Rule 1:

Title must match the article headline

Humans are a very fortunate size, aren’t we? A little bigger, and we’d be extinct like most megafauna. A little smaller, and our place on the food chain would be very different.

In beta, available as a Flatpak.

Seemed janky for me, but I only tried it for a few minutes.

+1. Orion is fantastic on OSX/iOS.

…It’s not ready for Linux, though. You can try it as an oddity, but give it more time in the oven.

Everything is technology, too.

At some point, moderators have to make a call as to what is topical, and OP’s first two posts aren’t even ambgious. Yeah we can wring our hands all day, but TBH they’re barely technology and mostly political.

As others suggest, why stay attached to Manjaro at all? Instead of forking, what about expending that energy on a rising distro without such reputational damage?

CachyOS is very close “in spirit” if they want to develop modified/custom packages, but there are plenty Arch downstream distros with less toxic communities.

They could even fork some other project and make the changes they like. It’d be a saner base than Manjaro at this point.

+1

And not under particularly bright indoor lighting.

TBH the tiny Meta glasses cam probably won’t work at night anyway. If it’s small enough to be “stealth” then it just can’t pick up much light.

Yes.

At least to post.

Do you not read the rules before posting an article in a community?

With Firefox, presumably compatibility, AI stuff, and a string of lesser Mozilla controversies, I guess?

As for Brave, I think you’re underestimating people. They don’t want to be tracked, they don’t want to see ads. They won’t necessarily go seek a solution out, but if a one-click solution to fix that presents itself in front of their eyeballs, they might try it.

It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter if Trump shouted “I’m going to execute you!” at the top of his lungs while throwing a baby out the window, on film, in front of a million people; if the headline makes inferred jumps and sensationalizes the event, it is not a news article. Its opinion/talk or whatever label you want to call it.

And that is exactly why we’re here. Trump is a troll that thrives on tabloid journalism; everything that’s even a little exaggerated is just feeding him. It’s why he’s there. And I am very sensitive to the idea that “it’s really news because its true with these conditions and aligns with my beliefs” because thats the core operating mode of MAGA.

Predicting Earth’s future climate is a race against time. As climate change accelerates, improving models is essential to guide decision-making from governments, especially if we hope to control climate change.

…Do they really believe this?

Read the room. Doesn’t matter if they invent a freaking oracle, governments aren’t going to do squat as long as constituents are manipulated into not seeing it.

We are past the point of praying and hoping science will win an attention war. I feel like all this research is just pointless with the elephants in the room are dealt with.

No offense, but they make sense to me.

• First two are political posts. Probably a bot enforcing Rule 6.

• 3rd post is technically a blog post, not a news article, I guess.

• Third is borderline political?

The removed post justification should be more explicit, and removing a Servo dev post is ridiculous. But like it or not, it seems to fit the community’s rules.

Friend, why are you so intent on sticking to Brave?

Trying another browser that doesnt have a long list of “cherry picked” controversies takes like a few seconds. What’s the downside to that?

+1

I’m honestly ashamed of my sex.

I get it, I’ve witnessed guys have gut wrenching experiences with women, but… come, on. Do y’all have to internalize that as misogyny?

Humerous…

…But I see a blue checkmark, and I downvote. Nothing personal, but I will not support Twitter even indirectly.

Thats obscure information, too. It’s reasonable to not know.

I draw the line when Brave’s awfulness is pointed out, linked, with alternatives presented, yet the Brave user digs in their heels and takes criticism of their browser choice personally. That is just ego.

This is why my Dad thinks climate change is hysteria. WSJ ran an article (basically) positing that geoengineering will fix it anyway, and it’s best to pump the economy (with oil) to get there.

…Which I was particularly hurt by.

I’ve been reading geoengineering papers for a decade+, and the most practical theoretical ones boil down to desperate plans like “bathe the South Pole in sulfuric acid rain” that are still so heinously expensive it’s basically sci fi. And that’s assuming “tipping points” don’t materialize. Gah.

Better yet, a GenAI power virus.

Link it to a “cool looking AI app” which constantly thrashes the phone in the background generating AI porn to sell, which Google/Apple do absolutely nothing to stop because it’s AI and it makes them money. Use the extra cash to give away tshirts for free.

…Maybe I went a little far, there.