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half the open issues are about not being able to pick out specific people and say "but they can't see my public posts, they're icky"
and the obsession with it is so pervasive, that I can't even realistically *use* the tools; there's absolutely no guarantee that I'll be able to undo their effects.
the software is *only* meant to exclude others. but the people demanding it be this way are calling themselves "inclusive"
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@Elfie und: aufgeben ist langweilig. ich hab zuviel persönlichen blödsinn mitgemacht als das ich wegen dem covid wahnsinn aufgebe.
danke für die netten worte :)
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@Elfie mir wurde selten gesagt ich sei positiv eingestellt :)
ich glaube viele probleme ließen sich lösen wenn nicht allem ein wert in geld gegeben würde. grade ist alles käuflich und die lösung ist immer mehr konsum und mehr technologie. das funktioniert nicht.
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@Elfie deutschland ;)
@cnx here in germany one can rather easily go shopping by bike, even in most rural areas. the problem is that society has put up so many expectations and is so hyperindividualized that it often just isn't practical. people often work someplace not in bike range, if you have kids stuff gets even harder. it really takes up much energy to swim against this stream, and many don't have it because of the daily grind.
Tinfoil hat aside, @bonifartius, I live in a place where vehicles are only facilitation, not precondition for transportation, i.e. walking is tiring but it doesn’t kill people. I can’t imagine if one has to fully rely on the electric grid if e.g. temperature can regularly drop below -20, especially outside of urban area. And in 1st world who needs a car in urban area anyway.
IMHO electric cars are a huge waste of resources, especially for the batteries which are ironically not (even close to fully) recyclable. If they can cut down personal vehicles in urban area they can solve both environmental and traffic issues, but I’ll put the hat back on and say the multi-trillion-dollar car industry are bribing^Wlobbying hard against that.
EVs are like paper straws, they are still as profitable while maintaining a better image, but end up in the landfill anyway. Well at least the straws don’t have backdoor and planned obsolescence builtin.
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@CapitalB trains are technically good but too centrally controlled anyway. i don't trust the government (and other people, reading some stories of "unvaccinated" being kicked out of trains by the police using force and handcuffs) to not act like psychopaths.
with a car i can at least have some backup-canisters of fuel, and - for now - nobody can control every road.
i fucking hate that i feel to have to operate at this paranoia-level, but who knows what they'll come up next 💁
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@CapitalB with "decentral mini" anything is good, because it depends on where you are.
of course fossil fuel has much energy, but i'm usually also arguing for less consumption in general. there used to be appliances which worked decades. there are so many things produced with planned obsolescence it's not even funny.
that alone would save a huge part of fossil resources, which are, imo, too valuable to be used for energy. maybe with the exception of the things you noted (concrete, etc.). we'll never have replicators, we need the substances found in fossils, with oil containing the most useful. energy can be "harvested" with many different methods.
i think that the current goal is to keep up consumption of bullshit and reduce other freedoms because individual freedom doesn't generate profits. netflix & chill.
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much like cryptocoins there is a terrible signal/noise ratio with renewables. so many shortsighted inefficient wasteful ideas. both have the potential to be amazing, both are fucked by few big players in for the quick buck.
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