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I agree with you in broad terms but come on, all the care in the world for the environment won't stop external threats. Ask the dinosaurs. Sure the resources can be used to mitigate those threats like NASA DART mission but it is nice to have a plan B just in case.
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Like 80% of the world uses Android though.
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>edit: Actually, it's worth mentioning that there are other non-Western cultures using psychedelics to treat mental health issues, such as Ayahuasca ceremonies in various South American countries.

South America is non-western culture now? Lmao ok. Also, practically nobody uses Ayahuasca to treat mental health issues over here. That kinda thing is an extremely niche and small practice of usually affluent people. Ayahuasca retreats are super expensive and half of the people you see there are rich Americans looking for some anecdata to share in sites like this. Everyone else is using standard medicine and therapy.

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>Life is more robust than electronic systems. The electronic systems will be destroyed for their aggression.

Compelling argument. However from the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine. Your kind cling to your flesh, as though it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass you call a temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved, for the Machine is immortal.

Jokes aside life may be more robust but in a very narrow set of conditions where it evolved. Look at Mars for example. No life (as far as we know) but three robots happily wandering like what do you mean this planet isn't habitable? Atmosphere? Biomass? Planetary magnetic field? Tell me more

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On error resume next /jk
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>Svelte(kit) is still the most W3C compliant of the major frameworks out there. Also, it's not even a runtime-framework but a compiler, meaning you're left with nothing but the necessary HTML, JS & CSS just relevant for your page.

I'd argue that it's way easier to master the internals of a library than a whole bespoke compiler.

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Reproducibility? I mean what's the point of an open technology nobody knows if it works or not.
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>Why would you want to make them yourself?

Welp, not everyone lives in the US or Europe. Living in South America my only options are either spend ~$100 for a two weeks _fast delivery_ or have it for free ~2 months later. Not many options for the hobbist maker over here. There are local services but they are more expensive (and slower if that's even possible) or just middleman for PCBWay or JLCPCB.

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> But I go further - software is a form of literacy, and everyone should learn to code,

Why though? I've read a lot of people saying _everyone should know how to code_ but why? I don't see the same trend for example with physics, maths or music, which are arguably a form of literacy too. As cool as it may seem on paper, I can imagine everyone being able to write papers on topological quantum field theory, studying homotopy type theory as a hobby and shipping react to-do apps while playing Beethoven's Hammerklavier sonata.

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