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Informal poll here: what do you think are the odds we find a solution for carbon storage in time for it to matter? Like, will we just learn to live with the consequences rather than ever returning to pre-industrial levels?

It still surprises me how perpetuating this stereotype of rural poor conservatives is A-OK.

I'm not saying it's nice to be poor, I'm saying it's a matter of perspective. I've met plenty of "poor" people, especially in developing countries who have been way happier (self reported and viewed through my white privilege perspective obviously) than most of my middle class friends. It's not a matter of blaming anybody, but rather an honest attempt to help. Bitterness feeds on itself.

Also, the article is interesting because the underlying assumption here is that long term planning is a good thing. Meanwhile everybody who isn't poor is constantly talking about being more present and living in the "now". Again, I'm not defending this system or proposing any other system, but I'm trying to give another perspective on the issue.

Judging by the sibling comments here, silencers are a hot button issue on HN. FWIW, silencers are as of this year purchasable without a permit in Sweden (a hunting permit is required which involves firearms training, but before a separate license was required for the silencer)

EDIT: and as several commenters already have pointed out, it's a good thing. Shooting an unsilenced 30-06 rifle in a closed hideout will hurt even with ear protection.

It's $5k a month, i.e. the same as five thousand euros a month. In rent. Now, I haven't rented in Paris, but in Munich, that would be a castle.

"I know just enough to be dangerous"

I'm stealing that!

An old man once told me that an educated person can suffer shortages but will never be poor. He meant educated in the broadest sense of the word, including what de Botton is talking about. I don't mean to take your suffering away from you, but just to point out that focusing on material things even in the near term is a choice. It doesn't cost anything to build relationships and invest in your mental health. It doesn't even take much time. It just requires conscious effort.

I think this is because of the cost increase, rather than supply shortage. Both products require large amounts of input in terms of feed and energy.

I don't know, it's pretty on topic, isn't it? This is the problem other big companies, e.g. banks and oil companies etc who get caught with the hand in the cookie jar. There's clearly a line where the company _shouldn't_ get to perform its own investigation. Maybe not for flipping some customers the bird, but I'm not sure whether or not it's legal cuts it either as a line. There are a lot of things you can do which are not illegal but which might warrant a mob. Obviously, again, not for some intern prank.

I feel the police is the perfect example for when you don't want the "team" to decide if they did something wrong.

Relevant to the flashlight you mean?

This applies to a surprising amount of things: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle

Second this, would add any musical instrument to the list. You don't even have to be any good at it. Just improvise and see what comes out. The value for me lies in not being able to "think" about it. You just have to do it. It's not a problem to be solved but something to be discovered.

I think what the parent is trying to say, is that if we really valued those things, they would be paid more. The thing is, cleaning toilets is pretty easy. I do it myself all the time at home. So is making coffee. It's not _the best_ coffee, but it's coffee. The baristas who make _the best_ coffee probably get paid quite a lot. But it's pretty easy to make okay coffee. For most people in this world, programming is hard. And even if you thing that feature of that app is meaningless, somebody else obviously disagrees with you and is willing to spend a lot of money to make that feature happen.

The value is not what we _think_ of it, but what we're willing to pay for it.

I'm just waiting for the day my flashlight starts deciding what to shine a light on based on my perceived intentions

Before twitter it was called aphorisms and Nietzsche was doing it before it was cool.

I would start reading docs again, lol

This isn't how any other animal behave though. Wolves don't breed less when there is a scarcity of food, they just starve more. Making this a genetic thing is a bit of a stretch.

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I don't mean this as any kind kind of criticism, but being a swede with an American friend who was partially brought up in Sweden during the good ol days of Swedish social democracy I wonder if Americans really know what they mean when they talk about Scandinavian social democracy. These days they're a lot more conservative than they used to be. Mostly I imagine their stance on immigration control, and crime wouldn't be what Americans have in mind. Or maybe you do! All I'm saying is that it's interesting hearing it come up a lot in American discussions as if it's its own thing when really they're quite the moving target.

EDIT: but i guess for you guys it might be more single-payor healthcare and reasonable taxation in which case, yeah, some things haven't changed :)

The title is a litte click-baity. Basically, if somebody on the other end sends your conversation to Facebook, they'll read it. You could email it too them, too...

Technically correct, but even GitLab has a relatively short list of countries where they hire[0]. Legal requirement are probably going to continue to limit the talent pool for the foreseeable future.

[0] - https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/employment-so...

I think the article makes valid points, but I'll say this for Golang: at least it has a philosophy and sticks to it. It doesn't try to be everything for everyone (I'm looking at you, Scala). You pick the right tool for the job, whether you're an individual programmer or an organization. Sometimes that tool is going to be Go, and at least it says on the package when and how it should be used.

The way I think about it is the same as "should I learn Java in 2021". It's not fun, it's not cool, but there'll be work in it for the foreseeable future. If that's enough is up to you.

I work at a bank and we are not gonna ditch angular this decade. Unfortunately.