It’s also a laundering scheme to make free software proprietary.

Ah. I usually conflate the two under “internet archive”.

What’s the second?

Every now and then I see a parent having a tender moment with their child and I smile. I then reflect on whether my vasectomy/shirk of parenthood was the right choice.

I always come to the conclusion that it was. Perhaps when I’m older I will feel differently but I just can’t imagine that in my life for a long time.

TIL about the Great Filter. Thanks for the rabbit hole!

Recently cut, myself! Happy to have done so.

So… Most of the web?

Especially at such a short EOL date.

Oh my god… Does that mean… that…

… Something might actually HAPPEN?

I would imagine you are in the vast minority :)

These stories continue to come out. And things continue to not change.

Addiction, I suppose.

Well said. Contempt for the average user makes it easy to forget one’s humanity.

Indeed, the whole system is massively complex and serves a megacity with one of the world’s oldest systems 24/7. Maintenance is insanely costly and difficult. It’s like repairing airplanes while in flight.

The pasted quotations in another thread seem to suggest otherwise.

I’m happy for you! We all take different paths in life and it’s great you enjoy yours.

For sure. I agree with you. I meant only to say that it might not be so black and white on this one.

I have no opinion on the person in question but depending on how severe their autism is it changes the narrative of physical outbursts a bit.

People say that? How odd, that seems like a totally different world. I don’t agree with that sentiment! One is a general purpose communications protocol, the other is a community. As with any community, one can pick and choose who they fraternize with.

That’s the point of federation! Choosing who you want in your community.