COSMIC is going very well so far. Each release is a noticeable leap forward. That's because the product is in its infancy. I expect within a year COSMIC will be mature enough for daily use for the majority of users.

Compared to Gnome or KDE, COSMIC is fast. Blazing fast on the systems I've played with it on. That is due in part to it being a young product without decades of bloat or trying to continue supporting features of the product that have been around decades.

COSMIC is not feature complete yet, so there are issues. They don't impact everyone. Plenty of people are using COSMIC daily and have no problem overlooking the minor inconveniences (or some less minor ones).

It seems like they have the sense to realize nuclear is likely the best option for long term, clean, reliable, industrial grade energy source with a high return of energy generated per square meter of footprint. Wind and solar have their place. It's not an either-or discussion, it's a fit for purpose one.

This is why you don't create stuff like this. You know what human nature is, and you know not everyone is going to have the self discipline to not abuse these systems.

You people are all the same. You get a good faith response, and you respond with hate and anger. That's a lot of baggage to carry around.

We too have seen some negative issues with wind turbines in the NY/NJ region. When they fail, they tend to do so in a rather catestrophic manner tossing shrapnel, in our case, in to surrounding waterways where it kills or at least injures anything that comes in contact with the shards.

Except, based on Reddit, many of the people canceling were canceling their FREE ChatGPT accounts. I found that funny. If anything, a free account was hurting the company as much as a $20/mo account was benefiting them.

A a fellow old fart, I completely agree. Even minor number was stable, odd was dev as I recall.

You've summed up how my journey to learn Unix and Linux began. In the early days of the internet we used SLIP or PPP connections, and usually that came with a shell account (typically some BSD variant). I was a young tech working primarily on DOS, Windows 3.1, and OS/2. I started playing around with that shell account. I tried to figure out how to display the contents of a text file. I figured out many *mix commands were two letters, and eventually typed "vi" and pressed enter. I had to call my ISP tech support and described what I did. The next day I stopped by Borders and bought a copy of "Teach Yourself Unix..."

Funnier read than I expected. I may steal the “journalist” line. That was fantastic.

Bingo. Financial strain, delaying starting families for a career, and abortion are the real factors we have a declining population. Two of those three are really uncomfortable for many to confront though, so it's easier to point the finger elsewhere.

You cant rely on illegal immigration to prop up falling birth rates. That's absurd. If we're concerned with why we have a population decline, we should be looking at falling birth rates, not importing bodies.

Tell me you have zero idea how financial markets work without telling me you have zero idea how financial markets work.

I read more but w than I have in my past 50-some years. The difference for me was an electronic device, and a well known one you’ve certainly heard of, and some of you probably hate. It’s so easy to have a dozen or more books with me, they don’t weigh a ton, and I don’t need to worry about needing light to read by. I read an average of 20-25 books per year now. It’s replaced a fair bit of tv/movies/gaming for me.

That's not the only problem with RMS's philosophy. He makes statements that are opinions, such as what is or isn't unjust, stating them as if they were fact. He then makes leaps to a related point based on those opinions. He's an interesting character, and a talented if unfocused developer, but beyond entertaining I don't find anything he has to say to be useful.

It is about time this state does something I agree with. Houses built in area prone to flooding, houses that become prone to flooding because of oveconstruction, this is a real mess here.

With fewer BR/4KBR releases, and fewer places selling what is released, and fewer players available, and now theaters dying out, it's like the studios don't want you to consume their content unless you subscribe to their streaming platforms. I don't see this as a good strategy on their part.

  I don't need a bunch of subscriptions, so I don't have a bunch of subscriptions. That's not going to change. I don't believe I'm alone.