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Actually, the data centers can be the discs. As long as the data centers can crunch on, we don't need to stay alive here on earth


Let's say there is an earth killing event, and let's say there is an outpost on Mars with some people on it. How much does it really matter that some humans survive, in light of the enormous catastrohophe that killed all life on earth? Is it a very worthwhile objective for our species to persist a while longer, or should we not just accept that also life itself will will die out on geological or astronomical time scales?


I would suppose there is a gap we face between true species-wide survival capability and where we sit today. I have no true idea how hard we must go to bridge that gap, but it’s quite hard and far.

I also see no reason to “lay down and die” as I feel is somewhat implied here. I think it’s a truly noble cause, but maybe I read too much sci-fi as a young lad.


No matter what anyone does, the universe will end, and reality will stop changing.

Everything dies. Deal with it.

Instead of empowering shithead grifters who promise you a way out, grow trees to create shade for people you will never know. You do that by improving things, not burning limited resources on a conman.


If this outcome is guaranteed, why hasn't it already happened ?


Because we exist inside time, not outside it.


Same reason you're not dead yet.

How do you know it hasn't?


The whole point of the space stuff is not accepting all life dying out on any timescale.


Even rocks don’t last. What do you expect?

> proved they'd rather have an empty piece of ice / dirt, than our friendship and protection

I think I need to leave Hacker News soon. It has become MAGA territory


I think you're being a bit dramatic. My voice is an outlier, and heavily downvoted. Being exposed to different ideas is a good thing. If you're not going to question your own views, at be grateful that others will.


I have been looking into options too. One option that seemed attractive was called Zoho mail. Any experiences from that?


I've been using it for years and have no complaints. But some people say Zoho can even read your emails by human, I'm not sure if that's true.


Been using Zoho for years with no issues. Both via the web interface and IMAP.


One thing that is pretty impressive with Windows 11 however is WSL. I can just run a X program and it pops up as its own Window. So for example, I can run Chrome on Ubuntu on Windows, out of the box. On Windows 10, WSL is good for the command line, but Windows 11 takes it much further.


WSLg also works on Windows 10.


Why the pain of working with W11, when you can run Ubuntu or, better, any other distro in your machine.


So you can continue to work with MS Office, etc. on your at-work machine, maintained by the IT department.


No I can't. I have Windows 11 on my work computer, and it is what I have to use.


Yeah, I see it as a kind of "jumping the shark" moment. There is simply no way to compromise with a neighbors territorial sovereignty to avoid tariffs. It is not going to happen. We may as well regard the US as a black hole that we no longer trade with.


He is the ultimate useful idiot. And as such he is a most valuable asset for Russia


Well written although very typical French in verbosity, to my eyes at least

Among the listed scenarios, I can see others too. Let's imagine the Danes covertly are able to construct a completely independent crises. Or by random event some disaster happens. Let's say an earthquake in California. It would require attention to domestic affairs for a while


A few longships full of berserkers ought to do the trick.


I am not sure if I read you right but if you mean that there will be significant grass roots efforts in Europe to boycott anything from the US, I think you are right.


Right, IMHO there will be significant boycott targeting anything US or anyone advocating for US. Those who love their iPhones may stay with the iPhones but they will vote in people who will get rid of iPhones and get forced to switch to Korean or Chinese brand without being too upset about it.

Internet cables will be cut if that's necessary to get rid of US tech. Bank accounts will be frozen, data centers taken over and no one will pay attention to naysayers and those who preach profits and business opportunities.

Trump and anything he stands for is just too repulsive for anyone in Europe already. Europe's relatively weak startup culture doesn't come from regulations, it's not like Italians demand lab grown meat and the French demand long working hours but their usurper doesn't allow them. It's quite the opposite, Europeans demand a life with dignity above everything else and Trump is the antithesis of it.


I think the same, but the Rubicon was Jan 6 2021. That was when he showed his true colors. What we see now are just the consequences


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