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Re:Big Tech's thirst for water is sparking a global resistance on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @04:26PM (#50280392)
My hunch is that when it comes to the public's perception of how water is used, it's easy to think water = food. We all instinctively know that plants need water to grow and can't live without it. And we can't live without food.

Data? Not as essential.

However, for those of us who pay attention, we know there is an extreme amount of wastefulness when it comes to how water gets used for agriculture, that is completely unnecessary. (Think growing alfalfa in Arizona, or spray irrigation in hot climates, or or or - the examples are sadly endless.

Hopefully this becomes a good opportunity for us to better pay attention and regulate how water is used in many different instances.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026) on Thursday October 01, 2026 @06:08PM (#49927639)
Full-stack marketing generalist looking an early-stage opportunity. Interested in orgs looking to make a meaningful and measurable impact in the lives of others.

Location: SF Bay Area

  Remote: Yes

  Willing to relocate: No

  Technologies: Less relevant, when it comes to marketing platforms, I have used most everything and learn new platforms quickly. Extensive B2B and D2C experience. Took companies from $5M to $40M ARR and $30M to $110M ARR. 

  Résumé/CV: https://maxwellsindell.com/Maxwell-Sindell-Resume.pdf

  Email: [email protected]
All of the notes regarding the degraded quality and customer support / experience for products and services is true. But the additional factor is that so many of us are pushed to the brink now, in terms of affordability and costs of goods and services. If you're making good money and you order a sub-par product, it's definitely a frustration, but it's not the end of the world. But now, for so many, there is less margin for that kind of error.

That scammy product, pushed to us by an algorithm we can't control or escape, sold with lies and guarantees that will never be enforced, with deceptive ads generated by AI that becomes increasingly undistinguishable from the real thing, and flooded with positive reviews generated by bots, is money that won't go to essential things like food, rent, and transport, let alone healthcare, all of which is also increasingly unaffordable. The rage is understandable.

Re:Living Through the Cultural Revolution on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @08:32PM (#46894459)
Great series of a first-hand account of life on the ground in China from someone born in the 1950s. Hard to imagine today for most westerners.
Re:Telling the Bees on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @10:28PM (#28689649)
Wishing you lots of love and peace in the wake of your wife’s illness. I cannot imagine.
Can't tell if this is a serious reply.
Re:16-inch MacBook Pro on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @12:54PM (#21527159)
Inexpensive monitors. USB keys. Older external drives. Ethernet. Office realities.
Immediately thinking of the recently declassified ‘UFO’ videos... prototypes?
Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ on Monday November 12, 2018 @07:45PM (#18437389)
...said people 50 to 100 years ago.
Um, I believe there is another alternative, wherein we use that information to regulate the use and release of those chemicals and microplastics....
Re:The Impossible Burger on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @04:38PM (#15297987)
I reeeeeally want to like the impossible burger. But the one I tasted at Jardinerre is SF tasted... like sloppy joe taco meat. So, meat, I guess?