His name is Big Fido.

All people have a right to exist and what they do with their time and their energy is their decision.

Well, as I said: not ALL pricing is entirely made up. In particular, in a production chain it makes sense that the price increases with further processing. Why would I sell a gear for less than I paid for the metal I made it from? Why would a bicycle manufacturer sell the bike for less than they paid for the sum of its parts? You can reduce the profit to nothingness, but you still need to assure a living wage for all the people involved (as long as you have morals). That means that there at least is some rules that need to be followed in pricing. And complicated things tend to be expensive. A computer chip must always be more expensive than a gram of sand and that’s not arbitrary.

There are other incentives for why people labor than just getting paid.

I’m pretty sure that many unpleasant jobs like mining do require monetary recompensation if the task is not pleasant by itself. I can’t imagine how else one would incentivize this kind of labor.

Not all things are expensive on a whim. Some things just use massive amounts of material, energy and work hours to be produced. I cannot just stop paying miners their already too low wages. I also cannot take energy for free. It is not like we have all minerals and energy in abundance and have automated the crap out of every production chain.

Fair.

How do you feel about Einhundertzweiunddreißigtausendvierhundertfünfundsechzig?

I wonder what you are referring to as well. Also ‘weaponizing discomfort’ sounds like something inappropriate while actually discomfort is a real thing and no one has to stand for it (in a certain degree). Not caring at all if you are causing others discomfort is the definition of selfishness. Recompensating somebody with a big tip, because you are a dick doesn’t make you less of a prick.

Probably depending on the country and according legislature, but as a pedestrian, I often wish for more scooters to take to the road as well. In most aspects they are very equivalent to bicycles and just as fast and dangerous. Worst of all are those scooter drivers who switch between road and sidewalk with every traffic light.

Huh, and I thought I needed a Microsoft account, but this way I could maybe even use for the computers at work. Thanks!

Not what you were asking about, but you reminded me of this video arguing that the LM741 is a relic and not a good choice for a modern circuit. IIRC the video also shortly explains some standard characteristics of an opamp, which could be interesting to you if you suspect a knowledge gap.

Yes, there is. Why deny something without checking, elaborating or citing a source? Sure, it is fun to doubt anybody is ever saying true things on the Internet, but denying a fact just because you do not know it yet, is misinformation in itself.

Beautifully carved! Just to be certain though: This is about Outer Wilds - Echoes of the Eye, right?

I have seen this (or a very similar) picture about five years ago and have thought about it nearly every time I heard the name Radcliffe. I am very thankful that you posted it here and I can finally save it as a reference.

Thanks for giving this reference! The book is out of print, but high-resolution scans can be downloaded here for free, which is endorsed by the original author apparently.

I’m not sure if I love how much I hate this or the other way around.

Why did you have to do that? Please don’t tell me they turned out to be terrible people actually (do tell if they are though)

https://www.cert.europa.eu/publications/security-advisories/2024-103/

Similar alots stem from this blog from 2010

The origin of the alot is the blog hyperbole and a half, this article in particular. It is very cute tbh. I don’t find it hard to believe that somebody drew this particular alot in response later on.

Thanks for the read!