These things are ALWAYS overpopulated by industry insiders.

The analogy I think of is the Sentinelese near India.

India has probibited contact. But every so often, some asshole breaks the rules. Maybe itâ(TM)s a dipshit rolling in on a rubber raft to convert them to Christianity. Maybe itâ(TM)s a small group of lost fisherman. Maybe itâ(TM)s misguided capitalist. Sometimes helicopters fly over and observe them (against the law). Sometimes planes fly over and leave contrails.

Itâ(TM)s all a mystery to the Sentinelese. The rubber dinghy is as inexplicable to them as the airplanes. They kill visitors as often as not. They donâ(TM)t understand the artifacts. Maybe they wear a compass as jewelry. None of it really makes sense to them. Maybe they have theories about sky beings. Maybe they just think weâ(TM)re all assholes.

If they do have theories, they just donâ(TM)t have enough knowledge about us and our tech to make accurate deductions.

Thatâ(TM)s where weâ(TM)d be if there were aliens. Just a bunch of primitive making guesses about shit we donâ(TM)t understandâ" completely vulnerable to whatever whims their advanced society has, which in this case means non-contact.

With the occasional dipshit (or vehicle failure) breaking the rules.

Yeah, I think Meta is underestimating the utility of Twitter links that work over the web. I know Meta wants the full user tracking they get via the app, but the people that really drive Twitter content really want the reach those web links give them. It could be the difference between Threads breaking Twitterâ(TM)s back vs Threads becoming the next Google+.

They all had the means (and then some) to do the due diligence here. Iâ(TM)m by no means happy about what happened, but these guys werenâ(TM)t victims.

I do feel the exception is the son, who at 19, was still at an age where he has a lot to learn, probably wasnâ(TM)t experienced enough to feel comfortable pushing back against his dad, and had his whole life ahead of him.

But the rest of these dudes? They either knew what they were doing and the risks they were taking⦠or should have.

Itâ(TM)s enshittification. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wi...

Googleâ(TM)s been going down this path a long time. Using the site argument is a smart workaround I wish iâ(TM)d thought of.

That book is already written. Wall Street assholes and VC tryhards just refuse to read it.

When it have as many users as reddit you can have such concentrated expertise, you can cover anything in depth. As we used to say here back in the glory days, âoewith enough eyes, all bugs are shallow.â

And with so many subreddits, evolution is winnowing and improving. Some subreddits donâ(TM)t build a solid mod community or a solid posting community, and either die or become cesspools. Others strike the balance and become pretty useful.

Another good thing on the internet destroyed by Wall Street / Silicon Valley / Venture Capital excess.

Thatâ(TM)s what Iâ(TM)m doing today. lol. Iâ(TM)m so predictable.

But they ARE turning into California.

Really, really fast.

Itâ(TM)s coal-fired power plants, if youâ(TM)re curious.

Theyâ(TM)re responsible for the most soot and Mercury. Many are in the Appalachian corridor, so their plume clouds waft over the mid and upped east coast.

Not trying to get into politics today, just answering your question. Cleaner cars have had a big impact, but the easiest pickings from that sector have long been gotten.

Because of exemptions, many of our (older) coal-fires plants have sections that are burning using 70s/80s emissions technology.

Nice ad homonym. Care throw any facts out way?

Thought not.

As the article said, the broad stroke of crime is way, way down over the last 20 years or so.

Youâ(TM)d never know it based on the fear-mongering.

No matter how you slice it, thatâ(TM)s a problem.

âoeIn the past year or so, the engagement has been combative, with abrupt, disruptive policy changes that are being held without consultation, and, unusually, with absolutely no room for negotiation...â

I wonder where they learned that?

I seriously do not get this at all. It's s no longer the 1800s, we can put up a clock that everyone can see that stops and starts when the ref hits the button. I mean, come on.

Rents are the future of innovation.

Taste the Freedum!

Or don't breath in before the sneeze.

No air, no sneeze.