That’s illegal, unfortunately. Only qccredited investors can invest into private companies. There should be a lower limit on that rule, say $100 or something, so naive investors could invest play sums in potentially shady stuff. But there isn’t, so you can’t.

Harrier Dubois, is that you?

I think it theoretically can’t be done. The protocol allows anyone to query for posts, and it has to work that way unless you want to move ActivityPub federation to an invite-only system. On most servers I think browsing while being logged out is sufficient, just like on pre-Musk Twitter.

Mastodon also doesn’t let you prevent people from reading your posts.

Mounting solar panels on roofs - like all roof work - is dangerous.

Sure, Vlad.

Unfortunately not. For me the main problem is discoverability. There’s no recommendation algorithm except for boosts. I’m not suggesting Mastodon integrate some kind of machine learning or other advanced stuff, but number of likes from followed accounts and a threshold would be nice for a start. As it is, Mastodon is just bad for entertainment purposes. Maybe it works for other purposes, but for entertainment I’d rather have the algorithm-fuelled quote-tweet dunking on Twitter.

You okay, dude? It was an expensive wipe, but what’s the harm? I mean, it’s better than wiping with your socks…

MySQL sucks, and almost everyone who willingly use it also sucks.

Reminds me of the funghi in Chernobyl that photosynthesise nuclear radiation.

In theory that depends on the legal details. In practice it’s safe to assume she does.

Leaving this Veritasium video on the topic: https://youtu.be/vSQjk9jKarg

Medic issues, and depression aside, you probably don’t have enough high-quality relationships

Based based based

Yup. This is an important point. Diplomacy as a stalling tactic is a very old playbook.

Good thing Ireland is so good at building new mass housing. Super cheap to live there, I hear.

The concepts don’t translate neatly. Generally I don’t think most Europeans have different words for condominiums and apartments. And in my experience detached homes rarely belong to HOAs.

HOA would be the American term.

Kevlar only stops 9mm and similar, anyway.

That’s just a consequence of classic Russian corruption. That’s not the system working as designed 😄

Gosh darnit, people. You’re all thinking of this as civilian tech. Just as we all know every military needs a satellite navigation system a la GPS to guide rockets and what not, with the Ukraine war it’s become painfully obvious that every military needs a satellite communications system a la Starlink. China and India are inevitably going to launch their own systems soon. Russia too, if it has any money left after this war. That’s how you have to think of this system.