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by drb91 8y ago
IME vendors simply pass the charge along to consumers these days, esepcially for small purchases.
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by drb91 8y ago
Yes, this is why my anecdotes are proof only I see reality accurately. In seriousness, this is a lazy claim when you could have actually addressed the study in question. Since you did not, I assume you have no supporting observations.
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by drb91 8y ago
I truly admire your confidence, even it I cannot have it myself.
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by drb91 8y ago
OTOH acetaminophen is known to be toxic; is there an alternative here for non narcotic inflammation, fever, and pain relief that is shown NOT to have tradeoffs for use?
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by drb91 8y ago
This would come off as meaningful if you didn’t dismiss the environmental impact without even acknowledging its existence. I am not against celebrations like these so long as you can acknowledge their impact .... sanitation workers are not
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by drb91 8y ago
Right, but at the cost of throwing waste on the ground. I’m not arguing that it is harmful (i’d imagine it biodegrades pretty easily) but it seems flippant to me to assume zero impact.
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by drb91 8y ago
I’m pretty confused by this post. What would you identify their priorities as? Regardless, as a person not a fan of windows (not worth learning a unix alternative), I would argue it’s the polish that makes the experience worth it, not some
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by drb91 8y ago
Seems like the values of the article you linked are supply of housing over ability to retain housing. How would that address this problem?
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by drb91 8y ago
> It's fairly obvious that grocery stores would not want to be in poor neighborhoods. Why not, for us clueless people?
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by drb91 8y ago
At this point, especially after seeing how snappy vscode can be, I’ve written off slack’s performance issues to their codebase.
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by drb91 8y ago
> We really overvalue packaged apps I think splitting out services from the browser makes it easier to focus on notifications and use window management to change contexts. It is confusing and frustrating that Apple has not allowed saving
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by drb91 8y ago
I’ve always thought, without any real evidence, that these societies are a way for the upper class to collect dirt on each other before they enter power.
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by drb91 8y ago
This presumes that the issue with waste is space, which appears to be a strawman argument. The issues are idiotic resource usage and lack of proper waste processing techniques because rational resource usage doesn’t turn profits in the shor
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by drb91 8y ago
How does a reusable cup not address this? If the issue is a single serving coffee maker that seems orthogonal to recyclability.
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by drb91 8y ago
Why not just use a single reusable cup that you fill with coffee grounds? I swear I’ve seen them before. Second, that sounds like a heinously inefficient recycling program that relies on the goodwill of consumers... an extremely weak attemp
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by drb91 8y ago
> genuinely believe that no one wanted iPhones to be harder to service vs other phones. Unfortunately this hasn’t resulted in a repairable iphone. Yet again corporate incentives and lack of moral ownership work against consumer interests
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by drb91 8y ago
...or mandate that single use items must decompose within some sane time frame.
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by drb91 8y ago
American consumers need to find a backbone.
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by drb91 8y ago
FWIW I agree that the effects of russian influence—intentionally at least—is overblown. However, Facebook still managed to make themselves look like comically evil in responding to the charges.
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by drb91 8y ago
That mostly offers the same functionality google does. I’d love a search engine that gives users control over ranking, over whether the site runs ads, whether they are a business, whether they’re SEOd out the ass, by security, to blacklist
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by drb91 8y ago
Load times ain’t everything, and it’s a terrible pitch for something that breaks basic rules of browsing.
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by drb91 8y ago
For now, at expense. The only major pain I have from the iTunes library is no Miyazaki. Unfortunately they are also licensed by Disney in the US so I’d not expect Ghibli works to ever show up. Personally I’ve found the netflix mail service
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by drb91 8y ago
> But it is a decent stop-gap solution given that nobody is willing to make their websites bearable without Google’s pressure. Somehow I don’t think Google wants them to stop showing ads. Everything else is a distraction that ignores the
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by drb91 8y ago
It’s been about a decade since Google provided a decent user experience for search. We really need an alternative.
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What do you consider credible?
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by drb91 8y ago
I think you have responsibility for your creations. I do not believe that people build things because it is risk free. However, there needs to be SOME distinction beyond intent, which is often impossible to discern.
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by drb91 8y ago
> Being fined for a contribution to an OSS project would be terrible, wouldn’t it? Not if your contribution causes harm. A fine would be a more than welcome addition to consumer protections.
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by drb91 8y ago
Well, a lock does a great job at not letting people into my apartment. Why not put the camera inside the door? It is trivial to find videos of people committing crimes, but that does not imply anything about its likelihood. Meanwhile the st
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by drb91 8y ago
Yes, because humans are simple state machines, blame is obvious, and actions of state violence are trivially justifiable.
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by drb91 8y ago
Why is this data worth reporting at all? What good can come from it?

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