walterstucco

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by walterstucco 9y ago
> Because living a basic existence isn't very attractive to the vast majority of people The vast majority of people are already living a fulfilling basic existence It's the minority of people from big cities and great ambitions
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by walterstucco 9y ago
> So why do you assume that huge numbers of other people would? Because it's already happening Most people don't have the skills to get a better job neither they have the will Look at the numbers of hartz IV in Germany The choi
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by walterstucco 9y ago
> I think the opposite will happen Looking at what's already happened, one can only say it's the most probable outcome. Look at what happened in USSR. Or what happens right now in Switzerland where pay checks are so high that
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by walterstucco 9y ago
> Flipping through the circular loop of cable TV channels predates scrolling And looping through radio channels was popular as well There were just not enough channels back then The addiction mechanism is known, it's the way it is e
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by walterstucco 9y ago
So basically work is safer when done by robots Or if you spend a lot of resources in training people to robotize them I prefer real robots
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by walterstucco 9y ago
That's the point: if you get bored by a book, you stop reading the book, if you get bored by infinite scrollable content, you keep scrolling looking for less boring content, that never shows up. It's the same effect that gambling
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by walterstucco 9y ago
There's a flaw in the original comment, and I wanted to make it clear through a provocation. You don't replace social media with books, there are books I never get bored by, I've read Dune almost 20 times, and I'm sure I
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by walterstucco 9y ago
The problem is not legalization, is the US society that's particularly vulnerable to addiction. Look at EU, the situation is totally different even where drugs are legal (Holland) or addiction is treated like a disease (Portugal) Every
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by walterstucco 9y ago
At one point you stop watching TV, because there are no more new things to watch, you stop reading novels because they aren't novel anymore, you stop going to the bar because there's a fixed amount of alcohol you can consume, it c
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by walterstucco 9y ago
Non exactly The minotaur was invented by the Greeks that were jealous of Minosse's SWAG :)
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by walterstucco 9y ago
You would like to be seen like regular people, but you all, Catalans and Castilian, are and have been the plague of Europe. Every European knows that. It's so funny to watch you kill each other over stupid arguments of "independen
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by walterstucco 9y ago
Except being Spain, the country where inquisition and conquistadores were born and where Franco ruled till mid 70s?
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by walterstucco 9y ago
Actually they are the only one owning them because they need them They live outside the cities where housing is more affordable but there's no public transport
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by walterstucco 9y ago
You're right Spying on citizen and companies of competing countries, including allied countries and their leaders, is highly profitable I'm sure mob profits all over the world sky rocketed during the crisis, should we ask them for
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by walterstucco 9y ago
> Find a society without historical sin The Minoans
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by walterstucco 9y ago
The natives are those that were killed because they opposed to the plans other had for those lands were they lived for centuries They didn't kill first
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by walterstucco 9y ago
> We hit Hitler comparisons fast on this thread, eh? There was no comparison to Hitler
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by walterstucco 9y ago
> Did it though? Sure, the base protocol Yes, it did Cryptocurrencies are not working right now, not even as intended by their authors
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by walterstucco 9y ago
It's not even the largest By population EU is larger than US It's not even the oldest, probably Iceland is, its parliament was formed in 930 by Vikings.
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by walterstucco 9y ago
1870 is the real one, with the Capture of Rome when Rome was annexed to kingdom of Italy.
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by walterstucco 9y ago
You make the perfect product You strive for excellence You keep improving Like Jiro did with sushi And then the product dies with you
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by walterstucco 9y ago
> I'm very interested to see how far things can be decentralised. a lot in theory very little in practice
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by walterstucco 9y ago
> I think that the cryptocurrency/blockchain space is the next big thing in the world on-par with the internet with the difference that internet worked exactly as planned from the beginning, had a clear goal and solved a real proble
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by walterstucco 9y ago
There's a BBC series of documentaries called "The Foods that make billions" that covers this topic. Episode one is about liquid gold: bottled water. Nestlé is just one of them, Coca Cola is another one. http://www.
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by walterstucco 9y ago
I use booking for searching Than check on goggle and call them directly If they say we're full, I tell them there are still free rooms on booking, if they want I can book there or they can give me the room and avoid paying booking
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by walterstucco 9y ago
Looks like I live in a not so bad place afterall In Italy we have 28 days off plus national holidays Mortgage are cheap as in other European countries and if you avoid the city center you can buy a very decent apartment for less than 250k 2
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by walterstucco 9y ago
yes the second one is doomed
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by walterstucco 9y ago
> More medical procedures because of less preventive care Yes, I hit reply on the wrong box.
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by walterstucco 9y ago
A lot of things are wrong in your comment First, it's not socialist, healthcare is a fundamental asset in modern societies Having different healthcare standards for different social classes is detrimental for society development Second
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by walterstucco 9y ago
More medical procedures means a worst healthcare system If healthcare works it prevents unnecessary medical procedures

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