rex_gallorum2

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by rex_gallorum2 1y ago
There was a connection between deindustrialization in American cities (and the crappy property market in the 80s) and the music and arts scenes in the 80s and 90s. It was relatively cheap and easy to set up studios, galleries, music venues,
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by rex_gallorum2 2y ago
Absolutely. The internet stopped being something you accessed and became something you were connected to 24/7, and that you have a persistent, high-speed connection. That was a huge shift.
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by rex_gallorum2 2y ago
30 years ago, the internet was a novelty, nothing more, and it remained so easily for another ten years after that. It wasn't until the widespread adoption of smartphones that permanent connectivity came to be taken for granted. It was
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by rex_gallorum2 2y ago
Best comment of them all.
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by rex_gallorum2 2y ago
Again, you are absolutely correct, and for more reasons than most casual readers here will know.
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by rex_gallorum2 2y ago
You are absolutely correct. Living abroad for any length of time comes with tremendous costs. It changes you permanently. In the end you can never really go home, because home as you knew it isn't there anymore, and you yourself have c
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The Costs of Homeownership Are Skyrocketing(wsj.com)
19 points by rex_gallorum2 2y ago|16 comments
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by rex_gallorum2 2y ago
Good spot to look - you could try Flagpole Hill. :)
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by rex_gallorum2 2y ago
'Cause them women in Deep Ellum got them Deep Ellum blues. And you know what? If you go down in Deep Ellum, keep your carbeurator clean, 'cause them women in Deep Ellum'll sell you dirty gasoline.
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by rex_gallorum2 3y ago
If you ever get a chance, feed a whole apple to an ostrich. Watching it move down their neck is really funny. Keeping geese taught me that this phenomenon is quite normal for birds with long necks.
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by rex_gallorum2 3y ago
People seem to believe me when I say I don't carry a phone, but they look at me like they're talking to a member of some 'uncontacted tribe'. I don't think it computes. The good ones at least have a machine where yo
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by rex_gallorum2 3y ago
I've read that they have to be reachable in order to get any kind of state benefits, and being unreachable leads to automatic disqualification - which is a big problem as homeless people often lose their phones or have them stolen. As
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by rex_gallorum2 3y ago
This one irritated me. There was (and is) so much to do. People used to talk to each other and interact with other and with their environment more though. It's vastly harder now. Disconnecting from time to time is refreshing.
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by rex_gallorum2 3y ago
Wild strawberries and bilberries... I grew both for years. :) They are wonderful.
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by rex_gallorum2 3y ago
Yes but it's all squishy. Bread is not supposed to have that texture, ever. I can only guess that most Americans object to actually having to chew their food.
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by rex_gallorum2 3y ago
They exist in some cities, sure, but across wide swathes of the country, they are nowhere to be found. The craft is dead, and in its place we have industry and logistics. Where I see 'real' bread for sale in the US, it is marketed
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by rex_gallorum2 3y ago
I've encountered the WhatsApp issue too. It's the communication tool in some parts of the world, but not others. In some circles people cannot imagine that you are a living breathing person who does not have it. I use a bottom t
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by rex_gallorum2 3y ago
Banks tend to have some back up, such as a TAN generator. I have used those for Euro bank accounts that require 2FA. US bank accounts are usually fine with a phone number, which can be a dumb phone. There were no real covid restrictions whe
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by rex_gallorum2 3y ago
I do. I am beginning to feel the costs though. Even telling people that I don't have one is getting a bit awkward. Imagine the look of incomprehension. A lot of people talk about 'needing' a smartphone for services/stuff
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by rex_gallorum2 3y ago
We're increasingly like animals that become dependent on a single source of food or a single watering hole. It's really risky. You could hardly design more fragile systems (or business models) that depend in these very narrow bott
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by rex_gallorum2 3y ago
It should definitely be illegal. There are so many other options for charging these kinds of fees, all of which were used by public bodies in the US in the past, from dropping envelopes of money in a box to paying a person at a kiosk or usi
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by rex_gallorum2 3y ago
In Germany for example it's the only way. Join the club and hang around their private bar!
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by rex_gallorum2 3y ago
Germany definitely tends to be like that - but it makes it all the more interesting when strangers do talk to you. It could also vary by region and the type of bar. I've done my share of loitering around neighborhood bars in differen
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by rex_gallorum2 3y ago
So true. I had a similar experience in Germany. I'd say Ireland is small enough that everyone is connected to everyone else in some way, and people are curious about others, and discovering those remote connections. I've found tha
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by rex_gallorum2 3y ago
I too appreciated this one. Fascinating!
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by rex_gallorum2 3y ago
I found the discussion here more interesting than the article/blog post. Most of you are talking at cross purposes, and there are some major intercultural communication problems here that are masked by everyone reading/writing in
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by rex_gallorum2 3y ago
I think you are quite correct. The kid/teen social sphere today never sleeps, and never forgets, and there is no escaping it.
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by rex_gallorum2 4y ago
This reminds me a bit of the recent discussion here about networked security cameras using cloud storage. Many people seem to have a very simplistic idea about how the law, law enforcement, and courts work. Laws are always selectively enf
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by rex_gallorum2 4y ago
I do not need a dishwasher and I do not own a smartphone either. Why would I want to create all of that extra data about my habits needlessly? :P
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by rex_gallorum2 4y ago
Farms use cameras extensively for similar purposes. It makes sense. I think these kinds of specific, limited applications are very different from just setting them up everywhere because you are afraid and leaving them on all the time. I&#x2

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