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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Cities have had bussing programs to ship their homeless population to places with lower costs of living (at least in America). It's just that past a point they lack the agency to make their situation better in one way or another (proba
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
is it because of Al Gore
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
What makes going to college a financial impossibility?
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
My favorite example of this is when 4chan spread a fake death rumor of Vitalik Buterin to make money on Ethereum
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
it might be easier to have some sort of point to point packet radio setup. Wouldn't be as fast, but would probably be more reliable and the infrastructure/tooling is already in place to do this.
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
You can live pretty comfortably off of $1000 a month (as a single person) in the Midwest. If you are in some sort of relationship, you have an effective $2k (not including the savings from not having to pay for rent again). If you need more
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Qubes might fit this description better, but I haven't had to use it really
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
It is more about spreading the wealth to the people who actually need it instead of focusing on consumerist nonsense in a first world bubble
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
For a while, I was pretty sold on anarcho-primitivism as a concept (Derrick Jensen is a prominent figure in that sphere), but it is pretty deluded to think that quality of life would increase and life would be cushy and comfortable.
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I go to UIUC (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign). The engineering startup scene is very active in Champaign and Chicago. ACM@UIUC hosts the largest student-ran tech convention in the Midwest (Reflections Projections), and it is a very
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
In my senior year English course, there was an extra credit assignment that involved analyzing Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I decided to just email the author and ask about the book, hoping he would give some unorthodox answer
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
NSF grants favoring diverse groups and outlawing private corporations that don't meet diversity quotas is a false equivalency
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by derrick_jensen 8y ago
Just listened to Lex Friedman on Joe Rogan, didn't realize he had his own podcast
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by derrick_jensen 8y ago
I work for the CubeSat program at my university, and I emailed him personally asking about why licensing was so strict, and if it would be possible to use the SDRs systemically with some API so I can downlink over other ground stations. Peo