Comments on: Why progress is a self limiting disease http://trilema.com/2014/why-progress-is-a-self-limiting-disease/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:15:03 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: Airstrip One: Labour Party Suffers Greatest Collapse Since 1935, Unlikely To Recover | Qntra http://trilema.com/2014/why-progress-is-a-self-limiting-disease/#comment-132618 Airstrip One: Labour Party Suffers Greatest Collapse Since 1935, Unlikely To Recover | Qntra Fri, 13 Dec 2019 15:11:38 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=55582#comment-132618 [...] in the British Queendom have delivered the Labour Party's greatest loss since 1935 as the Tories take 364 seats in parliament to Labour's paltry 203. Other parties managed to [...] [...] in the British Queendom have delivered the Labour Party's greatest loss since 1935 as the Tories take 364 seats in parliament to Labour's paltry 203. Other parties managed to [...]

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2014/why-progress-is-a-self-limiting-disease/#comment-102883 Mircea Popescu Fri, 18 Jul 2014 20:09:26 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=55582#comment-102883 Well sure, they can be useful, no argument. Well sure, they can be useful, no argument.

]]> By: pankkake http://trilema.com/2014/why-progress-is-a-self-limiting-disease/#comment-102877 pankkake Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:57:43 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=55582#comment-102877 Well yes, it becomes quickly time-consuming and scary; for example I know I'm shaving WRONG now. (Not that I care, I shave like 10 times a year.) For the flashlight, I can think of a few other criteria on the top of my head, like the batteries they accept, whether they can stand up, be used as a weapon or glass breaker (the "tactical"), have multiple modes (affecting how it lights and last)... And I have to thank those forums for finding out more about batteries, now I have batteries that do not discharge themselves after a few weeks. Well yes, it becomes quickly time-consuming and scary; for example I know I'm shaving WRONG now. (Not that I care, I shave like 10 times a year.)

For the flashlight, I can think of a few other criteria on the top of my head, like the batteries they accept, whether they can stand up, be used as a weapon or glass breaker (the "tactical"), have multiple modes (affecting how it lights and last)...

And I have to thank those forums for finding out more about batteries, now I have batteries that do not discharge themselves after a few weeks.

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2014/why-progress-is-a-self-limiting-disease/#comment-102875 Mircea Popescu Fri, 18 Jul 2014 15:36:56 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=55582#comment-102875 A, I have no objection to people knowing things. Fan behaviour is a different beast tho, it's one thing to know that flashlight X uses widget Q whereas flashlifht Y widget W, and perhaps that Q > W for K. It's quite another thing to hate people that a) have nfi Q != W ; b) couldn't care less that Q > W for K or c) don't see why K should even matter. It's just a fucking flashlight, it has exactly three specs : whether it lights and how long it lasts (two! two specs!). I've seen people try to make it into a plane engine or something. A, I have no objection to people knowing things. Fan behaviour is a different beast tho, it's one thing to know that flashlight X uses widget Q whereas flashlifht Y widget W, and perhaps that Q > W for K. It's quite another thing to hate people that a) have nfi Q != W ; b) couldn't care less that Q > W for K or c) don't see why K should even matter.

It's just a fucking flashlight, it has exactly three specs : whether it lights and how long it lasts (two! two specs!). I've seen people try to make it into a plane engine or something.

]]> By: pankkake http://trilema.com/2014/why-progress-is-a-self-limiting-disease/#comment-102862 pankkake Fri, 18 Jul 2014 09:33:37 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=55582#comment-102862 The French forum Hardware-fr, initially devoted to computer hardware, will talk about pretty much any consumer product. Coffee machines, flashlights, vacuum cleaners, shaving, those guys are experts and the threads are incredible resources. The French forum Hardware-fr, initially devoted to computer hardware, will talk about pretty much any consumer product. Coffee machines, flashlights, vacuum cleaners, shaving, those guys are experts and the threads are incredible resources.

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