cryodesign

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Design. Product Strategy. UX. Prototypes.
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Comment · 8 years ago
Care to provide more details? Why is it wrong?
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What wrong with the UI in your view?
Comment · 8 years ago
Wow, congrats and well done. Looks like you don't have to apply to jobs anymore ;)

- What was your initial investment? - And did you have any trading experience to come up with those strategies or learned on the go?

Comment · 8 years ago
You should feature Signal in your app section.
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Hey thanks for explaining and like I said - I get it's early stage - was just curious what was missing in FF.

Anyway, will try out the Electron version and definitely be keeping an eye on this one...

Comment · 8 years ago
I'm a designer, so definitely interested in this. But I got a 'Sorry, our editor is optimised for Chrome' message.

I'm using the latest version of Firefox... what features does Chrome have that FF hasn't?

I get it's early stage, so you might have just done a blanket 'If not Chrome show message' check.

If the latest version of FF can support, I would do a more fine grained check.

Will check with Chrome later...

Comment · 8 years ago
So you seem really successful and financially sorted, but yet 'life has become hell' and you feel you have to fight to survive? Do you mean financially?
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Comment · 9 years ago
Hey, thanks for chiming in, not offended at all, these discussions are good.

In terms of what happens on animal farms and slaughter houses, you should check out the 'Earthlings' documentary I posted. Most meat that is consumed comes from factory farms. Those places are hell holes.

In terms of humanely killing, I think it's an oxymoron, the same way that 'humane oppression' is an oxymoron. Animals don't want to be killed. Humans don't need meat anymore to survive, so why are we continuing to oppress and exploit these beings? Could you kill and slaughter an animal? If not, why demand that others do it for you?

I see more and more people waking up to this fact and researching this and finding out that everything they believed was misguided, e.g. needing meat to be strong etc. One of the strongest person (Patrick Baboumian) on the planet is vegan, and more athletes are also becoming vegan.

If we create more demand for plant based foods, we will see more options in stores. Here in Europe, even Aldi and Lidl have vegan products now.

Comment · 9 years ago
If you multiply that glass of water times a million - it will have an impact. Every Little Helps so they say here.

Also, what is the point of having a moral high ground? It doesn't accomplish anything. Even if some people's motivation for not eating meat is to feel morally superior, it shouldn't be a deciding factor for others to not eat meat.

For me personally it's about values[1]. I remember watching Star Trek as a kid and I think Riker said something along the lines that humanity doesn't enslave animals anymore[3]. We need a vision for the future and not oppressing and exploiting other beings for our own culinary pleasures is a good value to have I think.

We don't have to wait until the 24th century either. The future is already here, it's easier now than ever to choose not to kill animals, there are so many other delicious recipes[2] out there - if one would invest the time to research this.

And in terms of having kids - I think it was Hans Rosling who said that birth rates seem to fall in the developed countries. Also, imagine we would show a toddler how his sausages etc are made - from beginning to end. How do you think small kids would react if they knew what actually happens to peppa pig and friends? Why don't we show our kids the process of producing meat?

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[1] Best quote on this is from Dr Alex Hershaft. Holocaust survivor and FARM founder. He drew many similarities between what the Nazis did and what we do to farm animals. His story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7dZv43A0g0

His quote:

"[...]It's about us. It's about who we are, how we treat the least defensible, the most oppressed, the weakest in our society. What does it say about us?"

[2] http://annajones.co.uk/books

[3] EDIT: found that Riker quote from TNG: https://youtu.be/sS7NRtEJBcA?t=31s

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