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    Comment #48921668

    It's mostly fear after Chernobyl, fueled by environmental groups and the Green party primarily.

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    Comment #48748261

    Even worse than "a bunch of people" is when the majority behaves like that.

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    Comment #48721451

    Interesting, kind of like a more fancy web shell. Haven't really ever seen the need for those, mostly because terminals work better than browsers.

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    Comment #48704682

    Is wayland going to be aroud in another 10 years, or it it the new pulseaudio?

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    Comment #48647609

    Ah yes, independent computer game producers adding copy protection were scammers.

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    Comment #48645800

    Roughly 10% of humanity is without papers and excluded from the banking system for life, also because western coutries enforce KYC/AML rules.

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    Comment #48645688

    The entertainment industry tried for decades to achieve artificial scarcity for profit. All scammers?

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    Comment #48645642

    Ethereum promised smart contracts where "code is law", but rewrote the rules of their system when a bug was found in the first popular smart contract, the DAO. That's when I lost a…

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    Comment #48381027

    I have a feeling xorg will still be there, when devs have moved on from wayland to the next new thing.

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    Comment #48322678

    Similar articles from the past: "Bitcoin mania: when a single bitcoin was worth more than a pizza"

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    Comment #48322664

    What's the pyramid scheme here? The Netherlands are the top producers of tulips today, seems like a sustainable business. A temporary inefficiency in markets does not make a pyrami…

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    Comment #48021764

    Makes you wonder why this wasn't always possible.. I go to lots of events that have qr codes on their tickets, this will be useful

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    Comment #47898620

    Historical consensus? So the non scientific view? Science is not consensus based.

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    Comment #47878594

    Fiat money is obviously more destructive, but you'd have to do some basic research to figure that out.

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    Comment #47767283

    > Both ethical and safe conduct depend on context and intent. That entire line of reasoning is absurd. You can get information from books, they don't know context and intent either…

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    Comment #47737566

    I have also switched from claude to codex a few weeks ago. After deciding to let agents only do focused work I needed less context, and the work was easier to review. Then I realiz…

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    Comment #47733451

    Sounds like you've already made up your mind?

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    Comment #47733413

    Sure, why should my opinion have changed?

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    Comment #47715082

    What does that even mean? Multiple branches is a git feature.

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    Comment #47663165

    I thought everybody does this.. having a model create anything that isn't highly focused only leads to technical debt. I have used models to create complex software, but I do archi…

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    Comment #47660831

    The idea that the state should decide which way of parenting is responsible is extreme.

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    Comment #47660066

    With this line of reasoning you can just take away any agency from individuals and put it into the hands of the state, which leads to totalitarianism.

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    Comment #47388817

    I wonder what comes after that, a tax for methane emissions?

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    Comment #46688964

    No, there are many good, valid reasons to own an ICE vehicle.

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    Comment #46649869

    I'm talking about production loads, but thanks.