But for the games without DRM you can just download them and run the executable. Bypassing Steam

Sure, if you stop using steam you can’t re-download or update the game, but if the game didn’t have DRM, you can just keep copying the existing executable

That’s not a real email, for the record. This one specifically is a joke

It’s not superstition, it’s just to reduce the moisture in the inside air, and maybe get smells out and stuff. Things can get a bit stale when the window is never opened

You also shouldn’t overlook just how much is done because it’s profitable, and not efficient, though

The simple example is of course enshittifying services. But it’s also things like making 30 different versions of chips and candy and so on while putting lots of resources into preventing local homeless people from stealing any of the food they need for survival. Investing lots of research in making hyper-palatable foods that are addicting instead of how to make more efficient logistics towards everyone.

And then there’s of course the part where it being a competitive system means stopping others from making use of your research/effort and sharing things, because that means more and stronger competition, which leads to doubling of efforts and so on…

And I mean, I could go on, but the point is that, if you look closely enough, you’ll start seeing this everywhere. Inefficiencies made in the name of competition and profit seeking, not what is actually good for society and would be considered a job done well. A restructuring of society would help massively. From paying medical specialists more and making their jobs more tolerable instead of squeezing as much profit as possible, to opening up more human resources from other areas of society which could in theory help out more either directly or in the peripherals

We are massively massively more productive today than in the past. There is no excuse

And yeah, of course it isn’t the be-all end-all. But I would argue it would help more than it might seem on the surface. Directing resources towards where they are needed, and not just where they are profitable

Someone needs more whimsy in their life

Reducing overconsumption and overproduction will help a ton. We do not need nearly as much stuff as we are currently consuming. In addition, there are a lot of jobs these days that are just… not necessary. Take advertising for example, or all the job positions that are all about how to fuck over the consumers the most, then all the energy and work into fixing it or counteracting it, everything that is done not because it’s efficient, but because it’s profitable

We are far far more productive today than we ever were before in human history. It’s all about prioritization

No, because the alternative would have been for those clothes to be thrown away. And we still need clothes

And either way, at that point it isn’t your fault. Someone else made the unethical decision

Well, yeah, of course that’s less bad. You’re both older and the difference is less

Ultimately a lot of it comes down to levels of maturity and the places ones are in their lives anyway. A 17 year old definitively can never be mature enough to have a healthy relationship with a 40 year old

To be fair, that’s also like, all information

At least personally I don’t really see how the threadiverse is more toxic than reddit. Though it may be because my instance is simply good at blocking the toxicity away, and the instance their chose isn’t. Which could be something to work on I suppose, but moderation is always a big discussion in these situations, with some people not liking moderation but also, in reality, wanting it

As for niche content, that, unfortunately, is just a catch 22 situation. No simple solution other than to simply get more people to join

People who do that truly don’t actually want an alternative, huh?

They just want Reddit under new management

Ngl it doesn’t feel like a joke lmao

If a friend told me they were “visiting the US before it ends” I would have thought they were being dead serious

Yeah, in a lot of fields it simply would pay more to go private lmao

Still, it feels more rewarding to contribute to the scientific body than to just make someone else rich

Because if a company gives up profits to be nice, another company will swoop in and get inherently rewarded by doing the profitable thing instead

I question whether we are rapidly approaching the point where Linux is simply easier to use in a safe, secure, and practical way for the average user, because it doesn’t try to actively fuck you over like Microsoft does

It’s easier when you don’t need to jump through hoops to make a local account. It’s easier when you don’t need to turn off a dozen settings you might not know about regarding data collection or advertisements. It’s easier when you don’t have an antagonistic system that treats you like the product, not a user, not pushing you towards confusing things you don’t want

I hate that this makes so much fucking sense

It would still be extremely valuable, though. You would absolutely still buy bread with it especially before you sold it all off

And an abundance of certain minerals means that more applications become possible from them. For example, silver is a better conductor than copper. If Superman hauled back a fuckton of silver then maybe we’d switch over to silver wires, increasing demand for silver still, reducing the price loss, as well as adding efficiencies to wiring

Yeah, I remember th same thing as a freshman, it was not any different lol

They don’t think that. The seemingly adults think that. So often I see people complaining about kids and their brainrot, and it’s not from the kids themselves

Do it enough and you might struggle to get out of bed for months, if not years.

Burnout is no joke, and you can’t last forever