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Comment on Thoughts on Donald Trump, America and what this all means in ~society
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Comment on Thoughts on Donald Trump, America and what this all means in ~society
myrrh Link Parent...i nearly made the jump to australia thirty years ago, but (admittedly filtered through the sensationalist lens of overseas reporting) it's seemed since that your political zeitgeist has fallen......i nearly made the jump to australia thirty years ago, but (admittedly filtered through the sensationalist lens of overseas reporting) it's seemed since that your political zeitgeist has fallen victim to murdoch machinations nearly as badly as our own...
...is the situation not so dire as i gather?..
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Comment on Thoughts on Donald Trump, America and what this all means in ~society
myrrh (edited )Link Parent...coming from within, i looked upon 2001 as consummating the fall of empire, but over the past decade the younger generation cultivated an unexpected groundswell of hope that regressive politics......coming from within, i looked upon 2001 as consummating the fall of empire, but over the past decade the younger generation cultivated an unexpected groundswell of hope that regressive politics would dwindle into irrelevance as older generations and their television networks faded away: this election cycle dashed that hope of an inevitable demographic shift...
...i don't have an answer to that loss other than that, as a perenially-marginalised generation X progressive, the world i find myself in today feels familiar...
...well, maybe we'll get some good music out of it...
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Comment on Pussy Riot - Make America Great Again. (2016) in ~music
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Comment on California EV maker Aptera unveils solar car with 64 km of daily, charge-free range in ~transport
myrrh Link Parent...carver managed about thirty years before finally fizzling-out, corbin's still kicking around as myers, and peraves i think remain an active company, best as i can tell......carver managed about thirty years before finally fizzling-out, corbin's still kicking around as myers, and peraves i think remain an active company, best as i can tell...
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Comment on The Costco of housing is…Costco? in ~design
myrrh Link Parent...land + infrastructure (which increases the market value of land) are typically the most expensive part of real estate, which tiny houses do nothing to address but development projects like......land + infrastructure (which increases the market value of land) are typically the most expensive part of real estate, which tiny houses do nothing to address but development projects like towne twin village do ...
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Comment on The Costco of housing is…Costco? in ~design
myrrh Link Parent...oh, they're fully air-conditioned: you can see part of the mini-split system in the last image from my imgur gallery of screenshots......oh, they're fully air-conditioned: you can see part of the mini-split system in the last image from my imgur gallery of screenshots...
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Comment on The Costco of housing is…Costco? in ~design
myrrh Link Parent...a bit more information published today: i think i can share that sustainability and mass production were key design factors of the IKEA prototype.........a bit more information published today: i think i can share that sustainability and mass production were key design factors of the IKEA prototype...
https://www.fastcompany.com/91218065/inside-ikeas-thoughtfully-designed-tiny-house
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Comment on The Costco of housing is…Costco? in ~design
myrrh (edited )Link Parent(added a link above to project photos from the account-walled linkedin post) ...here's substantive information about the development and project; not sure what's cleared to share in detail yet......(added a link above to project photos from the account-walled linkedin post)
...here's substantive information about the development and project; not sure what's cleared to share in detail yet...
https://housingfirstsa.org/
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Comment on The Costco of housing is…Costco? in ~design
myrrh (edited )Link Parenthttps://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7257187757045751809/ (edit: well that's obnoxious, see if these screen-captures communicate any better) https://imgur.com/a/s0jdGMPhttps://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7257187757045751809/
(edit: well that's obnoxious, see if these screen-captures communicate any better)
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Comment on My voter registration name keeps getting changed/misspelled. Should I complain to the state or my county clerk? in ~society
myrrh Link...no idea if it's related, but i have a similar issue with my mailing address constantly reverting to incorrect information across myriad unrelated private businesses, public agencies, and......no idea if it's related, but i have a similar issue with my mailing address constantly reverting to incorrect information across myriad unrelated private businesses, public agencies, and payment systems and i'm certain it's due to a USPS database error: maybe start there?..
