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I use a Nokia 3310 when I'm outside the house. When I'm in, it stays turned off.

Required implies that there is some kind of divine guidance out there, which there isn't, so I suppose we could force humanity to stick to some stable point and not progress any further.

But economic growth is required in the sense that advancing technology requires economic growth. And advancing the human race requires advancing technology, and so on.

The world's population isn't a single entity, so even if one group decides to not pursue economic growth, others still will. The only way to not fall behind is to keep playing.

I'm working on something new and and the whole frontend ecosystem makes me nervous. The last time I did any kind of production-level frontend work was 2004.

It feels like I woke from a coma and am trying to adjust to a new kind of world with flying cars except they don't really fly.

I mean, I feel insecure for writing CSS by hand, not using webpack/roll-up or a whole frontend build flow. I do like Mithril.js and Svelte though so perhaps I'll start using bits of that in my new project.

Do not assume there are only two sides to this. There are those of us who are perfectly aware of the effects that humans have on climate change, while not really caring if the planet is destroyed or not.

I am not responsible for the planet and saving it. So please don't try to guilt me into taking responsibility for "saving" the planet. I've already done my part by not having children. It is up to parents and people who care enough about the species to save the planet and humanity. I'll be dead in a decade and not really bothered by this impending doom.

Planets, Nations and species die every day, given the vastness of the universe. It's admirable to try to save something, but the willingness to do so must come from within, free from external collective pressure mixed with shaming and guilt.

Of course there is an imbalance of power. There's no way an individual that feels threatened by the external collective can fight back with a gun or two. Even if you're the prepper type who's stocked up on ammo and well prepared, that fight is eventually going to end with you losing. Life isn't Rambo where an individual takes on an entire collective and comes out the winner.

Even then, it is better to go out with at least a little bit of a fight if you're attacked. In the end I suppose it doesn't matter whether you're carrying or not, because even if you are able to defend yourself from an attack by the collective, that is only a momentary win. They'll get you in the end anyway.

Facebook isn't stealing anything. This is an excuse for one's own weaknesses, just like most things in life. It is perfectly possible to share things with family and friends without using Facebook. If Facebook is sucking out the joy from your life, stop using Facebook.

There are millions of people on the planet who find FB useful though. I personally don't, so I don't use it. If you hate Facebook so much, stop using it. Similarly, if you don't like drugs, don't take them. I should still have the right to shoot fentanyl up my eyeballs if that is a choice I as an individual want to make.

Thought about this a lot and at the end decided that the best way to not drown was to not go swimming in the first place.

My work computer runs vanilla Ubuntu. Nothing personal ever touches it. My personal laptop is a Toshiba from 2005 running openbsd. I don't store data, except code that goes to GitHub. I don't use a smartphone but have a dumb Nokia for the occasional call, but that is very rare these days.

Other than that, I guess I follow a very practical approach to data. There's no danger of losing it if I don't have any to begin with.

I own several. I'd trust any gear used by Allan Holdsworth. Not that it will help sound like him! I'm digging the recent explosion of headless guitars, Strandberg et al. I started playing on a Strat-shaped body so anything different throws me off. Even the bridge position on a Les Paul type body spooks me.

I guess one of the reasons headless/compact guitars don't go outside of the niche of progressive/fusion circles is that it just doesn't have the "cool" factor or traditional bodies. Imagine Duane Allman with a Streinberger, or Clapton, Page etc. Just seems out of place I guess.

It is naive to think that principles and virtues need apply when it comes to national security. There are horrible but difficult things being done right now in every country's intelligence communities to protect the citizens of those countries. Racism has nothing to do with it.

Yes, absolutely.

If someone wants to watch it, regardless of the intent, they should be allowed to. Disrespect should not be illegal. That's silly.

This is nothing more than the State starting to normalize the control of information. Expect things to worsen in the coming decades, until they're good again.

Life is not important enough to stress out over, friend. Embrace your insignificance. It is the true path to happiness and freedom.

The valuator is in control of all value. Your worth as a human being, and the emotional side effects resulting from that worth, is better left in your control and not to external forces.

Very much agreed. That character is so memorable that it's difficult for me to think of him playing a non-George role. I think the actor had trouble with post-Seinfeld roles too.

