kkdsafjid

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by kkdsafjid 6y ago
Diaspora thought like you and went the length. Not sure how it played out, but iirc in the beginning they found it more work than they had expected. https://diasporafoundation.org/ I think there may be a lot more aspects to
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by kkdsafjid 6y ago
Nobody says you have to be (fake) close friends to the people you network with on social media. I follow Paul Graham on Twitter. I don't think he is my friend (if only because he doesn't know I exist).
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by kkdsafjid 6y ago
Are you sure social networking is not expensive to provide? What makes you think so?
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by kkdsafjid 6y ago
I appreciate your concerns, but I think they are mostly propaganda. Without the industries, there would be no jobs and no workers that could be deprived of their power. If you want to strengthen workers, create more demand for jobs, so that
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by kkdsafjid 6y ago
I don't think you have a proper concept of "wealth".
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by kkdsafjid 6y ago
People can now buy a haedset for 400$, rather than 100000$. That creates wealth. That you personally care more about starting a business than about using a VR headset is not really relevant.
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by kkdsafjid 6y ago
Being able to buy a VR headset for 400$ is "real wealth".
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by kkdsafjid 6y ago
Um, it is simply very expensive to create a good VR experience. It's not expensive BECAUSE of network effects and economies of scale and corporations. It is only POSSIBLE and AFFORDABLE because of those things. For another example, to
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by kkdsafjid 6y ago
Ah didn't know that story, thought it was just about the first book.
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by kkdsafjid 6y ago
Isn't a paper book also kind of DRMed? It's pretty difficult to copy? You could put it on a photo copier, but then I guess you could also tape record an audible book to copy it. I respect that he wants his books to be available wi
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by kkdsafjid 6y ago
Shouldn't it be available as a free download somewhere?
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by kkdsafjid 6y ago
May be worthwhile to read, but Solzhenitsyn is renowned world literature. Also I doubt Guantanama reached the same level of desolation.
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by kkdsafjid 6y ago
Let's not forget about the pleasures of communism. "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn might be a worthwhile read.
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by kkdsafjid 6y ago
"Freiburg: the German citiy whose politics align best with our (the BBC's) ideology" would have been a more accurate title. They have some bicycles and some solar cells, and the major is from the leftist Green party.