Posts by PlunderBunny 11 publicly visible posts • joined 9 Feb 2011
I'm not aware that there is any concrete evidence yet, but absence of evidence is not the same as evidence of absence. We simply don't know yet, but there's a long-term world-wide experiment being conducted to test this. The problem is that we're all experimental subjects, and the experiment has no control group.
If my memory of this article
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/04/microplastics-can-travel-on-the-wind-polluting-pristine-regions/
is correct, most micro plastics are probably created by burning plastic. Ironically, this may be plastic that's exported for recycling.
IMHO, that's not an excuse to give up recycling - we just need to pressure (local) governments to do recycling locally.
Well, at the risk of sounding entirely selfish, but from a certain point of view, whether Apple still sells the iPhone 3GS to other people doesn't matter from my point of view - I've had my 3GS for many years and it's still being updated, so *I* feel lucky.
But I do take your point - others who buy an 3GS would feel... not so lucky... if they couldn't update the OS so soon after their purchase.
I think that Pathways into Darkness was even more revolutionary, although it wasn't 'true' 3D (the floors were all flat). Not only did it have a great plot (expounded via conversations with dead people), but it also had sophisticated inventory management that was almost similar to a text adventure.
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