90% of farmed animals globally are in factory farms: https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/global-animal-farming-est... I don't have data on the West specifically, but I'd be surprised if it's not 99%. "Free range" animals…
I'd push back.on blaming the populace for this: the widespread belief in geberal polls is that the climate situation is dire and that measures need to be taken. However, the constraints that most people have to contend…
As another comment points out, you added the disclaimer after publishing (and probably the backlash): https://web.archive.org/web/20260712212920/https://scrapfly.... So you don't seem to stand by anything apart from…
Saying no is always an option, and this seemed like the opportunity for this. Highly paid devs consistently choosing to do this and using the "following orders"/"food on the table" defense should be socially…
I was not aware of the incident with Tuta, thanks for mentioning. https://hackread.com/encrypted-email-provider-tutanota-backd... However, Proton is leaving Switzerland, because of changing legislation, to Germany.…
This reads like the mental hoops someone who works for or invests into Meta comes up with to resolve their cognitive dissonance. You might as well have said that without advertising, we wouldn't have charities, freedom…
Fair. I've seen the use of nuclear waste to derail conversations about nuclear so often that I reacted without looking at the context, sorry.
As far as I know, it hasn't happened, not even once. Your objection appeals to emotions, not to reason. The very kindnof objections that have enabled fossil fuels to be seen as less dangerous. FYI, nuclear energy has…
The US has been the monster for most of the world for the last 70 years. It's shocking that most Americans still don't see that. The Middle-East's bad record on human rights can be traced back to in large part to the…
They probably are aware of nuclear waste and of the modalities of dealing with it, and still believe that not investing into nuclear is shooting yourself in the foot. FYI, a typical 1GW nuclear plant produces 30 tons,…
This is the weirdest rant I've read from you, in all my years on HN, and will colour my future reading of your contributions. Unless I'm mistaken, you seem to view the world in terms of race, tribalism, and…
Just yesterday I needed this and resorted to running the harness in a sprite[0] in a proot distro[1] in termux: while I appreciated the symbolism of recurrence, it was a pain to set up. Will have a look. [0]:…
He fills a niche, particularly successfully ,but the required substrate exists in every society. In societies that superficially reward other qualities, these people mold themselves to fill other niches that provide…
I think those people are largely in your imagination. You seem to be assuming a whole lot of dark motives or unsavoury opinions in reaction to people simply saying the EU is not perfect. Unrelated to this chat, but I…
Exactly. As demonstrated by several countries pronouncing themselves against it every time this comes up. If the government of Denmark really wants to implement this, let them, but the idea that a tiny country's…
Interesting, congrats. Are you planning on opening access to Phosphor?
Would be interested in seeing your sources for this. I've yet to see evidence that this has the significant upsides that would, definitely not justify, but at least explain, the push towards limiting fundamental…
I can entertain that this idea could be a solution IF done well, but what would be the path to democratic decision-making in this integrated EU? I strongly believe in people organising against the government, I think…
Not the parent, but chill with the aggressive tone. When you vote in your elections, you almost certainly know who's going to lead the country. Not so with the EU: look up Spitzenkandidat method and the deviations from…
I've never seen anyone ask for the dissolution of the EU in chat control threads, and I read every one of them. What I see people (Europeans) lamenting is how undemocratic the EU is. As much as I think von der Leyen…
> hand it to, who? To the people. There are many ways to restrain the Council that'd make the EU more democratic: enforce more/full transparency into the Council's decision-making, expand the powers of the Parliament…
I don't disagree with this: I'm saying that unless the power is of the Council and Commission is restrained, all the goodwill of the Parliament is an uphill battle and all people of the Member States are subjected to…
Plenty of people do want more surveillance, but that's not why EU politicians are doing this. Seeking to implement surveillance across an entire continent cannot be explained by "the will of the people". Danes might…
The EU has a lot of upsides, and it's often been a reason to be optimistic about it as a project, but everyobe has a red line beyond which the upsides don't outweigh the downsides, where the slope becomes too slippery…
The issue is that the outcome is the same: whether the Parliament is made up of angels or not, the dealings of the Commission and Council affect the Member States anyway.
