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I wouldn't even say a common goal. There's plenty of opinions on what the ideal Earth's climate would be like. Some people strive for what they view as "natural", vs other people w…

You're right to an extent, but personal use electric vehicles are still a step in the right direction. Even if all the power generated for them comes from coal, which is another ar…

Plenty of artists make art for commercial purposes. In fact, that's kind of the dividing line between "professional" and "amateur" artist.

I understand that there is an entire culture surrounding these machines and that people enjoy collecting and restoring them. Hell, I would even like to build a cabinet myself one d…

It's interesting how advocating for backdoors into consumer products (like the US wanted DJI to do) suddenly makes you uneasy that there are other backdoors into those products. I …

Exactly this! Replace "novel" with "nude pictures" and the moral side of this becomes much more obvious. It doesn't matter if he had dementia. It doesn't matter if people appreciat…

He's almost as good as the guy that killed Hitler. Really doing the world a favor.

'It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost, $10?' I bet it will be marketed as "more affordable prices for people struggling, offset by higher prices for the rich".

It really has nothing to do with Democracy or Capitalism. It has everything to do with suppressing the votes of certain demographics.

He only said there is no legal "right", not that gun ownership was completely illegal. The point being, reasonable countries view gun ownership as a privilege that can be lost, ins…

And the Constitution is immutable, right? What would you even call a ratified change to the Constitution?

OTOH, how many children got Kinder Eggs ~without~ knowing that there was a small plastic toy inside? That was kind of the whole gimmick. Also, there have been 9 reported deaths wor…

Have you ever tried running a gas furnace off of a solar panel? "Accelerating a transition" != "this has been 100% accomplished"

Just a nitpick - The main character in Snow Crash is named Hiro, not Hero.

Would you buy a rental car for only a 10-20% discount?

Children may not be able to make good decisions with their money, but many adults aren't either, especially when it is someone else's money (ie, their kids). A child should retain …

You could just as easily claim that since AI are not human artists that copyright does not apply to them.

So in your world, we make no attempt to improve anything unless we can achieve 100% perfection? Sounds like a terrible plan.

There's shorter, handier terms for those two types of people: "naive", and "realistic", respectively.

>she emailed me in the morning and I responded in the afternoon Real question: How long should she sit at her desk and twiddle her thumbs, waiting for your reply, before she moves …

Well, at least you got the first part right. That is a truly stupid idea.

In the olden days, people took time to apply for each job. Nowadays, they spam out applications to hundreds of places in a day. The problem is on both ends and stems from rewarding…

>Cellophane is called Cellophane. This floor is made of floor

Going by the Velcro website, you should be saying "Adobe Brand Photoshop Brand Elements software". Ridiculous.

Virtually every product is made by killing animals. I'd say vegetarians/vegans only really care about products that ~require~ the killing of an animal, and care very little about t…