[-] frezik 1 points 16 minutes ago

Not how it works.

Consider a factory with a machine shop. There's this one machinist, Kat, who everyone looks up to. Management doesn't give Kat a title higher than anyone else; in fact, a few of the bosses are jealous of the de facto power that Kat seems to have. They might even undermine Kat, but they have to do it quietly or they'll stir up trouble among the rest of the workers. Everyone knows that Kat is the most competent machinist in the shop. You can ignore Kat's advice if you want, but everyone will laugh when it goes wrong.

Kat is a leader because the consensus of their peers respects them as a leader. This sort of thing will happen in any community. Competent people will come to be seen as leaders without anyone directly saying so. That consensus can be rescinded at any time if they start breaking community taboos.

For more, see Andrewism's video on leaders in anarchy:

https://youtu.be/AYVWbj8naBM

[-] frezik 1 points 1 hour ago

Durozzle is just a brand name slapped on some Chinese manufacturer. It's probably fine, but I doubt anybody is going to come out raving about it compared to everything else on Amazon.

IIRC, rubies are great at handling abrasive filaments, but they lack accuracy. Been a while since I looked into them, though. I use abrasive filaments so seldom that I can consider a cheap nozzle to be a disposable part of the project. Metal is generally one of the easier things to recycle.

[-] frezik 1 points 1 hour ago

Briton can't even decide on whether to pronounce all the R's or not.

[-] frezik 13 points 1 hour ago

A show of vision only a Super CEO can have

That almost brings it over the line, but no, I think it's serious. Only a heroic CEO could have the vision to give people time off. It's nothing like what unions have been clamoring to do for over a century.

[-] frezik 15 points 2 hours ago

People mistake "robot" for "android" all the time. There's plenty of sex toys that have qualified as a robot even back when the OP was brand new.

[-] frezik 7 points 2 hours ago

Just commenting on that thumbnail pic. It's interesting how it could just be a school. By which I mean actual schools and juvenile detention aren't that far apart.

[-] frezik 1 points 3 hours ago

Wrong. Leaders can still be chosen by the group. Anarchy wants a very flat hierarchy, but leaders of the community can and will emerge on their own.

[-] frezik 23 points 16 hours ago

Somehow, I don't think anarchist groups ever instituted a "don't compare our leader to Winnie the Pooh" rule.

[-] frezik 15 points 17 hours ago

Correct. Most people who say this are focused on healthcare and other social safety net issues. When you look at LGBTQ+ rights, or racial discrimination, or even abortion, Democrats are further to the left of lots of European parties. It can be a slog to get a European to admit they even have racial issues at all.

[-] frezik 17 points 18 hours ago

That's actually a problem.

All realistic plans for 100% renewable (or even 95% renewable, which is substantially easier) rely on a multipronged approach of wind, water, solar, and grid upgrades. Each one has upsides and downsides, but you can use the upsides of one to cover the downsides of another. Combined, you get a reliable grid based on intermittent but cheap sources.

Capitalism sees this plan and decides to deploy the one with the best immediate ROI. Which happens to be solar. Problem is that you can't just rely on solar. The grid is hitting limits where electrical production is sending prices to basically zero at certain times, but not able to provide enough the rest of the time. That will shift the economic incentives. Eventually.

It'll figure out what researchers have already written down, but it'll take too long to get there.

[-] frezik 31 points 18 hours ago

It makes more sense when you remember all these people come from a corporate environment who think in terms of NDAs for protecting secrets.

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I think Super Mario Bros might have been the first. Might depend on what counts as a "platformer" or a "water level".

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