[-] bstix@feddit.dk 19 points 2 hours ago

Technically they're "downcyclable". The materials can be separated and used for other purposes, but they're not "cycled" back into being another tetrapak.

It's also a very energy intensive procedure so even if it's possible to use some of the materials again, it's by no means as environmentally friendly as products that can be recycled for their purpose. Take for instance glass bottles and aluminium cans, they can both be recycled into glass bottles and aluminium cans.

Some places also reuse glass bottles by cleaning them. This also costs energy, but not as much as grinding it down and heating it to produce new glass.

Aluminium cans are probably the best single use beverage container as of now.

The best one is not to get one in the first place. Reduce, reuse, recycle, reclaim.

Tetrapak is in the "reclaim".

Carrying a personal reusable water bottle is a good idea, because it reduces the production of singular use containers.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 62 points 1 day ago

The department said it is also aware of a video circulating on social media of the incident but warned that it does not portray the incident in its entirety.

I have a feeling the officially released footage might also not portray the incident in its entirety..

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's almost as if the generation that taught us to "decide with your heart", "do what you love", "you can be everything you dream of", etc.etc. has suddenly decided to focus and rule the world by irrelevant talking points instead of staying true to their own beliefs and teaching.

I hope that whatever happens in the next decade at the dying breath of that generation will not set the precedent for following inhabitants of this planet. I, being gen-x, am doing as much as I can to enable people to younger than me to have better opportunities than I ever had. (Union stuff.)

The difference being that I acknowledge that younger people are more capable. My parents generation never understood that. They still cling to the belief that age equals wisdom. Maybe their parents taught them that. There is some truth to it, but he cutting point is a lot lower than they believe. The peak of capability is probably closer to 25 than 80...

Edit. Anyway. The world depends on the American election. Mostly because the world needs USA to be successful in order to maintain a stable balance in world politics. The last Trump period was basically what fucked it up in the first place and I have no expectations of it being any better at a second term, on the contrary.

Please vote for Biden. Sure, he's old (please attend to primaries next time...) and Hillary was too, but Trump is still the most senile of them all. I get it. It was funny to vote in some jackass to stir shit up, but that's not really what happened. All he achieved was to play golf and let radical idiots run the place down..

It's not even about the talking points. He spits in every direction, so it doesn't even matter. He will not fulfill any of the most modest expectations of any of the talking points whether or not you agree with them. He's going to play golf and let random asslickers run the place, again. That's not democracy.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 0 points 3 days ago

I doubt they do it just to scare employees. It's way too expensive to use this tactic without having any real savings to show.

It's probably more likely that HR is keeping HR busy, because what else are they supposed to do when the company isn't hiring? The explanation that it supposedly keeps employees in check seems like something HR would say to justify their own purpose.

Any (reasonable) CEO would absolutely take thee easy and actual savings of firing the HR instead of paying them to use this unproven pseudo-tactic.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 15 points 4 days ago

She's more of a Devils advocate. Just stating the wrong opinion for others to explain what's right. There's never any clever comeback, so I kind of think that's the reason for her to shitpost so heavily.

I've blocked plenty of trolls here, but not her, yet.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

So, what happens if you order a bomb at the McD?

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 3 points 4 days ago

Those mistakes would be easily solved by something that doesn't even need to think. Just add a filter of acceptable orders, or hire a low wage human who does not give a shit about the customers special orders.

In general, AI really needs to set some boundaries. "No" is a perfectly good answer, but it doesn't ever do that, does it?

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 28 points 6 days ago

As an older guy: It's the same picture.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 12 points 6 days ago

If only 17 year old me had understood that.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 11 points 6 days ago

I think any aliens advanced enough to visit Earth would probably understand it.

Whether it's horror movies or extreme sports, it is some kind of play, which is about creating a safe or controlled environment to explore things that either isn't really happening (horror movies) or things that haven't been tried before (extreme sports).

A lot of extreme sports are actually relatively safe because it's done by individuals in highly controlled environments. Statistically it's a lot more dangerous to participate in other sports or everyday activities where there's a larger risk from other participants or things that are unpredictable. Things like horse riding, traffic and trampolines are more dangerous because they're more unpredictable. The consequences might be worse if it fails thoughm, making it "extreme".

Travelling through space to explore inhabited planets absolutely requires the same kind of desire and process of safely testing out things that are potentially dangerous.

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[-] bstix@feddit.dk 173 points 4 months ago

The two richest people on earth whining about income distribution being unfair.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 182 points 5 months ago

Maybe he's right.

Billie Joe has been married to the same woman for more than 30 years. That's a lot more family value than the MAGA idol ever managed in any of his several marriages.

Green Day also didn't encourage people to attack the Capitol, unlike the "patriot" MAGA idiots.

It's a low bar, but Green Day is a lot more respectful and respectable, even by their own definitions.

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