The slow growth of lemmy and lotide is a bit frustrating, since it's sort of like that, but decentralized.
the nice thing is it does appear to be growing, and the number of servers that are chill is growing too.
the nice thing is it does appear to be growing, and the number of servers that are chill is growing too.
The vajont dam disaster is a fantastic example of why we need to think for ourselves. The dam was one of the largest dams in the world at the time, built in Italy. Before construction head even commenced, they were already questions about the safety of the dam. Journalists who questioned the construction of the dam were sued by the government. Experts who question the construction of the dam were silenced.
And at first, everything was fine. But then, the exact scenario that everyone was worried about happened. Entire villages were wiped off the map. 80% of the population of those villages died within the first 15 minutes of the disaster.
"Trust the experts"
And at first, everything was fine. But then, the exact scenario that everyone was worried about happened. Entire villages were wiped off the map. 80% of the population of those villages died within the first 15 minutes of the disaster.
"Trust the experts"
Woo! Hell Mode Volume 5 is out!
I know it's a silly isekai light novel, but I don't care. I just like it. The main character is becoming ridiculously OP national strategic level war asset now, but the fact we've been reading through his birth at the lowest social strata (Literally a serf) with virtually no power has been really cool.
I know it's a silly isekai light novel, but I don't care. I just like it. The main character is becoming ridiculously OP national strategic level war asset now, but the fact we've been reading through his birth at the lowest social strata (Literally a serf) with virtually no power has been really cool.
Guessing there's a venn diagram of people running their own fediverse servers and people who spend their weekends wrenching, and it's a pretty small overlap.
Not because there's anything fundamentally different between the two, but because they're two entire bodies of knowledge you need to pick up to get to a point you're any good and most people tend to limit the big bodies of knowledge they pick up just for fun because at some point you need to eat, sleep, etc.
Not because there's anything fundamentally different between the two, but because they're two entire bodies of knowledge you need to pick up to get to a point you're any good and most people tend to limit the big bodies of knowledge they pick up just for fun because at some point you need to eat, sleep, etc.
Canada wasn't such a bad place for a long time. It only needed to be steered slightly. It's only the past 7 years that now we need to do a serious handbrake turn.
I honestly think that these people think mastodon is just a website like twitter or facebook.
Imagine.... This is CNN after they've dedicated themselves to not being so partisan!
Seeing people say "maybe mastodon can sell the platform to a bigger company" to me shows a fundamental misunderstanding of what exists here. It's like saying "maybe email can sell the platform to a bigger company"
It's like... You can't sell email as a platform, it doesn't belong to anyone to sell. Same with the fediverse.
It's like... You can't sell email as a platform, it doesn't belong to anyone to sell. Same with the fediverse.
The number of times I talk about the ideas in the chapter of the Graysonian Ethic called "build something", specifically where I talk about having kids and a family that will care about you as you get older, just to have someone say "just because you have a kid doesn't mean they owe you their attention" is astounding.
In a chapter where I'm talking about building something over the decades of a lifetime, why would anyone assume I think just popping out a baby immediately means I'm owed lifetime fealty? (Especially when the last chapter of the same book is called "nobody owes you anything"?)
In a chapter where I'm talking about building something over the decades of a lifetime, why would anyone assume I think just popping out a baby immediately means I'm owed lifetime fealty? (Especially when the last chapter of the same book is called "nobody owes you anything"?)
I don't believe 60% of people experienced no side effects. Almost everyone I know had side effects, and in some cases they were so strong people missed work over it. I ended up almost as sick from the vaccine for a day as I got from actually getting covid (then I got covid anyway)
Having had some legal discussions with chatgpt, it's wrong often enough that I'd be concerned about using ai for this purpose. Law is really squishy.
Something I didn't realize I was doing because everyone does it is letting history start in 1900. Stuff happened before then, but it wasnt really treated as stuff that happened or at least stuff that mattered. It's an ideological quirk we inherited from the boomers.