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by huytersd 3y ago
Hunting and gathering is fine if you have free rein of the land and live in a relatively productive area (for fruits and vegetables). From what I know of NorCal it does not naturally grow stuff you can pick and eat. Also hunting is relative
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by huytersd 3y ago
You might survive 32F but you can’t possibly make it for very long if you have to be that cold night after night.
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by huytersd 3y ago
Yeah but no one is burying the plastic, it’s too expensive. So realistically I’d much rather have the plastic breakdown so it’s not everywhere for 10k years.
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by huytersd 3y ago
The craziest thing about this guy is he spent every Maine winter over those 27 years without lighting a single fire to keep him warm because he thought it would expose him. He would just stay awake all night and start walking around when
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by huytersd 3y ago
I’m always blown away by how people like this managed to eat. I suppose you could live off bottle deposits if you only ate corn and beans. Even at five dollars a day he would’ve had to collect 50 bottles in the best case scenario.
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by huytersd 3y ago
I wish we could come up with a plastic that would biodegrade after a fixed amount of time say 200 years.
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by huytersd 3y ago
You really think so? Aren’t we at the end of Moore’s law, so I’m really doubtful that we’ll see massive leaps like that.
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by huytersd 3y ago
The sub Saharans from Comintern also fought in combat roles, what’s your point?
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by huytersd 3y ago
20 million vs a couple of thousand is not worth mentioning. At that point you should start mentioning the hundreds of sub Saharan Africans that fought with the Soviets.
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by huytersd 3y ago
Brazil? It’s a massive economy. Do you get your news from memes?
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by huytersd 3y ago
There is inherent value to a large species count. Exaggerate the situation and say the only animals left in the world were dogs, cats and cows. Extrapolate that same sense of massive loss to this situation. If you don’t care then I guess th
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by huytersd 3y ago
Yes, there is a component list at the back of the book that lists everything you need. The whole book is about building the simple as possible computer while explaining each part of it. It was a fantastic experience. Pretty sure that’s the
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by huytersd 3y ago
Pretty much unless you want to work and in my opinion atleast 40% of people will want to.
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by huytersd 3y ago
“Tum” for you in Hindi when you’re informal/talking to a peer. “Aap” for formal/elder/respected person.
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by huytersd 3y ago
A few people own a lot of automated machinery that hypothetically makes everything including procuring raw materials (farming, mining etc.). They make enormous amounts of money and the taxes they pay essentially pays for the entire populace
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by huytersd 3y ago
In this new paradigm, that someone is labor done by machines and AI as stated in my original comment.
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by huytersd 3y ago
You still can. I know I would. Even in my free time I’m always working on something, I just wish I had more time for my solo projects. Given time I’m sure atleast a small number of those would turn into profitable ventures. It’s money to li
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by huytersd 3y ago
It’s not worth it unless you truly enjoy working. I really wish AI would hurry up and get good enough to truly replace the vast majority of us at our jobs so the government would have no choice but to implement some kind of basic income.
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by huytersd 3y ago
Yes, that’s the one. I built one of those about 7 years ago.
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by huytersd 3y ago
Nothing is going to beat the SAP-1 computer and original textbook by Malvino for this experience.
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by huytersd 3y ago
Seriously, what a terrible experience. As soon as there was an alternative (DALLE3), I jumped ship and canceled my sub.
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by huytersd 3y ago
That’s a ridiculous perspective. We’re losing genetic marvels forever.
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by huytersd 3y ago
Then the first time one of those little shuttles gets stuck in the tubes you’re gonna have to start digging things up. Not to mention the bad actors that have a pipeline to deliver all kinds of dangerous things right into people’s homes or
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by huytersd 3y ago
But why? In the US we have so much room it just makes sense to lay more surface rail, which we already don’t seem to be able to do efficiently.
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by huytersd 3y ago
Depends on what it is. I use DALLE3/midjourney to give me ideas for furniture pieces all the time and then build them. This is obviously not as complicated as a CAD for a building but it’s still a great starting point.
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by huytersd 3y ago
Yeah, I’m in NC. I need it for maybe one month, and only at night in a year. I also was replacing an existing gas heat system so I could reuse the underground tanks and plumbing so it made sense for me. I held off for the time being because
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by huytersd 3y ago
There’s an easier way that I almost got for my home. A hybrid system, gas powered heat when a heat pump can’t keep up (under around 25F), otherwise it’s all regular heat pump.
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by huytersd 3y ago
It’s probably just women having children too late. After 30, the quality of child is going to gradually get worse.
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by huytersd 3y ago
No. Some people like the idea of a semi nomadic lifestyle enough that they would prefer it to living in a mansion overlooking the ocean.
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by huytersd 3y ago
It’s trivial to take a 2D image DALLE3 or midjourney generate and vectorize it (illustrator etc.)

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