This guy's a humour guy.

How is it a contradiction? I've been smoking "on and off." I've gone several consecutive *years* where I haven't smoked. I also never have any difficulty stopping (in fact, stopping is easier than starting as it's hard to find where I live).

None of that sounds like addiction to me. Maybe we have different definitions of addiction.

Not a humour guy, are you?

Or start streaming burgers digitally to reduce overhead.

I can't tell if you're kidding.

I've been smoking marijuana on and off for almost 20 years now. I'm not addicted, and I've never been tempted to smoke during the work day or even the night before work. My clients have always been happy with my work and past clients even reach out to me asking me to come back (I'm a software contractor). I'm known for being reliable, quick thinking, creative, and productive.

All that to say: Your idea of what smoking a bit of marijuana is outdated.

Thank you for the interesting response.

the notion of universal human rights is a McGuffin. It's a noble McGuffin, no doubt, but the term Paper Tiger absolutely applies.

This is a very good summarisation of my view ont this. Thanks :)

Thank you!

Your response is very considerate and informative. It's the kind of post I used to see all the time here on slashdot but has become increasingly rare.

What you describe is very interesting and I will definitely listen to that podcast :)

Thanks for taking a moment out of your life to engage in a civil discussion with me :)

Thank you for the response. That covers human rights with regards to the the US.

I'm hoping the OP or someone else can clarify the bit about the "unalienable right of all humans not just Americans."

Well, if you have nothing to hide, then you shouldn't mind, right?

And, of course, you're a good person who would *never* want to watch dirty videos ;P

I suspect the author of the article either has an agenda or didn't bother to do any research. Either way, fuck you slashdot for posting this shit.

> is an unalienable right of all humans not just Americans

As granted by whom? I'm seriously you asking this question. I often hear people go on about human rights, but nobody seems to know who or what has granted them. I, personally, have no clue.

The idea of absolute and universal rights seems too good to be true. I suspect people who make reference to them are either mistaken or are mentioning them rhetorically.

Can you elucidate?

It is not like Cygwin.

IIRC Cygwin requires your applications to be recompiled with Cygwin support. WSL runs native binaries by doing system call translation.

This might make me sound like an old fogey, but I wonder if this has to do with call quality and user experience.

I grew up with landlines. I remember cellphones coming into prominence and I remember how annoying it was to talk on them. The calls would get dropped, the audio quality was bad, and worst of all, the latency was terrible.

Over time networks seem to have become more reliable, and the audio quality has gotten better, but all cell calls still seem to have a latency issue. This makes them feel disjunct, unpleasant, and unnatural. That's why I prefer texting.

Since so few people use landlines nowadays, I wonder if most people don't consciously notice this latency anymore. It could be that although they don't notice the latency they still perceive the discomfort it creates.

It would be interesting to run an experiment to see if people, when forced to use landlines, actually preferred them.

I'm jet lagged and haven't had breakfast yet... so forgive me if the above post is complete gibberish.

Hear hear.

I've been alternating between working for 1-2 years and then taking a sabbatical for 1-2 years for a while now and it's great. I can afford this because I don't have any debt. I don't have any debt because I don't own a house, a car, or any other luxuries. I live very frugally. I've chosen this lifestyle because typically after about 18 months in the workplace my mental health suffers.

I'm not suggesting the entire world adopts this approach, I'm just saying this it what works for me.

Now, I'm a software engineer so when I work it pays well. This allows me to have a 50/50 work/sabbatical balance. But, I often wonder if other careers could swing this as well but with a different ratio. I believe the key is not living beyond your means.

I'm fortunate in that, where I live, I can get by without a car or a house. However, where I grew up (North America) this just isn't possible. In order to be part of the workforce you often need a very expensive minimum set of equipment. You can't get to work without a car. There is no affordable lodging near work.

So, in addition to changing the length of the typical workweek, I think we should also be changing how people access work.

This isn't the 50s anymore. Houses and cars aren't cheap anymore.

You have the charm and tact of a slashdot reader.