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redefineminimal

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redefineminimal··on Americans are changing their relationship with Facebook
> How disposable do you view people to just up and remove a connection to all of them because you don't want to take responsibility for your own experience on a site?

Because I know a site isn't the only way to connect with those individuals. I didn't really interact with them much on the site to begin with. Said site has other exterior issues attached to it such as tracking and potential employers invading my private life. Ultimately the site has little to nothing to offer for me.

It's not about viewing humans as disposable. It's viewing and understanding that a website is a thing and in itself it is disposable after it no longer fulfills a purpose.

redefineminimal··on Americans are changing their relationship with Facebook
Facebook offers the promise of socializing and having easier access to your friends and gatherings.

The reality is that socializing on Facebook consists of posting memes and arguments. No one is closer together for it. Facebook doesn't meet it's promise (to the user, advertisers expectations I'm sure are met).

redefineminimal··on MIT Energy Initiative study reports on the future of nuclear energy
I was just reading that the U.S. has a ban on recycling nuclear waste (proliferation concerns) while France and the U.K. and a few other nations commercialized recycling (Russia and others recycle for the military).

So apparently the politics behind Nevada is a bit more scewed.

Note that recycling appears to be a rather intensive process returning material that could be used for power production but is also not of superior quality.

redefineminimal··on How to Design for the Modern Web
This is a really good assessment for why I don't use the internet as much as I use to or at least the websites I frequent have become ones that aren't bloated and unusable.