But if they are indeed right, and that fire they have about it is used to defend their point-of-view until it’s been so scrutinised and counter-argued that either it has been shown to be incorrect, or no counter could undo the initial argument, is that not progress?
Lemmy is not academy. This is a web forum, most of us are not here to do formal science.
Guess what, most if not all veggies and vegans are also doing something morally dubious at best.
Factory farming, extensive farming, they’re all bad for the soil, bad for native wildlife, bad for native plants. The societal impacts of factory farming are also not small. In the end, the moral lines people draw are mostly at different places, neither is undoubtedly better than the other.
As it currently stands, the morally correct option for food production would probably be for a large amount of the population to starve. That, of course, is also not entirely morally correct.
Disclaimer: I am personally omnivorous. I have a son and many other relatives and friends who are or were vegetarians or vegans. I love a lot of veggie food and used to frequent vegan restaurants, so I have absolutely zero qualms with it.
I have personally tried to give up meat twice, once for 6 months and once for a year. On both cases my health suffered massively for it, and I went back to eating meat. I had a cousin who was, for many years, a hardcore vegetarian. She was also of the opinion that eating meat was wrong. A few years ago she reintroduced fish in her diet to overcome health issues after fighting them for years. Most symptoms subsided in a handful of months. I believe she now also eats beef, although infrequently and in small quantities.
I’m sorry to be that guy but reality is more complex than whatever moral line any one of us would like to draw. You’re not wrong but it would behoove you to acquire some nuance on your thoughts.
Amazingly, the same countries who are at risk due to aging/decreasing populations are the ones now refusing as much entry of people from other countries as they can.
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Of course it is. I’m not disputing the fact that different people have different preferences and needs. I’m disputing the idea that a restaurant should never have a phone line unless it’s used to take reservations.
Yeah possibly. The article doesn’t specify it but I’ve seen systems that would give you the automated message but still put you through if you stayed on the line.
I, on the other hand, prefer to do it online and wouldn’t mind this. Horses for courses.
Why even have a phone number if it is useless?
Really? Are reservations the only use for a phone?
Their head office is in the USA.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50887893
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/94042/alcohol-most-harmful-drug-based-multicriteria/
Alcohol is a lot worse than “sleep, sloppy fighting and risky driving”.
I have high hopes for Matter but as it stands today it’s a pretty big mess and usability is generally horrible.
Ah yeah of course. That makes sense, thanks!
Can you not just avoid the problem by not binding any end devices to the bulbs?
A Shelly RGBCCT isn’t going to control a GU10 bulb.
Ok I’ll admit my ignorance. Why not?
There’s Qubino Z-Wave devices, and some Bluetooth ones though my experience with those has been a bit dubious. And integration outside of their own ecosystem is still via WiFi (except for sensor beacons which are BLE).
The issue was that using the old mechanical switch would shut down the router in the bulbs. A relay absolutely solves that.
In any case, it seems to be possible to use a Shelly RGBW2 in CCT mode. Here’s an example of how to do it in Home Assistant’s native Shelly integration though OP says there’s also tutorials around showing how to do it via MQTT.
Or a relay switch and keep the existing mechanical switch on top. I like Shelly but there are tons of options.
money is meant to change hands and should never become an asset worth holding.
Forgive my admitted ignorance. If money should never become an asset worth holding, how can inflation be better than deflation for the working class?
Proportionately, the rich hold a lot more money assets than the poor, who generally don’t hold any or very little.
Please point out at which point I was hostile.
Very well, I will give you the benefit of the doubt one last time.
I don’t know what backups you’re talking about
On an iPhone, Settings -> Apple Account -> iCloud -> iCloud Backup -> Back Up This iPhone.
backing up the entire device and everything that’s on it including all the apps?
That’s not how it works. App binaries are not backed up as part of this. Neither are photos if they’re already backed up as part of iCloud Photos (though still part of iCloud).
One of the major advantages of using this kind of backup is that I never worry that I’m going to be without my access to my bank. Even if my phone is lost or stolen, worse comes to worse I can restore the backup on a new phone and all encryption keys, biometrics authorisations, OTP, etc. are restored with it.
On the other hand, I have ways to store all the photos, videos, music, texts, and any other things like that which might need backing up and can’t just be re-downloaded from the app store.
“I have ways” is not the same as there being an iCloud alternative. You may have ways. Does the average user, without having to go through hoops and likely getting lost in the process? That’s what an iCloud alternative has to look like to be an actual alternative.
I agree, if you’re using something like Logic, paying for iCloud makes sense right now even if it is overpriced and unnecessary.
This last point alone shows how much you don’t seem to understand what the problem statement is. Using iCloud may be unnecessary, but that was never under discussion. Of course, no one needs automatic and transparent syncing between devices. The point is that if you want that feature and you’re using an Apple device, your only alternative is locked down to what Apple offers.
That is what it means to not exist an alternative to iCloud.
I hope this helps clarify. If you are going to respond, please keep this last point in mind as that’s the part that’s important.
That’s not what’s in iPhone and iPad backups. If you keep moving the goalpost, there’s no point in this discussion.
I think that’s just people. Lemmy just happens to be one of the forums where that’s observed.