I do understand why people would feel insecure about baldness. Is it changing for the better though? Loads of "cool" bald people, think Vin Diesel etc. I still have a head full of hair and just turned 30. Not sure how I'd feel as I've had long hair all my life. I do feel that the volume isn't as high as it was in my early 20s..

I hope we make some progress in a cure either way.

There is no alternative unless we magically have free energy. The only way out of this is to colonize the solar system, galaxy. At that point the Earth's status as a habitable planet will hardly matter.

Worst thing possible? Really? That's a simpleton's view about existence. Countless planets die every day. I only care about the next 20 years I'm going to be alive for. I don't care about the planet or the survival of your children. Don't force responsibility on me.

So capitalism it is for me.

In fact, I would say there is no "the way it should be". Capitalism seems to have a net positive effect on the majority of the planet. Let's stick with it.

Oh definitely. I don't think people know how much work goes into the typical pop song, even though it may sound like anyone could write and record it.

People think they could sing Britney Spears just like her until they get behind a mic to record. Most people don't even know the cringey feeling of "God, I didn't know my voice sounded like that" after having heard their own recorded voice for the first time. Or how out of tune and rhythm they actually are.

So no. Everybody thinks they could sing the typical pop song, but I doubt that they could.

Oh, I'm already using vim-go, but didn't know it does code completion too. Thanks for writing such a great plugin!

It's this one. https://github.com/stamblerre/gocode

Gocode works in vim but for some reason won't do autocomplete in spacemac's go-mode. I haven't found the time to look for a fix yet. There's a fork of Gocode that fixes it, but makes vim's autocomplete very very slow. As someone who switches between vim and emacs I wish this mess gets sorted out soon!

Are you young to pay YouTube to hire the thousands of moderators that are going to sit and manually approve videos all day long?

There is nothing "wrong" with a video. You could argue about the morality of the action itself, but that's a separate issue.

We as a collective have made a sort of common agreement that it's beneficial for internet platforms to be open and free from the tangles of traditional regulations.

Questions about should or should not don't have any meaningful use in the real world. If you want internet platforms to be more strictly regulated, then use your voting rights to make the changes you want to see in the world.

I don't see any sense in censoring a video of death and destruction. If you don't want to watch it, then don't watch it. If YouTube doesn't want it on their platform, then they should have the right to remove it. If they want to host it, then public outrage shouldn't force them to remove it, unless they do it out of their own accord for marketing and public relations reasons.

I have the original Nokia 3310, which is not being used right now. Daily driver is the reissue 3310 that came out a couple years ago. It's still a little too "modern" for my tastes but something I can live with. The great thing is that the battery lasts forever. Probably close to a few weeks. Well, I don't use it at all, so there's that.

Start learning a musical instrument, my friend. If you already play one, then learn a new one. It will bring you pure joy.

You make a very good point. Also, time gives us a saner perspective to view an event with, without attachment to emotions and impulsive thoughts. I am very much in agreement with what you said. I don't mind reading about something 6 months later.

Short of an armed overthrowing od the government where I live, or aliens attacking, or an asteroid hitting the planet, I don't see how instantly knowing the "news" helps me keep my peace if mine.

What do you mean by library of hate? Stallman may have his quirks, but he's a fantastic positive force for our freedoms, despite his rigid idealism.

> There are periodic claims that the electric guitar is dead, but it remains surprisingly resilient to further evolution.

I don't think it's dead, it's just that there's a ton of other options out there for kids who are getting into music. Being a rock guitarist playing great solos just isn't as cool as it used to be relative to newer musical adventures.

I must say though, it's been a while since I've heard a really unique and interesting guitar player. I do like Yamandu Costa. Perhaps it's my age but I have what I like to call a guitar fatigue, and other than a few Holdsworth records, I try to avoid that kind of music. It probably has to do with finding less time to practice on the instrument too.

I feel like we hit peak guitar in the 90s. There just isn't much room for new styles.

For the same reason that you like things that other people don't. People are different and like different things. Some people like sharing their own images and following images from people/companies they like.

Some people don't. It's not a great mystery. People enjoy different things.

How about not trying to steal my things? I'm glad to live somewhere where I can react with over-the-top force to defend my possessions.