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We have our place on the planet purely by right of conquest.

It's fundamentally immoral what we do to animals but people just ignore it, accept it as a necessary evil, or somehow block the empathy from their brain applying to animals.

We all should, though.

They're normally not that short and I hate being asked to do the same thing a thousand times.

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People keep bringing up real estate because everyone thinks the rich are evil and this move must be money related somehow.

Now, I too think they're pretty rotten for the most part.

But returning to office is not about real estate.

Companies are ruthless and if they can increase profits at all, they will do pretty much anything to do so. Firing long-time workers, destroying the planet, etc. So if they had to destroy the real estate market to make more money, they would.

My point here is that if it was just about money, everyone would remain WFH. They could downsize the office, or even lease out the space to the companies that are returning to the office.

So then why are they doing it? It's their preference. They prefer having their underlings in the building and enjoy seeing everyone from their corner office. They like feeling powerful which is harder to do when everyone who works for them is at home.

They might also have the kind of personality where they get more work done with others around, and they can't imagine it being different for other people. Many high-up executives only got that far because they have very extroverted personalities.

Not everything a rich person does is strictly about money. Otherwise they wouldn't buy mansions, supercars, private planes, etc. Apple wouldn't have built the billion dollar donut office. They do these things because they're powerful and want others to know.

Eh, lots of stuff can be easy to learn, difficult to master.

Most languages only take a few minutes to do a "hello world" app.

When you announce you're comfortable with something, it probably depends on the scale of the apps you're used to working on.

So a junior dev could very well feel they've learned something like react after two days of cramming.

Candles were once a significant cost. But lightbulbs are incredibly cheap.

Food used to take a whole day to acquire.

We have things that even royalty didn't have before, like air conditioning, out-of-season food, international travel, etc.

Capitalism sucks for sure. But it has given society a few benefits, and sometimes things do get significantly cheaper long term (but I'm generally skeptical about which items will go that way)

Picking and choosing which one to fix "first" is a problem, IMO.

We are capable of tackling every area simultaneously. Let's get more EVs out there, let's try hydrogen-powered airplanes, more nuclear, and sails on ships.

Let's do everything we can.

It just comes down to whether or not the fuel saved is worth more than the sail maintenance. Hopefully it is.

I was trying to agree with you overall in my first comment. That no matter what they try to do, there will be a way around it. Even if it's as extreme as using a camera to make the copy.

Desktop OS on a tablet is fine and even preferred depending on what you want it for.

I have a surface and don't mind using full windows that way.

I have a surface and I love it. At the same time, I hardly use the stylus.

I'm sure it's the reason many get it, but I also think there's a large audience for a tablet without one.