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worldshit··on The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves
I think it's like panic buying of toilet paper: you do it because it makes you feel you have some control over your future, not because it makes sense/would work out in practice.
worldshit··on U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutive decline
> unless you grow your own food and drink from your own well

there was a post a few days ago about Australia: home-farmed eggs have 40x more lead than the industrial ones, because of unchecked pollution in non-agricultural areas...

worldshit··on DJI Drone Flies over the Top of Mount Everest
Can't escape noise even at the top of the world...
worldshit··on Why do some humans love chili peppers?
well, that's what happens to me, even with a small quantity, every single time. And I know it's the chili because it burns like the mouth did the previous day
worldshit··on Why do some humans love chili peppers?
diarrhea and irritation of anus/emorrhoids
worldshit··on Why do some humans love chili peppers?
Is there some secret trick to avoid trouble the day after?
worldshit··on Remote scan of student’s room before test violated his privacy, judge rules
this has been my experience with college too... just a waste of time to satisfy the bureaucrats. They think that winning a silly exam proves anything but your willingness to waste your time memorizing answers.
worldshit··on I Choose Optimism
it's only gotten better if you look at food access, but food access != happiness; depression is rampant because we are being forced to live against our nature. I assure you, I hate being alive in the current world, even if my stomach is full.

Moreover even that is most likely only temporary, we are living inside a consumerist bubble that will soon burst (growing social unrest, ravaging pollution, probably a major war) leaving a horrible mess behind (we don't know how to endure physical discomfort anymore).

worldshit··on Simple mix of soap and solvent could help destroy ‘forever chemicals’
can't happen any sooner...
worldshit··on Singing: The key to a long life (2008)
Singing might be good for yourself, but is very nasty for those who live around you and don't want to listen...

Please make sure to sing/play instruments from within an insulated location!

worldshit··on Oasis: Small statically-linked Linux system
you only need to relink, not recompile. i think oasis caches artifacts so there's no overhead.
worldshit··on It’s raining PFAS: rainwater is unsafe to drink even in Antarctica and Tibet
agree agree agree. but it's completely unrealistic to hope that humans will do what must be done on their own...
worldshit··on Work, Work, Work – So a Few Can Be Rich
those in the amazon are being brought to extinction by bolsonaro. those in siberia are subject to putin's whim...
worldshit··on Work, Work, Work – So a Few Can Be Rich
but you don't have the choice of living like a hunter-gatherer, because all good lands have been swallowed up by capitalist megacommunities
worldshit··on OnlyFans bribed Meta to put porn stars on terror watchlist: lawsuits
or perhaps they are just fed up with bowing to a government that doesn't work for them? The USA was founded by terrorists too, from the POV of Britain...
worldshit··on Ask HN: When do you think Wayland will be broadly supported?
firefox is still full of nasty rendering bugs (menus) which I believe are happening only on wayland, though i'm too lazy to check
worldshit··on Former juvenile lifers talk about the meaning of second chances
why must be people be "rehabilitated"? killing, including killing for play, is perfectly normal among all carnivorous mammals, and we are carnivorous mammals, like it or not. it's not murderers or rapists who are in the wrong, but "civilization" which forces people to behave unnaturally
worldshit··on Former juvenile lifers talk about the meaning of second chances
while I agree that all dogs should be put down, the issue is much more complex than this. What even is civilization? there are plenty of civilizations where killing the weak is praised and encouraged.
worldshit··on MIT scientists think they’ve discovered how to fully reverse climate change
it's actually 500,000 years now with climate change, or so I read
worldshit··on Pirate Library Mirror: Preserving 7TB of books (that are not in Libgen)
> No because once you used them I don't have them anymore.

I mean entering your house, doing my business in your toilet and leave. I won't take your toilet with me, I'll come back when I need it again.

> when I use the faucet to give drinks to my friends?

But your friends all have their own house with their own plumbing they paid him for, so he can continue making a living from his craft. Writing a book takes months or years, not 2 hours like repairing a toilet, so of course the author needs to ask for money from everyone who wants to access it.

worldshit··on Pirate Library Mirror: Preserving 7TB of books (that are not in Libgen)
> based on open access to your work

Can I freely use your toilet then? your electricity? You pay for the plumber, why don't you pay for entertainment?

Scientific knowledge must be open, but most copyrighted work is entertainment.

worldshit··on With Roe overturned, period-tracking apps raise new worries
can't the president pardon anyone who is criminalized about abortion?