I am imagining a poor copper pipe, alone in the wall, trembling and sweating from the massive effort of filling a giant toilet tank all by themselves.

In reality, though, pipes don't "vibrate from the struggle." Indeed, pipes don't "struggle" at all. In this case, I'd put a few bucks down on the "thermal expansion" theory.

If only the companies who spend (and make) billions designing and producing CPUs realized that we would like more efficient CPUs!

Sure... elements of one system can certainly exist in another system. I think it's probably save to say that there are no "pure" implementations of any economic system anywhere in the world...

> the government owns the people and labor

No, the government is the people and labor. If the government isn't the people, then you're dealing with a dictatorship.

From Wikipedia:

> Pol Pot[b] (born Saloth Sâr;[c] 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian revolutionary, dictator, and politician who ruled Cambodia

Your clarification is, of course, much more precise than my summary. I appreciate your input here, it's very helpful!

Well, I guess "large" is a subjective term, you're right. Definitely larger than "mom-and-pop"...

Capitalism just means "private ownership of the means of production," meaning, I can go out and own a company and hire workers. Socialism, on the other hand, means "public ownership of the means of production," meaning, any given company is owned by the people that are working for the company; there's not some person at the top taking all the profits for themselves.

There are lots of large employee-owned companies...

Ever heard of socialism? You described socialism. It works well, every day, in the US as well as many other countries. Ever shopped at a WinCo? Scheels? Hy-Vee? These companies are owned by and democratically managed by their employees. None of them need or use crypto to accomplish this.

I have a neighbor (honest to god) who edged a lawn with a miracle blade. Does that make it a trimmer?

What makes it a saw, then, in your view?

A serrated knife is a saw; saws perform well even when they're not very sharp; a knife, on the other hand, has to be kept sharp to perform well.

Construction loans are indeed well-suited to construction projects, yes. That is correct. Nothing interesting here in relation to 3D printed structures.

Cheaper? No evidence of that. Faster? No evidence of that. Safer? No evidence of that.

Stick-framed houses are very fast to build, environmentally friendly (the stuff LITERALLY GROWS ON TREES), and aren't particularly expensive. Furthermore, they require no exotic expertise or machinery, and can be built anywhere the building materials can be shipped.

But you understood what I meant.

This isn't exactly innovative. Construction loans have been a thing for a long time.

See also: CPVC pipe.

You sound like an investor.

The biggest issue I have with my house definitely isn't that it's rectangular. Curved walls wouldn't improve my housing experience.

I always say it like this: if whatever thing being sold by whatever shady person/company was so great, you'd be able to buy it at Wal-Mart, because that's how you get rich selling stuff.