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by aydyn 1y ago
Consider that "moore UK authoritarianism" turned up zero relevant search results. You shouldn't over-estimate the popularity of your favorite comic book authors.
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by aydyn 1y ago
It reminds me of when a UK news anchor questioned a Chinese diplomat on the general mistrust of the Chinese government by British politicians. The response was essentially: "Why? You are nothing". Britbongs stay losing.
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by aydyn 1y ago
Given how common Moore is as family name it might be helpful to specify which Moore.
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by aydyn 1y ago
> These people know they're testing meat alternatives, so it's not blind Did you miss the part where lots of people preferred Impossible over real beef? This is just cope lol.
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by aydyn 1y ago
In a blind taste test [1] people said "it kinda tastes like plastic". It's objectively bad. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYOCv-y8ckM&t=132s
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by aydyn 1y ago
Beyond meat burgers taste like flavored plastic grounds, so until these plant based alternatives can close the taste gap its not going to go anywhere. And they have had years to make it taste better, so I suspect theres something fundamenta
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by aydyn 1y ago
Not at all, its more like human nature. For example, illegal logging in Brazil: it isn't mega corporations with evil billionaires at the helm, its small every day people who just want to make a better life for themselves. There's
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by aydyn 1y ago
Its easy to want to blame a few villians, but the problem is the collective consumption habits and preferences of us all.
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by aydyn 1y ago
The joke is that it does it terribly, not whether it does it at all. Wow.
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by aydyn 1y ago
They paid in exposure, unironically.
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by aydyn 1y ago
Respect, but its going to be terrible compared to every other company. You can only hamstring yourself so much.
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by aydyn 1y ago
Yes, I think what it comes down to is its more efficient for companies because of that positive feedback network effect. WFH could have changed that equation and made life better for everyone. Too bad we can't have nice things.
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by aydyn 1y ago
I do have empathy, thats why I can honestly say you are wrong. HN is largely comprised of people who are disproportionate beneficiaries of modern society, so its not a surprise that people here develop a pathological ideology that goes as f
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by aydyn 1y ago
You think you can only walk to the store if you live in the middle of a city...?
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by aydyn 1y ago
People do want to live there because... of... jobs. How is this hard to understand LOL. You really think if high paying jobs were more spread out we'd see this insane Calhoun-like concentration of people in geographically tiny areas?
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by aydyn 1y ago
yawn
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by aydyn 1y ago
The demand is due to high paying jobs in the area not because San Fran is a nice place to live (lmao). The massive outflux due to COVID WFH is proof.
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by aydyn 1y ago
Mate why do you assume I haven't experienced it myself? I've done city living, I moved out thanks to wfh. Yes there are people who live in houses in or near the city. Most people live in pods. We're talking about the "in
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by aydyn 1y ago
You know you can drive there too right? On the other hand, you dont get to live in an actual house. Its sort of like an insect hive.
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by aydyn 1y ago
Lets say pay was the same and magically commute was the same too. You would choose a literal pod over half an acre only 75 miles away? Insane. Enjoy your pod. And all the crime too.
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by aydyn 1y ago
Or even just "leveled up".
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by aydyn 1y ago
At least Windows is giving that to you at a time when you cant be doing anything else. The nonsense mozilla gets up to is truly on another level.
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by aydyn 1y ago
I think that perspective is mostly just romanticization of reading, which is fine; if you have a book reading fetish nobody is stopping you from reading books. But in terms of efficiently grokking information I don't think it holds up.
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by aydyn 1y ago
They're saying its not a con because they agree with it and its a good thing. It's doublespeak, maybe even to themself.
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by aydyn 1y ago
The ratio of diamond to coal is the point. Of course you may always find an exception, but like you say there's tons of trash today. People consider the 80s to early 90s the golden age, not 90s/00s it isn't something I just m
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by aydyn 1y ago
The userbase overlap is probably > 50%. To many people HN is just another subreddit.
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by aydyn 1y ago
Lots of books CAN be summarized in a few points.
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by aydyn 1y ago
Please, anime today is purely for children and teenagers. The golden age of serious anime is long over.
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by aydyn 1y ago
Yes. If it can get me through 10 books in the same time it takes you to get through 1 I am fine with an extra 1% error rate or whatever.
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by aydyn 1y ago
Technology is an exponential process, and the thing about exponentials is that they are chaotic. You cant use inductive reasoning vis a vis war and technology. The next big one could truly reset us to zero or worse.

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