The democratically elected government is making a change. You are welcome to protest and to vote them out of office. No one is sacrificing anybody. They are nor executing people. 64 is also still lower than many other developed countries to put it into perspective. We are also talking about damaging private property and businesses of people who have nothing to do with the increase in retirement age. They might even be protesting on the streets as well.

Would it be possible to at least limit the damage to public facilities and not private businesses? They have absolutely nothing to do with it. Even then looting wouldn’t be ok.

On a side note, I think it’s great that the people stand up and make their voice heard. With all the technology we should work less and not more.

Protesting is one thing but burning things down and looting shops definitely goes too far.

Patagonia Refugio Daypack 26l. Has a compartment for work stuff, clothes and even shoes. The backpack looks small but fits a lot. The only downside is it doesn’t have that many small pockets to stay organized if that’s what you need.

I got one of those. Fantastic bag and fit a ton of stuff. Used it for travels as well. Great quality!

Even if this in itself might be a myth, kids shouldn't be drinking or eating any highly processed foods that are high in sugar. Not even adults should. Kids shouldn't drink fruit juices either. They aren't as healthy as some people think.

It’s hard with electronics as they do get upgraded and older ones become obsolete. They can actually become security risks because the firmware won’t get updated anymore. That’s true even for smart TVs which are basically massive tablets. For electronics I recommend just not going for the latest version but one or two generations behind. It’ll still get firmware/software updates and is cheaper than the newest one. Changes these days are so incremental they barely make a difference unless you are super into getting the latest stuff (just look at the iPhone 12-14). Use it for a few years, then resell, get the next.

ChatGPT is not all knowing. Far from it. It does provide false information itself sometimes. Sounds like a very confident person who sounds very convincing but what they say is straight up false. It can’t distinguish between what’s false and true.

(Still an amazing technology of course)

I am more than willing to pay for quality. Good quality products cost more and that’s fine. Where I draw the line is where the quality stops increasing and the price increase is simply branding/marketing.

Cheap products are cheap at first but they break more easily and you’ll need to replace them. That hassle of having something (half-)broken, trying to replace it etc. is simply no lt worth. It also ends up being more expensive in the long run when you factor in how often you have to replace it plus your time and effort to replace it.

I rather buy the more expensive product knowing that it’ll last. I do proper research online including here to see what lasts.

I am in a similar situation and haven’t found the best way yet either. What I can recommend

• reading/watching a summary of the book to get the gist of it before reading
• listening to it and taking notes while you listen to it
• reading the actual book (digital or paper) and take notes the good old way
• use an app like Obsidian that allows you to link your notes from different books and create a network of ideas and concept

The last one is the one I’m not fully doing yet but it’s a really fascinating concept. Here’s an intro but there’s a ton on YouTube too.

https://www.keepproductive.com/blog/obsidian-beginners-guide

The number of students going overseas is going down too. The current generation is more inward oriented than their parents or grandparents. A real shame. The lack of perspective and knowing what’s out there really limits progress here.

That sounds fantastic. Will definitely make sure to check them out and get some gear there. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you, that's really good to hear. From a design perspective I sometimes prefer the North Face but they seem to have a similar orientation. Really good to see companies actually fixing their products and even reselling used products like the Worn Wear program (All those fast fashion companies are awful for the environment).

I was wondering how good the quality is. Their website looks very promising “repairing broken products, reinvesting into the environment and protecting it etc” but I was wondering how much of it is real and how much is marketing. Same for the North Face.

I remember hearing about it in an NPR podcast that the only similar incident of kids stranding on an island turned out completely different. They didn’t kill each other at all but actually organized and cooperated. Very different from the book.

A lot of it comes from a “no man left behind” mentality. They won’t stop using something if there is still somebody using it. Took them forever to stop good old pager services. On the one hand you have pretty advanced payment methods, super high tech toilets. On the other hand they still use faxes a lot. I worked in a business where global asked us to join their digital marketing campaign to attract customers to events. We had to tell them “sorry, unless you fax the info, you won’t get much traction here” and we were not kidding.

Lastly, Japan is/was great with hardware but they are incredibly bad at software. Their website design is - by European or North American standards - incredibly bad.

A good example of this is Japan. They have a shrinking population and in order to keep growing the economy they pushed for more women to go working and elderly to keep working longer. In addition they are trying to slowly allow more foreigners into the country. This is meant to either stabilize or even grow the workforce. At the same time they have to work on digital transformation as their productivity is really low.