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I personally prefer to take notes digitally, which allows me to search through and organize better.

However, when it comes to learning a language or writing fiction, I really find physically writing on paper much better, especially for retaining new vocabulary in memory and mastering a new alphabet.

There is something to be said about the feel of paper, too. If I only have a little notepad in my pocket it helps but if I want to keep something, like a journal, it is nice to search and find the paper that is suitable to the task, which works well with certain inks/pens. Never ocurred to me to keep a log of which notebooks I've used, that's a nice way to compare the experience of different types of binding/papers.

fwiw petrochemicals are abundant in single-use packaging which is thrown away, they take decades/centuries to break down and recently microplastics have become a source of concern. I think many people have acknowledged the excess waste issue and want to address it by providing alternatives.

Meanwhile a compostable material such as fungi can be broken down and reintroduced into the environment in a minimally destructibe way. The same cannot be said of plastics. Also fungi make good fertilizer as well.

Perhaps it might be feasible were the goods properly sealed? I feel like it would require every step between production to shipment which would require clean environments- that might not be necessarily cost effective, but it is definitely an interesting idea. I would certainly prefer that all packaging be substituted for nontoxic sustainable and compostable materials- it seems doable, additional steps notwithstanding.

most lime comes from limestone, extracted by quarries/mines- although sometimes it is sourced from coral

the process of producing lime can involve a number of not-very-sustainable steps, hopefully which can be substituted for more environmentally responsible alternatives

It is possible the river moved. Bends in rivers tend to slowly shift the path of water over time.

Thank you for clarifying. English is my second language and grammar is not my strong skill.

> especially in a country like Spain.

Funny considering Catalonia pays more in taxes than Madrid.

> Another language that is kept in life support with the taxes of all the citizens of the country for no clear benefit to the country as a whole.

Just because you don't see the benefit of the language and culture of a distinct region being maintained by its own people, doesn't mean there isn't any.

The world would certainly be worse off if we lost all the diversity in it because people only see things in terms of investment/gain but are blind to the richness of allowing people to maintain their heritage.

Besides which the only part of the article that mentions taxes is when aomeone mentioned Andorra being an independent nation and paying less taxes to be autonomous than the people of Val d'Aran pay to Spain. Additionally Catalonia, where they speak Catalan, has been trying to separate from Spain. If anything, these languages are not in "life support" at the cost of all the citizens of the nation, they are actually paying more taxes due to being a part of said nation and have all the right to keep their language- especially so given the history of the region when it comes to their treatment by "the country as a whole".

Very informative article.

It's rather disturbing to read about so much undercutting and unethical practices to satisfy consumer demands. Makes me wish more people might become mindful of the impact of their purchases, so they make a conscious decision of whether or not to feed an industry that does business like this.

I worked on a ship in which there had been a steam pipe rupture. Injured several sailors, caused deaths of two in the hospital from severe burns.

There is so much that can go wrong in engineering systems. Unintentional mistakes could lead to dire consequences. Safety and quality assurance programs may seem like time consuming inconveniences, but have a very important role.

That's a lot of words to avoid acknowledging it now takes many more hours of labor to gain/achieve the same things. Meanwhile inflation rises to make up for tax cuts for the wealthy as the inequality between the rich and mortals widens. But I'm sure there are plenty of ways you can angle statistics to support any POV, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The prices fluctuate, sometimes wildly. They take a dip then rise up again. It's just a part of a cycle.