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asdaddasdad | 6 years ago | on: EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances

What about all the spare parts that have to be kept lying around? They are waste, too. Just one aspect.

As usually, when politicians think they can do business better than the businesses themselves, this will probably be a net waste.

asdaddasdad | 6 years ago | on: Japanese pagers to issue last beeps on Tuesday, ending 50-year run

Does the paged text typically contain information that can identify the patient?

asdaddasdad | 6 years ago | on: Making the Mind: Why we've misunderstood the nature-nurture debate (2003)

I don't understand why that is supposed to be a "new understanding". I think it was the understanding all along (or at least most of the time).

Isn't even the famous moth that changed color in the early days of the industrial evolution an example? I think it carries both genes (for black and white expression), and they get triggered depending on the environment during development. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppered_moth_evolution

I could be wrong about the moth, but certainly, genes that are only expressed depending on environment are common knowledge.