qdiencdxqd

Ted Kaczynski calls for something like this, but against industrial technology generally. Even though his manifesto is a rational argument aimed at intellectuals, he has said in his more recent writings that to actually carry out his “stop technological advancement” plan you'd need to persuade people on an emotional level.

I wish there was something like this for video codecs!

This is the link to the blog post: https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2011/10/personal-cl...

he said "enemies of the people"

Without knowing the details, it's hard to say the execs are failures. They could be doing a good job, given the rough hand they've been dealt.

He was a Rhodes Scholar, so he's probably pretty smart.

Here's a free alternative that doesn't require participants to sign up: https://gather.town/

I doubt it has as many features as Branch, but it's still useful (and fun to try!).

I think they should lean into this. Imagine how many contributors they could end up with if their on-boarding experience was as smooth as World of Warcraft.

This is a fascinating story. I wish you could provide more details, or even name what the article was about.

Phew, glad to see Australia has no surveillance apparatus!

What's your public key? I don't want to drop names in plaintext because I don't want my favorite communities to be targeted by anything resembling an angry mob (not a certainty, but stranger things have happened).

Just because you don't agree with everything he says doesn't mean he's not worth reading :)

Don't judge a book by its cover, nor a man by his edgiest quotes.