I think embodiment plays a larger role. We anthropomorphize physical things.

The reverse of this, people often dehumanize other people when interacting with them virtually.

As a recent LaTeX convert, I’m never going back.

Congrats, you recreated the 2008 financial crisis!

My cat loves me and will bite randomly just for attention. 🤷‍♀️

Nowadays you tell by the lack of creativity.

It being the literal cash.

Framework sells a 240W charger. But I agree, it would have been too soon to enact such a new spec into law.

Niche is good. It’s better to make a niche product then make an identical product to the hundreds of existing products.

Yes? Search engines that work well have been notoriously difficult to make. Google is one of the richest companies because 90s search engines were so dreadfully bad. The bigger the internet, the harder the problem. Working at the scale, efficiently, and giving useful information is just hard.

Kagi is a recent company that seems to be doing a decent job.

That’s the obstetrical dilemma. But it seems like there’s a growing body of work pushing against that idea. Wikipedia has a a good overview.

To keep people without eyes off their platform.

I don’t know. If my parent was an Astronaut and they decided to stop being an Astronaut for me. I would hate that, feels like a burden.

Math and physics (or any subject that requires calculation) usually requires practice. Applying the knowledge in a short timeframe is different skillset then just having the knowledge.

That only applies if you modify/distribute it. That doesn’t apply to a user. I guess comparing the length of a company’s employee handbook would be a fair comparison to the GPLv2.

One can dream, but I’m pessimistic and see enough demand for a long while. Can’t even fully stop using coal yet.

Long term yes, since it encourages a switch from fossil fuels. Short term, it’s probably good for them. If you sell oil and take % cut. The cost doubles, your profit doubles! It also opens up more drilling that wasn’t worth the expense before.

This has the benefit of not needing batteries since the molten salt stays hot long after the sun is down.

Yea, if someone is down on their luck or struggling with addiction. Pretty sure selling a gun is a step before losing a home.

I agree sounds and smells are more common in the city, but to me that isn’t an issue with introversion since that isn’t socializing? Seems more like sensory sensitivity, not introversion. Someone can have both of course.

I find this ironic as an introvert. I rarely interact with any of my neighbors since it was an apartment with constantly rotating rents. My apartment complex had more people than the rural town I grew up in. City living it’s easy to be one of the faceless masses. My rural family loves to talk to and gossip about neighbors. They constantly run into people they know at the few stores they have.

Edit: City life can have close knit communities. But it seems more opt-in than forced.