Oh my sweet summer child.

Seems a little idealistic.

If ladybird actually achieves any sort of userbase they would take the same deal in an instant.

WDYM “independent” ?

Isn’t mozilla / gecko more or less independent?

I’m an accountant.

The best accounting software will be the one your accountant uses.

When clients are on the same platform that I use internally everything just matches up and it’s beautiful and elegant and amazing.

When clients are using something else it just doesn’t fit our workflows and it’s just more of a fuck around, which of course the client gets charged for.

I agree that nuclear is an option that ought to be considered as part of the mix.

I’m not convinced that it’s right for Australia given our unique circumstances.

I disagree on cost. We’ve never built nuclear. We not only need a reactor, buy need to buy all the relevant skills and build all the supports to create an industry. I genuinely believe that the cost per kWh would be far greater than our other options.

The many hundreds of billions is better put to renewables, storage, and hydrogen cracking.

There are some next gen reactors being built in different places. Smaller output, less waste, salt cooled. We should let others bear the cost of development and see how it pans out.

building nuclear power plants isn’t just like putting a leg of lamb in the oven though.

it would take a gargantuan investment of money, skills, labour, et cetera. All of which ought to be directed to building out renewable facilities.

cellar door is apparently the most beautiful phrase in the english language but that’s not what you described either.

I think you’re conflating a fundamental attribution error with a some other cognitive bias.

The fundamental attribution error refers to an individual’s tendency to attribute another’s actions to their character or personality, while attributing their behavior to external situational factors outside of their control. In other words, you tend to cut yourself a break while holding others 100 percent accountable for their actions.

https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/the-fundamental-attribution-error

The majority of piracy is not free.

I’ve paid for usenet, seed boxes, private servers, and more recently torrent cache services.

You pay because it’s much cheaper than commercial services and a better experience with more content.

I’m not in the US. This wouldn’t be taxable income where I am.

I don’t think it’s really a big deal ?

We’re all playing around with things in the same domain. Does it really matter if someone is paid and someone else isn’t?

I don’t necessarily agree that a paid / qualified person will necessarily be operating at a higher level just generally than a hobbyist. Professionals tend to know lots about very specific things, hobbyists tend to invest a lot more time and effort into building elegant solutions.

Yes some answers from IT professionals may be unhelpful for hobbyists but that’s just part of interacting with other people.

It’s so absurd it doesn’t sound credible?

Like any idiot manager can understand that being shown a photo of your wife and kids after being shouted at by a customer for the nth time today isn’t really going to help.

It’s also incredibly insulting for call centre staff. Imagine encountering real problems with bank policy et cetera and having a computer try to placate you with a nice soothing picture.

It’s subjective… what does “gambling” mean?

Any thing you do has an element of risk, so you could say it’s a gamble.

"Gambling " is so meaningless in this context.

I gamble with my life when I drive to the shops.

When you put your money in the bank, theres’ a chance you’ll make some interest, there’s a chance you’ll make a little more interest. Does that make it gambling?

Isn’t it 48 tons of meteorites per day vs 14 tones of satellites per year?

I don’t see this as very realistic because, as you say, there’s no political will.

I agree in that its probably not the right time in 2024.

I also don’t think bittorrent is the right tech.

That said, as yt becomes more toxic there’s more demand for alternatives.

Oh well.

This sucks but they need to keep turning up the dial so more people jump over to peertube.

You’re right, but I dream that one day enough people will realise that the “free” model is shit and be willing to pay.

I’d love to support a content producer on peertube who hosts their own content - the proviso being that their content is engaging enough to want to watch.

This seems like it ought to be possible? Seems that way to me as a lay person anyway.