloon one day I was playing on the computer. I was focused on the game, and suddenly these voices start overlapping with the sounds I'm used. Today I'm not even sure i
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by abyssin 6y ago
A big part of what makes school uncomfortable is related to the physical space in which it takes place. As you said it, it has many attributes of a prison. Too crowded, which means too noisy. Closed, which means there's no room for bre

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