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This. Externalities need to become accounted for when we want to completely evaluate the cost of an activity. Just because those companies or us as individuals don't need to pay fo…

This whole thread by Dr. Sarah Taber is quite interesting on how it's all about the context when it comes to growing meat vs. growing crops. https://twitter.com/SarahTaber_bww/stat…

So where does this leave sticker albums (Panini, etc) or any other collectable that does not serve what is seen as a generally practical purpose in the World? (don't think that dig…

Doesn't it? > A new study led by a Michigan State University business scholar suggests customer-service workers who fake smile throughout the day worsen their mood and withdraw fro…

And a +1 here. Would just add that we also need to look at the offer of product lines that Apple provides to better understand their decisions. Also, IMO, people are becoming more …

> If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Going to potentially be controversial, but we need (might be a strong word here) genetic manipulation with strong ethical and humanist values attached to it (and a lot more knowled…

3-D Secure doesn't always requests a 2FA code sent to your phone. Most that I've used are fixed passwords (and they ask you for the character at certain positions) while others wil…

Believe that the address validation only checks the numbers present in the address, not the rest of the text, at least that was what I read in some gateway's documentation. Imagine…

Going interplanetary is not so much because of Earth not being sustainable but more about survival of the species: extinction level events on Earth (and not talking about us making…

> Despite my initial impressions, I really like the keyboard. Have only tried typing a few lines in store and I also enjoyed it, but might be personal preference: use keyboard with…

Maybe we should aim to create within the next century a near perfect simulation of us and our world, run it at an incredibly high speed and see if any knowledge regarding this, and…

What's the market share for USB-C compared with USB-A/B? Would hope that as it passes USB-A/B, it becomes as cheap as, or at least close to. Also people will start to name & shame …

This was fairly recent, 2013. The houses were otherwise perfectly good. Painted, with normal windows, normal doors, etc. Didn't seem like a they had been "completed" on a best effo…

Went to Crete a few years ago and was surprised by the number of (what seemed residential) buildings with unfinished roof/terrace, but otherwise being used and perfectly normal. Yo…

All your base are belong to us.

Please read my comment again, I did say: > I'm assuming cable makers will stop doing sub-par ones and just stick to Thunderbolt 3 capable

For me knowing that soon, once peripherals makers and also cable makers catch-up, I'll be able to use just one type of cable to connect to anything (and I'm assuming cable makers w…

Late 2008 Aluminum 13'' Macbook here. Going to upgrade. Can't really understand all the fuss. It's Apple. Making this polemic decisions has been their bread & butter for a long tim…

Would be interesting to know, a few months from now, the percentage of those complaining that actually switched to Linux/Windows and bought a non-Apple laptop. Apple has always don…

Like with HDMI cables? (though it doesn't fry ports...) It's a cable maker problem. Buy the one that supports the super-set from a brand that doesn't try to fool customers.

Not doubting the price you were seeing in NewEgg, but find it hard to believe you couldn't build your own PC with the same CPU and equivalent RAM, GPU, cheaper by sourcing the part…

Those that do need more RAM are probably are already using desktop options. I understand it would be nice to have more RAM by default or optional, I would also like it since I tend…