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I never thought I'd see FidoNet again.

Did you even read the article? They explicitly point out that it was the learned class that was so busy with their other important things that they missed all of it. The whole thing is about how that played out.

They got an estimate for the audit on expired copyrights and media use and though "fuck it". Probably going to monetize and re-release cleared highlights at a later date.

There really is no such thing as 'gamers', any more than there are 'movie-goers' or 'streamers'. Everybody does it. Some demographics will love to tribe up just for the sake of it. Some will just shrug and move on. One of the saddest things about game marketing is how it's still hyper-focused on horny teens.

That said: As long as companies can change their TOS, content or even the availability of their game, the review system should be equally flexible.

Linking a block of ice to colonization is so 2023.

I've been online since the late eighties and over time I've seen some nasty NSFL stuff. I am absolutely certain this has shaped my world view to some degree. Like some other GenX-er said: "Internet is our Vietnam".

I wonder what they were all doing. Their special apps, like the iWatch, are below par and they are pretty much the last service that doesn't offer HQ audio. AI does most of the editorial playlist generation. What are nearly 10K people doing?

Drykorn actually has a line of designer clothing made from sports materials.

Some manner of obligation to care for your pet (any pet) should exist. This has nothing to do with religion and is all about honoring the commitment you entered when you decided to take care of an animal.

How does a population drop equal extinction?

I feel this might need some new form of 3D input to get it right. Our grasp of speech made us lazy: The core of what we want to communicate can be captured in sound and therefore words (and hence you can read and understand this). 'Communicating' with my dog is a multi-cue affair, involving pointed looks, head tilts, specific wags and a lot of emoting. I doubt you could consistently pick all that up from (2D) video alone.

You’re only one step away from the metal.

You can write about assembly like a poet, at least.

It's not just about life-years. It's about the risk of making significant stretches of land uninhabitable for a serious amount of time. 26 Chernobyl-like releases would have punched some serious holes in the map of the Western world. Furthermore, the 30-year argument sounds disingenuous ("LNT-Worshipping"? Really?) and the CO2 waste issue is mentioned where the nuclear waste issue is not.

Honestly, the whole thing feels like cheap propaganda.

It's marketing, done well.

I'm grateful for this. It's a good incentive to finally quit Reddit completely. It's pretty much down there with Facebook these days but so far I've kept scanning it out of habit. But the new UI is so bloody toxic, I'd rather quit than undergo that.

So, I did exactly that and got a recommendation of up to 10lb per 100 sq feet, which is over 4kg/9sq meter, off the first hit.

I'm fairly sure a mode of transportation that can carry thousands and doesn't fall out of the sky when something fails has other benefits, even if the fuel/passenger ration should be worse (which I doubt).

I'm looking into making a house sustainable right now and the windows are actually a point of contention. One side thinks super-high insulated (triple pane) windows are a waste of money, the other swears by them. Assuming the frame doesn't leak, does triple really make that much of a difference?

In the last ten years there has been a significant change in mainstream content from information (what) to personalities (who). A major driver has been the adoption of social media by the mainstream: Uncle Bob pawing his cell phone while on the toilet. Both closed circle SM (checking on your friends and acquaintances) and public facing SM (checking the influencers) have created a whole new, uncontrolled feeding ground to some old vices: Jaleousy and greed. Watching other people's lives and see them spending money and enjoying fineries in an (supposedly) unedited, reality-like format makes a lot of people feel that it must all be real and they should be living that live themselves. Whether it's about wealth, ideologies or any other aspect of lifestyle: Suddenly it's right there, dangled in front of them. This, coupled with the ease of packing in actionable links and buttons, creates a whole new dynamic where people get lured in by shiny things (crypto/NFS/MLM etc) only to get duped. It's a really old phenomenon, though.

Actually: Yes.

How is this HN?

I'm kinda disappointed how Hacker News derailed into a mob mentality towards the metaverse concept because big evil Facebook touched it. I, for one, celebrate the new age beyond text and (sometimes moving) pictures and can't wait to move into (shared) experiences. I've seen this internet since 1989: I'm ready for something radically new. I don't care if it's Facebook running point. Sure, I'd rather have it be a cool start-up, but they are all chasing their tails to become unicorns these days. I was there when Second Life peaked and the potential of experience-based communication (instead of just information based) is incredible. I can't wait for Facebook to raise the bar on that, like they did with VR.

Cool studies. He sure came a way from his earlier "human component motion platform" (AKA "have your buddies lift and shake you while in VR")

Interpreting animal communication requires an amount of empathy that not all people are capable of. And without spoken feedback or confirmation, it's easy to read too much into animal behavior. But animals can definitely sulk, which for me is an example of an emotional feedback loop.

This. I have recently gone back to the Apple walled garden and it's a next gen experience that transcends platforms. Now I only have to worry about what I want to do, never about how it should get done. I never 'see' the actual technology: hard- and software are designed together so well, it just works. There is no other platform in a position to offer that.

Ah, the digital naiveté of the nineties. Nowadays, cool URLS get changed on purpose so you have to enter the platform through the front instead of bouncing off your destination.

I can only see the horror that's waiting to happen when (not if) you step in a dog turd.

Four your consideration: I think the continued updating of the package and the Pi to keep it from turning into a security hazard by itself will prove to be more work than just whacking together a Pi.

What is the cost to the EU of standing up to FB? Why is this an invasion? How is the Australian clash of news monopolies remotely like Austria upholding the law? How is this criminal law enforcement?

You're not making much sense to me, tbh.

Yeah, why would people not republish their content without all the monetizing around it? Hmmmm.