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by sgu999 3y ago
Dairy milk straight of a cow doesn't look at all like what we can buy in a supermarket, and home made soya milk is very easy to do. I wouldn't bet on which one is the most "processed" by the industry. Alpro is obviously
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by sgu999 3y ago
> Omnivorous and carnivorous animals eat other animals, that’s what’s natural. Sure, that's why every time some dude gets attacked by a bear or a wolf, that makes headlines... because as a society we are completely OK with it being
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> ~90% profit Even though I understand the mechanics of the free market, in how many other fields do we consider this kind of profit margins to be honest ? What about a farmer selling at a 90% profit? A pharmacist? A banker? Good for hi
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You with your trolley zooming through the refrigerated section of the supermarket, part of the food chain? Come on, there is nothing natural about our environment. Lucky us, we can now live until 80 instead of 25, in good portion because w
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by sgu999 3y ago
I was mostly pointing at the cognitive dissonance in between care for pets and cruelty for farm animals, but I do enjoy having triggered both vegans and carnivores. You are right, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't care about anythi
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And roasted human flesh smells like pork, what's your point? Everything is the same? There is no evidence that plants have feelings. Current consensus is that cows and dogs do, however...
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There is no evidence that plants have feelings and pain, but there is overwhelming evidence that animals do... Trading a possibility for a certainty?
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Very interesting! Thanks for sharing. > Many pet owners, after getting over the fear of bombings and lack of food, regretted killing their pets and blamed the government for starting the hysteria. Ha yes, the government. How many hundred
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by sgu999 3y ago
Yes, that's the market they are biting into because the status quo is cars everywhere. Tesla is competing against that if we look at where we allocate our funds, our governments seem to prefer to subsidise big electric cars and new roa
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Trains have been electric for a few decades, you don't need super high tech batteries for that. I suspect the person you are replying to finds it ironic because Tesla is largely competing with the rebirth of good public transports in t
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by sgu999 3y ago
I'm working on a similar problem and I've been struggling to convince all my colleagues that we should sqlite most things. By any chance do you have some public code, or blog posts to share?
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Oh, the original design from the 80s was much more appealing in my opinion! I'm getting really tired of these super lean, Jonny Ive inspired designs for all kind of objects. Regarding functionality, I'd go for a small foldable bik
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I wrote highly processed, not processed
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Fair enough, but let's not pretend this is what shrinkflation is all about...
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> That smells a bit autoritarian. That's very much in character for him...
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Nice project, very clean etc. Now about that shrinkflation thing... There isn't a single product in that list that is actually healthy. Highly processed food is horrible for us and our environment, and the gigantic conglomerates making
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by sgu999 3y ago
Thanks for putting into words exactly how so many of us been feeling for the past few years. Last week Slack's UI changed, again, I lost precious time having to find the buttons I'm used to, again. It's not better or worse fr
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by sgu999 3y ago
> The success of canned coffee rests on two pillars – cans and vending machines. I can think of a few more pillars: cheap energy, laziness, and carelessness for the environment
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Aren't grass-like plants working reasonably well? It's quite common on new build where I am
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two _better tasting_ pizzas
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Or simply less people, busy doing what machine can't, with a bit less free time to spare. It's as bleak if we put ourselves in the shoes of the humans who wouldn't exist, but not that bleak for the ones who would...
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by sgu999 3y ago
Your first paragraph really made the second one a pleasant surprise! No we shouldn't be this power hungry, we've effectively never replaced an energy source by another... we keep on stacking the new ones on top of more of the old
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> However, you will probably have the vaping equivalent of petrol that will come out and gain more marketshare. I believe that's electric SUVs and solar roofs on single family homes :D
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> That's all ignoring the: do you actually care at all if your great grandchildren have a habitable planet? Their great grandchildren will be able to comfortably inhabit it alright, that's all that matters to them, at the ver
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by sgu999 3y ago
But inconfortable for others. Surely you all know it bothers a good amount at least some of your colleagues, right?
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Swiss don't need to know the currency to know they can afford it
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Thanks for sharing, absolutely mad! I now feel like I'm 20 years behind with my current tooling...
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> I'm sure there's a number of other factors they didn't mention that make it preferable to simply use their perfectly working car. I'm sorry but when one is willing to put that much effort to try to justify using a
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I believe we are facing a strong case of naive techno-optimism. I'll give it a go: a 19 yo genius may find a way to capture kilograms of carbons in each leaf of peppermint through a new kind of photosynthesis, and by showing it to the
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by sgu999 3y ago
> If you insist that it's okay for all gifted students to never exceed to the point of making ground breaking discoveries I did not write that. > The nongifted people, even if all completely stop contributing to society, would no

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