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It's been never at this pace, nor in this quantity.

I can't help thinking how those graphs conveniently ignore the damage such improvements have on the environment, on which they themselves depend. Damaged environments -> scarcity -> war. But I agree it's nice to have that happening away from home.

"the world is better than it's ever been, technology is better than it's ever been, and it's all continuing to get better."

Those guys in Sudan or blue whales beg to differ.

Ostensibly involved in made up cocaine shipping.

https://www.salon.com/2026/01/06/department-of-justice-quiet...

Going by that letter, the guy is a textbook example of the fruits of capitalism.

In the Western World the secret services kill to silence people, not to broadcast messages to the public. Quite the opposite PR strategy.

Yep. I totally didn't get the "don't mess with big corps" message at all.

From the article:

"But it’s facing challenges with navigating post-Brexit regulations that make British-made EVs significantly more expensive to sell in the EU."

Much what on earth. Such wow.

In most Western countries, people aren't dying of hunger.

At the cost of those who die in far away countries who work to keep our progress moving on.

Fundamentally, neither spotify nor piracy matter.

Well, I'd say yes because that's what the conversation is about.

I'd say it was more like a joint effort. I agree with your points, but I was related to the industry for some time, and sometimes money was spent on things like renting a Concorde flight for some exec in France because he was making it late to a meeting in NY.

Well, put that way, life is an industry.

Russia did not exist at the time of WWII.

Thanks for the insight. From my layman point of view, 10%-20% savings in the long run still looks like something to go for, taking as a reference the multinational I work for, where a 7% saving on whatever is seen as a triumph. I'd say the greed point still stands, the additional logistics involved are just how it works.

I wouldn't mind to read about those other many reasons besides greed. Care to share a link?

Absolutely. Self-dependence is overrated anyway. If they find no buyer they'll be able make some nice infusions.

Why should have anything against telling that story? Are we ok with this flavour of editorialization now?

"XIX Catholic scientist invents pasteurization" - I truly fail to see the "coolness" of it.

But we were not lied to in that regard.

Considering Churchill's loathe for working class people, your word will do.

I've tried Inkscape and GIMP. I'm sure they must be great pieces of software, but their usability is so awful it renders them useless for me. And they're not great options if your client provides/asks for adobe proprietary files (psds, ais...)

Indeed. Why would you teach to do things right when you can teach how to do them wrong?

One does not exclude the other. But the important bit here -per rvnx's comment- is "It started before the war."

None of this refutes my point.

And there goes the usual overly simplistic and naive understanding the issues XR and such try to raise awareness of.

Then, you have Jeff Beck.

I'd say that, by definition, the "reboot" part of it takes away the "fresh" part of it.

This made me realize that the rules are arbitrary and what matters is if people can understand what you're saying.

Not that you can learn anything unless it sticks to a certain set of rules.

What use case is there?

If I don't see a scrollbar I don't scroll down. A scrollbar indicates that there is content below the fold.

Rationing with privatised medicine, not just for ambulances but for pretty much everything else as well? Say it isn't so!

Clearly you don't know what a landfill is.

Can you even imagine that today?

Try to give in UK an opinion regarding the State of Israel not matching the Pro-Israel lobyy diktat and you will find yourself in trouble. Ask Jackie Walker.