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So basically: instead of just having what you need, just, like, hope that your neighbour has what you need. Great plan, i also hope that the neighbours are going to always follow m…

"...we change direction to reshape society, to become more ecological, more sustainable etc." This is literally what the criticized growth-focused system is doing: from recycling w…

"Inequality" in percentage but not the actual revenue. Not sure what is the point of adding VAT though. "The rich" does not pay it i presume, just like "average people" are free of…

"The latest government data show that in 2018, the top 1% of income earners—those who earned more than $540,000—earned 21% of all U.S. income while paying 40% of all federal income…

"Honestly I think this is obvious to anyone who is not financially motivated to think otherwise." which implies that the interviewer and the economist are acting in good faith and …

Encouraging stagnation among the easily impressionable English-speaking audiences of the economically successful nations i see. Good luck convincing certain Asian countries that th…

Outside of small scale Etsy-tier tech/non-tech stuff? Nothing. What a garage is good for though is prototyping and prototyping related R&D. Given that you have a 20k-50k USD budget…

"...they're not rich enough to be deemed an "accredited investor"..." startup investing is not Kickstarter and both the investors and the recipients tend to like knowing that there…

Alternative title: FCC brings an end to an internet meme.

In an act of slight contrarianism, i would add another one to the list: trying way too hard to be the complete opposite of a "self-centered narcissistic control-freak".

Journalism as both an industry and an institution is going through a global "subculture" phase: from the arrogance of "you can't sit with us" attitude of ideologically driven media…

If only! The "traditional media" bubble is merely getting augumented with the help of "influencers", sketchy Twitter accounts, state-run networks, fringe outlets, social networks, …

Thunderbolt and docking are to blame.

No way, i thought laptop manufacturers were running a charity! "...these anti consumer things." except AFAIK it's because of Thunderbolt and docking. Yes, USB 4 is a thing, but it …

"That is why Macs have wget instead of curl." I got curious and decided to look that up. Did you mean to say "curl instead of wget"? "GPL does not necessarily mean poison, but that…

What's more peculiar is that the laptop in question belongs to the Thinkpad lineup. Before reading the article, i expected it to be an Ideapad.

Depends on what tech industry we're talking about. Do you consider car parts to be mainstream? Manufacturing equipment?

Yep, perhaps if Apple/Google decided to be more hesitant to work with more difficult markets all of this wouldn't happen.

I doubt that EU wants companies to leave the market and they don't seem to encourage the growth of profitable European competitors to Google/Apple, so most likely it's the literacy…

The observer astronaut back on Earth: you two weren't supposed to say that!

If someone wants to invest in a startup, wouldn't they prefer to use a system that, you know, isn't going to be decentralized? Traditional (or should i use the term "legacy"?) star…

If the innovation is worth something, even if the company is forced out of the market, it can be either reused in further endeavours of the shareholders/company owners or the resea…

Leg-Ows. (Sorry).

People say stuff all the time but tech speaks for itself. Capitalism has always been on Joe's side, wanna know why? Because unlike the alternatives, it doesn't try to hide the "mea…

Thanks for clarifying!