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@iinavpov @msh Having to choose between not having a very expensive fridge or having a regular fridge I'll have to lean towards not keeping my food in an ice box.

@msh @iinavpov That's true, I would really like to see appliances both more resilient and easy to repair.

@msh @iinavpov But we really don't know how long the old fridge lasted. Just because people talk about specific fridgest that lasted 40 years doesn't mean much, it's just survivor bias. And the 50's fridge was more like a today's $300-$400 model size-wise.

Yes, most people can't afford a $3000 fridge today. Most people couldn't afford it back then either. It was a luxury.

@msh @pluralistic we've recently replaced a 7 year old fridge by Samsung because it just quietly stopped cooling the food so I so understand your frustration. But to put things in perspective, the new fridge cost $1000 for a double door (french door you call it I think?), well lit, with large and comfortable freezer. A regular-sized fridge in 1952 was around $330, so $3600 in today's money. So in essence we're comparing bargain priced stuff of today with premium stuff of yesteryear and complain it's not the same build quality.

@timely_pace The cop out answer to your question would be that it's because without a load it's not doing any work :)

If there are peer reviewed studies and industry examples that confirm that a 4-day workweek is beneficial not only to workers, but to companies as well, doesn't it make it obligatory for publically traded companies to implement it as a profit-maximizing method?

@emilygorcenski I think it's because loosing land looks bad during elections.

I don't know if that's the right decision, and it's a bit of a fight over nothing because it's just one person making it, but I would just like to point out, that they're changing "Office of Field Education" to "Office of Practicum Education" and anyone who works with students and doesn't have see any issues with the word "practicum" might be a tad out of touch. https://www.npr.org/2023/01/14/1148470571/usc-office-removes-field-from-curriculum-racist

@majorlinux Apage Foundation maybe?

@david @georgetakei That's _representative_ lying nobody noob to you, mister.

@david @georgetakei Name the last time a high-ranking politician was jailed. I'll wait.

Privatization is when we take a public service that's not great at serving our needs and we turn it into a well managed, optimized company that's great at serving its own needs.

@Richard_Littler Primus comes to mind.

If you've just arrived my advice is to go back to your timeline.

Christians essentially think they're living in a simulation.