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True, but compared to a lot of modern electronics Kobos are generally better for repairability (and that was even before the EU directive)

A free market that avoids externalities like climate change?

I never said most people. But it's not uncommon. I personally find it ridiculous, and hold onto my phone until it's unusable, but plenty of people in middle class Australia seem co…

People already buy new phones every year, this just creates even more reason to do so

I don't believe so (unless you're getting down and dirty with the OS, which, you probably can do since it's Linux and not particularly locked down). There are all manner of partiti…

The screens tend to be commodity items (look on AliExpress), as do batteries and sd cards, so the are a lot more repairable than most modern electronics

I replaced the screen on my Kobo Clara hd recently after it broke; by far the hardest part was removing the old screen from the glue holding it on to the metal plate. Apparently ne…

It's convenient and makes a good colour, but I've always found it loses to butter in terms of flavour. Maybe a mix of the two would work well (like they put on banh mi, though I th…

Private equity has mastered the art of running a company into the ground, hiding that fact, and handing the debt over to someone else. So there is no punishment even if your don't …

They're a comparatively small contributor. Greatest impact would be to shut down coal plants.

Which fossil fuel plants are cheap to build? Cheap compared to what?

Small-statured-person planets.

I've generally found that the more expensive, branded USB C hubs are more trash than the cheap generics

Same way that any candidate would I guess. It's how the Westminster system works; members advocate for their constituency within a broader parliamentary system.

It's been a year and a half since the last one, compared to 1 or 2 posts per year. Here's hoping he's taking some extra time to make something amazing

Applied to who?

Once upon a time, people did long RV trips without internet access. Or even (cellular) phone access.

It's kind of the same problem with cloud in general (though that moves much slower). If you want to be sure to be in control, then host it yourself

I've long dreamed of a dishwasher that can detect when you remove the (cleaned) dishes from it, and presents a display saying 'load dishes' or something like that. And after finish…

How do you plan to stop the social contract being changed by some successor or if you get bought out? Google was all "don't be evil" until they became evil. Not really sure of a go…

So, opt out?

> But most parents have the sense their teens spend too much time on their phones I've been pondering recently how much time parents are spending on phones, that, 20 years ago they…

Oof; I loved both books, but Accelerando was much easier to read.

Or, for the Australians: Buckley's and none