You mean the house with geothermal heating?

The house with solar installed *decades* before it was cool or fashionable?

The house that he pays a *premium* on his electric bill to promote renewable sources?

He buys from renewable sources to offset the CO2 release. Something every major corporation also does.

Is it big? Sure. Even has a heated pool! He's rich as are most people in national politics.

He used *his* money and invested in making it as green as possible.

The only potential silver lining is 'politics as usual' wasn't getting even close to solving the problem in the US. Biden's efforts were welcome but looking at the scale of the problem we face, the 'Manchin problem' held far too much back.

Trump and company will make things exponentially worse.

And the masses may need that 'worse' before starting to vote in favor of real and effective solutions. Assuming Trump doesn't bumble us into WW III.

China is installing more renewable energy every year than we have ever installed.

China has installed 20-30,000 miles of true high speed rail in just the last 20 years.

Both are massive investments in a carbon free economy.

They also installed a huge amount of coal in just the last couple of years. Plants that are *already* being idled 30% of the time b/c they have enough energy. They're also the more efficient types our 'clean coal!' morons claim are totally fine.

https://cleantechnica.com/2023...

Reality isn't all or nothing but multiple steps and *progress* towards a goal.

China is walking that walk, while the US is actively running backwards.

The North East coast will see 1-2 FEET of sea level rise if the AMOC shuts off. Why? because the 'drain' no longer drains so there's a huge pile of water that North America is rotating into.

Native American's have flood myths far starters. It's a very widespread concept.

https://mythologyworldwide.com...

Ancient flood myths are far more likely due to 2 things:

1. Floods happen everywhere
2. Baths are cleansing

Humans make up stories to explain and control societal behavior.

If someone "in Germany" has already done something you're just now doing, you are 'not' a pioneer.

It doesn't say "...a pioneer among German States".

Last I checked, Munich as in Germany so no, they aren't pioneering the use of FOSS "in Germany"

"This move makes the state a pioneer in Germany"

Um https://www.zdnet.com/article/...

And how many of those 'users' were competitors AI bots?

It would be crazy to expect one AI isn't being deployed against its competitors.

A guarantee is not a demand, it is something society agrees to pay for. No one has anything taken if the resource is provided by the gov't.

A healthy, housed and fed populace is *good* for the gov't AND its people.

What I'm saying literally prevents the situation here where a landlord is most definitely damaged by tenants who can't pay.

Be it moving to public housing built by the gov't for housing people down on their luck or victims of natural disaster. We already do this for storms...why not for someone being laid off in a bad job market?

Or via actual rent payment, etc.

The gov't can remove the damage being done to the landlord in a multitude of ways that are far cheaper than the long trial and eviction process. That also don't end up with people being put out on the street.

But as I said, we don't live in an intelligent society.

A free market, which is your point, demands one specific factor - choosing not to participate with no ill effects.

There are 2 obvious exceptions to this - housing and medical care.

You can't choose to not fix a broken leg.
You can't choose to be homeless.
I'll add a third, access to water.

All three things are direct threat to your life.

An intelligent society would guarantee everyone those basic things as the minimal cost associated in their provision would be far eclipsed by the resulting growth in society. Sadly, we don't live in an intelligent society.

I've lived in slum lord housing...it's not fun and it absolutely is a racket jacking prices on the most vulnerable.

And hey, shouldn't the landlord have done a better job at vetting potential tenants? Shouldn't they suffer the consequences of their bad decision? Or should we find a middle ground to help everybody?

Even if you believe the apology...

He believed Trump would break up Big Tech...like, your judgement is wildly in question after that Mr. CEO.

and lets remember the CEO of Proton was all in for Trump. Because he *believed* Trump would break up Big Tech. lulz

If he's that astute in other biz matters...be afraid, be very afraid

the problem of having a 3rd party account vs their work email; specifically a news agency email account. FAR harder to get them to cave.

The PGP is so anyone can email that corporate email account with the text encrypted.

it being a text 'key' makes me question how resistant it would be to a court order.

They aren't forcing you to actively decrypt your backups, they're using the key you 'have' not 'know'. That's conceptually no different than a key to a lock box...and you have to turn over that key if ordered. A key isn't incriminating so it's not protected by 5th Amend.

Fun fact, the DOE program that funded Solyndra.....made MILLIONS in profit.

https://www.npr.org/2014/11/13...

Total loaned $34.2 billion
Losses $780 million 2.28% default rate is damned good.
Repayment $810 million in interest payments
$30 million profit