So, if the damage increased the value of the building, it would necessitate the courts paying? Sounds reasonable.

How dare you! You can’t throw facts at puritanical arguments; that’s illegal.

The probability really says no here - while it is possible for biological organisms to persist, it’s something else entirely to rewrite the biology of an already grown organism.

You’re essentially balancing spinning plates while the universe pelts you with gravel. You’ll live with one or two plates gone, but eventually something critical fails.

To reliably live beyond 70, we’d already need to cure dementia (we’re still not sure what many types are) and cancer (unlikely for a while yet); that’s not even getting into solving the problem of restoring lost function (which we’re really bad at).

Hi intel management system, you can be thrown into abnormal states where you sit there eating glue.

Eh, just means it isn’t plug and play. Once you have the hardware, you are the admin.

It may get tougher, but it’ll never be impossible.

Just allow companies to charge a small fee to process a DMCA takedown, and establish a daily compensation rate based on view counts for the uploader (cost payable by the company issuing the takedown - not the entity they represent). Suddenly you only issue a takedown for clear infringement, with the cost paid by the uploader only when clear proof is given that it is a DMCA infringement. If there is a long delay, the uploader gets more compensation, whereas the uploader is only liable for the initial takedown fee.

If I were a bit richer, and a really crooked bastard, I’d be setting up an age verification company right now.

The sheer amount of blackmail material I could amass in 1 month would beggar belief. Hell, I’d probably bag enough politicians to evade prosecution for the rest of my natural life.

Russia and territorial wars of aggression? (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0l0k4389g2o.amp)

When 4chan has the moral high ground, it’s time to seriously reconsider a law.

Chess - then I’d look athletic while doing it.

"How do I share my screen?’

“Ctrl+shift+H”

I did once consider making an onlyfans account for math tutorials.

“Come watch my new video on non-euclidean planes, you won’t believe the angles we can manage!”

“Tonight I take it deeper than ever before and explore the depths of Heyting Arithmetic.”

Not overly much - society has “dysfunctioned” along perfectly well for millennia. It will continue to be dysfunctional for many more millennia.

Better to enjoy your life and spite that dysfunction than to live under its heel.

Yep, that’s just how it is these days. Let me ask though, does it really matter?

If the girls are afraid of the guys, that’s their problem, not yours. Stick the time into something else you enjoy, let nature run it’s course. Find a job you don’t hate, spend your money as you like, live a happy life without the anxiety of rejection.

Wait, people will pay me to code?

I miss thicker netbooks. Easy enough to repair most things, and it had every port you could ever want.

I hate the new “ultra-light” fashion. Give me thick, durable, powerful, and ported!

Oh no, someone might not be paying them for their user generated content (!)

To be fair, it’s probably best that history forgets this period of the web…

Honestly, I’ve used “hey, can we keep it to friends” a lot over the years. Partners I’ve more earnestly turned down have sat there and quizzed me nonstop as to why, some have turned violent, and then there are the quiet ones that just slander you continually. Emotional blackmail is the bare minimum I’ve expected over the years.

The amount of absolutely insane women out there is beyond frightening.

Good to know, I’ll go ask one if the profs in our school of built environment for more info. See if they can offer more insight there.

Definitely a good point to raise; thanks for doing so!

Here’s a fun one - where do you stand on those forced to commute dur to housing prices near inner city work (e.g. I live in near poverty paying a mortgage for a small place near where I work due to poor public transport so I can walk to work - how does this figure into the anti-car vision? Is it an employer issue, a government issue, a personal sacrifice, or something else entirely?)