Yes I agree. I think it will be earth first simply due to technology. As an example, capturing carbon right out of the atmosphere is a technology we have now.

The downside is it’s very power intensive, but it often happens in some countries that there are more power generation than needed from renewables. And if we figure out fusion power then we clean electricity for milennia.

So cleaning up earth will have to happen within the coming 100 years. Maybe in that timeframe we will have a permanent base in mars under a dome or underground. But true terraforming of Mars is many centuries out I believe. Just my thoughts on the matter.

No, not really. Mars has a very weak magnetosphere, so you need shielding against radiation. Also there is no atmosphere and any atmosphere we put on mars will quickly (in a geological timescale) get blown away by the charged solar winds because there is no magnetic field. So it’s an immense task, and probably a few hundred years out before we have the technology.

@hedge, you’re asking if we should terraform Mars if we haven’t already cleaned up this this planet. It’s a good question but I don’t see a problem here.

Let me borrow a quote from Isaac Arthur, youtuber and president of the National Space Society(in USA), and I’m paraphrasing him: If we have the technology to truly terraform Mars, then lot of that technology will already have been used to stabilize the climate on earth. It’s by orders of magnitude easier to “fix” Earth, than make Mars habitable to humans without the need for Domes, or spacesuits to breathe outside.

So to continue the “cleanup” analogy, it’s like cleaning up the worst nuclear disaster (Chernobyl ) vs cleaning a few drops of water off your kitchen floor.

I don’t think it has any effect beyond showing other people appreciated the post. And I’ve read somewhere around here on this site, that not having “karma” associated with each account help prevents bot and faming accounts.

So they are basically saying they would like to live under the regime of Stalin back in the day(or a modern analog). A society where it didn’t matter how left your were, or how correct you had been living all your life. If you were “in the way” for someone important with connections you and maybe your entire familie goes to the gulag.

I think your guys are doing a very good job. I think most people will understand it takes time to build a platform like this. Excited to see what it turns into over the years ahead.

Edit: spelling/autocorrect mistake

Sorry. Don’t know why this happened, if you open up the original post it opens with paragraphs.

I hope x-post (should we call it that here?) is allowed. for some reason the formatting got messed up.

While I do agree with him on many things, it’s not all up to one user, or 10. If 10 people with very different interest just stay in each community there there’s no content for anyone. I think any new ‘service’ need some time to take hold. Of course user gained is a win. But then again it’s not up to a single user

Edit: added my opinoin

You can also do a site search on google, I guess the problem remain that you have do this for every server.

“site:beehaw.org”

I must say I had forgotten about this one. I checked the biggest car buying website in my country and there only 3 for sale. But I’m sure it’s a fun little runabout.

I’m new to daily driving Linux. I’ve dabbled with Linux for years, but never used it that much until I installed it on a new m.2 drive on my main PC. Been using Arch for a little over 1 month now.

I can understand your tired of tinkering, I came from windows where I was tired of fighting the OS to do what I want. So in that regard I use the same “energy” but instead of fighting windows I’m learning and getting better and building and customizing my Linux install exactly how I like it.

As for other suggestions I don’t mind macOS, but their hardware screams planned obsolescence. they charge obscene amounts for a few gigabytes extra of SSD. I checked just now and they charge 259euro in my country to go from 256GB to 512GB. And I bought 2TB Samsung 980 pro NVME m.2 drive for 120euro a month ago.

Windows is probably the worst OS, but you can install software that rips out all the built in spyware. And you get keys around the web for cheap. This way you can keep your PC, and the next time you get a new PC you can buy one you are reasonably certain will work well on Linux.

And unlike Chlamydia I’m not having nearly as much fun getting it.

May I be so bold as to post a video of Leif Ove Andsnes playing this piece with the Bergen Philharmonic(the town Grieg was from) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liFdIN2vUr4

Yes this reflects many of my observations as well. I mostly lurked on the lager subs, and if I did post it would be on niche hobby, or the sub for my local area.

Nice thanks

Sorry, I thought I had seen one. But now I can’t find it. I have only been here for a day now so I’m new to this whole fediverse consept.

I remember some years back on Reddit there a change to what the default subs were. Suddenly my reddit frontpage was full of /r/aww and a lot of incredibly low effort content. From then on it was necessary to show only subs I subscribe to. I like memes as much as the next person, but in moderation.

I’m not worried and don’t see a big problem if there are some subreddits/communities with memes and low effort content.

In the discussion of size. I subbed to the classicalmusic sub. Right now there is an equivalent in the fediverse I think but it’s quite dead. Just having one community for all types of music isn’t really appealing. I don’t want to go through 1000s of popmusic post to find two about classical. This example of mine with classicalmusic transfers well to other topic. I started using a distro of Linux on my computer and want to connect with others also using Linux. For all these niche interest size is important.

Then as for joining. I won’t say it’s complicated to sign up, but there is an extra hurdle in a way with how it’s a lot to take in about how the fediverse is working. Many people will join, but it requires slightly more effort still than many other social places around the internet.