ElCanut

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[–] ElCanut@jlai.lu 33 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Mozilla CEO is paid 7million a year. I don't have the number for the rest of the board, but it should be in the same range. I think that when people say this was a cruel choice, they talk about firing people instead of decreasing executive salaries.

[–] ElCanut@jlai.lu 4 points 1 week ago

I think I understand a bit better now, thanks for your interesting comments !

[–] ElCanut@jlai.lu 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I get that taste has a lot to do with it, but usually when I read one of the SF "classic", even though I don't like it I can see what other people like in it. Ubik is really one of the first where I didn't understand this. I just read an article saying that what I consider a lack of connections between the different part of the story is in fact a writing effect, to make readers have a "dreamy feeling" while reading the book. I hadn't considered it that way, and was looking to analysis like this, I'm not trying to tell people my taste is better, just wanted to have their input on the book

 

So there's a question I've been having for a while now: Why is Ubki, from Philip K Dick so popular ? I've read it, and was pretty disappointed. The scenario starts pretty well, but becomes very obvious amongst the rest of the book, there's little no to connection between the scenes, everything seems to have no relation, the final characters (Ella and Joe) are barely introduced, the resolution (Ubki's provenance) is barely explained, ...

Overall, I feel like I've read a really good scenario idea from a great author, but it feels like a missed opportunity; I’m left feeling unsatisfied.

[–] ElCanut@jlai.lu 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Exactly, this is known as the Jevons paradox

 
[–] ElCanut@jlai.lu 1 points 1 month ago

Who controls the couriers though

[–] ElCanut@jlai.lu 91 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not blockable by any government would be a positive in my book if it didn't imply bloclable by a single billionaire with huge mood swing. Don't forget how musk switched off starlink in Crimea at Putin's request when the Russian realized starlink guided missile were heading towards their ships (Source

[–] ElCanut@jlai.lu 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Are you sure about that? Joinmastodon indicates 819k MAU, would you have a source you can share ?

[–] ElCanut@jlai.lu 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)

"Millions of people" if only...

[–] ElCanut@jlai.lu 10 points 3 months ago

Nobody said we were holding you to perfection mate, we're just enjoying your old ads

 
[–] ElCanut@jlai.lu 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)

We've been having market capitalism and IA for YEARS, why are we still having less and less buying power, life expectancy, healthcare access and so on?

[–] ElCanut@jlai.lu 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

News flash, people have been abusing the system and hoarding resources for a while

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/6800661

Transportation mode, World vs USA

 
 
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