That movie crashed box office records and left a giant crater where Disney princess movies used to be. What else that year could be more impactful?

Even now, there’s differences in intelligence between races.

They got rid of that in 5.5e. They also made the orcs Mexican for some reason

There are a few skyscraper server farms, but they are usually in major metropolitan areas like Manhattan. But, as you touched on, it is usually cheaper to build out instead of up.

Yep. Jesus didn’t have a problem with raising funds for the church, he had an issue with the church being used as a forum for private financial business.

It needed better writing and directing, but the actors were very qualified for their roles.

I’m deleting Homeworld 2 from existence.

You’re paying for the last mile, they probably aren’t. VPN’s can probably get away with servers near major Internet nodes.

The problem is that both creators and consumers see value in algorithmic suggestions. For RSS feeds, users have to find the feed to download the podcasts. In contrast, a walled garden provides most users with an ability to discover new podcasts which gives creators more exposure.

Yeah, I’m seriously considering Linux for my next laptop and I haven’t upgraded to 11 for my current one.

I’ve had to use 11 for work and I have yet to see any functionality to make it worth it. If anything, 11 feels like a downgrade.

I know I’m mature. I know I’m put into positions of responsibility. I still feel like a teenager.

There are a lot of large PAC’s that effectively do this, pulling together a sizeable voting block and donation base. AARP, an organization for retired people, is one of the larger ones. It just happens that it is hard to a large group of people to agree on policy.

Exclusive content is generally only issued behind a pay wall, which doesn’t seem to be the intent of PeerTube.

PeerTube has ads?

Define the metrics for hiring based on merit.

Federation doesn’t generate revenue.

Facebook targeted an exclusive desirable user base before opening to everyone. Facebook also made key content decisions to bring in users while Myspace languished.

Reddit staff posted a lot of content to make their site seem more alive. Even then, it took a poorly received Digg update to get people to move.

The issue is that video creation is a lot more labor intensive and YouTube does two things for creators that PeerTube doesn’t. First, the algorithm builds an audience. Cutting out YouTube or another video social media site is going to make audience creation a lot harder. Second, ad revenue from social media sites are greater than zero. It may not be a lot of money, but it is something.

On the flip side, there is nothing inherent to PeerTube or similar platforms which will filter AI slop.

From what I’ve heard, the current government tapped the groundwater table to push farming. Now, there isn’t enough groundwater to accommodate the difference between water demand and river water.

It sucks for Iran.

What’s the alternative?

I said relative, not absolute.