IrateAnteater @ IrateAnteater @sh.itjust.works

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The kind of waste I'm talking about doesn't give two fucks about proportionality. CO2 in the atmosphere makes no distinction between being emitted by a single person or three million.

Also, fuck living in a world where only things arbitrarily deemed "useful" are considered worthy. Does art have no place in your world? It's not "useful". Should people be banned from having hobbies? Those aren't "useful".

I wouldn't say so in this case. A watch is probably about as close to "good" conspicuous consumption as it's possible to get. Think about it: it's generally a "buy once, keep it forever" item, takes essentially 0 resources to keep functioning (generally the expensive ones don't require batteries), uses very little material to manufacture, and all the price is coming from specialist labour.

It's a waste of money, but it's a harmless waste, especially when compared to things like private jets and yachts.

That's pretty much the theme for most of the responses here.

Possibly out of the loop here, but what is Tabula Rasa?

If it happens after an hour of playing, it sounds like a heat issue. Restarting the game drops the load for a minute allowing things to cool.

We already have a definition for this, the Karman line.

In new build stuff, I've actually been seeing a lot more torx.

Blame Henry Ford. The superior screw head style was available to him, but he refused to use it.

Because his boss refuses to buy a proper PR guy to get a decent photoshoot done.

If you are a founder of a website or software company that is already open to the public: fuck you. We know you are going to be pulling shady shit later to monetize your users.

If you are a founder of a company making a new widget that you just invented, which isn't for sale yet: you're cool. Just don't enshittify the thing later.

Nah. American individuals are fine.

That being said, regardless of what any government bodies decide, I will never be one.

My first thought was that online gaming has had a non-zero effect on this. Yeah you can be playing with your friends, but I don't believe it is capable of replacing actually being in the same room as them.

Depends on what the goal ends up being. If they try to create (and actuallyenforce) some regulations around AI, I could see that being an endeavor that would occupy a full time position.

When the people end up with nothing left to lose, things tend to get exceptionally shitty for a few generations. Then it's a die toss to figure out if what comes after that is any better or not.

Doesn't even need tariffs. Could just take away their tax exemption.

I just want static html webpages back. The sheer volume of scripts that run just to display text these days drives me nuts.

Uh huh. All evils in the middle east are Israel's fault. And if not them, than the Americans. Sunni vs Shiite violence has killed more people in the area than the Americans and Israelis combined, and started over a 1000 years ago, but somehow that's the Americans and Israelis fault too.

But hey, don't let reality's shades of grey ruin your pretty black and white imaginary picture.

So, ignoring the fact that "Muslim" describes one's faith, not race, do you honestly believe that a Muslim majority Palestine is going to drastically more tolerant than all the other Muslim majority countries in the area? What signs are there that would point to that being the case?

I'm not. I never was. I have no idea why you keep bringing it up.

Do you not read the context of comments you replied to? The guy I was responding to specifically said he hopes that what's happening to Palestinians happens to the Israelis.