IzyaKatzmann [he/him] @ IzyaKatzmann @hexbear.net

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I had no clue there were several republics kinda like France (I think?), I searched Wikipedia and it said that they are on their 6th republic, not 5th. Maybe you are off by one? Either way it's a poor mark on the country and its governance.

Dispenser? You put like toothpaste from a tube and it's like those soap dispensers you push to get soap?

I have a dog-shaped teddy bear which I almost need to support my arms. It has such a novel shape as a pillow, there are so many uses compared to a rectangular/square cube or tube.

A clever tea maker / mug all-in-one. I imported it from China, it's not expensive or anything, it does use Tritan for this steeping chamber thing where it only decants at like a 45° angle. I have some food containers I use for lunch which use the same plastic and they work well, don't get stained. Hope it doesn't have some new kind of cancer or medical issue associated with it, I'll update this post in ~15 years if that's the case.

I liked the first Avatar blue people movie in 3D when I watched it.

A friend got some from a local Chinese supermarket, it was wonderful. I really need to get some one day.

I use FreeCad as an alternative to Solidworks. It has its own way of doing things... but it's more or less feature complete with respect to designing stuff.

Tea is wonderful, what kind were you drinking? Oolong is probably my favourite, I got some fancy tea oolong from Taiwan and it's the next tea I've ever had. It's called 金萱 (Jin Xuan), also called milk oolong at least by my mainland friend.

I don't understand the comparison to Cuba, do you mind explaining?

I think the poster was being sarcastic, in agreement with you.

Interesting, yeah this sounds like a good idea. No they don't care as long as it's easy to find other people competent enough in the event I'm disposed or something.

Do you have any experience you could share?

Yeah mostly paranoid about getting doxxed and I think it would derail the the conversation. I tend to like to work abstractly to get novel solutions as well.

Could you comment on your own experience with this software and on-boarding users? The technical stuff isn't always so much of an issue as the interpersonal stuff. It seems like you have a good deal of knowledge!

Have you thought of frendica? I think it's kinda what you're looking for but it doesn't seem too popular. Have you used bumble for friends? I thought bumble was for dating, I'm not sure how that would work for friends.

Ah ok yeah that gets pretty annoying. When people diagnose others I think that's problematic too. You only know a sliver of what they thought suitable to share, which isn't necessarily indicative of anything...

I see a Clinical Psychologist, PhD and 2 PostDoc's. We call our sessions therapy, wouldn't that be an ok way to refer to something as therapy?

Are you referring to 'trauma-dumping' or when people share their negative experiences en masse? When I think therapy speak I think people being supportive, I'm probably misunderstanding, an example would help!

Would bioinformatics stuff be appropriate for that community?

I'll suggest The Doomed City by the Strutgatsky brothers. I found it much more satisfying than Roadside Picnic. It's much longer and much more philosophical. My username is from one of the characters in the book!

Ah thanks for the clarification.

No yeah it says literally after I click the spoiler "For some reason Memmy cannot render this" :/

I won't argue, I will say that Adam Smith is a notable figure who predates Marx, Ricardo, Madison, Stuart Mill, Hayek and Friedman, etc. All of whom were important figures who have shaped our current economic system and form of liberalism.

Even if you don't care it's important to note the effect he's had as it largely effects you even to this day. Warren Buffet, notable capitalist, said one of his two favourite books was Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. Think of it like the Bible of economics. It's where the phrase "invisible hand of the free market" comes from (wording might be off but I hope you get the idea!!)

Hey comrade, I'm on Memmy and the excerpt from Adam Smith won't render, might want to check that out. I'm guessing it's the one about landlords seeking wealth from land which they never toiled or something like that? There were a couple times he talked about the problems of landlords and rentier capitalism.