isles @ isles @lemmy.world

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The inside of the Hindenburg wasn't very likely to connect with open flame.

I dunno if you've heard this, but under capitalism, more > less. And they got 1% more!

Harvard has been unethical in many cases in the name of growing their endowment. As if they were a corporation beholden to shareholders. Harvard Has a Brand Problem. Here’s How to Fix It.

I can't think of a city on earth that would survive a month without outside resources, friend. All the same, yes Dubai is a horrible ego trip and built on suffering.

I notice cancer, liver disease, thyroid disease, and asthma in a big bad way, too.

In the US not long ago, families were thriving on a single income. And then some families sent two parents to work and saw large relative benefits. As more families did this, the relative benefit lowered. Employers found they could pay people less and the family would make up the gap with two incomes. Today, many families struggle with two incomes.

This is a technology that is again, a potential way to double your income if you can work while you sleep and awake. The people who use it will see a relative benefit. Until it becomes necessary for everyone to work while sleeping.

So if it holds true that they just count as work hours, most people will eventually be required to double their workload to afford their necessities.

And you seem to be looking 1 degree out for causality and stopping.

At worst case, for letting it happen.

I think really at worst case is causing it to happen.

Or maybe exclusively time to game as we live in our caves waiting for the fallout to settle. How many watts is a potato?

Japan is the size of the entire east coast and has high speed interconnected rail.

I don't think anyone deserves never-ending torment and anguish.... but maybe a lot of it in this case?

If you stacked all the billionaires in the world, head to toe, starting at the bottom of the Mariana Trench... it'd be a start.

So the dealers tried nothing and they're all out of ideas. Save us, government!

Just for interesting learning, what leftist groups would you consider to be cultural conservatives?

denying people access to those things.

The only way I can reconcile your statement is if you finish it with "if they can afford it". Which also makes your statement meaningless. No one was ever arguing that business denies products/services to those who can pay for them.

Health care, food, and shelter are all in high demand, necessary for survival, and if you can't afford it, you are denied it.

Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary and Denmark

Each of which have about 2-4x union participation than USA, for example. Which indicates to me that they're doing a better job of keeping capitalism at bay, not that capitalism is more benevolent in those countries.

A person doesn't, but people certainly do. And a small number can do a surprising amount if they're coordinated enough.

It’s not evil, it’s just for-profit.

Potato potahto.

Wrong! 2 hour porn videos, watched 2 minutes at a time! Save my progress, I don't want to miss any of the story.

As an American, I've followed the French pattern my whole life. I've never once said minutes to or till an hour.

70% of the time, finding my phone and doing it myself would have been faster than arguing with a dumb speaker. I find them really good for

• setting timers
• playing generic music
• pausing other devices that are playing
• simple questions like current temperature or forecast

When I don't already have my phone in hand.