...thankfully i've never been turned away from a voting center due to my registration mis-matching my identification, but with current voter suppression efforts i feel like it's only a matter of time...
(my wife eventually gave up and just started using the incorrect USPS information instead; she says i'm stubbornly pursuing a sisyphean task)
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Comment on Should I go for a fun convertible I can drive every day to work, or a classic weekender? in ~hobbies
myrrh Link...i have an NC, an ND RF, and an elise: if you can afford an ND as your only car, it offers all the modern comforts of a grand tourer with runabout fun instantly on-tap whenever your daily......i have an NC, an ND RF, and an elise: if you can afford an ND as your only car, it offers all the modern comforts of a grand tourer with runabout fun instantly on-tap whenever your daily commute obliges a bit of whimsy...
...also, dropped tops make traffic tolerable!..
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Comment on CloudFlare beats patent troll Sable, forcing them to dedicate all its patents to the public in ~tech
myrrh Link Parent...there was a time when content-agnostic common carrier infrastructure was widely hailed as a good thing; based upon the tone of discourse here, i expect tildes' userbase comprises a......there was a time when content-agnostic common carrier infrastructure was widely hailed as a good thing; based upon the tone of discourse here, i expect tildes' userbase comprises a preponderance of that demographic...
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Comment on What are your spooky, creepy or unexplained stories? in ~talk
myrrh Link Parent...when i was younger i had more difficulty recognising my hallucinations, but in retrospect they're pretty evident......when i was younger i had more difficulty recognising my hallucinations, but in retrospect they're pretty evident...
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Comment on Donald Trump trials - Megathread - US Federal Jan 6 case with Special Counsel Jack Smith in ~society
myrrh Link Parent...political courtesy makes prosecution rare and judicial capture makes conviction a dicey prospect......political courtesy makes prosecution rare and judicial capture makes conviction a dicey prospect...
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Comment on Use plain text email in ~tech
myrrh Link...bottom-quoting is frustrating but we've well-since lost that fight and i've let it go in the interest of interoperability, although i still take the time to cull redundant signatures and......bottom-quoting is frustrating but we've well-since lost that fight and i've let it go in the interest of interoperability, although i still take the time to cull redundant signatures and irrelevant discourse from my replies...
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Comment on Is the world really running out of sand? in ~engineering
myrrh Link Parent...reduced-emission concrete is a thing!..it's a newer material process and concrete production still generates tremendous emissions, but there are so many applications for which no viable......reduced-emission concrete is a thing!..it's a newer material process and concrete production still generates tremendous emissions, but there are so many applications for which no viable alternative material exists that even 10% reduction in emissions can add up to substantial progress across the industry...
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Comment on Is the world really running out of sand? in ~engineering
myrrh Link Parent...i've seen cores fail to satisfy specification on some of my projects at seven days (barely) but pass at twenty-eight (barely)... ...usually problems with the mix design are caught during the......i've seen cores fail to satisfy specification on some of my projects at seven days (barely) but pass at twenty-eight (barely)...
...usually problems with the mix design are caught during the submittal review; the greater problems are typically logistical (time in truck before pour) which can disqualify a batch...
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Comment on My hated AI video in ~creative
myrrh Link Parent...we've been through this many times before with similarly disruptive technologies and the end result is always both an elevated standard for commodity goods and a smaller but more-discerning......we've been through this many times before with similarly disruptive technologies and the end result is always both an elevated standard for commodity goods and a smaller but more-discerning market for creators; generative AI as a creative tool will be no different...
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Comment on A brief history of the end of the world in ~humanities
myrrh Link Parent...i was going to click through the link but i am le tired......i was going to click through the link but i am le tired...
...every nation is the center of the world and every moment is the culmination of history...
...cultural relativism recognises and respects this diversity of perspective, and i posit that today's backlash is the inevitable rejection of a dangerous tenor of intolerance cultivated under the progressive rejection of cultural relativism...