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I find it beautiful as well, but beauty for me transcends the visual and into the conceptual / historical. It’s interesting, unique, strange and therefore beautiful.
As a comparison data point, have you also studied Esperanto?
Well, I for one don't think everything is ugly. Apple devices and stores look clean and elegant to me. Tesla vehicles feel and look simple and beautiful to me. If given a choice, I'd rather live in new buildings with bright, light-filled interiors than in old buildings with darker, mustier interiors. I could provide more examples of things I don't think are ugly. The main point is this: Beauty is in the eye of the be…
We are talking about beauty here, and the first thing that comes to mind is freakin' Apple devices and Tesla vehicles? Even by HN standard, that feels like ... weird.
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Where is your evidence for any of this ("world war 3", "dissolution of all international law") and why do you believe it?
Among academic historians there is a consensus of what a "world war" is - it is a conflict that cannot be solved in terms of existing international diplomatic practices, and requires going "back to the drawing board" and setting up a whole new system of international relations when the dust settles. So the Thirty Years' War was "world war zero", a classic example of what a world war looks like. It ended with the West…
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The problem with LEDs is the massive increase in light pollution they cause.
But do they? LEDs are directional vs Sodium is omnidirectional and reflected; So given a similar housing, LEDs causes less light pollution.
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As a comparison data point, have you also studied Esperanto?
No, sorry, no idea who Esperanto is
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No, sorry, no idea who Esperanto is
I think the reference was to the language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto , which is interesting and strange. (I am not sure to what extent it is unique, but it is probably the best known among the conlangs.)
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The problem with LEDs is the massive increase in light pollution they cause.
But do they? LEDs are directional vs Sodium is omnidirectional and reflected; So given a similar housing, LEDs causes less light pollution.
Given a similar housing, the brighter light causes more light pollution.