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I'd argue that your sentiment is part of this alleged "victim hood culture". you're complaining here about people who feel offended and hurt on a regular basis. is that really affe…

let me tell you what those people need - it's the clock work orange therapy with a Bill Burr twist. there you have your treatment ...

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so, you mean a thief who goes to the police to honestly declare what she stole should be entitled to keep the stuff?

that's an apple/onion comparison ...

Finally - can't wait to buy the unfacebooked edition.

That's the problem with most books. Stretched out like a Netflix production.

Well, one could at least argue that reading a book that has no relationship to you in any way might be a waste. But narrowing this down to only your work - yeah, that's a harmful m…

That's hilarious ... this really is a gem hidden in Wikipedia.

Don't Germans already have the right to disconnect? You work 8 hours and then you switch off the company phone. Done.

I'd argue this is bad timing. Biden won't let that slip.

> While criminalising hard drugs is not ideal, legalising them and thereby making them more easily available will have a devastating impact and destroy too many lifes. You mean you…

Mushrooms and mycelia can be used as a resource to fabricate textiles, packaging, bricks etc. Also, if the mushrooms grow only on what they can break down it's totally safe to eat …

if I can have a scotch, I'm in!

When you're settling down you can still come back to Germany enjoying a mostly functioning society and reasonable expenses. You'll just need to figure out a way to evade taxes.

my comment is obviously tongue in cheek. I'm leading the conclusion of OP ad absurdum. maybe I expect too much from the HN crowd.

Isn't that more of a metaphor? I mean how long does it take to call parents? 5 to 10 minutes? You can do it in the lunch break if you have to.

I think you should check the meaning of "cargo cult".

Shouldn't you rather continue working to make sure that if such a destiny awaits you, you have enough money to at least buy yourself some comfort? If he wasn't a former successful …

McBooks only convince in two areas: display and touchpad. That's it. Nothing more. The rest is just hindsight justification caused by drinking too much of the KoolAid. Linux Mint o…

reducing contact is a statistical method. But it's ethically questionable to allocate the stochastic social activity budget primarily to work.

I don't believe that. They could have restricted this to problematic videos which promote conspiracy theories and their likes.

Yes! I am regularly in the mood to watch something on YouTube - mostly new documentaries on societal/political subjects. But I just can't find anything relevant. Also the search fu…

That's a very good point! Add to that YT's abysmal organization of subscribed channels and their terrible recommendation engine. I have to say I really like it.

My T480 with LM20 is objectively the better workstation than my company MBP2019 - but at least it's 3 times as expensive and looks very shiny.