The first one was tall and skinny and toppled over after a landing leg malfunctioned. So they sent a second tall skinny probe, loaded with expensive equipment. Aaaand it fell over.
Maybe somebody should tell them about center of gravity and redundant systems.
I love reading about indie devs getting a hit. Hopefully, he’ll post an update about what it was like day-to-day over the next year.
It’s like an author who writes a surprise bestseller. It’s always illuminating reading about them continuing on the reading circuit, then coming up with a sequel.
#trumptarrifs
C’mon, it writes itself.
Edit: OK, #trumptariffs. Don’t try to drink and spell kids.
I feel so honored. Got one of these today.
Traditionally, there have been a few classes of companies in the U.S: C Corp, S Corp, LLC (Limited Liability Company) aka partnerships, and Closed. Most companies in the U.S. are organized as one of these, with their responsibility toward shareholders, who want to see their money grow.
If you wanted to work for a company that didn’t necessarily have infinite growth as its mission, the only option was to find a Non-Profit, but they may not have the kind of funding to spend on legal visas.
In the last few years, two other types of companies have emerged. They’re similar, but legally different: B-corp (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_Corporation_(certification)), and PBC or Public Benefit Corporation (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation).
These can be for-profit, but have to have a stated mission in their charter to provide a benefit of some sort to the public.
The links above point at some examples, but you may want to do your own research. Those companies may have the resources to pick up your visa, and may better align with the values you’re looking for.
Ideally, and when able, your best bet would be to start your own business and set it up just the way you want.
Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I am willing to make.
Prediction: first big company to offer 32-hour work week at no loss of pay, with choice of remote or hybrid, will hoover up all the Grade-A talent.
Can’t someone come up with a browser that just randomly lies when asked about the characteristics that could be used for fingerprinting?
Except for trusted, whitelisted sites.
That seems like it would be a pretty good privacy enhancer.
That is one possible outcome. The other is they put so many loopholes and exceptions in it to appease a particular point of view and it becomes meaningless.
Either way, investments will likely be impacted.
Section 230 was foundational to shifting the risk of running social networks. This, good or bad, brought us to where we are.
Once they knock it down, the unintended consequences will be… interesting. 🍿
I have a friend who has been tasked to explain all this and the benefits to lay-people. Somehow, “able to break all your passwords” doesn’t seem to be very compelling.
Maybe this will be the reason they trot out at the next budget review.
There’s no real value to any of it.
Attach free beer to point levels and watch this thing explode.
Losing the all-important male stripper customer base.
Obligatory:
Friend of mine used to volunteer for the local chapter of a well-known national non-profit. He tried to explain all the technical benefits of setting up a website, yada yada. The board didn’t care and were bored.
He finally set up a small demo on his own. Just a few screens. Ran a small test. Presented static screenshots, along with charts and stats on viewership and engagements. Had mockups of donation pages, volunteer signup screens, newsletters, etc. That was when people saw the value and got interested.
Nobody cares about decentralized social networks, the technology, or how terrible the other outlets are. For a municipality, you may want to focus on maintaining multiple channels of communications and ways to reach and engage the most users. You could then fold the fediverse into it as one more channel. Something they should keep an eye on. They’ll need a way to post the same content to all those channels with the least effort. Something easy that a trained intern or clerk can do.
Guarantee there will be questions of cost of setup, maintenance, and risks. May want to have some answers and slides ready.
There should be a Shakespeare play with that plot.
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Totally agree.
Builders care about the nuts and bolts of a building. Most people just care about whether they can get a decent hot shower, how cold it gets inside at night, or whether the smoke alarm goes off every time they fry onions.
The killer feature of decentralization, I suspect, does not lie in a singular interaction with a user, but (as Mike notes) in harnessing the power of the distributed group to do something amazing.
That looks awesome!
A few tips, based on what has worked in our local libraries:
A story-reading space where parents or caregivers can bring infants and toddlers to listen to books being read outloud. Librarians, parents, and volunteers take turns as book readers. Hugely popular. Absolutely packed them in. One branch even built a hand-painted replica of the “Goodnight Moon” set.
A separate, private space for nursing mothers.
If the budget allows it, a phone charging station.
Space for common government forms. Applications for welfare, disability, voter, and tax forms. If you can get volunteers to help, even better.
Was going to mention tools, but see you already have it. In ours, you can check out shovels, saws, wrench sets, gardening tools, etc, to take home for a few days. It got so popular they had to move into their own space.
We love our local libraries.
We’re engaged. Will be getting married as soon as my deposit check for half the expenses clears.