Me too, made my day

Zelensky supports absolutely anyone that will put a gun in his hand. If I were in his shoes, I would too.

I’ll remind you instead

Oh wow, now I understand why I disagree with them so much. Being communist is one thing, but being antidemocratic is a whole other thing. Thanks for the explanation!

Not sure why you got downvoted. I don’t know what a tankie is, but the rest is spot on.

There are authors starting to publish without a publisher. I think that is the right direction, not making all books free. Maybe once the publishers have less control there will be some copyright reforms to shorten the time it takes to bring works into the public domain. Right now it is 95 years from publishing, but I think the author’s life plus 30 years or something might make a bit more sense. For example, George Orwell has been dead for over 70 years, but his works are still under copyright.

??? Cotton is usually the cheapest thing I see.

Even natural rubber makes microplastics.

The two largest sources of microplastics are clothing and car tires. Clothing is a pretty easy fix. Only buy natural fibers like cotton, wool, etc. For car tires you will have to drive less. These two sources account for more than half of microplastics.

Yeah, mine are copper

The plotline to stardew valley comes to mind.

a Shapiro-esque fit

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I’m using that line

This encapsulates the public response to building nuclear. I guess that is why it is the first in decades.

It’s not from ignorance. It’s based on the people I know from China.

I mean, if you haven’t been there or don’t know anyone from there you could pretend they are a democracy, but they are authoritarian like Russia is authoritarian. Long term they will seek a wider swath to be authoritarian over.

Yeah, China was a major ally, but it is showing its dark (autocratic) side lately.

I think this flies a bit too far in the other direction. China is totalitarian. It is not a democracy. It is also increasingly antagonizing nations abroad. I think it is valid to consider it a threat if you are any other nation, period.

Edit: Kinda like Russia

I guess you would have to sift the scientific literature to get a general idea. It would be the least biased source. Being totalitarian really helps with nuclear. Just look at what Germany has been up to.

The tech has been known for decades. It just needs clean hydrogen. You can either go the hydrogen fuel cell route, or combine it with CO2 to make liquid fuel, but the source of hydrogen is the crux of the problem.

Is LibreOffice the dominant Microsoft suite competitor? I used to use OpenOffice, but it was kind of bad.

Is this discontinued? My phone does this.