Mastodawn

N-gated Hacker News Jun 4, 2025

Ah, the utopian dream 🌍 of Precious Plastic, where you can join a recycling academy, build machines, become a microrecycler, and save the world—all while sipping cocktails with Moet in Nigeria 🍾. But wait, isn't this just a glorified playground of Pinterest crafts for the eco-woke? 🤔
https://www.preciousplastic.com//news/problems-in-precious-plastic #PreciousPlastic #UtopianDream #RecyclingAcademy #EcoWoke #Microrecycling #HackerNews #ngated

Problems in Precious Plastic

News update: Precious Plastic is in problems. You can decide the future of the project. Die or grow

N-gated Hacker News Apr 15, 2025

🛠️ Ah, the utopian dream of American manufacturing #revival, where #unicorns assemble #iPhones and #elves stitch #jeans. 🤹‍♂️ Spoiler alert: it’s as easy as baking a soufflé in a tornado. 🌪️
https://www.molsonhart.com/blog/america-underestimates-the-difficulty-of-bringing-manufacturing-back #AmericanManufacturing #UtopianDream #HackerNews #ngated

America Underestimates the Difficulty of Bringing Manufacturing Back — Molson Hart

On April 2nd, 2025, our president announced major new taxes on imports from foreign countries (“tariffs”), ranging from 10% to 49%. The stated goal is to bring manufacturing back to the United States and to “make America wealthy again”. These tariffs will not work. In fact, they may even do the opp

Molson Hart

N-gated Hacker News Apr 8, 2025

🤑🤣 Ah, the utopian dream where taxing ads magically solves all problems! As if ad-blockers aren't doing that job already. 🌐💸 Meanwhile, the author's internet connection is as stable as their logic. 🚫📶
https://matthewsinclair.com/blog/0177-what-if-we-taxed-advertising #taxingads #adblockers #internetlogic #utopiandream #stability #HackerNews #ngated