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Comment on Paris is saying 'non' to a US-style hellscape of supersized cars – and so should the rest of Europe in ~transport
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Comment on Why does Germany continue to self-destruct? in ~finance
jh1902 LinkGlad to see some antibodies to this kind of writing here in these comments. This article isn't even thinly veiled in its militating against the foundations of a liberal order. The fact that it...Glad to see some antibodies to this kind of writing here in these comments. This article isn't even thinly veiled in its militating against the foundations of a liberal order. The fact that it cannot relate German decision-making in relation to its own choices, and instead exports their agency to the United States in every paragraph indicates to me that this is an article using Germany's economic slump as a stalking horse to throw stones at the United States.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
jh1902 LinkI’m absolutely stuck on Jeff Rosenstock’s evolving sound. He’s traditionally been a sort of sad sack Indy rock guy, which was cool, but niche. However he just dropped a new album, Hellmode, and he...I’m absolutely stuck on Jeff Rosenstock’s evolving sound. He’s traditionally been a sort of sad sack Indy rock guy, which was cool, but niche. However he just dropped a new album, Hellmode, and he consistently hits some of the best work of his career. If I had to compare what he’s doing now, it sounds like a bit of a cross between Third Eye Blind, Radiohead, the Airborne Toxic Event, and Pennywise, all without losing his characteristic witty and self effacing lyrical tone. Highly recommended.
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Comment on What are some good, non-microtransaction riddled mobile games? in ~games
jh1902 Link ParentFully agreed on the Netflix comment. I went in suspicious, but I soon found how damn refreshing it was to play mobile games without their business model being thrown in my face at every turn. This...Fully agreed on the Netflix comment. I went in suspicious, but I soon found how damn refreshing it was to play mobile games without their business model being thrown in my face at every turn. This honestly may be the future, since I never played a mobile game in my life until I downloaded Into the Breach through Netflix and never looked back. Incredible selection of vetted, straightforward mobile games that aren’t trying to hustle you at every turn.
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Comment on Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - August 17 in ~news
jh1902 Link ParentThis is a great take that uses history as a guide. I’ll offer, however, that in this kind of war, who’s paying and why is almost more important than who’s fighting. Long wars are unpredictable...This is a great take that uses history as a guide. I’ll offer, however, that in this kind of war, who’s paying and why is almost more important than who’s fighting. Long wars are unpredictable wars, and all of Ukraines offensive potential dries up if the political will of its benefactors wanes.
The west is looking to spend money where money is being made. While looking at the map may not tell the whole story, it’s the measure of effectiveness of resources being pumped into this war. If that measure tells a story of battlefield failure, the resources will stop flowing and the result will be the same: a frozen conflict with seized territory that looks like Crimea after 2014, Russian in every way that matters.
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Comment on Bosses dislike work-from-home but suspect they’re stuck with it in ~finance
jh1902 Link ParentOf course. Nobody is in a hurry to make coal miners into a digital workforce. My point is that there is an ongoing shakeup in the generation and distribution of value in the white collar labor...Of course. Nobody is in a hurry to make coal miners into a digital workforce. My point is that there is an ongoing shakeup in the generation and distribution of value in the white collar labor market, reinforced by mounting social pressure on companies to go remote against their better judgement.
We’ve broken the seal on the domain of white collar work that generations of young professionals aspire to, and exposed its innards to the global markets. With history as a guide, there will certainly be tax structures, laws, regulations, and protectionist practices in an effort to curb this trend, but I don’t trust that when the dust settles we’re going to like where this has taken us.
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Comment on Bosses dislike work-from-home but suspect they’re stuck with it in ~finance
jh1902 LinkI feel like the general public is failing to consider long term side effects of racing into the telework singularity. Breaking down the barriers to place accelerates globalization of the workforce...I feel like the general public is failing to consider long term side effects of racing into the telework singularity. Breaking down the barriers to place accelerates globalization of the workforce and when followed as a trend, will likely expose domestic workers to competition from cheaper, off shore labor.
As a local, part of your value proposition is that you’re close enough to the center of gravity to be responsive, anticipative, and worth investing in. This race to abstract workers into digital feeds, I fear, will have deleterious side effects that we don’t yet fully understand.
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Comment on Getting older and nostalgia - what do you miss? in ~talk
jh1902 Link ParentI wonder how much of the more optimistic vibe you’re describing was a function of the categories of media you were exposed to. For example, kids tv channels like nickleodeon and Cartoon Network...I wonder how much of the more optimistic vibe you’re describing was a function of the categories of media you were exposed to. For example, kids tv channels like nickleodeon and Cartoon Network were showing kid’s shows, and rightly avoided wading into the issues, even in the commercials.
Maybe it’s because so much entertainment has moved online, but it seems like children’s entertainment isn’t as curated as it once was. Even if your child is looking for their favorite YouTube channel or something, they still have to wade through the doom posts on the front page to get there.
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Comment on Getting older and nostalgia - what do you miss? in ~talk
jh1902 Link ParentThis is exactly the lesson that my wife taught me. After I left home, Christmas had lost a lot of its luster until I married my wife. She puts so much effort into making it great every year, and...This is exactly the lesson that my wife taught me. After I left home, Christmas had lost a lot of its luster until I married my wife. She puts so much effort into making it great every year, and I’ve finally learned that the spirit comes from within. If you externalize it with appropriate effort, you’ll find it again.
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Comment on ‘Diversity fatigue’? Hollywood loses four DEI leaders in less than two weeks in ~movies
jh1902 Link ParentThis is exactly it. DIE is at the “esteem” rung on the hierarchy of needs. But if you’re struggling to turn a profit or pay the workers who make your business run, DIE is the perfect place to make...This is exactly it. DIE is at the “esteem” rung on the hierarchy of needs. But if you’re struggling to turn a profit or pay the workers who make your business run, DIE is the perfect place to make cuts.
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Comment on Pentagon to filmmakers: We won’t help you if you kowtow to China in ~movies
jh1902 Link ParentHollywood has had no issue making movies with terrible representations of the military and has done so notoriously for ages. Selective outrage against the periodic films that offer positive...Hollywood has had no issue making movies with terrible representations of the military and has done so notoriously for ages. Selective outrage against the periodic films that offer positive portrayals says more about you than it does about the greater film industry.
You’ve completely glossed over the part where they were filming at a US military base. If you offer for filmmakers to come into your space to shoot a film, then there’s going to be strings. For starters, don’t disrespect the house you’ve been invited into.
I think that it’s popular to assert that any perception management on the part of the US military is some kind of well oiled propaganda machine, but the bottom line is that it’s a massive worldwide organization and people want to feature what it does in their movies. Nobody is going to take an active hand in making themselves look bad in screen.
It has been said that science is the art of seeing similarities in things that, at first glance, seem very different; while art is seeing the differences in things that, at first glance, seem the same.
This desperately click-baity article lacks the objectivity of science and the nuanced scrutiny of art. The only real content of the article is buried in the second to last paragraph, and amounts to the headline, "Paris leadership proposes higher parking fees for larger vehicles." But this inartful piece and its writer can't stand on the merits of what's actually happening in Europe, so better * * checks notes * * insult Americans for rage clicks.
I suppose my point is that this piece is inartful in its inability to appreciate that Europe, much less Paris, is not America and that drivers have different patterns of life that necessitate different vehicle aspirations (road trips, suburbs, vast interior, culture). At the same time the piece is unscientific in randomly selecting a ten year rise in vehicle fatalities and, without analysis or evidence, attributing causality to large vehicles sizes.
A swing and a miss. There's room for good discussion here, but the source material is tainted.