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I wonder if a carbon tax which subsidizes low emission alternatives could get across this way?

Very likely not a one-stop solve-all. But also very likely part of the tool set.

I'm confused about what this does above & beyond css animations/transitions.

I remember seeing somewhere that witnessing the cosmic radiation of the big bang is something we have a fairly lucky time-slot to be able to do.

If that's the case, and we're early to the universe, it seems like the kind of data we should try to make sure survives beyond us.

> representative democracy

And given the degree to which lies have gotten better at mutating and spreading, while critical thinking is barely taught in schools, even if this "democracy" was representative it might not work too well.

At this point, I think the only way to save the user base of this dying old system is a slow migration towards competing co-op social services... but once again -- without critical thinking -- most people would likely choose by lowest price and end up with much of the same.

It's an entry level programming language with unprecedented ease of publishing and access. It would be extremely impressive if it didn't.

I could do this with any language. It's just bad code.

Amazing stuff.

Don't exhibit the behavior you're opposed to. Pre-emptively stop bad behavior by telling stories that something bad will happen.

I do wonder if this approach has social-size limits? Kind of like Santa Clause, where city kids tend to find out sooner than rural kids.

As nice as this looks, I've been working on something similar and immediately see tons of limitations.

Things like:

- batch editing: what if you don't want your edits to save immediately, but instead as a group?

- item creation and joins: what if some fields create items that have ids that other fields require for update or their own creation?

- discarding edits: what if you want to throw away your changes?

- front-end auth: how do you verify that a field is editable before creating a text box for it?

- front-end validation: how do you make custom field validators?

- mid-edit derivative values: if you change something without yet saving it, will the other parts of the ui using that value also show updates?

Solving all these issues has been a tough project. I started off wanting to be able to just pass a rowId, tablename, and columnname, but pretending things are that easy only works for very, very flat Databases. (no joins)

I loathe jsx.

Having two separate coding languages in a single file that switch back and forth is such a ridiculous idea to me. And on top of that, I don't think jsx is any more readable than nested functions.

Very few code bases that old are easily maintained. It's not really much of an insult to say so.

And given how long it takes to roll out basic features and improvements to long standing issues, my hope is that the code is a nightmare. The other options are terrible leadership, or incompetent developers. Or some mix of all three.

If you've got a tool you're used to, it's probably best to stick to it.

That being said, Bitwig does support Jack, so routing should be pretty open ended.

And there's this linux project (https://pipewire.org/) that's been doing really, really well. It (sorta) combines all the different audio servers into one.

Then put it behind a config setting.

Or let me view it through some other means.

I'm not opposed to spam filtration as a user default, but doing so silently without any indication of what is being filtered or ability to verify it is working is not acceptable for such a vital messaging system.

Yup. I've been running EOS (https://elementary.io/).

It's almost as pretty as my MBP, and vastly more usable than Windows. And I have everything I really need (with first class Linux support):

* Gaming - Steam + Proton

* Digital Audio Workstation - Bitwig

* Video Editing - DaVinci Resolve

* 3d Modeling - Blender

* 2d Image - Gimp (this one could be a lot better)

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The only thing I can imagine dual booting into Windows for is Oculus Link. But I don't really think it's worth it.

> Microsoft needs someone with a vision for Windows at the helm,

Is it possible for a project to be abused for long enough that it becomes irrecoverable from any financially sensible perspective?

I mean this seriously: I've heard the codebase for Windows is really, really ancient and making updates is a nightmare. It's almost like trying to revive a lost language.

What if Windows has passed the threshold where the cost to fix it is beyond its potential for revenue? What if it's slowly approaching the threshold where simply maintaining it is beyond its potential for revenue?

So put it in a spam folder.

If I had a spam texts folder that showed me everything I was being blocked from, I'd both appreciate it and not feel this massive breach of trust that things being sent to me are being completely ignored by a third party system.

The system that does this is absolutely primed for censorship, and we have no way to know it's not being used.

