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• heteromeles commented on 2512
  Another way to think of hunting and gathering is that, once the high tide line of 9 billion people recedes, there's going to be a tremendous amount of crap lying around, waiting to be reused. The kind of bricolage needed to make all this stuff useful very definitely requires hunting and gathering skills. Just not paleolithic ones. As it is, animal hunting has long been the realm of either the wealthy or the outsiders, and I suspect it will remain that way....
• mark.dennehy commented on The ticking clock
  Hm. Need to invent these hypothetical situations faster Mr.Stross! :D http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120514204050.htm...
• David L commented on 2512
  there's going to be a tremendous amount of crap lying around, waiting to be reused. The kind of bricolage needed to make all this stuff useful very definitely requires hunting and gathering skills. Just not paleolithic ones. And it's going to be very messy. I just discovered that the standard plastic gallon milk cartons around here have recently changed their composition. Used motor oil will eat through the current composition. Says he who collects his used oil and taking is to the oil recycling point periodically and now gets to clear up a patch of concrete. Fortunately it's a slow...
• allynh commented on The ticking clock
  http://xkcd.com/1141/...
• t.k.kontos commented on The ticking clock
  Having some free time, I spent the weekend building a target range (sawed up a tree with my Woodmizer sawmill, made some 2x4's and viola!) Turns out with a proper scope, I can hit a golf ball at 100 feet with a .22 caliber bullet, repeatedly. So, I possess the skills, but going after someone with the intention of ending their life doesn't really ever enter into my world view. I'd sell my possessions and travel, probably by renting a room on a cargo container ship....