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by apercu 2y ago
I think that was possibly the case in the days of print newspapers. But I'm not sure I can blame individuals that are targeted all day every day by global corporations messaging them. They are getting brainwashed by Twitter, Facebook,
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by apercu 2y ago
For all of us who have "lost" family members to propaganda, I worry that Fox "News" is the disease.
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by apercu 2y ago
>At what point can we say that the US truly has fallen from being the leader of the world? When a ridiculous, obtuse con man was elected President in 2016 and his party lost whatever little desire they had left for a functional governmen
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by apercu 2y ago
We garden a lot, and buy shares and volunteer for local farming co-ops. We don’t save any money this way but we eat better and feel more self sufficient. This year will be my first crop of sweet corn :)
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by apercu 2y ago
On a whim in say 2011 I bought 2 bitcoin. 3 weeks later they had tripled in price (not like what happened much later) and I immediately sold them as I was uncomfortable using a USB drive s a wallet for currency. It was dumb to sell at that
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by apercu 2y ago
Agreed. Ford, GM, etc. would have ensured it without Musks help. And, is that a bad thing? China et all is not exactly our friend and we should stop sending them all of our money. Before I get brigaded, I am firmly opposed to the Trump&#x2F
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by apercu 2y ago
That's the application I was thinking of - imagine being at a (small) archeological dig site and being able to fly a drone with lidar over your dig.
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by apercu 2y ago
> Now the employee must market themselves as often, if not more often, than actually doing the work. Maybe only tangentially related to your post, but this has been on my mind a lot lately. After many years of doing all kinds of tech and
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by apercu 2y ago
I'm semi rural but 4.1-4.3 miles from 3 towns. I have natural gas and cable internet, but a well and septic. I was very pleased (before making an offer on the house) to find out about the cable internet as I have worked remote for 11 y
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by apercu 2y ago
I’m curious what the economics are these days - I cofounded a small town ISP in the mid-90’s (think dial-up) and the largest monthly costs was the 24 commercial phone lines. Even though it was a loss, it was a relief to eventually sell to
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by apercu 2y ago
Interesting. I had a similar experience mentoring someone who had a lot of potential but tended to stutter when presenting to clients until they would get in to a flow. What I did was gently say that "I, too, am sometimes nervous prese
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by apercu 2y ago
And during ice ages, even closer to continental settlements. I think I remember (speculation?)that there might have even been a land bridge to Sicily?
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by apercu 2y ago
I really dislike the Wordpress ecosystem and I find Notions popularity baffling as it has been a really terrible experience for me when other people use it and send their Notion documents to me as requirements documents. So, not me?
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by apercu 2y ago
And get rich quick scams. And fraud.
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by apercu 2y ago
Notion search doesn’t work consistently or effectively in their flagship product.
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by apercu 2y ago
Ah, thank you. I was so terribly disappointed to see that take on here.
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by apercu 2y ago
Really? Is that your honest take? It's either late stage unfettered capitalism, regulatory capture and oligarchy OR communism? Edit: I forgot theocracy.
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by apercu 2y ago
Absolutely, but what did that give the United States, a 10-year advantage? Last time I checked, WWII ended 80 years ago.
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by apercu 2y ago
If you can't change your mind when presented with new evidence, you _are_ an intellectual toddler.
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by apercu 2y ago
Fair, but other than browsing the web, a Blackberry was superior for communications than an iPhone back then.
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by apercu 2y ago
For strategic, economic, national defense and public health reasons, I completely agree with you. Too bad a large portion of our electorate is brainwashed by propaganda and/or completely out to lunch.
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by apercu 2y ago
It could just be a stock play.. Need the stock to move up? Buy a company. Stock down again? Sell the company you bought 2 years ago. From the top to the bottom the problem with late stage capitalism is misaligned incentives. Edit: I wrote &
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by apercu 2y ago
Oh no! anyway..
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by apercu 2y ago
I think.... you're agreeing with me?
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by apercu 2y ago
> actual moral fiber. Maybe? Or maybe they realize that they will lose all future credibility with students, government and NGO's if they bow to the conservative & Christian right? There are two outcomes for the the current Amer
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by apercu 2y ago
Perhaps. It's an interesting (if very libertarian) perspective. It's somewhat factual but also blowing things out of proportion, exaggerating and with typical right wing "pearl-clutching" while being couched in academic
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by apercu 2y ago
“Borderline illegal” is just supporting the Christian idea that they are always being persecuted. Religion is a personal thing and I yearn for the day it gets removed from government and business.
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by apercu 2y ago
“Only the best people”
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by apercu 2y ago
I'm sure that contributed to some of the insanity, but they also cooked down wine in lead pots (sapa or defrutum) which caused lead to leach and act as a sweetener. I think they also used this in cooking but this is all from memory so
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by apercu 2y ago
Trump is not all bad, I mean, he makes guys like me look like fucking geniuses.

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