Off-hand, can you even get a 5% car loan right now? We're on the borderline of not being able to get a mortgage that low...
Seems to me the fediverse is already big enough that I don't care if it gets bigger. I see lots of people having lots of interesting discussions.
If it gets too big, that's almost concerning. Will people still be able to host their own instances? Will bad actors such as spammers become more prevalent? Will politicians start to stick their fingers where they don't belong? Will state actors start to try to mess with it to get their propaganda out there?
We're in a mini golden age here, but we've seen many eras collapse under the weight of popularity.
If it gets too big, that's almost concerning. Will people still be able to host their own instances? Will bad actors such as spammers become more prevalent? Will politicians start to stick their fingers where they don't belong? Will state actors start to try to mess with it to get their propaganda out there?
We're in a mini golden age here, but we've seen many eras collapse under the weight of popularity.
A lot of people could potentially get out of big cities and live closer to nature because you aren't trapped by the limited locations with a fiber optic cable. Big win.
Elon is often a conman, but there's no denying starlink is a very decent product with lots of potential that for once is actually being realized.
Elon is often a conman, but there's no denying starlink is a very decent product with lots of potential that for once is actually being realized.
Also remember to do your research. There's lots of programs to help you get a down payment for a first home that can significantly reduce the risk of buying a property, but there's also the risk of wherever you buy. I've seen people buy houses and then they've got five figure a year land taxes. You just need to know ahead of time so you can plan accordingly.
With a relatively inexpensive property and low land taxes and reasonable utilities, you suddenly don't need a god tier job to have a comfortable and happy life.
With a relatively inexpensive property and low land taxes and reasonable utilities, you suddenly don't need a god tier job to have a comfortable and happy life.
This seems like a failure in logic.
Threat to liberties comes from BOTH the state and megacorps (which are themselves a creation of the state, and we've learned are being directed by the state to act as arms length totalitarians)
For fucks sake, der fuhrer Trudeau is nationalizing our Internet right now. At the rate we're going it'll be so locked down it'll make the Chinese feel free. Will we blame "big tech" when the CRTC fines me for the swear at the beginning of this paragraph?
Threat to liberties comes from BOTH the state and megacorps (which are themselves a creation of the state, and we've learned are being directed by the state to act as arms length totalitarians)
For fucks sake, der fuhrer Trudeau is nationalizing our Internet right now. At the rate we're going it'll be so locked down it'll make the Chinese feel free. Will we blame "big tech" when the CRTC fines me for the swear at the beginning of this paragraph?
If Twitter went down within a few days with fewer people working, then those people needed to be double fired anyway.
Seems to me it would be way smarter to lower production again. Produce less oil, make money hand over fist.
All the stuff we've been using to keep it going for the past 20 years is drugs. Monetary cocaine keeping everyone up for days on end.
Problem is we know cocaine is bad for us, but addicts never want to give it up because they're addicts.
Problem is we know cocaine is bad for us, but addicts never want to give it up because they're addicts.
Aw shit, maybe. I mean, you're from LA too and your mountain bunker wasn't burned to the ground yet...
This is all an act! You've been Vag Studentson this whole time! It's a mask!
This is all an act! You've been Vag Studentson this whole time! It's a mask!
That's the whole premise of the show, right? He's the gay LA hyperprogressive and you're dick masterson?
Vito got banned?
Isn't he one of the degenerates they're supposed to pretend to like?
Isn't he one of the degenerates they're supposed to pretend to like?
The power of liberty is something that's really hard to wrap one's head around, especially during the current authoritarian moment.
The idea that you don't need to ask permission is huge. Worst case scenario you just create your own thing and connect to the rest of the world on your own. Individual instances can defederate with you, individual users can block you, but nobody can ban you. Meanwhile, you can block individual users or defederate with other instances, and you have that choice on your own as to what to do.
Without the overarching mega-authority you can appeal to in order to crush your enemies.... you have to tolerate their existence and just disagree with them.
The idea that you don't need to ask permission is huge. Worst case scenario you just create your own thing and connect to the rest of the world on your own. Individual instances can defederate with you, individual users can block you, but nobody can ban you. Meanwhile, you can block individual users or defederate with other instances, and you have that choice on your own as to what to do.
Without the overarching mega-authority you can appeal to in order to crush your enemies.... you have to tolerate their existence and just disagree with them.