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by exergy 7y ago
Succinct and ever so apt.
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by exergy 7y ago
I sort of get what you're saying. A lot of formerly-anti-Apple people have started looking at them with new eyes because of their welcome stance on privacy. But even with the Apple example, aren't they the most valuable company on
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by exergy 7y ago
But your life is the perfect example to make my point! We SHOULD use cars. But we should treat them as garnish, not the main course. Use them for exactly the things they're great for: moving houses, needing to visit the hospital, long
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by exergy 7y ago
Convenience is a low, low bar for anything. We already live in a society that is WAY too convenient. Instant messaging, online shopping, GPS, Google and all the rest of it has moved us one step closer to a ultimate, permanently-cathetered
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by exergy 7y ago
If you've been to Amsterdam, you'll realize that people don't give a fuck about weatherproofing. They're out riding bikes in normal clothes in the biggest of deluges. It's frankly jaw-dropping for me to see. Neverth
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by exergy 7y ago
> It comes down to trust - as soon as one of these companies did abuse their position to do something widely evil, the market consequences would be dire... HAHAHAHAHA. No. Look at Nestle/Coca Cola/Pepsi sucking the earth dry of
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by exergy 7y ago
It's a wonder to me why more middle-ground approaches such as what you stated don't get proposed more often.
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by exergy 7y ago
There is a certain, rather vocal, section of HN that seems prone to having a knee-jerk reaction against all regulatory behaviour. They seem to pop up a lot in threads like these, or those related to free speech etc. I see the case for min
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by exergy 7y ago
That's more or less what I meant, except with utility companies instead of people. Apologies if I made it sound fancier. Having lived in the US and France, I think the places where cheques were used a lot was in bills-type things. That
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by exergy 7y ago
It's often the other way around. Companies sometimes prefer to pay you, reimburements etc, via a cheque.
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by exergy 7y ago
Come visit us in Switzerland, my friend! And say goodbye to delays, overpopulation, climate woes and all the rest of it. And I'm only being slightly hyperbolic.
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by exergy 7y ago
The French have the RIB system, wherein you can send a snapshot of what your account details are, and the bills are automatically deducted from there. In practice, that means you need to use cheques MUCH less frequently than in the US. What
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by exergy 7y ago
Sure man. Vitriolic language and letting several millions starve to their death are definitely comparable transgressions.
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by exergy 7y ago
I do NOT associate my identity with my nation though. I associate it with my hobbies and work. Indian conduct has been equally abhorrent, that is my point, yes. EVERY nation. The reason I'm spewing bile is because of this fallacy that
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by exergy 7y ago
I'm saying tying your identity to a nation is a cesspit to begin with. cf George Carlin's fantastic views [0] For shits and giggles, I'd LOVE to see you take a gander at justifying the inferno that was Dresden, and for extr
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by exergy 7y ago
You're getting downvoted for making a stupid comment with little to back it, not because you're a martyr who braved the downvotes in order to make sure the truth would out.
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by exergy 7y ago
Foolishly naive of them too. Tying your identity to your country's can never end well, because every country has a nasty past and is full of despicable acts, which are very difficult to come to terms with. The UK, for instance, with it
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by exergy 7y ago
They do and they do. Hence the caveat in my post.
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by exergy 7y ago
Ohh! Yep, communication breakdown. What you describe certainly sounds much better than the hostels I'm familiar with.
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by exergy 7y ago
Depends on your definition. Here in Switzerland, the expectations go as far as aksing you NOT to use toilets after a reasonable hour in the evening because the sound through the water pipes can disturb people. Now, it's not as draconia
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by exergy 7y ago
What?! Hostels suck. In principle, hostels have everything. A fridge, a kitchen and so on. In practice, though, you have to label all your food because there is one fridge for 50 people. You need to share the kitchen with everyone else too.
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by exergy 7y ago
It's also the principle of the thing. I USED to have a subscription, but they would never give Bernie any print time which pissed me off and I gave up on it.
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by exergy 7y ago
Also, I'd actually been considering a Times subscription for a while. That's going to be a hell no from me now.
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by exergy 7y ago
What are some good body fonts though? I would prefer stuff that is available on Windows. It's an eternal problem I struggle with, until I throw in the towel and say 'fuck it, let the user decide' and just put 'sans-ser
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by exergy 7y ago
Especially when they've demonstrated countless times they aren't platforms. I find this when-it's-convenient form of claiming they're platforms particularly galling.
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by exergy 7y ago
It's a shame Apple chose 'sexiness' as the hill to die on with their products. They've long been a company that has done so much right with regards to pushing the tech industry kicking and screaming into the future, with
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by exergy 7y ago
Your first statement speaks to the larger "disrupt everything!" naivete found in spades on Hacker News, and I imagine, by extension, in Silicon Valley. Sure, wave a wand, and POOF! No more greenhouse gases. Wave a wand, and POOF!
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by exergy 7y ago
Overpopulation is 100% a big problem and then some. The overcrowded cesspits that we whimsically call 'cities' in India are founts for all kinds of shit like the water table drying up, widespread water-borne and air-pollution dise
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by exergy 7y ago
Thanks for the link! The website is a bit opaque. Would you happen to know if the Basic suite already includes tracking prevention and no advertising?
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by exergy 7y ago
That wouldn't be the worst future though. In my head, once the adverts are being hosted on the website domain, there'd be a lot more incentive to a) NOT deliver malware, and b) NOT have those wearisome video/sound/flashi

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