Amen. Added to that I have an extremely common name (both actually) so even if someone were to find that out, they’d still have to sift my shit from all my doppelgangers’.

The enshittification/rent seeking continues. Nothing is sacred.

I hope they reciprocate. Might be a legal takedown order instead though.

Flanders.

Wish I could say the same. In the last few years almost all small libraries in my region closed. I used to have one in my own village. Now I have to visit the nearest town. Lack of budget… just like what will kill the US libraries.

I’ve always hated Discord since the very beginning. At least now I have yet another really good reason.

Never used it, never will. Ventrilo for lyfe.

It’s happening. The funding for libraries across the US is getting clawed back, and I suspect many (the majority) will eventually close permanently.

Here in the EU, the vibe in libraries is decidedly “get your books and GTFO”. The old timey welcoming vibe and friendly librarians are a thing of the past.

Just ignore Reddit. Pretend it doesn’t even exist. It’ll go the way of Digg soon enough.

Few .edu’s in there tho lol.

Like the other poster said, just make it yourself. Reddit is bound to piss off more of their users and they’ll need a place to land.

Terrible sense of style though. Always so incredibly tacky.

I’m amused by the idea that the more rich and powerful these people grow, the more certain “common” things are pretty much out of reach for them: regular friendship, love, family ties. Everything is about power balance and tit-for-tat with these guys. Good luck finding anyone who loves you for “you” and isn’t after your fortune. And even if you do, good luck recognizing it and acting on it!

They haven’t contributed to spaceflight advancement in truly innovative ways. At least SpaceX manages to catch some of their rockets when falling back to Earth. Blue Origin’s only claim to fame is that it’s a slightly more advanced vomit comet, which we’ve had for decades at this point.

As long as the force of the launch is enough to reach escape velocity, I guess so. But since the acceleration would be immediate, I guess a human occupant wouldn’t be able to survive the immense g-force generated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_the_Moon

Very first sci-fi film ever made after a story by Jules Verne. They use a giant cannon to launch someone into lunar orbit and back. Pure fiction but touched upon basics of actual science, and was definitely the inspiration for actual space exploration.

Of course, they want Women In Space to be billboards, pretty things to look at and nothing more. Women are for procreation and decoration in their world.

Amen. I also work in IT and I find the longer I do, the more I loathe new tech stacks and developments. I used to be passionate about new tech and its applications. Now I just want to be left alone where possible.

Fascism wrapped in the flag and carrying a bible. Exactly like it was predicted.

China can afford to sit on these minerals for years or even decades. EU, US and Russia don’t have that luxury.