Sure but that’s even harder!

We do not. We can’t even move solar energy from earth orbit down to earth at any scale that would be economically viable or really even useful.

We lack the material science to build something that large but still light enough to be physically stable AND somehow collect and transmit energy.

We also lack the technology to stop it from being destroyed by space debris even if we could somehow build it.

If you figure that out give NASA a call, they’d be real interested.

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They don’t care what you call it, they’ll kill you anyway. Violence is typically the only way for any nation to get new land, and nobody is currently more equipped for violence than the US Government.

Probably about 40,000.

So, when humans are involved they are inherently bad due to the reality of human nature. Got it.

Thanks for your hypothetical but I’m speaking from first hand experience. When you have the same type of experience and aren’t just speaking off a statistics sheet you might change your tune. Most people do.

Personally I think we need massive gun control reform. But I don’t live in that world, or a world where that’s going to happen in my lifetime even. So I’ll continue to do what’s most practical for the reality I live in.

Some of us have been victims and may have a different opinion.

Once you realize most people are hypocritical and fairly stupid, these questions will fall away and you’ll be left with only the despair that yes, you are the same species as them.

Happy New Year!

Your doctor can do a blood test and tell you if you should get a booster. I got a booster at age 50 because that test showed my antibody level for measles had fallen below their acceptable minimum.

Most people are perfectly fine with the way things are.

I don’t think that’s true, but I’m constantly disappointed in humanity and overestimating people’s will to make things better, so who knows.

God damn I hate this bullshit argument.

People are looking for leadership in a time of crisis. Saying “well why don’t YOU do it instead of complaining” is just mind numbingly oblivious to how societal change actually works.

You build the movement, then you act. If you act too soon you’re just another revolutionary lined up against the wall and shot. Leadership is required to succeed and very few are capable of that level of leadership.

Edit: It basically comes across as an argument for the status quo which is disgusting to any rational, empathetic human being.

That’s how the world works and always has to varying degrees. It’s just more obvious at the moment than it usually is.

Btw, “they get to rape kids and I just wanna go to the whorehouse” isn’t the BEST argument, but I guess you’re sorta aiming in the right direction.

I really don’t know, but I’ve read several books by psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists where they shared client stories, without PII. I would think it’s ok to share generic stories as long as the client can’t be identified, only because I doubt from some of the stories I’ve read that all those clients consented to having their stories told, but who knows. Hopefully somebody with expertise can chime in!

Always??? Nah. We’re just the latest incarnation of “the absolute worst motherfuckers always have the biggest sticks.”

But now? Yes. We are definitely the problem.

Everyone else please get your sticks ready. If we fail to stop this shit internally (and it ain’t looking good) you’re gonna need them.

As a lifelong resident of the United States, TIL there are non-violent states. Apparently. Somewhere.

I had to look up the joke. Very clever. Nerds.

You are not the only person that hates those scents! But we are rare. I usually get deer in headlights look when I explain it to someone.

Because that kind of shift in mindset (going backwards, basically) will require far more pressure than a 1-2 year RAM shortage.

Enterprise developers are basically unaffected by this. And anyone writing software for mom & pop was already targeting 8gb because that’s what Office Depot is selling them.

This mostly hurts the enthusiast parts of tech. Most people won’t notice, because they don’t know the difference between 8, 16, or over 9000 gb of RAM. I’ve had this discussion with ‘users’ so many times when they ask for pc recommendations, and they just don’t really get it, or care.