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throw93232··on Ask HN: Have you ever worked in a non-capitalist coding collective? How was it?
My father worked for socialist country in 1980ties. They were still using punch cards, 8" floppy was just being introduced.

Basically 20 years technologically behind West on 1/20th salary.

throw93232··on Parental alienation and the unregulated experts shattering children’s lives
I simply do not buy it. This is UK, the most gynocentric society in the world. It is almost unheard of system would take children away from mother with force, and gave them to father.

Based on my experience from court battles, there is something not told.

》expert found her to have psychological issues

》Months later, she was allowed two hours of supervised contact once a fortnight.

throw93232··on Archaeology sensation: An ancient city reemerges in Iraq reservoir
Not really, quite opposite, archeology is very expensive.

Istanbul desperately needed metro, but new tunnel was delayed by 15 years for excavations. If new site is found during construction, many builders just pay off archaeologists, and pour concrete over it.

throw93232··on Podcast: Housing prices soar with rising inflation
》People need to live somewhere, every day

You assume people also had to pay rent or mortgage. There was already very long moratorium on evictions...

throw93232··on An evidence-based guide to reversing caffeine tolerance
You will never get tolerance to negative health effects. "Healthy" dose according to CDC is like 5 cups of coffee per day. Permant dierhia and no sleep is worth it, because it may reduce risk of alzhaimers by 2%.

There is no upside. Just stop consuming that poison!

throw93232··on No Army? No Problem: Defending the Home Front in Ancient Greece
..and Turky will start again shipping refugees from its "sovereign" territory. This clawn show is very expensive for both sides. Make a deal!
throw93232··on No Army? No Problem: Defending the Home Front in Ancient Greece
Turkey has a point though, relevant treaty says those islands should be demilitarised. If Greece is not happy about that, it should renegotiate and sign new treaty.

Dismissing someone greavances as "warmongering" will just escalate war.

throw93232··on Chinese students at Cornell “taunt” Uyghur classmate
Is it allowed now to talk about laptop from hell? US is a joke!
throw93232··on High tuition costs mostly stem from the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 1993
Why it would be parody? It is a reality. I can provide quotes from university officials.
throw93232··on Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide to desktop Linux
I am in EU country, just seen macbook air for 900 euro.
throw93232··on High tuition costs mostly stem from the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 1993
College today has way more responsibilities. It has to fix rape culture, dismantle patriarchy, fix diversity, organize protests... All that costs money. In 1990ties 20% of students got raped, nobody wants to go back to that dark times!
throw93232··on Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide to desktop Linux
If laptop breaks, I just swap SSD into spare machine. With mac I have to wait days maybe weeks for SSD desoldering and fix. Sorry it is a toy! If Apple can not invest $2 into connector, there is no build quality!
throw93232··on Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide to desktop Linux
Macbook air is like $1000. People can afford it. Problem is shitty hardware. SSD soldered to motherboard, bad cooling, no touchscreen, broken keyboard, no way to replace battery...
throw93232··on High speed train between Paris and Berlin could start operating as soon as 2023
I traveled quite a lot through Europe for last 30 years. Never got pickpocketed, never will be. Would not dare for hygiene (homeless people)!

Airports are much better! No squatters, beggars or drug dealers!

throw93232··on In Poland, there is a LARP group that roleplays as contemporary Americans
Poland is quite influenced by US, down to using american accent in spoken English. Neighbours are more influenced by UK.
throw93232··on High speed train between Paris and Berlin could start operating as soon as 2023
I prefer to fly, even if it takes slightly longer. Trains in EU are usually more expensive. Central railway stations are occupied by criminals and homeless. I would not dare to use toilets there.
throw93232··on The Gilded Age of (Unpaid) Internet Writing
Today it is different. We have fact checkers!
throw93232··on Southern thought, islandness and real-existing degrowth in the Mediterranean
》Drawing on fieldwork and ethnography from Ikaria and Gavdos

Ikaria is full of old pensioners that recieve money from mainland. It is unsustainable model, is fueled by deficit spending and "growth" mentality, author critisizes.

throw93232··on A belief in meritocracy is not only false: it’s bad for you (2020)
"Believing" means taking advantage of it. In IT more skilled people should step out of system and start their own consulting company.

If you stay in system and expect to be rewarded for your skills because of believe in meritocracy, this believe is actually harmful.

throw93232··on First human injected with cancer-killing virus in clinical trial
You are assuming good faith from medical industry. Many people do not share that opinion!
throw93232··on The new and upgraded Framework Laptop
It is laptop, not desktop ;)
throw93232··on Using a Linux phone as a secondary monitor
It is pretty easy to do that with X11 and VNC.
throw93232··on Is It Safe to Ship Thousands of Electric Cars on Big Ships?
EVs are safe if you remove batteries. If batteries can not be easily removed and serviced, it is unsafe design. We need basic regulations around safety here.
throw93232··on When Greenswashing Backfires – Thank You North Face
》The point is that we don't want to be beholden to oil and gas going forward.

Perhaps we could have a referendum about it.

throw93232··on Chat control: EU Commission presents mass surveillance plan on May 11
It does not really matter if Telegram gets blocked for pedophiles, right wing "extremists" or whatever reason. Censorship is censorship.
throw93232··on Can a laptop from 2012 be a viable home server?
As a router? How many gigabit ethernet ports can you put on such thing?

Also on electricity you may break even in a year or two.

throw93232··on How to Multiply Roman Numerals
Nice, but this was mostly unused. Sea and trade was dominated by Greeks and their numerical system. It is almost as practical as decimal.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_numerals

throw93232··on The Turkish drone that changed the nature of warfare
This drones are almost useless against modern army with good anti air defense.

Here is Indian article with some technical details. https://www.defenceview.in/why-did-the-turkish-tb2-uav-sudde...

throw93232··on The hyped and distorted claims of psychedelic marketing
I agree with you. But drugs and "microdosing" are marketed as holy grail that heals anything. My statement above is very easy way to disprove it.
throw93232··on The hyped and distorted claims of psychedelic marketing
There is easy way to "disprove" it in any argument:

If drugs solve depression and improve mental state, suggest goverment should finance and distribute drugs to homeless people.

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