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by cheesecracker 6y ago
how can anybody believe such bullshit? Put your money where your mouth is: you can still live without industrialization. Find some wood, build your hut, and go for it. Come back in five years and tell us how much you hate industrialization.
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
I thought the 8 hour work week was introduced by Ford, because he figured out it would maximize productivity. Not by Unions. Pretty sure Tim Bray has turned full socialism, to be honest. If an "efficiency rate" leads to too many i
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
So it is about job loss?
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
You know who else can recognize faces? Humans! I guess we should cancel humans because of ethical concerns.
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
OK sorry I meant there is no indication of such denial of entry BEFORE the activists take over. Once they manage to install their quota rules, it is of course not a fair playing field anymore.
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
We were discussing good vs evil, though, not "strong light makes things white". Sure, there are probably some basic properties that make white a likely choice for purity - after all, you see dirt stains on white clothing much bett
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
I think as long as no government funding is involved, people sho0uld be free to worship whoever they want and read whatever they want and flock around posters of whatever topic they want. If government money is being distributed, things bec
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
There is no indication that people are being denied entry to certain fields.
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
WTF? No, it just seems that they use white as symbol for purity and god - angels clad in white, brides in white dresses... My sincere apologies for growing up in a Christian culture, making me an evil colonialist by birth. How can I make am
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
Christianity perhaps?
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
"might" - so it won't, again.
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
But the logic of the article seems to be the Easter Island inhabitants stopped building platforms, so their civilization must have collapsed. I criticize exactly the faulty logic you describe.
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
It's a direct reply to a comment on the sub-thread.
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
I am not entirely convinced. By that definition, all Western civilizations have collapsed because we don't build platforms anymore.
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
How do they define collapse? The criterion in the article seems to be "building platforms occasionally" vs "not building platforms anymore"?
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
You may enjoy reading "The World Until Yesterday" by Jared Diamond.
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
What a nonsensical belief.
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
"While dollar stores sometimes fill a need in cash-strapped communities, growing evidence suggests these stores are not merely a byproduct of economic distress,” the brief reported. “They’re a cause of it.”" Then kindly provide so
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
Thanks!
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
How long will that be, is that known?
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
I think that's what they did traditionally. If you want pieces of the phone to be replaceable, you'll get a thicker, heavier phone that uses more materials to build.
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
Then the comparison to watches doesn't really make sense, either, because both can be repaired?
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
Pretty sure they save materials, time to assemble and "space" by gluing instead of using replacable parts. I guess your theory is that it is all malice by the manufacturers?
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
Components are glued or soldered together because that makes the device smaller and probably also more efficient to build, wasting less resources, too.
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
Sorry, but isn't a wristwatch like a bazillionth of complexity of a modern smartphone? How many transistors do you need for a wristwatch? The whole idea of servicing modern electronics is romantic nonsense. The hourly rate of an expert
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
Whatever. Why should companies help out their rivals? To this day, nobody is forced to use Facebook. I am not against helping rivals, synergies, whatever. But to claim it is unfair not to help rivals seems silly. Invariably, if somebody is
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
In the kindle app on iPad, it is not possible to buy kindle books. Apple only allows shopping via it's own payment schemes, presumably so that they can take the cut. In that light, it seems rather funny that they do that on Android. Ma
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
Well personally, I don't want to depend on a car. So 50 miles would be very far.
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
Same here. I was actually hoping to see lots of outdated dreams, like "look what they thought would be cool, but turned out to be completely impractical". Also, all such posts miss location. What good is a cool house, if the next
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by cheesecracker 6y ago
Ok, so it's fun and games, but how much money exactly is being thrown at that game?

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