Give a heroin addict a hit of heroin, and 97% of heroin addicts will thank you and come to you more often, and 3% will be very vocal about the fact that you're not doing something positive. That doesn't mean you've done a good thing.
I remember going for a deal like that and they got all pissy when I used my host to do something fun. I get why they'd be mad but it soured me on hosting like that.
Creates own society and thrives with freedom and joyous humor
"Let us in! Elon musk bought Twitter!"
"Let us in! Elon musk bought Twitter!"
I bought a rift and had a pretty top tier computer to drive it.
It is really cool sometimes, and but it was immediately apparent to me that it's not the next big thing for a variety of reasons.
Social medias meteoric rise really coincided with the Advent of smartphones. It was decent before that, but I drop in the bucket compared to afterwards. It got people away from the computer, they could just get a little hit of social network when they were out clubbing, or in the can, or hanging out with the kids, or at dinner. The key is that it feels like you are just dipping away for a quick second from whatever else is going on in your life, taking a look at some stuff that's intensely interesting, and then going back to whatever you were doing.
This contrasts sharply with virtual reality. You need a virtual reality session. You need to block out every single thing in the world other than virtual reality. You can't reasonably have a conversation with somebody else, you can't reasonably be having a meal, in reality it's pretty dangerous just having someone else in the room.
A lot of the time, I would finish my VR session and I would be pale as a sheet, sweating, and sick to my stomach. I recognize that this doesn't happen to everyone everyone, and there are definitely experiences that are better than others, but unless the experience isn't literally heroin, people aren't going to tolerate feeling like that.
I don't think that you can resolve some of these issues. However interesting it is, it is a fundamentally unaddictive technology except for a certain very narrow slice of society.
It is really cool sometimes, and but it was immediately apparent to me that it's not the next big thing for a variety of reasons.
Social medias meteoric rise really coincided with the Advent of smartphones. It was decent before that, but I drop in the bucket compared to afterwards. It got people away from the computer, they could just get a little hit of social network when they were out clubbing, or in the can, or hanging out with the kids, or at dinner. The key is that it feels like you are just dipping away for a quick second from whatever else is going on in your life, taking a look at some stuff that's intensely interesting, and then going back to whatever you were doing.
This contrasts sharply with virtual reality. You need a virtual reality session. You need to block out every single thing in the world other than virtual reality. You can't reasonably have a conversation with somebody else, you can't reasonably be having a meal, in reality it's pretty dangerous just having someone else in the room.
A lot of the time, I would finish my VR session and I would be pale as a sheet, sweating, and sick to my stomach. I recognize that this doesn't happen to everyone everyone, and there are definitely experiences that are better than others, but unless the experience isn't literally heroin, people aren't going to tolerate feeling like that.
I don't think that you can resolve some of these issues. However interesting it is, it is a fundamentally unaddictive technology except for a certain very narrow slice of society.
"I can't believe you don't respect us! We work for Der Strumer! We fight for the truth! I know! This must be an elaborate trick!"
Some of the main lemmy instances are pretty locked down and authoritarian, but there's plenty that are decent and tolerant. I'll always shout out my friends at wolfballs.com because they're fun folks, but they aren't the only good place on that side of the fediverse.
As a lotide enjoyer I also have to mention lotide since it's insanely light and slim, but probably too light and slim for most people. Both lemmy and lotide federate together so you can join other boards from your instance regardless of the software you run. Narwhal.city has some communities modded by @realcaseyrollins and he's been doing a great job of getting together stories that aren't really part of the usual flashpoint culture war stuff.
As a lotide enjoyer I also have to mention lotide since it's insanely light and slim, but probably too light and slim for most people. Both lemmy and lotide federate together so you can join other boards from your instance regardless of the software you run. Narwhal.city has some communities modded by @realcaseyrollins and he's been doing a great job of getting together stories that aren't really part of the usual flashpoint culture war stuff.
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.
