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@hasmis I do read what people reply with if they do, but that's not really why I post it. It's great to find people who think alike ofc.

@hasmis I don't really care :) I find writing is for me a good way to think things trough a bit more.

I think that all data that can be requested via various disclosure laws should have to be made available without requesting it, possibly via some kind of a public-run portal. That would make it cheaper for institutions to comply, and would make it much much easier to mine it.

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@leemadgwick I think it might be a good thing, a return to a more responsible and reputation-based reporting culture. The only way to know an image is real is a chain of custody of trustworthy people.

@meowoem @fox Kind of like the "let's strengthen the bits of the plane that got shot" based on returning plane data example. So I guess one should optimize for segments that exist but don't use one's service? Feels hard to justify.

@pluralistic This is simply astounding, the audacity. There should be a law that makes all government contracts public and accessible on the web, at the very least.

@iinavpov @msh Having to choose between not having a very expensive fridge or having a regular fridge I'll have to lean towards not keeping my food in an ice box.

@msh @iinavpov That's true, I would really like to see appliances both more resilient and easy to repair.

@msh @iinavpov But we really don't know how long the old fridge lasted. Just because people talk about specific fridgest that lasted 40 years doesn't mean much, it's just survivor bias. And the 50's fridge was more like a today's $300-$400 model size-wise.

Yes, most people can't afford a $3000 fridge today. Most people couldn't afford it back then either. It was a luxury.

@msh @pluralistic we've recently replaced a 7 year old fridge by Samsung because it just quietly stopped cooling the food so I so understand your frustration. But to put things in perspective, the new fridge cost $1000 for a double door (french door you call it I think?), well lit, with large and comfortable freezer. A regular-sized fridge in 1952 was around $330, so $3600 in today's money. So in essence we're comparing bargain priced stuff of today with premium stuff of yesteryear and complain it's not the same build quality.