I’ve been sitting pretty with both uBlock Origin and uMatrix stopping both the ads and the delay from YouTube. Not sure what exactly is doing which, but it’s been working for me

The only thing stopping them is their own incompetency. Truly a thin wall, but as their older generations start dying off we’ll see that wall broken down.

Would it be pronounced “sh-it” or “z-it”?

Quick, tell him that on Twitter! Maybe he’ll actually do it and we’ll finally be rid of his godawful grandstanding.

Try garbanzo bean water, or aquafaba, using unsalted canned garbanzo beans. The protein chains in the water function very similarly to egg whites.

Hardly ever. The leaves store water, and it thrives in arid conditions. I’d water it about as often as a snake plant.

I’m pretty sure this has something to do with using the Moon as a jumping-off point to the rest of the solar system. Assuming we can get a functioning colony on the Moon, it will be significantly easier and cheaper to get to Mars and potentially other planets as well. This might just be something I heard from a friend of a friend though, so don’t quote me on it.

The people who would use a Meta variant will use it, and people like us will not. This reminds me of the interview with the Mexican restaurant that spawned Taco Bell. The lady who owned it essentially said, “I’m glad he (the founder of Taco Bell) was able to take our teachings and turn it into something. Good for him.” If they build proprietary code, that’s nice. ActivityPub will still be the same open-source code it’s always been, and all of the Fediverse stuff will still exist. It kinda sucks that Meta is trying to make it seem like they’re the good guys, but in the end there isn’t much they can do to the already established stuff beyond make their own.

Edit: also, if they do try anything, we at least have previous data and most of the people who care about freedom to privacy here that I’m sure we could come up with something. We’re not getting blindsided like with Google and XMPP back in the day.

Life always finds a way. At least until the moon has drifted so far from our orbit that our atmosphere is no longer sustainable and the oceans boil off the surface of the planet.

Join Mastodon! It’s smaller, but growing. And not owned by anyone, much less a baby in a suit.

I disagree with your disagreement. If they’re dead, they can’t suffer.

Same. It’s also helpful in remembering the plot later if there’s a sequel or two. The only time I don’t do this is when I know I’ll want to re-read the book later, so I will actively try to forget parts of the book. That way, it’s a fresh (well, fresher) read when I get back to it.

I like the name and premise! I just got through Volume 7 of Wandering Inn, so if you’ve gotten that far you can see why I might want to take a break for a bit 😔 Currently reading Cradle, which is definitely as good as people are saying

Huh, maybe I haven’t? I could have sworn I had Cradle on my previously-read list, but now I can’t find any of the books from the series. Well, I guess I may have a series to dive into!

As much as I hate to say it, adequate prose is really important to me. I find it hard to read around lines, and thus have missed out on a lot of great stories. If they have an official translation though, I’d love to check it out!

If you’ve tried reading Wandering Inn you’ll get a sense of how long I’m willing to let a story burn if I think it’s good. I’ve read a lot of manwha with cultivators and reincarnators, is this similar?

I’ve tried Dungeon Crawler Carl, it was almost too gamified for me. I have read Cradle, but haven’t touched the other two. I’ll give 'em a whirl!

I’ve heard of A Practical Guide to Evil! I thought it was part of the Evil Genius series, but I’ll take a look now.

Currently reading The Wandering Inn: Volume 7 by Pirateaba.