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How I Gave Up Alternating Current

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Re: How I Gave Up Alternating Current

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Post by sp332 »

Glide wrote: post #23
afandian wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a shame. You missed out on "I have not done laundry in years".

And that's where I stopped. I can appreciate people who can run low powered devices. But new clothes? Just run a washer and hang your clothes if you're in a dry climate. Then you wouldn't even need to buy new clothes because you don't have a machine that slowly turns clothes into lint.

If you're in a dry climate, it still seems like a bad idea to run a washer. Since he seems to be OK with high shipping costs, he could send his clothes somewhere that has more water to be washed.

Re: How I Gave Up Alternating Current

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Post by jbrooksuk »

jhildings wrote: post #16

>First, I never cook. I am all for self reliance but repeating the same labor over and over for the sake of existence is the realm of robots. Well then he does cooking wrong, he could also try to improve himself but in the craft in itself but also add more creativity to it

I think it makes more sense when you know that Rob is the creator of Soylent.

Re: How I Gave Up Alternating Current

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Post by mrbig4545 »

sorry, but I can't take someone who doesn't cook because soylent is more efficient seriously.

edit: ah, he's the creator of soylent. even less reason to take his seriously. humans are not supposed to live off a drink. I've always assumed it was a joke product, but I'm begining to realise that unfortunately it's not.

Still, he can drink his algea, and I'll keep eating what I eat. Each to their own

Re: How I Gave Up Alternating Current

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Post by condescendence »

As another user hinted at, this article is completely back-asswards.

>I have not done laundry in years. I get my clothing custom made in China for prices you would not believe and have new ones regularly shipped to me. Shipping is a problem. I wish container ships had nuclear engines but it’s still much more efficient and convenient than retail. Thanks to synthetic fabrics it takes less water to make my clothes than it would to wash them

>Thanks to synthetic fabrics it takes less water to make my clothes than it would to wash them

>Thanks to synthetic fabrics it takes less water to make my clothes than it would to wash them

I had to double post this again just to make sure everyone read that line correctly. What argument are you even trying to make anymore? You use less water? Weren't we just talking about energy? What hipster madness is this? How about the amount of coal that is being burned to make your 'custom' clothes. I am 100% sure that the process of getting water and electricity to your house is less environment killing than getting new things made from factories that have zero regulations, and fuck everything let's just get some money in my pocket strategies.

You haven't done anything but say "okay let's see my most carbon producing areas are," and your only solutions are "let's see if someone else can help me reduce my carbon by taking the responsibility off of my own shoulders"

This was absolutely craptastic.

Re: How I Gave Up Alternating Current

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Post by jhildings »

jbrooksuk wrote: post #32
jhildings wrote: post #16

>First, I never cook. I am all for self reliance but repeating the same labor over and over for the sake of existence is the realm of robots. Well then he does cooking wrong, he could also try to improve himself but in the craft in itself but also add more creativity to it

I think it makes more sense when you know that Rob is the creator of Soylent.

I see, and as mentioned in others comments it's probably more marketing than anything else. But the argument "doing X is for robots" is quite flawed when X can be improved in a lot of ways

Re: How I Gave Up Alternating Current

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Post by sp332 »

alextgordon wrote: post #20

Reminds me of Shabbat lamps. Since observant Jews are forbidden from using electricity ("starting fires") on Saturdays, what they do is turn on the lamp on Friday and just keep it on the entire time. That way they're not using any electricity.

It isn't about using or saving electricity. It's about not doing work. I'm a Protestant Christian and I know that.

Re: How I Gave Up Alternating Current

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Post by Demiurge »

condescendence wrote: post #34

As another user hinted at, this article is completely back-asswards. >I have not done laundry in years. I get my clothing custom made in China for prices you would not believe and have new ones regularly shipped to me. Shipping is a problem. I wish container ships had nuclear engines but it’s still much more efficient and convenient than retail. Thanks to synthetic fabrics it takes less water to make my clothes than…

I stopped at

>I utilize soylent only at home and go out to eat when craving company or flavor.

right after we found out kitchens are nasty and wasteful. Of course, out of sight, out of mind?

Re: How I Gave Up Alternating Current

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Post by icebraining »

wklauss wrote: post #30

I have long wanted to fully switch to DC in my life and would love to see common appliances designed for a DC world. It's a shame that the opportunity to discuss this is lost in this post because of the pedantic tone of the author. Phrases like "I think it was a bit presumptuous for the architect to assume I wanted a kitchen with my apartment and make me pay for it" or "I don’t want to live with red hot heating eleme…

Joey Hess seems to live a much saner life, while also living on battery (and solar, I assume): https://joeyh.name/blog/entry/notes_for_a_caretaker/
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