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> this provides a HUGE amount of employment and revenue

Sounds like an opportunity for businesses to open near where people live rather than where they work.

> encourages face to face socialisation which builds communities and social cohesion

Every time I've commuted to an office, I haven't been a part of the local community. I've been part of the community where I live. Working remotely I spend more time building actual social cohesion in my community.

> Society is not going to change to revolve around shut-in people haters. You're a minority. You're not normal.

Making small talk while the coffee is brewing is not a real relationship, if anything it sounds like you're the one advocating "people-hating." Maybe if you didn't spend so much time at the office you'd be able to socialize for real (you know, like a normal person).

I’ll take this moment to plug “The War Nerd Iliad”[1] which is my particular favorite adaptation of the Iliad. I took Classics in high school and we covered it, but I never really engaged with it until I read this. It may not be for everyone, but if you’ve found yourself put off by poetic translation of a poem that doesn’t really work in English, you’ll find this more accessible and probably enjoyable.

[1] https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/34381315

Is Mesopotamia typically considered the “west?”

The fun thing about bureaucracy in the US is that you never know what to expect. Half the time it’s a kafkaesque hellscape, but the other half you come away astonished at how smooth and painless the experience was

That would probably make a lot of new housing construction more economically viable. I’m not sure what the overall effects of UBI would be, but this seems like it would be a short term effect.

Well, this is why A6 Allroad and the newly bastardized E-Class wagon exist.

For some background music while reading you may enjoy the song that introduced me to the concept: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=epHneMeLyis&pp=ygUMcmFnIGFuZCB...

How much of this is due to better detection of cancer? If we discover cancers earlier but still don’t have effective treatment I’d expect the 5-year survival rate to go up even though the actual death day never changed.

> Why bother saying I can own it if the law also says no one can legally sell it to me?

The government isn’t saying “we’re totally ok with you personally taking drugs,” it’s saying “we don’t think that arresting people who have small amounts of drugs for personal consumption is a valuable use of law enforcement resources, so we’re decriminalizing personal possession and use to focus those resources on larger criminal organizations.”

I also use Linux for personal computers and have a company-issued MacBook. I definitely prefer Linux over MacOS but you couldn’t pay me to use Windows.

I’m not sure what the context here is, but as a lifelong NJ resident I can assure you that there are a lot more legal burdens here than you find in most other states. Of course we do ignore most of the driving laws

This is such a magnificent read. The Thing is one of my favorites (in all forms, though Carpenter’s version is my #1) and this only elevated the experience

On that note, the Mahwah Museum in Mahwah, NJ has a permanent Les Paul exhibit. You can arrange a private viewing where you get to play some of Les Paul’s personal guitars [1]. The price is very reasonable and it’s an amazing feeling to have these historic instruments enjoyed the way they’re meant to be.

It probably wouldn’t work for any instruments more fragile than a solid-body guitar, but I’m really glad to have had the experience and I wish there were more opportunities to do the same with other musicians’ gear hoards.

[1] https://mahwahmuseum.org/play-a-les-paul-guitar/

> his music, but with the Baby Got Back lyrics

Well, his version is slightly different. He says “Johnny C’s in trouble” where the original says “Mixalot’s in trouble” and I believe Glee used the Johnny C version. That’s probably not enough for a legal claim but it would have been classier either for them to use the original lyrics without his twist or give him at least a little bit of credit.

> (old enough that I should be shot according to the movie Primer)

I think you mean Looper! Both are great movies though

I think a reference to Q For Mortals https://code.kx.com/q4m3/

> I generally buy into the philosophy that it's better to spend more money on a nice object with a superior design and a longer lifespan.

Not the Japanese ones in particular, but a few years ago when I needed a new clipper I purchased a No-Mes clipper and I've been quite satisfied with it. It's just starting to get a bit dull, and I'm going to send it back for a new one because of their guarantee.

[1] https://nomesnailclipper.com/

> “ has no pronounceable name in English or any other speakable human language.”

Doesn't it? https://unicode.org/emoji/charts-11.0/full-emoji-list.html#1...

> I'm fuzzy on the history but I do believe online play was embraced by Microsoft far before Sony or the others.

XBox had online play by default, Sony and Nintendo required you to buy a peripheral. As a footnote, I think the Dreamcast (1998) was probably the first console that came with a modem by default, and an optional broadband adapter.

> Sony/Nintendo had their popular portable systems - designed for offline play.

PSP had wifi built-in.

New Jersey actually specifically banned paper bags. The only option is reusable plastic bags. I would much prefer paper.

I have a Thelio (AMD, I agree with you on Intel) and I think the case is great. Mine has the wood trim and looks much nicer than almost every desktop case I’ve seen.

Broiler chickens are 4-5 pounds when slaughtered, and only 60-70% of the bird is meat

> if Lisp had been implemented using vectors and hash tables instead

Sounds a lot like Clojure

For something similar, I always liked this blog series: https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=2940

Unfortunately it seems the author passed away a few months ago

BMW was very early in on R&D for practical electric cars compared to most legacy automakers. Maybe the first large-ish scale thing was the 1 Series ActiveE (some family friends were in the Electronaut program), but they’ve been exploring it for decades.

The i3’s price (and especially looks) we’re problems, but they absolutely could have had a strong contender years ahead of other legacy auto makers.

Are there any changes this year that will make it less aggressively spammy?

> I don’t mean this to be rude, but it sounds like you jumped to a quick conclusion based on preexisting simple expectations about obesity?

I think this is unwarranted sarcasm, given that I could only comment on the information you provided in your post.

> I've never had a doctor give me a better answer than "diet and exercise" to change things. I got to a level of fitness where I could go on 10 mile hikes

I don’t mean this to be rude, but it sounds like you paid attention to just one half of the doctor’s advice?