chucka9

Saving money is not the only reason to pirate content.

Some things aren’t available in my region and never will be (as they are 20+ years old).

Some things are presented via a crap app, in dubious formats or with truely horrible DRM. I pirate plenty of shows that I have legal access to or own.

> These companies have no shame.

Do you think this was backed by companies? It seems reasonable to suspect it, but it’s a issue radioactive now so won’t be easy to find out.

The metals in vascular stents and coils is valuable too (but imagine trying to retrieve those).

I know someone who saved up the ones dropped or otherwise opened and not used on a cath lab. I’m not sure what he did after that.

> Why can't people just opt to be buried without embalming or a casket?

The article mentions the amount of land that this uses. I’d imagine that’s a big part of it.

Why not just the prices up?

Peripherally related. I needed a new passport, and applied online for one. The online application kept rejecting my photo which I had taken by a pharmacy specifically approved for taking passport photos. It said that my eyes were too shaded or had too much shadow. I tried everything with levels and contrast. I gave up and started messing with the application software. I cut the eyes out a different photo in the Mac Preview.app application. I lined up the eyes and thought they looked pretty good, then uploaded the photo. The application doesn't give a pass/fail, it just submits and its off. I have traveled quite extensively on this passport, including going to some countries that are pretty uptight about security. I'm sure I behave like a drug dealer going through security.