Yeah, this seems pretty nice. I don't think the "deep nesting" issue is quite so realistic... I very rarely have a logic tree that's easier to identify by its leaves than its root. And I'd really hate to have code where you have to scroll to the end of a bunch of pipes to figure out what they're adding up to

But I have plenty of single use "temp variables" and cutting those out could be cool.

The gist is that people bounce around to places with more people. Kind of like gravity.

> not chronically dehydrated

Good job. Taking something to an extreme, just to straw-man it.

I like the negative connotation on vocal minorities too. A+

> but the best way to fight the intake problem may not be saying "drink less" and that's the type of idea actually being proposed in the research

Somewhat comically, drinking more water is a great (as in easy / painless) way to combat both alcoholism and obesity. As well as a bunch of other health issues. I have no idea why we -- as humans -- don't just naturally drink the right amount of water.

If anyone is going to save public sector from private, it's gonna have to be good-actors in private sector.

Public sector is long, long, long beyond corrupted. The only way forwards is to carefully migrate away from the infested wreckage into something built from the ground up.

It's like a code-base that's been hacked mercilessly, and was written in a dead language to boot.

true. there are artists who just kind of "do the opposite of normal," which is pretty derivative.

My personal pet theory is that -- whether we admit it or not -- most people are somewhat... spiritual? Humans tend to see and believe in meaning where none exists.

Seeing great injustice like this is just really hard for us, because it's a constant reminder that either:

1. there is no meaning / purpose / higher-power / etc, or

2. we have been forsaken by whatever higher-power there is.

Both of these are uncomfortable, so it's often easier to just subconsciously fall into ignoring the issues and lulling oneself into a bit of happiness. Until something like this happens, then everyone has to act surprised for a bit; lest they admit to #1 or #2 above.

This one is seemingly pretty strong in all three of the things mentioned.

subverted familiarity = originality

the skill is super impressive

and while I don't know the story behind this, it could very well be quite meaningful

I've spent a lot of time talking about art with art friends. At this point, we've all seem to agree on three different aspects of art:

1. Non-random uniqueness / creativity. Even is something is lame, originality alone can constitute art. (e.g. weird, uncomfortable stuff)

2. Story. The context or meaning behind a thing can take something done before and make it new again. (e.g I made a rubber band ball for my ex-lover...)

3. Skill. Something can be totally derivative and bland, but if it's really hard to do.. the act of doing becomes the art. (e.g. high-quality muzak)

One thing not in this list is "familiarity." Even though familiarity is most humans favorite thing. Familiarity is actually a major aspect of what defines popular media.

I find that mash-ups lean really hard on the positive connotations of familiarity.

I'll talk to my friends about "my day" every once in a while. Invariably it involves programming and the act of trying to describe what I'm doing is like off-roading: you constantly have to go long ways around things to avoid crossings the conversation can't handle, it's rough and bumpy the whole way, and some destinations simply can not be reached.

In short: I agree that rambling may have more to do with the difficulty of translation than the internal understanding.

> I can also say that the same is true for all progress the world has seen

Science, art, and creation all tend to be rich with ambiguity and uncertainty.

Most of the time, people hope they can do a thing and stick to it through many ups and downs. And the times when it works out, even the people who believed in it all along appear to be surprised.

> The fundamental problem.

You lost me. If some context was in there (as in "the current fundamental problem on my known platforms"), then everything else you said would follow. But there must be a way to do better.

I can personally think of many tactics currently unused by any social platform -- all of which would need testing to verify their efficacy -- but they leave the question open none-the-less.

This is a very interesting question.

Almost like saying: how do we keep gravity from eventually creating a few giant blackholes?

Granted, we can't change physical laws. But if we could, we would clearly need some sort of anti-gravity that kicks in just passed the point of a black hole.

So I guess there needs to be some benefit of not being a monopoly.

I really, really wish there were spaces that required some sort of proof of critical thinking to enter.

The harder the test to get in, the better. Maybe even a non-refundable 50+$ fee. I would give a lot to have a single space on Earth where mere popularity is not the metric of correctness.