dirtdobber

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by dirtdobber 2y ago
Or, get this, I can buy a natural diamond that was ethically sourced.
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
It's pretty clear, no? Are you asking me for a non-hypocritical position on the diamond market? My position is simply that natural diamonds are a luxury item. Claiming that there's suffering involved in obtaining natural diamonds
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
Well you got 2 out of 3 of those correct.
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
https://shop.fairphone.com/fairphone-5 Or, is some level of human suffering ok for you to have the luxury of using an iPhone?
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
> Whataboutism isn't a useful or helpful way to discuss an industry with unbelievable human suffering. I think you're misunderstanding my point. My point was not that there's not human suffering in the diamond industry, no
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
> "My synthetic diamond is functionally identical, if not even better than your mined one" is factually true and not a justification... Except they're not functionally identical. Natural diamonds function in society as a
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
Wrong, read again. No justification for buying natural diamonds. Just stating the facts: current market dynamics make the distinction that natural diamonds are a luxury product while synthetic diamonds are not. I clearly stated that people
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
> "This diamond caused untold human suffering and exploitation to acquire." Dude, the copper in your phone required untold human suffering and exploitation to acquire. You want to profess some grand moral judgement about purcha
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
Natural diamonds have value in terms of luxury. Synthetics do not, hence why they are cheap. If you want to buy a diamond because you think they're pretty, buy a synthetic one. If you want to buy a diamond as a luxury gift, buy a natur
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
I'm genuinely curious why you bought a diamond at all then? Isn't the diamond itself a marketing gimmick, or do you and your wife honestly find them more beautiful than other stones?
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
I would ask your soon-to-be wife whether she'd be ok with a lab grown diamond vs a natural (and let her come to her own conclusion without mansplaining to her that only morons would prefer naturals). Some women would honestly prefer a
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
I use "real" and "natural" interchangeably in this context, but sure if we want to be pedantic I'll use natural instead. Regardless, I view natural diamonds as having "real" value in the luxury space and s
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
Perhaps. But I see one of two things happening regardless: (1) the market maintains a distinction between real and synthetic or (2) the market doesn't, and diamonds become irrelevant as a luxury item. If case 2 happens, it just means t
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
I don't see demand for natural diamonds going anywhere. There's a reason that Rolex, Cartier, and other luxury brands don't use cheap, synthetic diamonds in their products. I know a jeweler personally that sells synthetic and
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
Interesting. The name loosely translates to "Wisdom of Center Origin" then, no?
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Ask HN: Does "Satoshi Nakamato" translate to "Central Intelligence" in Japanese?
7 points by dirtdobber 2y ago|5 comments
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
Yes.
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
Thanks for the heads up, but I'll probably just keep throwing my dirty plastic into plastic bags and letting the recycling facility figure it out.
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
I'll also add, you definitely shouldn't assume a 2% inflation rate. I would bank on 3.5% or higher in the long run.
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
> When you borrow money in a high inflationary environment, it's highly advantageous because you are using cheaper future money to pay back older expensive money. This is only true under the assumption that the *source* of the money
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
> Do you expect the garbage man to do your dishes? Why would the garbage man do my dishes? Look, I throw away my trash because it's super convenient and the city provides a wonderfully helpful service of hauling my garbage off for m
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
I'm expected to clean my recyclables? Exhibit A of ridiculously annoying tasks that could (should) be delegated to a recycling facility.
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
I'm on the east coast of the US in a large metro area. My last electric bill was $585 and I used 1800kWh for the month, so my costs are roughly $0.32 cents per kWh currently. Gas at the closest station to my house is currently at $3.40
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
I don't disagree with your premise, but I also don't fully agree with it as a comprehensive explanation. Overeating seems to be a uniquely American problem, and independent of a nation's food security status. For example, the
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
It's costing me roughly $4.50 per charge (we pay ~$0.30/kWh and it takes roughly 15kWh to fully charge). My MPG is ~20mpg, and gas costs around $3.50 per gallon, so I have roughly the same fuel costs whether I'm charging or p
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
That's awesome, I will look into that to see if my local grocery does the same! Now that I think about it, there's probably paper-based bin linings that you can buy from Amazon
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
I have two indoor bins: one for plastics/recycling and one for garbage. I line both with trash bags. Unfortunately, the city gets very upset about the recyclable materials being in plastic bags (something about it messing up their mach
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
My car only gets 26 miles to the charge, which, believe it or not, is more than enough for my daily use (I live within 5 miles of my work). That being said, I'm not actually convinced that I'm saving money when I look at my electr
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
I own a EV and I love it. But it was pretty expensive (60K+) and from what I've seen, the trade-in value for my car is effectively half of what I bought it for after just 1 year of ownership. I'm not complaining too much since I p
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by dirtdobber 2y ago
It turns out that food is also healthy for you, in moderation. Alas, we need a drug to help us moderate.

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