mantas

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901.
by mantas 4y ago
I agree it's better as an isolated thing. But there're many caveats with infrastructure. Which is either expensive or you have to deal with it in very creative ways. In both cases city government needs to look out for more than re
902.
by mantas 4y ago
It’s complex. Usually the max price people are willing to pay is mortgage they may get from a bank. So developers who want to push margin can build smaller apartments and still sell for the same price. With fancy marketing how tiny apartmen
903.
by mantas 4y ago
As if non-profits wouldn't have any agendas... Publicly-run (= by government) open source script would be most transparent I guess. Otherwise some sort of algorithm would sneak in sooner or later.
904.
by mantas 4y ago
Different governments have widely different scopes & roles. It's up to society to decide what government shall do.
905.
by mantas 4y ago
Even a couple hours of a quality break helps. Especially if it’s regular. Not just when things are already out of control. My wife and I will be forever grateful to my mom for providing few hours break weekly-ish.
906.
by mantas 4y ago
Stalin's personal motivation was world domination. Just Lenin before him and other USSR leaders later. Ribentrop-Molotov pact secret protocols wasn't „self defence“. Even though both parties knew they'll eventually go to war
907.
by mantas 4y ago
Soviet-Finnish war was an imperialist annexation attempt with defense concerns as an excuse. Just like Baltic states few months later.
908.
by mantas 4y ago
I agree putting resources towards known things you like is quite narrowing your experiences. Well, defining „things you like“ as few top choices. But given next-to-infinite opportunities these days, it's easy to have rather wide range
909.
by mantas 4y ago
For me it looks like the same issue of rock'n'roll partying vs Mozart. There're many city folks who don't have a wide range of concerns. Eating out in a different restaurant or going to yet another rock show or doing yet
910.
by mantas 4y ago
What living in the suburbs have to do with it?
911.
by mantas 4y ago
Just like other types of „experiences“. A nice orchestra concert in a good hall does not cost an arm and a leg. Reasonable tickets to opera are about the same as top-tier rock show. Value of those experiences is always subjective. Just like
912.
by mantas 4y ago
Well, refusing to go to Escher exhibition or give Mozart a shot is sort of being close-minded…
913.
by mantas 4y ago
Germany (along with France and others) supplied military-related stuff to Russia, even after 2014.
914.
by mantas 4y ago
Fairness does not mean same pay. Maybe it's my ex-USSR background, but fairness involves paying according to skills/abilities/etc. But it's rare that skills/abilities/whatever differs 100x.
915.
by mantas 4y ago
Hobby clubs are better than nothing, but religions have much better structure to keep community members in check and check their mental health regularly.
916.
by mantas 4y ago
Well, for Ukrainians it's pretty simple. When you're attacked, you defend. And usually it's not your choice that you got attacked.... As for Russians, it's not „Putin's war“. Russians got what they wanted for a long
917.
by mantas 4y ago
Nah, it will be a massive resort for Chinese.
918.
by mantas 4y ago
I see it as a win. The worse this winter will be, the more chance we will get back to nuclear and sane energy policies.
919.
by mantas 4y ago
It was over when watermelon greens started pushing de-nuclearization. Fingers crossed tide may be changing.
920.
by mantas 4y ago
I should have asked all those Ukrainian workers rushing back home in February to defend their homeland. But they seemed on a rush so I didn't bother them with stupid questions. „Living in peace“ in this case means running away some 500
921.
by mantas 4y ago
10 million? Ex-warsaw pact sans Russia is closer to 100 million depending on definition. This notion that West doesn't care about us is exactly why Eastern European Union is not laughable. It's pretty hard stick with „allies“ that
922.
by mantas 4y ago
Had Ukraine fell in spring, my country was a likely next candidate. By helping Ukraine, we’re defending ourselves. The question is if you as a society want to be seen as a legitimate partner. After the war, Eastern Europe will have many que
923.
by mantas 4y ago
Many people in West seem to be unable to grasp how awful it is to have a barbaric invader. And what they do even if you bend over and give up with no resistance because no war. For the defending side, in most cases war is the lesser evil co
924.
by mantas 4y ago
How close the war has to get to not „just stay away“? Such approach just feeds aggressors to give it a shot. Because why not.
925.
by mantas 4y ago
If you got cheap energy, you can defend from many many climate issues
926.
by mantas 4y ago
Heat both helps with airflow and reduces the need of it. How do you cheaply create airflow in winter? Open windows 24/7 and turn on a fan? Thus increasing the need for body-heating and reducing house temperature even further?
927.
by mantas 4y ago
Not heating a house leads to mould. It’s cheaper to keep the house adequately warm than get rid of mould.
928.
by mantas 4y ago
Brave new world. At some point freedom just becomes hedonism. Eventually hedonism starts to enforce hedonistic mantras on the whole society, it becomes yet another flavor of fascism.
929.
by mantas 4y ago
Nice offices help to find new recruits. Even if they’re usually occupied by those shooting the former.
930.
by mantas 4y ago
So the world is made of statists and tax evaders.

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