Yeah, I wasn’t very clear about what I meant.

I was talking about this part:

I generally prefer not to have a shared identity across communities

Same. It makes it much easier for someone to doxx you.

a program to ‘cleanse’ ethnic groups of their ‘extremist’ thoughts through re-education and forced labour

“Arbeit macht frei”

I see your point.

I think I would still like it. I don’t have a problem with it not being implemented because other people wouldn’t like it.

If you know who is being toxic, you can block them.

Another interesting concept that came from the discussion over that was “constructive downvote” - requirement of commenting why one downvotes a post.

I think I like that idea.

debian in opposition to ubuntu gives you a choice at install

That’s nice.

KDE is the default DE for Debian these days?

We keep engineering new and ingenious ways to extract more oil from mostly-not-oil, but that’s destroying the planet.

Before we were doing that we were destroying the planet by killing whales and burning coal. We haven’t quit burning coal though, but we have managed to cut back on killing whales.

Elon’s Hyperloop was never a good idea, and it’s fortunate it was never actually built and probably will never be built.

It actually looks like China is going to give it a shot: https://twitter.com/PDChina/status/1746449572325638166

I need to think about it some.

I don’t think I like this guy.

The only platform not yet supported is the Mac Pro, although there probably isn’t much left to do. No, not the “MacBook Pro”, but the “Mac Pro” – the one that looks like a cheese grater and costs thrice as much.

I’ve always wondered what sort of look they were going for.

mostly used to imagine neofeudalism

what else is it used for?

maybe

Methylphenidate, sold under the brand names Ritalin (/ˈrɪtəlɪn/ RIT-ə-lin) and Concerta (/kənˈsɜːrtə/ kən-SUR-tə) among others, is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant used medically to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and, to a lesser extent, narcolepsy.

Common adverse reactions of methylphenidate include: euphoria, dilated pupils, tachycardia, palpitations, headache, insomnia, anxiety, hyperhidrosis, weight loss, decreased appetite, dry mouth, nausea, and abdominal pain.[8] Withdrawal symptoms may include: chills, depression, drowsiness, dysphoria, exhaustion, headache, irritability, lethargy, nightmares, restlessness, suicidal thoughts, and weakness.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylphenidate

There are many sects of Christianity, but they did not come about because everyone was a Christian.

the sexual content in network TV shows is totally fine

lol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVIII_halftime_show_controversy#Legal_action

How did sideloading get its name?

I seem to remember a lot of people upset about GPL V3 I don’t remember how that was resolved.

Every change will bring it’s fair share of complainers

sometimes the complainers are right and sometimes they aren’t