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3y ago
It would make driving suck so more people would take trains.
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timbit42
3y ago
What about dozenal?
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3y ago
It's not the communism that restricts freedom of thought in China but the dictatorship at the top. True communism (and socialism) are democracies and permit freedom of thought. Actually, communism and socialism are more democratic than
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3y ago
They weren't as expensive as Macs but they were also much more powerful so they were well worth the money even if Macs were cheaper. Macs were pretty minimalist systems from a hardware standpoint with no graphics acceleration and littl
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3y ago
If you're not explaining, you're using weak, useless software.
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3y ago
Game over for the Amiga happened in 1994 when Commodore went bankrupt. Quite a few Amiga owners didn't switch away until Windows XP came out.
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3y ago
Although Commodore went bankrupt in 1994, the Amiga was still better than the Macintosh and Windows in 1995. Also, the Amiga could multi-task Classic Mac OS and it was faster than a real Macintosh due to the Amiga's custom graphics chi
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3y ago
The secret to Mastodon is to use hashtags. Put them in your posts and comments and follow hashtags. This will immediately immerse you in conversations you are interested in and will elicit lots of comments on your posts. If you don't u
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3y ago
The problem is you are using Mastodon incorrectly. It's not Xitter. On Mastodon, you want to put hashtags in your posts and comments so people who are following those hashtags will see your post and because they are interested in those
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3y ago
The correct way to use Mastodon is to follow hashtags, not people, and use lots of hashtags in your posts and comments so other people can find them. When you follow people, you get all their posts, including the ones you aren't intere
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3y ago
You're using Mastodon incorrectly. If you put hashtags in your posts and comments, you will get lots of interaction because Mastodon users follow hashtags more than people. This is especially important starting out because you won'
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3y ago
Xitter.
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3y ago
It sounds like you want a station wagon.
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Mondragon started in 1956 and currently has over 81,000 owners. It's not a scam. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Corporation
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3y ago
Worker cooperatives still have some kind of hierarchical structure because each owner has a different job, but major business decisions are still democratically voted on by every owner.
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Yes, an owner/worker who leaves get their share back, whether it has increased or decreased in value. A new worker has to buy in. I watched a documentary on YT about Mondragon and a new employee talked about how he saved up the money s
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3y ago
Only until they hire an employee with no buy in or profit sharing.
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3y ago
When you leave, you take the value of your investment with you, whether it has gone up or down in value while you worked there.
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Mondragon, the largest worker cooperative in the world, hires top level people with the skills to manage the company. Those people, instead of reporting to public shareholders, report to the worker/owners who decide the company directi
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The worker leaving doesn't have to find someone else to buy in. They just leave and receive the value of their investment. The cooperative finds someone else to buy in. Usually there are lots of people looking to do so. People save up
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The largest worker cooperative in the world, Mondragon, hires someone to head the company. Big decisions are democratic but decisions on how to execute the big decisions are left to the executive.
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If it is worker owned, then each worker has their own money invested. This is enough to ensure everyone will take responsibility for the success of the business. If someone did fail to do so, they would be voted out and their investment wou
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Only until they hire their first employee.
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You're in the minority. 26 of the 40 million Canadians (65%) have access to bagged milk.
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Five of the nine Canadian provinces have bagged milk. In the 1960's when bagged milk was introduced, all nine provinces had it. The Western provinces dropped it from the 70's to the 90's. Today, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick
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But they are reusable for other uses. Many Canadians cut the short end and use them as freezer bags or lunch bags. They can be reused many times. Also, milk bags are more environmentally friendly than cartons or jugs even if the bags are la
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3y ago
Proof of PFAs?
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Milk bags are still more environmentally friendly than cartons or jugs, even if the bags are landfilled and the cartons and jugs are recycled. Source: https://theconversation.com/milk-jugs-cartons-or-plastic-bag...
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Milk bags are better for the environment than cartons or jugs, even if you landfill the bags and recycle the cartons and jugs. Bags have less plastic than jugs (thinner, softer) and cartons are difficult (eg. expensive and resource intensiv
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Outside of a puncture, they are more robust than a carton or jug, for example when dropped from a height.
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