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rofl you got me

Haha like a weekly subscription?

I wonder if we would have gone in that direction without a profit motive, or if I dimmer bulb would have been "good enough" if it meant we'd have to spend less resources on bulbs (and making them) overall.

Agreed. Rereading it, I now see how my statement about "using capitalism" sounds like I'm advocating maintaining it in some capacity. Poor phrasing on my part.

I meant simply that it's uncontroversial to recognise that we're living under capitalism presently, but that's just our starting position. That even if you think socialism or communism "needs capitalism" (debatable, academic), well that's step #1 out of the way already, because we've got it, so now what?

Now it's my bad. I didn't mean to imply anything about your intent. Your goodwill is pretty clear from everything else you wrote. Just wanted to add a little asterisk there, for other readers.

That is legitimately one school of thought, as I've heard it, yes. I'm not so sure about it myself, but we've definitely got capitalism -- no one's going to argue that -- so we may as well use it to the advantage of human flourishing.

Later X-Files kind of felt like what Lost would later become. Engaging, yes, but kind of an amorphous mess.

I can't imagine what it's like to love a trek that kind of sucking in the early seasons >_>

Oh my god that is the perfect explanation of the (often unintentionally / incidentally) bigoted opinions I hear around.

They do fit well together, but they are very much not the same show. They are like two differently shaped puzzle pieces.

Closer to the end TNG did get more character development, though. I wonder how much of that is thanks to Babylon 5. I remember the end of TNG, beginning of DS9, and B5 all being very close together.

Very similar story here. There really is nothing like a drawer full of good quality, fresh, springy socks.

Maybe just spread it around a little bit. Managers do do some work...

Great plain language breakdown for the uninitiated. Doesn't disregard socialism as a solution to the problems outlined, but that's a whole other discussion. Frankly at this point in history, it's largely academic IMHO.

a lot of the human populace is becoming useless.

Emphasis mine. This would be my only edit. Useless only as a consumer and worker. Still imbued with dignity and capable of generating meaning and experiencing a worthy life.

Beautiful. Well done

Yup, I remember that interview. It was about pirates providing translations for the pirated games, that weren't included by their creators.

Fair pricing is also part of that. Like when Netflix first came out, even with its pretty restricted catalogue, it was a good deal at the time.

zero value

Rofl yeah right, like your face didn't light up the first time you heard the Halo theme.

I get distracted and twist them with too much force, and then they're just broken :(

So what kind of parrot are you? It's not unusual to want to restrict who can snoop on you, even for trivial information. I've worked on embedded software - what gets logged and reported can get downright obnoxious.

I'm not sure if it's getting better, but I'm seeing less of it these days. It could just be that I'm working for better companies though.

I'd even settle for an unobtrusive modal asking what to do like a "yes | no | never | settings" kind of deal

You haven't really lived until you've played UT2K4 on Hannah Montana linux.