If Europe survived Napolean they’ll survive a syphillitic dementia patient from a country that is less than a quarter of it’s age.

Life finds a way…if there is a reason to do so.

My point is, once we’ve secured all the resources in the solar system, there is no reason to find a way.

Does alien life exist somewhere? Yes. Absolutely. It would be impossible for it not to given the size of the universe and the laws of probability.

Is that alien life multicellular? Again. Yes. For the same reason as above. In a functionally infinite universe, the roll of the dice is going to come up at least a few times.

Is that alien life intelligent? Maybe. But in my opinion, probably. Intelligent life arose here after many many stops and starts. It’s probably that given enough kicks at the can, multicellular life can evolve intelligence on any planet where it arises if the conditions are right.

Has that intelligent life visited us? No. No intelligent life has ever left their own solar system except possibly in the form or a one-way generation ship.

Life evolves, either biologically or technologically, because of competition for resources. From the most basic amoeba competing for the heat from a steam vent at the bottom of an ocean, to humans competing for oil and minerals, life is about resources gathering.

So what happens when we finally are able to access the resources of the solar system, which are effectively limitless (at least from a human perspective)? Nothing. We stagnate. There’s no impetus to go further than that. Scientists may want to. But pure science is a myth. People paying the bills are what drive us forward. and it’s reasonable to assume that any life that evolves would do so facing the same pressures.

Obviously Brian May from Queen.

Can’t go fishing witout bait.

It legitimately took me a second for my brain to un-break itself when I looked at the photo. First thinking…something’s not right here…and not for even a moment thinking it would be something as stupid as putting the heat-sink on the case fan… Then the realisation that yes…it really is something that stupid.

I don’t know if things have changed, since I haven’t used windows since Windows 7 and I’ve only sporadically touched macs, but the other day I dragged my clock from one side of my desktop to the other on Manjaro and a staff member looking over my shoulder freaked out like I was a warlock.

Sloth from the Goonies could outsmart the current administration, let’s be honest.

I absolutely agree. I wasn’t trying to defend the company’s practice. Just explaining why they make those kind of decisions.

It absolutely sucks, but from a company perspective it’s not about greed, it’s about legal liability. If they provide food to a charity and someone gets sick from it, they are responsible for it. So the legal danger of giving away your “close to be expired” food is fraught with corporate danger.

Does it suck. Yes. Absolutely. But Joe opened them up to a potential lawsuit.

Which bridge are we talking about? Is it the soon to be renamed ‘Epstein-Trump Memorial Bridge’?

Whoops. Thanks for the catch.

That’s fair and all, and I see your point. A 100% “fair” phone is the end-goal.

Butin the battle against corporate douche-baggery, if we keep making perfect the enemy of good, we’ll never get anywhere.

/e/OS is not bad as an alternative. The system wide ad and tracker blocking is nice.

I switched to e/os on a couple of motorolas that supported it and it’s great so far.

The comparisons to GrapheneOS are fair to some degree, but also not. Graphene is meant to be privacy and security hardened, whereas e/OS, while it is more secure than regular android, is more concerned with privacy hardening. The biggest misconception people have seems to be thinking that privacy and security are the same thing; and while that is true on the surface level, security (a la GrapheneOS) goes much deeper.

So while my phone may not be as “hack resistant” as a GrapheneOS, it’s degoogled and very protective of tracking, which is what I’m primarily concerned with. So I’m happy.

I just wish I could afford a fairphone in Canada.

But that’s exactly the point. That would be what people who vote would look for in a local election. What’s this politicians stance on spending money on ageing infrastructure. (For example)

We’re not saying its “progressive” or “conservative” just that everything is political at the end of that day.

Indirectly, yes. How is the infrastructure of your town/city maintained. Is it falling apart or is it in good condition. Do the richer neighbourhoods coincidentally see more city workers updating their plumbing while you sometimes have to flush twice to get it all down because of unmaintained pipes, and are therefore paying a higher water bill as a result?

These are all political decisions.

Cowards living in denial.

we still voted, which means we needed to consider and learn and understand…

I feel like that particular voting strategy is long dead in the U.S. and Canada. Knowledge?! Who needs it?!

Good lord. People can talk a lot of shit about changing body standards, and how Marilyn would be overweight by today’s standards and all that crap, but you know what? She’s fucking timeless. She was and forever will be one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen.