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by falsedan 9y ago
I you loved that 'joke', then get this: in Quicksilver , Jack Shaftoe ends up working at an animal hospital as a human blood bag, feeding the bloodsucking insects. He get the job since the local workers are refusing to work as a
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by falsedan 9y ago
There was a series of films in the late 70s which were an indirect adaptation: Star Wars (have you heard of them? Worth checking out)
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by falsedan 9y ago
Most of PKD's stuff has a similar level of weirdness: paranoiac uncertainty in reality. They are fantastic at that. VALIS is on another level: PKD had a mental breakdown, thought a interstellar intelligent pink light told hime about
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by falsedan 9y ago
There are so many to choose from, and the terrible part is seeing how he tries to grow his writing skills and… doesn't. > Boston's a dollop of hills in a spoon of marshes.
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by falsedan 9y ago
Sometimes the terrible writing is what breaks the suspension of disbelief.
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by falsedan 9y ago
That's not the case at all, Thomas is always doing things he shouldn't for fun, like disturbing sleeping trains (Gordon), winding up trains with remarks (also Gordon), passing warning boards in mines, and falling into subsiding mi
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by falsedan 9y ago
Homo sapiens eliminated the Neanderthals as a result of an extremely physical marketing scheme to change their brand loyalty from rocks to sticks.
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by falsedan 9y ago
> Some old Nokia phone The 1100, the most popular phone ever made.
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by falsedan 9y ago
> Reuters journalist They're 99.9% freelancers.
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by falsedan 9y ago
> The trains, who have children's minds, are unquestionably servile The trains, who have children's minds, are constantly breaking rules, forming petty cliques, tormenting each other, and ultimately getting some comeuppance.
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by falsedan 9y ago
> Nicholas—the self-centered, boastful troublemaker Norman Price? He always gets his comeuppance + a fire safety tip. Maybe have a chat after an episode to talk about what happened to Norman & what about his behaviour got him in tr
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by falsedan 9y ago
The whole article seems very poorly-researched: the primary material wasn't consulted, and it's extremely easily available[0]. The moralising is extremely obvious when you're reading 2-3 stories at a time. 0: https:/&#x
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by falsedan 9y ago
> good SciFi Sure, but this stuff is trash. Fun to read! I wish they would instead do a miniseries adaptation of the German Ijon Tichy show, or an original Pirx the Pilot .
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by falsedan 9y ago
I don't need help understanding how the analogy to car automation is wrong, I get that. I gave it as an example of how automation did not reduce prices. The 'good faith' part which the responders are failing at is badgering m
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by falsedan 9y ago
I would expect a new grad to be hitting $150k pretty quickly (1 year) Also: UK salary ranges are ~$50k-$90k (but you can't save 40%)
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by falsedan 9y ago
Room/housemates, an N-bedroom's rent/N is always less than a 1-bedroom (for N > 1)
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by falsedan 9y ago
40% of $45k is 12% of $150k, and that doesn't value in the experience and networking opportunities of working in the Bay Area
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by falsedan 9y ago
I can't deny it…
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by falsedan 9y ago
> do you really think that removing the automation today would have no impact on the price? I haven't considered that! I know it would affect production speed, which could be addressed by increasing capex to build more factories,
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by falsedan 9y ago
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/False_dilemma
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by falsedan 9y ago
I still don't see how this relates to farm automation: automation didn't significantly change the price point, it increased production, decreased labor costs and increased equipment/maintenance costs.
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by falsedan 9y ago
Thanks for explaining how car quality has improved, but I still don't follow your link between automation and price decreases. I feel like your explanation doesn't address the market side of farming, and disregards the huge advanc
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by falsedan 9y ago
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Not_as_bad_as
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by falsedan 9y ago
> What used to take a whole family to farm is now nearly entirely automated, causing food prices to continue to decline I don't see the immediate causal relationship between these: cars are semi-automatically manufactured, but the
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by falsedan 9y ago
Yeah, nothing wrong with those cars. Toyotas are stupid easy to find & find parts for, and have great reliability: hence my specific suggestion for "what ~$1k non-rustbucket cars could I buy?"
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by falsedan 9y ago
> like not being able to control farting, coughing or talking Did you know? Plenty of people cannot control these actions 100%. Please don't assume others are like you.
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by falsedan 9y ago
> I can't imagine trying to find three of the same old car and expect each one to have the same critical parts that aren't already rusted out/failed Buy 2004 Camrys? Or spend that $5k on a decent single car instead…
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by falsedan 9y ago
Think the BMW factory has more to do with that
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by falsedan 9y ago
In the states? $5k would get you a great used car, a 5 year old mid-range sedan with <100k miles Or you could buy 2-3 20 year old Civics/Camrys, use one as the primary and cannibalise parts from the others to keep it going
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by falsedan 9y ago
> Even with the best isolating headphones (25dB) Etymotic ER-4's are 35-42 dB; I've put mine in and not heard the bus zooming through the crossing I was about to stroll across…

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