Endymion_Mallorn

Thank you!

I would normally say ‘may’, as in ‘must be able to’, especially since the classical senses are a little wonky anyway.

To me, yes. I would be willing to buy a copy of Britannica or another printed encyclopedia.

If it’s a physical object, I do what i need to do. But I’ve developed the policy that I don’t pay real money for unreal things. And anything I cannot experience with all five senses is unreal.

Have you ever read Paradise Lost?

“can be” vs. “should be”. But yes, the god of the Torah is a jealous god. I mean, he flat-out says, “you shall have no other gods before me”. Not, “no other gods exist”, or “you can’t respect other gods”. Just, none before him. Which says that while he might be omniscient and omnipotent, he’s not the only god who is so.

Okay, and? Yes, the 93 bombing was years before, but terrorism wasn’t going away. Just because none of us normal folks thought about it didn’t mean it was something to avoid insuring against. Think about this - the WTC had subway access too. Terrorist attacks in subways may not be common, but they’re possible. Insurance isn’t about what “is”, it’s about what might be.

I will highlight that the WTC had already been bombed once before, and had been hit by a Cessna. Terrorism is part of the insurance for any large building, especially one that had already been the site of a confirmed terrorist attack.

That’s a general statement about that man’s existence - he has his own bizarre approach.

Given how durable and versatile bathtubs are, I wouldn’t be surprised.

If the way someone goes to war with the US is by freeing us from the overly-centralized landlords of the Internet, maybe whoever they are isn’t so bad.

Yup. Most of our core electrical infrastructure is over 100 years old now. And thanks to a combination of NIMBYism, profiteering, and the anti-nuclear brigades, we’re not likely to see that change any time soon.

I just want AWS, Azure, Google, & Cloudflare to go down at the same time.

And maybe stay down.

Two days.

Well, too bad, because I’m right!

As a platform grows, you tend to get more diversity of voices. As voices become diverse, conflict becomes inevitable.

Exactly. Especially considering what they’re doing to Android.

It’s just another Chrome.

Then I would have some real issues living outside the USA. I believe in using cash, and I probably wouldn’t keep a bank account if I had to go through all that nonsense.

I’ve not had that experience. Most of the places I go to or do business with prefer cash (most even charge for cards now), and my bank doesn’t do that stuff. If they do, I’ll just go to an FCU instead of a bank, since most of them do most of their business in-person.