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“I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of work, and that the road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organised diminution of work.” - Bertrand Russell, In Praise of Idleness

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praise_idleness , to Technology in China starts smartphone inspections to boost 'anti-espionage efforts', raising fears among expatriates and foreign business people about arbitrary enforcement

Anyone voluntarilly visiting China even with all these is beyond me.

praise_idleness , to Ask Lemmy in What is your favorite though provoking movie?

Soul. It's not ground breaking revelation of a question but it really made me think deeply about how I'm spending my limited time on this planet and what am I looking for in this world.

praise_idleness , to Ask Lemmy in What did people do before smartphones to pass the time when you were bored?

When I was about 13 I downloaded a lot of the Simpsons or sort on my phone, which was not a smartphone but still could play videos and songs. Had a lot of great time with that little device.

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/dc9d394a-2737-4897-bf36-c0597216d4a0.webp

I'm pretty sure no one knows this phone because I think it was for South Korea only but it had dedicated touch button bar at the bottom for media control. It was so good. I wish that is still a thing..

praise_idleness , to science in A New Reality Show Will Pay Cash if Players Can Convince Experts the Earth Is Flat

They will sue the producers and the experts for won't listen as had no intension of actually paying the prize.

They will lose.

praise_idleness , to Technology in Flying cars they said

Most of them should know, thanks to something called context, which AI still suffers a lot.

source: non-native myself

praise_idleness , to World News in Russia's LGBTQ+ community is turning to Telegram as the government cracks down on them

You just had to make me put my hand in that burning pile of horse poo: https://hexbear.net/post/2763869

praise_idleness , to World News in Russia's LGBTQ+ community is turning to Telegram as the government cracks down on them

I can smell poop without going into a sewage pipe

praise_idleness , to World News in Russia's LGBTQ+ community is turning to Telegram as the government cracks down on them

why yes they are

praise_idleness , to World News in Russia's LGBTQ+ community is turning to Telegram as the government cracks down on them

Russia is terrible on war

praise_idleness , to World News in Russia's LGBTQ+ community is turning to Telegram as the government cracks down on them

I know. That's why they're clowns.

praise_idleness , to World News in Russia's LGBTQ+ community is turning to Telegram as the government cracks down on them

All my experiences with hexbear was with their toxic userbase so yes and no :) And I would make sure that it stays that way.

praise_idleness , (edited ) to World News in Russia's LGBTQ+ community is turning to Telegram as the government cracks down on them

LGBTQ+ tankies on lemmy.ml and hexbear have something to say

praise_idleness , to World News in Iran to designate Canadian army as a terrorist entity

Who did this to you

praise_idleness , to Technology in How to make an EV tire that won’t pollute the environment

It is also a vaild anti-car talking point.

praise_idleness , to Technology in US bans Kaspersky antivirus software due to 'national security risk'

If we're talking windows, ditch the OS. It's the virus itself at this point. It's like asbestos. We had some fun. It was useful. But now we all know that it is flawed from the start.

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