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I think your presentation is a bit unrealistic. If these things happen, they will probably happen a bit more covert. I agree on your premise: that the government has an incentive to get more and more control over its citizens, but I am more afraid for the trump-type governments using tools like "the protection of free speech" against their political enemies and using the blocking of electric cars to block their political enemies (as it is more usually rich left-leaning people that own electric cars). I was also against the lockdowns that were done by most western governments. But your fear for this kind of oppression is -I think- a bit overblown.

I really hope to see more help in arms deliveries and more advanced weapon systems. More drones and more intelligent systems. I really think the war has just started and these people need all the help they can get.

Also trucks with generators would be nice. Just like the ones that film lighting companies have. They are so handy.

In Holland its 0.66€/KWh on average. So 0.69$/KWh with the current exchange rate. Think you got a pretty sweet deal there.

For an excellent video about the use, history and ethymology of a dead door nails:

https://youtu.be/1JOwfKLdRt8

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I hate the self scan groceries. It takes me way more time than a fast cashier. It's just a way for extremely profitable businesses that have a semi-monopoly positions on good placement for stores to become even more profitable at expense of my ease of living. To me as a 29 year old, this feels like the same "progress" as that of companies with a customer service without telephone number. If you have a real problem and you need a person on the other side, they don't provide it. It's just cheapskating.

I heard the rythm and tunes of "Comfort Eagle" by Cake, while reading your hymn. Your hymn sort of fits, both in tone, sarcasm and meter of that song. Thank you

I live in Holland. It works quite well here. We only have a government that believes "the market" will fix the housing problems. The problem is that "the market" has no incentive to do so. So I am really happy that social housing is quite functional here.

I agree with you on the consent thing. Still, many many people want hugs and sometimes they dont know it in advance. Its the same as doing any scary thing, dont force people to do it, but a bit encouragement is not necessarily bad, you should know when to stop tho.

What is so bad about piracy. I like piracy. Even with my content of it prevents me from maling content I will stop making it.

Yes, no problem. It is the taking away of inhibiting feelings. You know: like when you want to swim, but you feel concious about your body and rather not show it. It is your own view which handicaps you in such a moment.

You should try some tantra, I know multiple people that have been mentally healed by a single week-long tantra retreat. They changed front people that were uncomfortable with touch and intimacy to people who actively sought it out, without becoming creepy or non-consentual. I have one friends who was completely uncomfortable with his body and with intimacy from other people. Because of this, he was 26 years old and never had a sexual experience with another person before. After hearing some good stories of other Friends, he decided to do a tantra retreat. He came back a changed man. His fear of intimacy had dissapeared. A girl from the retreat proposed that she would deflower him and a few weeks later hè had his first threesome. I know it sounds a bit unbelievable. I probably wouldn't believe it, if I hadn't had multiple people with a similar experience.

That being said; nobody should be forced to hug or kiss if they don't want to. I do, however, believe that most people crave intimacy even if they do not know it themselves. I think love and intimacy are dangerous for systems and society, and are therefor discouraged slightly by society.

Are you saying disabled people should pay more?

I really hate these kind of pseudo philosophical science-y advice articles. They do almost only do harm and rarely help anyone. I will not help the people who are afraid to get sick - they will wear a mask regardless, not the COVID-tired people - they just see more fearmongering and it won't help against the antivaxxers - they will ridicule it and point out that there is no research basis, just a thought experiment.

Most effective treatment for depression = psychedelics. They have been used by shamans for eons for this reason. A lot of modern research into this (including 1000s of research studies from the 50s and 60s) confirms it. It was only because Nixon didn't like the fact that kids were not going to war, that the war on drugs was started.

Also a nice fact: "Mit" is still the German word for "with". So is "met", but that's in dutch. The Danes use the word: "med".

Ah, the shape of hackernews flamewars. So refreshing ;)

Actually, this is not the real problem. It's not the herding of animals that's creates the overgrazing. It's the large scale killing of predators. This creates huge herds of grazers that absolutely destroy the landscape. This is how the savannah and the great plains where created. To protect their herd and children; natives killed the lions, saber tooths, wolves, hyenas, big cats and bears. In effect creating the great grassy plains. Not saying that humans created all the large grassy plains; just saying they have become substantially bigger since humans are around.

Actually, it's sort of a proven conspiracy. Edward Bernays (Freud's nephew and student) went to America and basically invented modern advertisement. His system of propaganda found its way back to the likes of Goebbels and other unsavory types.

"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. …We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. …In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons… who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind."

Quite conspiratorial if you ask me.

Is there a place where I can test this online?

Because Union and Government are, of course, as everyone knows, unmistakeably, just another name for the same thing...

Well, its easy then: dont give it to government organisations, just give the money to other people directly in the form of a basic income. Set up a commercial bank owned by all the people of the US of A (you get one share when born and the share is non-fungible/non-tradeable) then let this bank fund small and medium bussinesses only. They are responsible for the majority of the work anyway. Tax land as well. Profits go to the shareholders and a well pages CEO, who also pays a hefty income tax. Rinse repeat. Set the maximum to a set multiple of the minimum. So you could become a billionaire theoretically, you Just have to make all Americans millionairs first.

What's the verdict?

Nope. Working just fine for me

Is that an abstraction of 22m meaning 22 mice, resulting in 22 cats? Clever. Very clever.

this is exactly right. negotiating up is hard.

I thought it was discworld