90% of farmed animals globally are in factory farms: https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/global-animal-farming-est... I don't have data on the West specifically, but I'd be surprised if it's not 99%. "Free range" animals…
I'd push back.on blaming the populace for this: the widespread belief in geberal polls is that the climate situation is dire and that measures need to be taken. However, the constraints that most people have to contend…
As another comment points out, you added the disclaimer after publishing (and probably the backlash): https://web.archive.org/web/20260712212920/https://scrapfly.... So you don't seem to stand by anything apart from…
Saying no is always an option, and this seemed like the opportunity for this. Highly paid devs consistently choosing to do this and using the "following orders"/"food on the table" defense should be socially…
I was not aware of the incident with Tuta, thanks for mentioning. https://hackread.com/encrypted-email-provider-tutanota-backd... However, Proton is leaving Switzerland, because of changing legislation, to Germany.…
This reads like the mental hoops someone who works for or invests into Meta comes up with to resolve their cognitive dissonance. You might as well have said that without advertising, we wouldn't have charities, freedom…
Fair. I've seen the use of nuclear waste to derail conversations about nuclear so often that I reacted without looking at the context, sorry.
As far as I know, it hasn't happened, not even once. Your objection appeals to emotions, not to reason. The very kindnof objections that have enabled fossil fuels to be seen as less dangerous. FYI, nuclear energy has…
The US has been the monster for most of the world for the last 70 years. It's shocking that most Americans still don't see that. The Middle-East's bad record on human rights can be traced back to in large part to the…
They probably are aware of nuclear waste and of the modalities of dealing with it, and still believe that not investing into nuclear is shooting yourself in the foot. FYI, a typical 1GW nuclear plant produces 30 tons,…
This is the weirdest rant I've read from you, in all my years on HN, and will colour my future reading of your contributions. Unless I'm mistaken, you seem to view the world in terms of race, tribalism, and…
Just yesterday I needed this and resorted to running the harness in a sprite[0] in a proot distro[1] in termux: while I appreciated the symbolism of recurrence, it was a pain to set up. Will have a look. [0]:…
He fills a niche, particularly successfully ,but the required substrate exists in every society. In societies that superficially reward other qualities, these people mold themselves to fill other niches that provide…
I think those people are largely in your imagination. You seem to be assuming a whole lot of dark motives or unsavoury opinions in reaction to people simply saying the EU is not perfect. Unrelated to this chat, but I…
Exactly. As demonstrated by several countries pronouncing themselves against it every time this comes up. If the government of Denmark really wants to implement this, let them, but the idea that a tiny country's…
Interesting, congrats. Are you planning on opening access to Phosphor?
Would be interested in seeing your sources for this. I've yet to see evidence that this has the significant upsides that would, definitely not justify, but at least explain, the push towards limiting fundamental…
I can entertain that this idea could be a solution IF done well, but what would be the path to democratic decision-making in this integrated EU? I strongly believe in people organising against the government, I think…
Not the parent, but chill with the aggressive tone. When you vote in your elections, you almost certainly know who's going to lead the country. Not so with the EU: look up Spitzenkandidat method and the deviations from…
I've never seen anyone ask for the dissolution of the EU in chat control threads, and I read every one of them. What I see people (Europeans) lamenting is how undemocratic the EU is. As much as I think von der Leyen…
> hand it to, who? To the people. There are many ways to restrain the Council that'd make the EU more democratic: enforce more/full transparency into the Council's decision-making, expand the powers of the Parliament…
I don't disagree with this: I'm saying that unless the power is of the Council and Commission is restrained, all the goodwill of the Parliament is an uphill battle and all people of the Member States are subjected to…
Plenty of people do want more surveillance, but that's not why EU politicians are doing this. Seeking to implement surveillance across an entire continent cannot be explained by "the will of the people". Danes might…
The EU has a lot of upsides, and it's often been a reason to be optimistic about it as a project, but everyobe has a red line beyond which the upsides don't outweigh the downsides, where the slope becomes too slippery…
The issue is that the outcome is the same: whether the Parliament is made up of angels or not, the dealings of the Commission and Council affect the Member States anyway.