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I wouldn't even say a common goal. There's plenty of opinions on what the ideal Earth's climate would be like. Some people strive for what they view as "natural", vs other people who aim to reduce natural disasters, and yet even more who just think we should be reducing our impact in general.

You're right to an extent, but personal use electric vehicles are still a step in the right direction. Even if all the power generated for them comes from coal, which is another argument people make against them. I would wager that EV buyers are more willing to look at smaller electric vehicles like ebikes and scooters as compared to the average person.

If all our vehicles were electric, it would be much simpler to transition to greener methods of electricity production. ICE vehicles don't have this kind of flexibility.

Plenty of artists make art for commercial purposes. In fact, that's kind of the dividing line between "professional" and "amateur" artist.

I understand that there is an entire culture surrounding these machines and that people enjoy collecting and restoring them. Hell, I would even like to build a cabinet myself one day.

But there's a reason they are disappearing. They're old and obsolete. While they may have value to a niche group, they are overall viewed as mostly worthless.

Secondly, there's a very simple solution to disliking what someone else does with their own property. Purchase it before they do whatever you dislike. Either from them or by beating them to the punch and buying it from the previous owner before they do.

It's interesting how advocating for backdoors into consumer products (like the US wanted DJI to do) suddenly makes you uneasy that there are other backdoors into those products.

I don't like Apple, but this was exactly their argument against putting in backdoors to unlock people's devices, and I support them in that.

Exactly this!

Replace "novel" with "nude pictures" and the moral side of this becomes much more obvious.

It doesn't matter if he had dementia. It doesn't matter if people appreciate the novel or if his kids feel that "it's important to release it". The novel was his creation and he specifically did not want it released.

Unsurprisingly though, money outweighs his requests.

He's almost as good as the guy that killed Hitler. Really doing the world a favor.

'It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost, $10?'

I bet it will be marketed as "more affordable prices for people struggling, offset by higher prices for the rich".

It really has nothing to do with Democracy or Capitalism. It has everything to do with suppressing the votes of certain demographics.

He only said there is no legal "right", not that gun ownership was completely illegal.

The point being, reasonable countries view gun ownership as a privilege that can be lost, instead of a right that cannot.

And the Constitution is immutable, right? What would you even call a ratified change to the Constitution?

OTOH, how many children got Kinder Eggs ~without~ knowing that there was a small plastic toy inside? That was kind of the whole gimmick.

Also, there have been 9 reported deaths worldwide that have been linked to choking on the toy inside a Kinder Egg. 7 Children in the US die ~every day~ from being shot. It seems pretty clear to me which one is a bigger issue.

Have you ever tried running a gas furnace off of a solar panel?

"Accelerating a transition" != "this has been 100% accomplished"

Just a nitpick - The main character in Snow Crash is named Hiro, not Hero.

Would you buy a rental car for only a 10-20% discount?