vrganj

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by vrganj 6mo ago
An honest reflection of my values. What's wrong with that? Why does not agreeing with you make me a troll? You must encounter lots of trolls. Good thing you're not one.
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Europe Without America(theatlantic.com)
11 points by vrganj 6mo ago|1 comments
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by vrganj 6mo ago
We're at the point of history where your grandchildren will ask you "Where were you when...?"
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by vrganj 6mo ago
Isn't even MS Office Copilot now?
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by vrganj 6mo ago
Why do you get to tell me (or anyone else) how to live? Why do you get to decide that burning my forest is acceptable?
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by vrganj 6mo ago
You will notice I let you state your views without going absolutely deranged and resorting to ad-hominems. Why can I not state my philosophical positions without you absolutely freaking out? If you disagree, you should be able to articulate
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by vrganj 6mo ago
Still no engagement with actual arguments brought up several posts ago at this point. Still more attempts at derailment. Speaks for itself. I shall leave it at this then.
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by vrganj 6mo ago
You read what I wrote, you just chose not to engage with it and went into an ideological creed instead. You may pay for it, but I and the rest of the planet incur the cost. I can go live the life of a hermit and the above will still be tru
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by vrganj 6mo ago
I'm going to assume you work in tech and know the issues that come with scale. Me, individually not doing something is gonna absolutely be drowned out by the scale of many other people not thinking of it or being incentivized against i
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by vrganj 6mo ago
That's where we disagree. With our current system so reliant on fossil fuels, every kWh generated is a debt to our planet, our society. Until that's resolved, I don't wish that debt incurred for frivolous uses.
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by vrganj 6mo ago
Because capitalism ties together better lives an ideological belief in unbounded growth. Will people's lives really be better once they're drowning or choking on wildfire smoke? But hey, at least they had cheap junk! It's pos
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by vrganj 6mo ago
The "normal sustainable progress" has already pushed us to the brink of extinction. AI is rapidly accelerating our resource use, with nothing good to show for it.
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by vrganj 6mo ago
Our planet is literally dying. The oceans are boiling [0], marine life is dying [1]. Land close to the water will be land under water soon [2]. The ice caps are melting and setting free all sorts of diseases. [3] Large parts of our planet o
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by vrganj 6mo ago
Firefox is open source :)
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by vrganj 6mo ago
What is petabytes if not 4GB at Chrome userbase scale?
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Germany's main left-wing parties quit Musk's X over disinformation(dpa-international.com)
6 points by vrganj 6mo ago|0 comments
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by vrganj 6mo ago
Wellll.... https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/06/18/nx...
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by vrganj 6mo ago
How is it any different from the stock market? (Whether you read this as a defense of polymarket or an indictment of shareholder capitalism might depend on your ideology)
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by vrganj 6mo ago
Related: Argentina’s Milei is struggling with the economy and losing popularity https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-12/argentin... It's easy to have no deficit for the year you're selling
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The Planet Is Dying but You've Got Work on Monday(collapse2050.substack.com)
10 points by vrganj 6mo ago|1 comments
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by vrganj 6mo ago
Sure, but as a business you're ideally already somewhat diversified in clients. As employee, it's all or nothing.
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by vrganj 6mo ago
That's true, but as business owner you can also fire your boss.
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The world's longest railway tunnel is being built under the Alps(euronews.com)
3 points by vrganj 6mo ago|0 comments
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by vrganj 6mo ago
Hypocrisy is the key libertarian value.
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by vrganj 6mo ago
Human couriers also walk on the side walk .
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by vrganj 6mo ago
The people being punished aren't the board or the management, those will fail upwards to other cushy roles. The people being punished are the workers and the consumers. If the board is unable to bring their house in order, the state sh
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by vrganj 6mo ago
Related: Trump on US Navy Seizing Ships: > It’s a very profitable business. We’re like pirates. https://xcancel.com/Acyn/status/2050368660360032561
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by vrganj 6mo ago
You still have not brought a single argument and continue your attempts at derailment. It's okay to admit you were wrong.
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by vrganj 6mo ago
Why can't management be fired instead? Why punish the above groups for the mistakes of leadership?
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by vrganj 6mo ago
Other than ideology, in what way is this a good outcome? For passengers? For workers?

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